''Samsaengi'' () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring

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, Son Sung-yoon, Cha Do-jin, and

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. It aired on

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from January 7 to June 21, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 9:00 a.m. for 120 episodes.

Plot

''Samsaengi'' is set in the 70's in

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and tells the story of a woman (played by

) who becomes a promising oriental herbal doctor after going through many ups and downs in her life. It is also about innocent, yet desperate love of four different people who have different ways of love.

Cast

Main characters

- Seok Sam-saeng **Kwak Ji-hye - young Seok Sam-saeng **

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- teen Seok Sam-saeng *

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- Bong Geum-ok **Jang Seo-hee - young Bong Geum-ok ** Kim Ji-min - teen Bong Geum-ok * Cha Do-jin - Park Dong-woo ** Kim Ji-hoon - teen Park Dong-woo *

- Oh Ji-sung **Jung Yoo-geun - young Oh Ji-sung **Kim Seung-chan - teen Oh Ji-sung

Supporting characters

;Seok Bong-chool's family *Lee Dol-hyung - Seok Bong-chool *

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- Ko Mak-rye *Shin Hyun-tak - Seok Chang-sik **Jung Seung-won - teen Seok Chang-sik *Lee Soo-bin - Seok Chang-hee ;Bong Moo-ryong's family *

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- Bong Moo-ryong *Yoo Tae-woong - Sa Ki-jin *Lee Yeon-soo - Hae-joo * Ban Hyo-jung - Bong Moo-ryong's mother ;Oh Pil-soon's family *

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- Oh Pil-soon *Ko Do-young - Jung Yoon-hee **

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- young Jung Yoon-hee **

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- teen Jung Yoon-hee ;Oh In-soo's family *Kim Seung-wook - Oh In-soo *Kim Do-yeon - Park Kyung-ja ;Extended cast *Ha Soo-ho - Young-bae

Awards and nominations

References

External links

''Samsaengi'' official KBS website
*{{hancinema film, TV_Novel_Sam-seng Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2013 South Korean television series debuts 2013 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows Television series set in the 1970s South Korean romance television series