New Tales of Gisaeng – Wikipedia

2011 South Korean television series

South Korean TV series or program

New Tales of Gisaeng
Promotional poster
Also known as	New Gisaeng Story
Genre	Romance, Melodrama
Written by	Im Sung-han
Directed by	Lee Young-hee Son Moon-kwon
Starring	Im Soo-hyang Sung Hoon Han Hye-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	52
Producer	Oh Se-kang
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Golden Pine
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	23 January (2011-01-23) – 17 July 2011 (2011-07-17)

New Tales of Gisaeng (Korean: 신기생뎐; RR: Sin Gisaeng Dyeon; also known as New Gisaeng Story) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang, Sung Hoon, and Han Hye-rin. Written by Im Sung-han and directed by Son Moon-kwon,^[1] it aired on SBS from January 23 to July 17, 2011, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 52 episodes. It is based on Lee Hyun-su’s novel of the same name.

“Gisaeng” was the Korean equivalent of a geisha or courtesan knowledgeable in poetry, dance, music, culture and politics, who entertained noblemen and royalty of the Joseon Dynasty. This series explores the premise that gisaeng still existed in modern-day Korea.

Dan Sa-ran (Im Soo-hyang) lost her mother at a young age, and never quite got along with her stepmother and stepsister. Despite her humble background, she carries herself with pride and grace, majoring in classical dance during college. Drawing the attention of Buyonggak’s head gisaeng with her dancing talent and classic beauty, Sa-ran enters Korea’s sole traditional gisaeng house, an exclusive establishment that serves only VIP guests. Ah Da-mo (Sung Hoon) is a cocky second-generation chaebol with his own set of daddy issues. He can’t be bothered to give any woman the time of day… until he meets Sa-ran.^[2]

Main characters[edit]

Supporting characters[edit]

Dan family

• Baek Ok-dam as Dan Gong-joo
• Kim Joo-young as Dan Chul-soo
• Lee Sook as Ji Hwa-ja

Geum family

• Han Jin-hee as Geum Eo-san
• Seo Woo-rim as Lee Hong-ah
• Lee Jong-nam as Jang Joo-hee
• Lee Dong-joon as Geum Kang-san
• Lee Dae-ro as Geum Shi-jo
• Lee Sang-mi as Shin Hyo-ri

Ah family

• Im Hyuk as Ah Soo-ra
• Kim Hye-jung as Cha Ra-ri
• Ahn Young-joo as Park Ae-ja

Buyonggak

• Lee Mae-ri as Lee Do-hwa
• Choi Sun-ja as Hwa-ran’s mother
• Park Joon-myun as Noh Eun-ja
• Seo Dong-soo as Ma Dan-se
• Song Dae-kwan as Seo Saeng-kang
• Oh Ki-chan as Oh Bong-yi
• Kang Cho-hee as Han Song-yi
• Kim Yul as Baek Soo-jung
• Seol Yoon as Jang Soo-jin
• Yoon Ji-eun as Song Hye-eun
• Kim Eun-sun as Ye-rang
• Lee Sun-ah as Lee Ji-hyang
• Oh Ji-yeon as Kim-sshi
• Ha Na-kyung

Extended cast

• Jeon Ji-hoo as Son-ja
• Jin Ye-sol as Jin Joo-ah
• Lee Soo-jin as Sung Ah-mi
• Park Yoon-jae as Oh Jin-ahm
• Kim Ho-chang as Yoo Tae-young
• Michael Blunck as Kyle
• Shin Goo as Master Joong-bong
• Jun Sung-hwan as Master Jung-do
• Lee Hyo-jung as Ma Yi-joon (CEO Joon Entertainment) The Midas
• Kim Joon-hyung as Do-suk
• Son Ga-young as Choi Young-mim
• Won Jong-rye as Young-nim’s mother
• Kim Sun-il as Min-jae
• Min Joon-hyun as manager

Ratings[edit]

Episode #	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings[5]		AGB Nielsen[6]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	23 January 2011	8.0%	9.9%	10.4%	12.2%
2	23 January 2011	9.9%	11.9%	12.4%	14.2%
3	29 January 2011	9.2%	10.7%	11.4%	13.2%
4	30 January 2011	8.3%	9.8%	9.4%	10.9%
5	5 February 2011	9.0%	11.3%	10.2%	11.3%
6	6 February 2011	8.9%	10.3%	10.8%	12.0%
7	12 February 2011	9.7%	12.1%	11.0%	12.0%
8	13 February 2011	9.0%	10.8%	10.9%	12.5%
9	19 February 2011	10.4%	12.1%	14.5%	16.3%
10	20 February 2011	9.0%	10.3%	13.6%	16.0%
11	26 February 2011	10.1%	11.4%	12.7%	14.4%
12	27 February 2011	10.1%	12.1%	13.7%	15.7%
13	5 March 2011	11.2%	13.0%	12.7%	14.4%
14	6 March 2011	10.5%	12.3%	13.7%	15.2%
15	12 March 2011	10.7%	12.8%	12.6%	14.3%
16	13 March 2011	11.5%	13.7%	13.4%	15.5%
17	19 March 2011	11.4%	14.0%	13.2%	15.4%
18	20 March 2011	11.0%	13.1%	14.4%	16.6%
19	26 March 2011	11.3%	13.1%	12.5%	14.1%
20	27 March 2011	10.8%	13.3%	13.0%	14.9%
21	2 April 2011	13.7%	15.9%	18.0%	20.2%
22	3 April 2011	15.6%	18.2%	18.7%	20.5%
23	9 April 2011	16.0%	18.7%	18.7%	21.0%
24	10 April 2011	14.8%	17.9%	19.2%	21.9%
25	16 April 2011	14.9%	16.9%	17.0%	18.4%
26	17 April 2011	15.7%	18.5%	18.5%	20.9%
27	23 April 2011	14.6%	17.2%	18.7%	21.0%
28	24 April 2011	15.1%	17.5%	19.3%	21.0%
29	1 May 2011	10.1%	11.8%	13.3%	14.9%
30	1 May 2011	15.7%	17.2%	19.0%	20.5%
31	7 May 2011	13.0%	14.3%	16.4%	16.9%
32	8 May 2011	14.8%	16.9%	18.3%	20.1%
33	14 May 2011	15.2%	18.5%	17.6%	19.6%
34	15 May 2011	16.4%	19.6%	19.1%	21.4%
35	21 May 2011	15.0%	17.3%	19.2%	21.8%
36	22 May 2011	16.5%	18.9%	19.3%	21.0%
37	28 May 2011	15.9%	18.7%	18.5%	19.8%
38	29 May 2011	16.3%	19.1%	20.2%	21.9%
39	4 June 2011	15.6%	19.1%	19.3%	20.2%
40	5 June 2011	15.9%	17.0%	19.4%	20.7%
41	11 June 2011	18.1%	21.0%	21.7%	22.9%
42	12 June 2011	19.3%	22.8%	22.3%	24.1%
43	18 June 2011	19.1%	20.9%	21.0%	22.0%
44	19 June 2011	19.6%	23.5%	23.1%	24.5%
45	25 June 2011	19.5%	22.2%	22.4%	24.3%
46	26 June 2011	20.3%	22.2%	25.0%	26.5%
47	2 June 2011	20.4%	23.3%	22.5%	23.2%
48	3 June 2011	20.9%	24.6%	24.4%	25.8%
49	9 June 2011	20.1%	20.8%	23.6%	24.7%
50	10 June 2011	21.1%	22.3%	24.7%	25.9%
51	16 June 2011	23.2%	25.1%	26.5%	28.3%
52	17 June 2011	24.0%	25.1%	28.3%	29.5%
Average		14.4%	16.6%	17.3%	19.0%

Awards and nominations[edit]

International broadcast[edit]

It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from September 9, 2012, to March 3, 2013,^[7] with reruns on cable channel BS Japan beginning February 20, 2013.^[8]
In 2015, Hong Kong’s HKTV also played this drama.

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