Gunman in Joseon () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Joon-gi, Nam Sang-mi, Jeon Hye-bin, Han Joo-wan, and Yu Oh-seong. It aired on KBS2 from June 25 to September 4, 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 22 episodes.

Synopsis
The story begins in 1876, the third year of Emperor Gojong's reign. It is a time of great upheaval and rapid modernization, with conflict brewing between the two leading political factions, the Sugu (conservative) and the Kaehwa (enlightenment). Those on the Kaehwa side support Gojong's enlightenment policies during this time of change; Joseon was known as a hermit kingdom through the nineteenth century, keen to isolate itself from foreign influence. In previous years, Joseon had rejected Western overtures to open trade lines, which had led to military clashes with American and French forces. While newer ideology advocated a more open policy, it had yet to take root. Adding to the mounting tensions, recently Gojong's Kaehwa supporters have begun, one by one, to fall victim to a mysterious figure toting a brand-new style of gun.

Park Yoon-kang (Lee Joon-gi) is the son of the last great swordsman of nineteenth century Joseon. After the tragic death of his father and the enslavement of his younger sister, Yoon-kang trades his sword for a Western-made lever action rifle as he embarks on a revenge mission, but ends up becoming a hero for the people.

Cast

Main
Lee Joon-gi as Park Yoon-kang/Hasegawa Hanjo
Seo Dong-hyun as young Park Yoon-kang
Estranged from his father Park Jin-han, Yoon-kang lives an indolent life, drinking and flirting at the gisaeng house while performing daredevil acts with his sword for extra tips. Like his father who is a legendary swordsman, Yoon-kang himself is a highly skilled swordsman but went through life with little ambition or direction, which his father often admonished him for. After Jin-han is killed by conspirators then falsely branded a traitor, his children are also punished. The girl Yoon-kang loves, Soo-in, helps him escape arrest, but while on a boat he is shot, falls into the water, and is presumed dead. Fortunately, Yoon-kang is rescued by a group of men heading to Japan, and three years later, he returns to Joseon under the assumed name Hasegawa Hanjo to embark on his revenge mission and has traded his sword for a rifle.

Nam Sang-mi as Jung Soo-in
Soo-in is a feisty and intelligent noblewoman, despite her sheltered upbringing. Though she retains her wonder at modern gadgets such as the camera, Soo-in's heartbreak over Yoon-kang's "death" has made her jaded at the seeming pointlessness of changing the world for the better. But upon meeting Hasegawa Hanjo, she instantly recognizes him as Yoon-kang despite his repeated denials. Through the twists of fate that follow, Soo-in develops into a strong, tough modern woman.

Jeon Hye-bin as Choi Hye-won
A cold-hearted, unapproachable merchant's daughter. Hye-won desires to acquire enough wealth to hold the world in her hand, but things change when she inconveniently falls for the Japanese trader Hasegawa Hanjo, who unbeknownst to her is Yoon-kang, her father's enemy. As a child, she was a slave who was raped by her master and beaten by her mistress.

Han Joo-wan as Kim Ho-kyung
He leads a lonely existence due to his status as the illegitimate son of Minister Kim Byung-je. Thus, Ho-kyung dreams of revolution and a new world after being influenced by Kaehwa-aligned politicians and scholars. Ho-kyung is close to the Jung family, who treat him as a beloved son, but the feelings he harbors for Soo-in are romantic rather than brotherly.

Yu Oh-seong as Choi Won-shin
A merchant and assassin with an expressionless face and a heart full of ambition which was driven by a past of being humiliated by those in higher ranks. He is involved in a conspiracy against the king, picking off the latter's allies one by one with his rifle. Won-shin is also Hye-won's father and his daughter's enslavement is a source of his hatred for the ruling elite class.

Supporting
Choi Jae-sung as Park Jin-han
A stern but principled man, he is Yoon-kang and Yeon-ha's father. As head of the king's royal guard, his job includes tracking down those plotting to interfere with the king's reforms. However, his loyalty to the king and dedication to his job has put his family in the cross hairs of the very people he tracks down.

Kim Hyun-soo as Park Yeon-ha
Yoon-kang's younger sister. Upon the court's orders, she becomes a slave after her father is posthumously branded a traitor.

Choi Cheol-ho as Moon Il-do
Park Jin-han's second-in-command. Three years after Jin-han's death, Emperor Gojong orders him to secretly reopen the gunman case. He remained loyal to the Park family all these years and steadfastly believed in his former superior's innocence.

Lee Dong-hwi as Han Jung-hoon
A clumsy timid and quite greedy police officer serving under Il-do and also Yoon-kang's best friend. He realizes Hanjo's real identity as Yoon-kang and agrees to secretly help his friend.

Choi Ji-na as Park Jin-han's wife
When Yoon-kang was a young boy and Yeon-ha a baby, their mother was kidnapped and used as bait by a group of bandits her husband was after. She sacrificed herself to prevent them from searching their house for the children. For many years Yoon-kang blamed his father Park Jin-han for not complying with the ransom demand to stop advancing his troops in order to spare his wife's life, believing that was the reason she was killed.

Um Hyo-sup as Jung Hwe-ryung 
The official state interpreter, and Soo-in's father. He and Park Jin-han became friends after the latter saved his life during one of his travels, so Hwe-ryung welcomes Jin-han's children into his household to hide them from their father's enemies.

Kim Ye-ryeong as Lady Kim
Jung Hwe-ryung's wife and Soo-in's mother. She worries that her daughter has disconnected herself from the world since Yoon-kang's death.

Ahn Ji-hyun as Jan-yi
Soo-in's loyal maid.

Nam Myung-ryul as Hyun Am
Leader of the Kaehwa faction, who is assassinated while giving a speech to his followers. Among his pupils were Soo-in and Ho-kyung. Hyun Am wrote a book of his teachings and left it in Soo-in's keeping before his death.

Kim Jung-hak as Oh Kyung
The last living Kaehwa scholar who becomes the assassins' next target.

Choi Jong-won as Kim Jwa-young
Nobleman who is the head of the powerful Andong Kim clan. He is Gojong's most powerful political opposition and is the leader of the conservative Sugu faction.

Ahn Suk-hwan as Kim Byung-je
One of the top state councilors in Gojong's court. He is a member of the Sugu faction.

Lee Min-woo as Emperor Gojong
Ha Ji-eun as Queen Min
Choi Jae-hwan as Sang-chu / Sato
Hanjo's loyal Joseon-born interpreter and servant. He chooses to remain with Hanjo despite being allowed to leave.

Ryohei Otani as Ganemaru
A Japanese man who is part of Hanjo's entourage, but doesn't know his real identity. 
Yoon Hee-seok as Kim Ok-gyun
The man who rescued Yoon-kang from near death and took him to Japan. He is a Kaehwa scholar.

Jin Sung as Sung-gil
One of Won-shin's assassins.

Kang Sung-jin as Kim Moo-deok
One of Won-shin's assassins.

Park Jae-min as Jong-tae
Traveling peddler turned assassin.

Jung Geun as Son Taek-soo
Won-shin's mole in the police force who was bribed to give false testimony that Jin-han was a traitor.

Kim Ga-eun as Im Je-mi
A slave girl who enters Hanjo's employ and teaches Ganemaru the Korean language.

Kim Eung-soo as Yamamoto Shinji
An influential Japanese merchant who has ties with the Japanese government.
Song Ji-ho as Nakamura
Seo Dong-won as Gunpowder technician

Production
Lee Joon-gi, Nam Sang-mi and Choi Jae-sung previously starred together in Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007).

Filming locations included Andong, Buan, Gochang, Mungyeong, Yeongju, Masan, and Sokcho.

All of the guns in the drama are props, and are just used to fire blanks. Ryu Young Jae, who is in charge of special effects      said, "Use of real firearms in movies and broadcasts is prohibited in South Korea. The guns have been borrowed from Hong Kong". Due to various conditions, it's very difficult to obtain the appropriate firearms.

Original soundtrack

Ratings

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

See also
Gapsin Coup

References

External links
  
 
 
 

2014 South Korean television series debuts
2014 South Korean television series endings
Korean Broadcasting System television dramas
Television series set in the Joseon dynasty
South Korean action television series
Television series by KBS Media
South Korean historical television series
Martial arts television series
《조선 총잡이》는 2014년 6월 25일부터 2014년 9월 4일까지 방영된 KBS 수목 미니시리즈이다. 2010년 대한민국 스토리 공모대전 우수상을 수상한 작품을 원작으로 하고 있으며, 한국콘텐츠진흥원에 의해 북미와 유럽, 일본 등 동아시아 국가를 비롯한 전 세계 30여개 국에서 소개된 작품이다.

본 드라마는 조선의 마지막 칼잡이가 총잡이로 거듭나 민중의 영웅이 돼 가는 과정을 그리기 위해서, 편당 5억원규모의 막대한 제작비가 들어간 대작 드라마이다. 당초 20부작 특별기획 드라마로 가닥을 잡았다가, 제작진은 2014년 8월 5일 기자 간단회에서 “박윤강이 개인적인 복수에 그치지 않고 민중의 영웅으로 거듭나기 위한 이야기가 많이 남아있다. 8회 분량이 부족할 정도다. 이러한 사항을 모두 고려해 연장을 결정했다”면서 2회가 추가 연장되어 22부작으로 확정되었다.

줄거리 
칼을 버리고 총을 잡은 조선 제일 검의 아들 박윤강, 새로운 세상을 위해 역사의 파도 속에 몸을 던진 여인 정수인, 혁명을 꿈꾸는 영의정의 서자 김호경 그리고 재력으로 세상을 지배하려는 보부상단의 여접장 최혜원까지 격랑의 시대를 살았던 개화기 젊은이들의 엇갈린 운명을 담았다.

등장 인물

주요 인물 
 이준기 : 박윤강(朴潤剛) 역 (아역 서동현) - 조선 제일 검의 아들이라는 자부심이 강한 청년무사. 가명 하세가와 한조를 쓰고 있음.
 남상미 : 정수인(鄭粹仁) 역 - 신세계를 가슴에 품은 여인
 전혜빈 : 최혜원(崔慧媛) 역 - 보부상단의 수장인 최원신의 외동딸
 한주완 : 김호경(金好敬) 역 - 영의정 김병제의 서자여서 고독한 혁명가
 유오성 : 최원신(崔元信) 역 - 보부상단의 수장, 혜원의 아버지, 수호계의 수장 김좌영의 뜻에 따르는 조선 최고의 저격수

박윤강의 주변 인물 
 이동휘 : 한정훈(漢定勳) 역 - 윤강의 친구, 좌포청 포교
 최철호 : 문일도(文一度) 역 - 박진한의 우직하고 충성심 강한 부관
 김현수 : 연하(聯荷) 역 - 윤강의 동생
 최재성 : 박진한 역 - 윤강 부 (특별출연)
 최지나 : 윤강 모 역 (특별출연)
 최재환 : 상추 역 - 일본에서 만난 윤강의 수하
 오타니 료헤이 : 가네마루 역 - 윤강을 따르는 야마모토 상단의 일원
 김가은 : 제미 역

정수인의 주변 인물 
 엄효섭 : 정회령 역 - 수인의 아버지
 김예령 : 김씨 부인 역 - 수인의 어머니
 안지현 : 잔이 역 - 수인의 몸종
 남명렬 : 현암 역 - 수인의 스승이자 개화파의 거두
 김정학 : 오경 역 - 고종이 궁으로 불러들이고자 했던 개화파 선비 중 총잡이에 의해 죽지 않고 살아남음.

최원신 주변 인물 
 강성진 : 김무덕 역 (특별출연)
 박재민 : 종태 역 (특별출연)
 진성 : 성길 역 - 세상에 드러나지 않은 최원신의 총잡이. 늘 최원신을 그림자처럼 수행함. 
 정근 : 손택수 역 - 박진한을 역적으로 몰았던 무위소 내부의 첩자

수호계 
 최종원 : 김좌영 역 - 오랜 세월 세도정치로 조선을 이끌어 온 안동 김씨 가문의 거두
 안석환 : 김병제 역 - 좌영이 궁에 심은 대신들의 수장 격인 우의정이자 호경의 아버지

그 외 인물 
 윤승원 : 흥선대원군 역
 이민우 : 고종 역
 하지은 : 중전 민씨 역
 윤희석 : 김옥균 역
 염동헌
 정동규
 김경룡 : 송대감 역
 이웅희
 하수호
 이윤상
 진영범
 서동원 : 화약기술자 역
 오민석 : 민영익 역
 손세빈 : 명월 역
 김응수 : 야마모토 신지(산원면장,山元麺蔵) 역
 요시무라 켄이치 : 진짜 하세가와 한조 역
 송지호 : 나카무라 역
 지승현 : 박영효 역
 라윤찬 : 동이 역
 이우진 : 망나니 역
 고인범 : 조병갑 역
 김대흥 : 통역관 역
 김인우 : 일본 공사 역
 이규섭
 송영학
 한그림
 원현준
 윤종원 : 칠포수 역
 김태겸
 함진성 : 야마모토 부하 역

시청률

수상 경력 
 2014년 제7회 코리아 드라마 어워즈 글로벌 배우상 오타니 료헤이
 2014년 KBS 연기대상 베스트 커플상 이준기, 남상미
 2014년 KBS 연기대상 중편드라마 부문 남자 우수 연기상 이준기
 2014년 KBS 연기대상 중편드라마 부문 여자 우수 연기상 남상미
 2015년 제48회 휴스턴 국제 영화제 TV 미니시리즈 부문 금상 수상
 2015년 제10회 서울 드라마 어워즈 한류드라마 우수 작품상
 2015년 제10회 서울 드라마 어워즈 한류드라마 남자배우상 이준기

역새 왜곡 논란 
1. 흥선 대원군에 대한 왜곡
흥선 대원군은 외세에 맞서 문을 걸어 잠그는 쇄국정책을 펼쳤지만 국제 정세와 서양 신식 문물의 위력을 모를 정도의 무지한 위인은 아니었다. 흥선 대원군의 쇄국정치는 민족주의적 정치를 펼치기 위한 밑거름이었을 뿐이었다.
2. 총기 모델
드라마에 나오는 총기 모델과 관련한 논란
3. 민씨 일가
16회에서 임오군란이 발발하게 된 원인을 두고 부정부패의 주범이었던 민씨 일가를 선한 편에 선 것처럼 그렸다는 점에 착안하여, 역사적 사실과는 전혀 다른 허구적인 상상력을 바탕으로 신중을 기울였다.
4. 임오군란에 대한 역사적 왜곡

같이 보기 
 MBC 수목드라마 《개와 늑대의 시간》
 SBS 수목드라마 《일지매》

동시간대 드라마 
 MBC 수목드라마
 《개과천선》
 《운명처럼 널 사랑해》
 SBS 수목드라마
 《너희들은 포위됐다》
 《괜찮아, 사랑이야》

각주

외부 링크 
 조선 총잡이 공식사이트

2014년 드라마
복수를 소재로 한 드라마
한국방송공사 수목드라마
조선을 배경으로 한 작품
이정우 시나리오 작품
조선 역사 드라마
한희정 시나리오 작품
2010년대 대한민국의 텔레비전 프로그램
2014년에 시작한 대한민국 TV 프로그램
2014년에 종료한 대한민국 TV 프로그램