Into the Flames

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.

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