The Merchant: Gaekju 2015

The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 (lit. "Master of Trade: The Innkeeper Merchant 2015") is a South Korean television series based on Gaekju, Kim Joo-young's ten-volume novel which was serialized in daily newspaper Seoul Shinmun from June 1979 to February 1983. It aired on KBS2 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 41 episodes beginning September 23, 2015.

Plot
In late Joseon, a poor man named Chun Bong-sam inherits a decrepit inn and honestly works his way up to becoming a powerful merchant. As tradesmen clash against the bureaucratic powers that attempt to oppress them by rigging bad deals, Bong-sam never loses sight of his humble beginnings as a peddler even after achieving great success and eventually shapes the way that industry and business are done in his time.

Cast

 * Jang Hyuk as Chun Bong-sam
 * Jo Hyun-do as young Bong-sam
 * Yu Oh-seong as Gil So-gae
 * Park Gun-woo as young So-gae
 * Kim Min-jung as Mae-wol
 * Han Chae-ah as Jo So-sa
 * Park Eun-hye as Chun So-rye
 * Seo Ji-hee as young So-rye
 * Lee Deok-hwa as Shin Seok-ju
 * Kim Il-woo as Maeng Gu-beom
 * Kim Kyu-chul as Kim Bo-hyun
 * Kim Hak-chul as Kim Hak-joon
 * Jung Tae-woo as Sun-dol
 * Ryu Dam as Gom-bae
 * Yang Jung-a as Bang-geum
 * Song Young-jae as Mung-gae
 * Moon Ga-young as Wol-yi
 * Choi Seung-hoon

Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.