Road No. 1#Soundtrack

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| image = Road No. 1-poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = Road Number One

| genre = {{ubl|Romance|Drama|Action|War}}

| writer = Han Ji-hoon

| director = {{ubl|Lee Jang-soo|Kim Jin-min}}

| starring = {{ubl|So Ji-sub|Kim Ha-neul|Yoon Kye-sang}}

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| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_episodes = 20

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = Logos Film

| network = MBC TV

| first_aired = {{start date|2010|7|23}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2010|8|26}}

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Road No. 1 ({{ko-hhrm|로드 넘버원||Rodeu Neombeowon}}) is a 2010 South Korean television series, starring So Ji-sub, Kim Ha-neul and Yoon Kye-sang. The story revolves around two young soldiers, the woman they both love, and the Korean War that tears all their lives apart. The drama's title, Road No. 1, refers to the route connecting Seoul to Pyongyang, the soldiers' long and brutal road of sacrifice and survival.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Lynn|title=Poster for new TV series Road No.1 revealed|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042216083892568|website=10Asia|date=April 22, 2010|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727133922/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042216083892568|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_67988.html|title=Road No. 1 to feature war, love, comradeship|work=The Korea Times|date=June 21, 2010|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004090117/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_67988.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Korean War retold in two new series|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100621000726|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=June 21, 2010|archive-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121124/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100621000726|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051316290321793|title=So Ji-sub transforms in Road No. 1, says producer (1)|work=10Asia|date=May 13, 2010|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121036/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051316290321793|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051316485653449|title=So Ji-sub transforms in Road No. 1, says producer (2)|work=10Asia|date=May 13, 2010|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121040/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010051316485653449|url-status=live}} It aired on MBC from July 23 to August 26, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

Lee Jang-woo (So Ji-sub) would do anything for his childhood sweetheart Soo-yeon (Kim Ha-neul). When Soo-yeon's family falls on hard times, he joins the army in order to earn money to pay for her tuition. While Jang-woo is on his tour of duty, Soo-yeon studies hard and spends her time helping injured soldiers as a doctor. She patiently awaits Jang-woo's return, but one day receives word that he has died in combat. Fate brings another man into her life: Shin Tae-ho, a handsome and generous officer who graduated from the army academy at the top of his class. Though she can't forget Jang-woo, Soo-yeon finally decides to leave the past behind her and marry Tae-ho. On the eve of their wedding, Jang-woo suddenly appears again, revealing that the death notice had been a mistake. He had, in fact, been counting the days until he can return home and reunite with his lover. The next morning - June 25, 1950 - the North Korean army invades South Korea, marking the start of the Korean War. With their lives and love already in turmoil, both Jang-woo and Tae-ho are sent north to the battlefield.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|last2=Han|first2=Sang-hee|title=Korean War resurrected onscreen|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_65690.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=May 11, 2010|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203256/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_65690.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Road No. 1: Highlights of Road No. 1!|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1768473_56318.html|work=MBC Global Media|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=July 23, 2010|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060356/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1768473_56318.html|url-status=live}}

Cast

So Ji-sub as Lee Jang-woo{{cite web|title=So Ji Sub: 'I Might Not Be Able to Act Again in Drama Like This One'|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7429|work=KBS Global|access-date=December 28, 2012|date=July 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121357/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7429|archive-date=November 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Kim Ha-neul as Kim Soo-yeon{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Kim Ha-neul - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010080622182576797|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=August 6, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307064353/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010080622182576797|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Kim Ha-neul - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010080622171874050|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=August 6, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307051354/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010080622171874050|url-status=live}}
Kim Yoo-jung as young Soo-yeon
Yoon Kye-sang as Shin 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
Nam Bo-ra as Kim Soo-hee
Julien Kang as U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Leader
Kim Ye-ri as Jo In-sook

=Supporting cast=

Jin Seon-kyu as Go Man-yong
Lee Kwan-hoon as Kwon Jin-chul
Kim Dong-gon as Kim Duk-shil
Kim Jung-woon as Kim Byung-goo
Park Kwan-shik as Kim Bok-soo
Han Gook-jin as Kim Sang-gook
Cha Hyun-woo as Ma Chang-kil
Min Bok-gi as Park Dal-moon
Oh Dae-hwan as Park Moon-ho
Shin Dam-soo as Lee Geun-bae
Kim Dong-hyun as Jang Doo-shik
Lee Jin-sung as Jo In-kye
Park Byung-eun as Han Young-min
Noh Young-hak as Heo Chan-shik{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ga-on|title=My Name Is: Noh Young-hak|url=http://www.tenasia.com/archives/6356|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=March 9, 2011|archive-date=August 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817125645/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/6356|url-status=live}}
Song Jae-hee as Yang Kang-tae
Kim Gun as Lee Joo-hwan
Jo Wan-ki as Park Hong-ki
Kim Soo-hwan as Woo Bum-jin
Noh Hyung-ok as Young-soo
Yoo Jung-ho as Byun Dae-young
Jung Seung-won as trumpeter
Jang Min-ho as older Jang-woo
Choi Bool-am as older Tae-ho
Shin Hyun-joon as North Korean commissioned officer Jo Sang-wi (cameo)
Lee Chun-hee as soldier in the Youngchongyo bombing (cameo)
Jung Kyung-ho as man who picks up garbage to sell (cameo)
Hwang Bo-ra as girl from Jong-ki's hometown (cameo)
Oh Man-seok as North Korean soldier (cameo)
Moon Chae-won as female soldier taking care of older Jang-woo (cameo)
Kim Yeo-jin as wife of soldier in squad 2 (cameo)
Jung So-young as (cameo)

Soundtrack

Even Becoming the Wild - Hwanhee
Even If the World Separates Us - Wheesung
Because I'm a Woman - IU
Same Heart - Baek Ji-young
Idly - Naomi
Only You - Kim Jin-woo
The Sound of Memory - So Ji-sub
Youngchonmyeon - Kim Hyo-soo
Call of Korean (Inst.) - Hwang Sang-jun
Action No. 1 (Inst.) - Ryu Hyung-wook
A Flower On the Ruins (Inst.) - Noh Hyung-woo
Victory (Inst.) - Hwang Sang-jun
Battlefield (Inst.) - Noh Hyung-woo
Jang-woo's Theme (Inst.) - Hwang Sang-jun
Who Wanted This War? (Inst.) - Ryu Hyung-wook
Requiem (Inst.) - Hwang Sang-jun
Even Becoming the Wild (Guitar Version) - Hwanhee
Even If the World Separates Us (Piano Version) - Wheesung
Because I'm a Woman (Piano Version) - IU
Same Heart (Humming Version) - Baek Ji-young

Special Bonus:

Call of Korean (TV Version) - Various Artists

Production

This was So Ji-sub and Kim Ha-neul's first acting collaboration after they were paired in a commercial shoot for fashion brand Storm in 1997.{{cite web|title=Road No. 1 So Ji-sub and Kim Ha-neul|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/interview/1765868_56322.html|work=MBC Global Media|access-date=November 11, 2012|date=June 10, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181343/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/interview/1765868_56322.html|url-status=live}} It was also Kim and Yoon Kye-sang's onscreen reunion following the 2008 film Lovers of Six Years.{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|title=Kim Ha-neul says "first time receiving such a moving script"|url=http://www.tenasia.com/archives/2815|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=May 13, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307064522/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/2815|url-status=dead}}

In preparation for their roles, the lead actors underwent military training with Korea's Fifth Division Army.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Lynn|title=Kim Ha-neul to undergo military training with So Ji-sub|url=http://www.tenasia.com/archives/1212|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=December 15, 2009}}

Reception

Expectations were high for the {{SK won|13 billion}} big-budget war epic, and it was sold to Japan before it premiered in Korea.{{cite web|last=Ko|first=Jae-wan|title=Road No. 1 sold to Japan before release in Korea|url=http://www.tenasia.com/archives/2491|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=April 16, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Jessica|title=Kim Ha-neul says Road No. 1 once-in-a-decade drama|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010062116154065667|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=June 21, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307052307/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010062116154065667|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Won|first=Sung-yoon|title=MBC TV series Road No.1 - Love blooms amidst the gunfire|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010062209095542885|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=June 22, 2010}} But the series did not achieve high ratings, averaging 6% for its run.{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Bread, Love and Dreams smashes 40 percent mark|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/3917|work=10Asia|access-date=November 21, 2012|date=August 6, 2010}}

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in {{color|red|red}} and the lowest rating for the show will be in {{color|blue|blue}}.

class=wikitable style=text-align:center !colspan=2\|2010 !rowspan=2 style="width:100px;"\|AGB Nielsen Ratings{{cite web\|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=mtb_pcv&where=nexearch&query=로드+넘버원\|title=AGB Nielsen Ratings\|via=naver}} (Nationwide)
Episode !style="width:100px;"\|Date
1 \|23 June\|\|9.1%
2 \|24 June\|\|{{color\|red\|9.2%}}
3 \|30 June\|\|7.2%
4 \|1 July\|\|7.4%
5 \|7 July\|\|6.3%
6 \|8 July\|\|6.4%
7 \|14 July\|\|6.5%
8 \|15 July\|\|6.9%
9 \|14 July\|\|6.5%
10 \|15 July\|\|5.9%
11 \|28 July\|\|6.8%
12 \|29 July\|\|5.1%
13 \|4 August\|\|5.2%
14 \|5 August\|\|5.3%
15 \|11 August\|\|4.9%
16 \|12 August\|\|5.2%
17 \|18 August\|\|{{color\|blue\|4.6%}}
18 \|19 August\|\|4.8%
19 \|25 August\|\|5.2%
20 \|26 August\|\|5.3%

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!colspan=2|2010

!rowspan=2 style="width:100px;"|AGB Nielsen
Ratings{{cite web|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=mtb_pcv&where=nexearch&query=로드+넘버원|title=AGB Nielsen Ratings|via=naver}}
(Nationwide)

Episode

!style="width:100px;"|Date

|23 June||9.1%

|24 June||{{color|red|9.2%}}

|30 June||7.2%

|1 July||7.4%

|7 July||6.3%

|8 July||6.4%

|14 July||6.5%

|15 July||6.9%

|14 July||6.5%

|15 July||5.9%

|28 July||6.8%

|29 July||5.1%

|4 August||5.2%

|5 August||5.3%

|11 August||4.9%

|12 August||5.2%

|18 August||{{color|blue|4.6%}}

|19 August||4.8%

|25 August||5.2%

|26 August||5.3%

References

External links

{{Official website|https://program.imbc.com/roadno1}} {{in lang|ko}}
[https://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2602456_64285.html Road No. 1] at MBC Global Media
{{Hancinema drama|Road_No_p__1|Road No. 1}}
{{IMDb title|2429772|Road No. 1}}

Category:2010 South Korean television series debuts

Category:2010 South Korean television series endings

Category:MBC TV television dramas

Category:Korean-language television shows

Category:South Korean action television series

Category:South Korean romance television series

Category:South Korean military television series

Category:Television series by Logos Film