Into the Flames () 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.
Synopsis Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO, 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.
The early working title was Park's moniker Steel King ().
Cast
Main characters Choi Soo-jong as Park Tae-hyung Kim Kwon as young Park Tae-hyung Ryu Jin as Shin Dae-chul Yoon Hong-bin as young Shin Dae-chul Son Tae-young as Kumiko Kim Ye-won as young Kumiko Lee In-hye as Jang Ok-sun Choi Cheol-ho as Choi Jong-ho Dokgo Young-jae as the President Jung Ho-bin as Alan Kissinger
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
External links Into the Flames official website