KDrama Addicts: Road Number One

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Road Number One

Title: 로드 넘버원 / Road No. 1 / Road Number One
Chinese Title : 一号公路
Genre: Action, drama, romance, war
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2010-June-23 to 2010-Aug-26
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
Based on the events occurring around “Route 1″, which lies between Seoul and Pyongyang. The story about Officer Lee Jang Woo who finds himself in a war that he is not prepared for in order to protect Soo Yeon, the woman he has known and loved since youth. However, he is able to put it past him and he displays extraordinary survival skills, friendship, cooperation and ideology under brutal war conditions. Soo Yeon awaits Jang Woo’s return, but eventually gets engaged to Tae Ho. When Jang Woo returns alive, however, Tae Ho discovers Jang Woo and Soo Yeon’s unbreakable bond and feels betrayed.
Cast
So Ji Sub as Lee Jang Woo
- Choi Bool Am old Jang Woo
Kim Ha Neul as Kim Soo Yeon
- Kim Yoo Jung as young Soo Yeon
Yoon Kye Sang as Shin Tae Ho
- Choi Bool Am as old Tae Ho
Choi Min Soo as Yoon Sam Soo (Commander of the 2nd Company)
Son Chang Min as Oh Jong Ki
Kim Jin Woo as Kim Soo Hyuk (Soo Yeon’s elder brother)
Nam Bo Ra as Kim Soo Hee (Soo Yeon’s younger sister)
Julien Kang as U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Leader
Kim Ye Ri (김예리) as Jo In Sook
Jin Sun Kyu (진선규) as Go Man Yong
Do Si Kang (도시강) as Kwon Jin Chul
Kim Dong Gon (김동곤) as Kim Duk Shil
Kim Jung Woon (김정운) as Kim Byung Goo
Park Kwan Sik (박관식) as Kim Bok Soo
Han Gook Jin (한국진) as Kim Sang Gook
Cha Hyun Woo (차현우) as Ma Chang Kil
Oh Dae Hwan (오대환) as Park Moon Ho
Shin Dam Soo (신담수) as Lee Geun Bae
No Hyung Wook as Young Soo
Lee Jin Sung as Jo In Je
Park Byung Eun (박병은) as Han Young Min
Song Jae Hee (송재희) as Yang Kang Tae
No Young Hak as Heo Chan Shik
Kim Soo Hwan (김수환) as Woo Bum Jin
Jo Wan Ki (조완기) as Park Hong Ki
Yoo Jung Ho (유정호) as Byun Dae Young
Shin Hyun Joon as North Korean officer Jo Sang Wi (cameo)
Lee Chun Hee as soldier in the Youngchongyo bombing (cameo)
Jung Kyung Ho as supplies seller (cameo)
Hwang Bo Ra as girl who lived in Jong Ki’s home (cameo)
Oh Man Suk (cameo)
Moon Chae Won (cameo)
Kim Yeo Jin (cameo)
Jung So Young (cameo)
Production Credits
Director: Lee Jang Soo, Kim Jin Min
Screenwriter: Han Ji Hoon (한지훈)
Notes
The budget for this drama is estimated to be around 10 billion won.
Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2010-June-23	1	11.2 (14th)	12.2 (12th)
2010-June-24	2	10.1 (13th)	10.8 (11th)
2010-Jun-30	3	7.3	(<7.8)
2010-July-01	4	7.7 (19th)	8.0 (19th)
2010-July-07	5	6.9	(<7.8)
2010-July-08	6	7.7 (19th)	8.0 (16th)
2010-July-14	7	(<7.2)	7.5 (19th)
2010-July-15	8	7.5 (20th)	7.6 (19th)
2010-July-21	9	7.7 (17th)	8.5 (13th)
2010-July-22	10	7.5 (19th)	8.6 (15th)
2010-July-28	11	(<8.0)	(<7.9)
2010-July-29	12	(<7.1)	(<7.0)
2010-Aug-04	13	(<7.3)	(<7.3)
2010-Aug-05	14	(<7.8)	(<7.7)
2010-Aug-11	15	(<7.9)	(<7.9)
2010-Aug-12	16	(<8.1)	(<8.2)
2010-Aug-18	17	-	-
2010-Aug-19	18	-	-
2010-Aug-25	19	-	-
2010-Aug-26	20	-	-