''Giant'' () is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo,

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, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from 10 May to 7 December 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. ''Giant'' is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.

Plot

The plot revolves around the lives of the three Lee children: Kang-mo, Sung-mo, and Mi-joo. Their father was killed by Hwang Tae-seob and Jo Pil-yeon, and their mother died in an accident. As a result, the children were separated. Kang-mo and Sung-mo were raised by their father's killers: Kang-mo helped Hwang Tae-seob avoid bankruptcy by advocating the use of a different landfill material, and was later adopted by Tae-seob, and Sung-mo was raised by Jo Pil-yeon, who is a KCIA official. After growing up and knowing the truth, the brothers set off on a quest for revenge. Mi-joo and Jo Pil-yeon's son, Min-woo, fall in love but cannot be allowed together because their families are enemies. Mi-joo becomes pregnant and goes into hiding while Min-woo desperately searches for her. The whole series revolves around the brothers trying to bring down Jo Pil-yeon, who is also cunning and slippery in his political tactics. Later, Sung-mo is shot in the head by an agent of Jo Pil-yeon. Miraculously, he survived, and had to hide from the KCIA. Jo Pil-yeon tries to work in the government by making false papers. Kang-mo finds out that Sung-mo has knowledge of the contents of the real papers, and finds him. They release the papers, and Jo Pil-yeon fails his objective. He runs away, but is later found and arrested. Sung-mo undergoes surgery to take the bullet out of his head, but tragically dies. Many years later, a now-insane Jo Pil-yeon breaks out of prison to try to murder Kang-mo, but fails, and he commits suicide afterwards. The last scene shows Kang-mo receiving word from his wife Hwang Jung-yeon (Hwang Tae-seob's daughter) that his long-lost brother (a fourth sibling who was adopted by an American couple many years ago) has come to visit him....

Cast

Main characters

* Lee Beom-soo as Lee Kang-Mo ** Yeo Jin-goo as young Kang-mo *

as Hwang Jung-yeon **

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as young Jung-yeon *

as Jo Min-woo ** Noh Young-hak as young Min-woo *

as Lee Mi-joo ** Park Ha-young as young Mi-joo * Park Sang-min as Lee Sung-Mo **

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as young Sung-mo * Jeong Bo-seok as Jo Pil-yeon * Lee Deok-hwa as Hwang Tae-seob *

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as Yoo Kyung-ok *

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as Park So-tae ** Seo Ji-won as young So-tae

Supporting characters

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as Jung Young-sun, Kang-mo's mother * Yoon Hyung-kwan as Yeom Jae-soo *

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as Yeom Shi-deok ** Jung Seung-won as young Shi-deok * Choi Ha-na as Yeom Kyung-ja * Han Kyung-sun as Lee Bok-ja * Im Jong-yoon as Yoon Ki-hoon *

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as Oh Nam-sook * Kim Jung-hyun as Hwang Jung-shik * Jang Soon-gook as Joo Young-gook *

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as Moon Sung-joong * Park No-shik as Park Choong-kwon * Song Kyung-chul as Nam Young-chul * Bang Kil-seung as drill instructor * Hong Yeo-jin as Yang Myung-ja * Yoon Yong-hyun as Go Jae-choon * Hwang Taek-ha as Yoo Chan-sung * Lee Hyo-jung as Han Myung-seok * Kim Hak-chul as Oh Byung-tak *

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as Min Hong-ki * Im Hyuk as Baek Pa * Jung Gyu-soo as Lee Dae-soo *

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as Hong Ki-pyo * Lee Eun-jung as Ji-na * Jeon Jin-gi as detective lieutenant * Kim Sung-oh as Cha Bu-chul * Han Da-min as Cheon Soo-yeon * Kim Eui-jin as Woo-joo * Choi Gun-woo as Lee Joon-mo ** Lee Won-il as young Joon-mo * Lee Soo-jin as Nurse Kim * Yoo Ho-rin as Ji Yeon-soo * Kim Young-sun as Yoon Ki-hoon's wife * Moon Ji-in as female employee at Manbo Construction * Choi Min as gang boss * Min Joon-hyun *

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* Ji-yoo *

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as Bunny Girls (cameo) * Park So-yeon as Bunny Girls (cameo) *

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as Inn's hostess (cameo)

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* * * {{Jang Young-chul Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2010 South Korean television series debuts 2010 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows Television shows written by Jang Young-chul South Korean action television series South Korean melodrama television series Television series by JS Pictures