Into the Flames

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| image = Into the Flames Official Main Poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = Into the Fire

| genre = Period drama

| writer = Jung Sung-hee
Lee Han-ho

| director = Kim Sang-rae

| starring = Choi Soo-jong
Ryu Jin
Son Tae-young
Lee In-hye

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| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

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| num_episodes = 20

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| executive_producer = Choi Byung-hwa

| producer = Jung Hoe-seok
Lee Kyung-seon
Jung Hyung-seo

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| location = Korea

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| runtime = Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST)

| company = Kangho Production

| channel = TV Chosun

| first_aired = {{start date|2014|4|25}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2014|6|28}}

| related =

| creator = TV Chosun

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Into the Flames ({{Korean|hangul=불꽃 속으로|rr=Bulkkot Sogeuro}}) is a 2014 South Korean television series. It aired on cable channel TV Chosun on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes from April 25 to June 28, 2014.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|title=Posco story coming to TV|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2982973|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-04-13|date=4 January 2014}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Gwang-kuk|script-title=ko:고(故) 최태준 일대기 그린 '불꽃 속으로', 역사 논란 피해갈까|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335|work=TenAsia|language=Korean|access-date=2014-04-13|date=9 April 2014|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413134921/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335|url-status=dead}}

Synopsis

Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO,{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Seung-woo|title=Steel King Park Tae-joon dies|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/01/602_100750.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124515/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/01/602_100750.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2014|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2014-04-13|date=13 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Childs|first=Martin|title=Park Tae-Joon: Steel magnate who transformed South Korean fortunes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/park-taejoon-steel-magnate-who-transformed-south-korean-fortunes-6280273.html|work=The Independent|access-date=2014-04-13|date=22 December 2011}} this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization.{{cite web|title=Choi Su-jong headlines cable period drama Into the Fire|url=http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/01/choi-su-jong-headlines-cable-period-drama-into-the-fire/|work=Dramabeans|access-date=2014-04-13|date=3 January 2014}}

The early working title was Park's moniker Steel King ({{korean|강철왕|labels=no}}).{{cite web|last1=Cho|first1=Hye-gyung|first2=Ji-eun|last2=Seo|title=Posco's Park to be subject of 24-part TV series|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2954522|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-04-13|date=16 June 2012}}{{cite web|title=Into The Fire TV Chosun Finalized Featuring The Late Park Tae Jun|url=http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/11827/20131106/into-the-fire-tv-chosun-finalized-featuring-the-late-park-tae-jun.htm|work=KDramaStars|access-date=2014-04-13|date=6 November 2013}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=January 2025}}

Cast

=Main characters=

=Supporting characters=

;Yeongil Bay Steel Mill

  • Hong Il-kwon as Hwang Joon-suk
  • Park Sang-myun as Park Jong-yeol
  • Lee Ki-chan as Ahn Seung-joo
  • Kim Jin-keun as Kim Byung-hoon
  • Lee Won-seok as Yeon Bong-chool
  • Gong Jeong-hwan as Jung Sang-ho
  • Lee Jong-soo as Kim Sang-chul
  • Lee Jeong-yong as Choi Dal-ho
  • Choi Kyu-hwan as Chae Ki-joo
  • Hong Ah-reum as Ha Cheo-soon

;Shinsekai Trading Company

  • Lee Chul-min as Takeda
  • Kim Hyun-joon as young Takeda
  • Go Myung-hwan as Abe
  • Kim Min-ho as young Abe

;Extended cast

  • Lee Young-hoo as Yasuoka
  • Jeon Soo-kyeong as Yang Hwa-ja
  • Cho Young-seo Mrs. Seoul
  • Hyun Suk as Tae-hyung's father
  • Kim Min-kyung as Tae-hyung's mother
  • Park Yong-soo as Kohei
  • Jung Myung-hwan as Yamamoto
  • Kim Ki-doo

References

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