''Golden Cross'' () is a 2014
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n television series starring
Kim Kang-woo
Kim Kang-woo (born July 11, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known from his roles in '' The Taste of Money'' and '' The Missing''.
Career
Kim Kang-woo majored in Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. In early, Kim work as singer in ...
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Lee Si-young
Lee Si-young (born Lee Eun-rae on April 17, 1982) is a South Korean actress and former amateur boxer.
Early life
Born Lee Eun-rae in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province, her family moved to Seoul when she was 9 years old. Lee majore ...
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Um Ki-joon
Um Ki-joon (born March 23, 1976) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Um Ki-joon made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play ''Richard III'', though he later became best known as a musical theatre actor, starring in ''Singin' in the Rain'', ''The ...
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Han Eun-jung
Han Eun-jung also known as Han Da-Gam (born July 10, 1980) is a South Korean comedienne and actress. She is known for ''Successful Story of a Bright Girl'' (2002), ''Full House
''Full House'' is an American television Situation comedy, sitco ...
, and
Jeong Bo-seok
Jeong Bo-seok (; born 1961) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography Television series
Film
Television show
Theater
Awards and nominations
References
External linksJung Bo-seok Fan Cafeat Daum
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. It aired on
KBS2
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters.
KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...
from April 9 to June 19, 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 for 20 episodes.
Plot
A shadowy society known as "Golden Cross" dominates the Korean economy and marketplace with its deep connections and financial power. Prosecutor Kang Do-yoon gets entangled in their dealings when one of their plots gets his beloved sister murdered, a crime for which his father then gets
framed. Do-yoon vows revenge on Seo Dong-ha, the powerful man behind the organization, but complications arise when he learns that Seo is the father of the woman he loves, his colleague Seo Yi-re. Yi-re is a righteous and truth-seeking prosecutor; she grew up respecting and obeying her father, and her life is thrown into disarray when she discovers his dark side. Meanwhile, Seo nurtures a protegee, businessman Michael Jang, whose greed and ambition soon makes him challenge his mentor for the top spot. A clash of wills, fortunes, and egos commences.
Cast
Main characters
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Kim Kang-woo
Kim Kang-woo (born July 11, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known from his roles in '' The Taste of Money'' and '' The Missing''.
Career
Kim Kang-woo majored in Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. In early, Kim work as singer in ...
as Kang Do-yoon
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Lee Si-young
Lee Si-young (born Lee Eun-rae on April 17, 1982) is a South Korean actress and former amateur boxer.
Early life
Born Lee Eun-rae in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province, her family moved to Seoul when she was 9 years old. Lee majore ...
as Seo Yi-re
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Um Ki-joon
Um Ki-joon (born March 23, 1976) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Um Ki-joon made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play ''Richard III'', though he later became best known as a musical theatre actor, starring in ''Singin' in the Rain'', ''The ...
as Michael Jang
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Han Eun-jung
Han Eun-jung also known as Han Da-Gam (born July 10, 1980) is a South Korean comedienne and actress. She is known for ''Successful Story of a Bright Girl'' (2002), ''Full House
''Full House'' is an American television Situation comedy, sitco ...
as Hong Sa-ra
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Jeong Bo-seok
Jeong Bo-seok (; born 1961) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography Television series
Film
Television show
Theater
Awards and nominations
References
External linksJung Bo-seok Fan Cafeat Daum
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as Seo Dong-ha
Supporting characters
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Lee Dae-yeon
Lee Dae-yeon (born November 13, 1964) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Theater
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Lee Dae-yeonat JR Entertainment
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1964 births
Living ...
as Kang Joo-wan
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Jung Ae-ri
Jung Ae-ri (; born August 11, 1960) is a South Korean actress.
Career
Jung Ae-ri made her acting debut after she was chosen at the KBS talent audition in 1978. In 1980, she moved to another network, MBC. She rose to stardom in the 1985 drama ...
as Oh Geum-shil
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Jo Hee-bong
Jo Hee-bong (born August 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Hee-bong began his acting career in 1997 as part of the theatre troupe Bipa (비파). He later became known as a supporting actor onscreen, in films such as '' Blind'' (2011) and ''Inc ...
as Kang Joo-dong
*Park Byung-eun as Gil Sang-joon
*Choi Woo-seok as Bong Chang-soo
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Lee Joo-seung
Lee Joo-seung (, born July 20, 1989) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in independent films, notably ''Shuttlecock'' (2014), and drama series such as ''Pinocchio'' (2014), '' The Producers'' (2015) and ''Happiness'' (2021 ...
as Oh Chang-hee
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Kim Min-ji as Kang Ha-yoon
*Lee Ho-jae as Kim Jae-gab
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Lee Ah-hyun
Lee Ah-hyun (born April 13, 1972) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the television drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than ...
as Kim Se-ryung
*Ban Min-jung as Song Jung-soo
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Kim Kyu-chul
Kim Kyu-chul (born April 6, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kim spent more than a decade as a stage actor before he made his onscreen breakthrough in 1993 with Im Kwon-taek's ''Seopyeonje'', considered one of the classics of Korean cinema. Kim be ...
as Park Hee-seo
*Jo Deok-hyun as Kwak Dae-soo
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Park Won-sang
Park Won-sang (born January 20, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
Ambassadorship
*Ambassador for 1st Democratization Movement Memorial Park Joint Memorial Cultural Festival (2022)
References
External ...
as Im Kyung-jae
*Jo Jae-ryong as Jool-ja
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Kim Jung-heon
Kim Jung-heon is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in dramas such as '' No Matter What'', '' Through the Waves'', '' Golden Cross'' and '' Secrets of Women''.
Filmography Television series
Film
Music video
Theatre
Referenc ...
as Alex
*Jung Won-joong as Kwon Se-il
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Gi Ju-bong
Gi Ju-bong (born September 3, 1955) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Gi began acting in 1977 and is notable for ''Offending the Audience
''Offending the Audience'' is a play by Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is sometimes called an "anti-p ...
as Jung Gyu-jik
Ratings
Awards and nominations
Production
Park Si-hoo
Park Si-hoo (born Park Pyeong-ho on April 3, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He began his entertainment career as an underwear model and stage actor, then made his official television debut in 2005. After several years in supporting roles, Park r ...
was originally considered for the role of Michael Jang, but continuing public outrage regarding his
sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...
case in 2013 led broadcaster
KBS to cancel his casting.
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