Episode 1
Episode 1
29m10.0 / 10
While planning to stage new Korean plays in Joseon, Kim U-jin meets music student Yun Sim-deok, who wonders why he'd risk doing so under Japanese rule.
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TV series
Hymn of Death
2018TV-141 season8.3 / 10
The last song sung at the end of life.
Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926.
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Hymn of Death premiered November 27, 2018. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926.
Cast, crew and production details
About Hymn of Death
Cast
Lee Jong-sukKim Woo-jin
Shin Hae-sunYoon Sim-duk
Park Sun-imJung Jum-hyo
Lee Ji-hoonHong Nan-pa
Kim Kang-hyunLee Seo-koo
Kim Myung-sooKim Sung-kyu
Kim Won-haeYoon Suk-ho
Hwang Young-heeMadam KimCredits
- Written by
- Jo Soo-jin
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 6
- Original language
- Korean
- Original title
- 사의찬미
Networks & production
SBSSouth Korea
Studio SSouth Korea
Themes
1920sarranged marriagebased on true storyforbidden lovehistoricalinfidelityminiseriesperiod dramaromancetragedy
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 3
Episode 3
31m
Sim-deok wants to know about U-jin’s dream and decides to go with the theater troupe to visit his family home in Mokpo, where a surprise awaits her.
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Episode 5
Episode 5
31m
U-jin's family finds he hasn’t come home. Sim-deok gets a recording contract and U-jin resolves to live for his writing -- and for the woman he loves.
Guest stars Kang You-seok
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