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The Thorn Birds

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The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thornbird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

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Status
Ended
Language
KO
First aired
March 2, 2011
Last aired
May 5, 2011
Seasons
1
Episodes
20
Network
KBS2

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Han Hye-jin

Han Hye-jin

Seo Jung-eun

Kim Min-joung

Kim Min-joung

Han Yoo Kyung

Joo Sang-wook

Joo Sang-wook

Lee YoungJo

Kim So-hyun

Kim So-hyun

Seo Jung Eun (young)

Cha Hwa-yeon

Cha Hwa-yeon

Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin

Seo Do-young

Seo Do-young

Choi Kang-woo

Kim Ha-eun

Kim Ha-eun

Yang Mi-ryun

Kim Dong-young

Kim Dong-young

Park Han-Soo (young)

Song Ok-suk

Song Ok-suk

Kim Kye-soon

Kim Soo-hyeon

Han-byul

Creative team
Written by
Lee Seon-hee

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