Title: 빅맨 / Big Man
Genre: Melodrama, Revenge, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-28 to 2014-June-17
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
Synopsis
Kim Ji Hyuk (Kang Ji Hwan) doesn’t have parents and goes through a tough life. He then meets Dal Sook (Song Ok Sook) who runs a small restaurant at a traditional market. Kim Ji Hyuk follows her like his mother and settles down at the traditional market. He works hard to open up his own store within the traditional market. Suddenly, Kim Ji Hyuk becomes a hidden son from a family that owns Korea’s top company Hyunsung. He realizes though that there are impure intentions. Since that moment, Kim Ji Hyuk takes revenge upon the people at the Hyunsung company. He becomes romantically involved with a woman named So Mi Ra (Lee Da Hee) who he meets at the most important time in his life.
Meanwhile, Kang Dong Suk (Choi Daniel) is the one who grew up a chaebol his whole life. Kang Jin Ah (Jung So Min) is his sister.
Cast
Main cast
Kang Ji Hwan as Kim Ji Hyuk
– Lee Tae Woo as Kim Ji Hyuk (young)
Lee Da Hee as So Mi Ra
– Choi Da In as So Mi Ra (young)
Choi Daniel as Kang Dong Suk
– Nam Da Reum as Kang Dong Suk (young)
Jung So Min as Kang Jin Ah
People around Kim Ji Hyuk
Song Ok Sook as Hong Dal Sook
Jang Tae Sung as Yang Dae Sup
Kwon Hae Hyo as Goo Duk Gyu
Kim Ji Hoon as Choi Yoo Jae
Lee Dae Yun as Kim Han Doo
Jang Hang Sun as Jo Hwa Soo
Kim Dae Ryung as Jo Bum Shik
People around So Mi Ra
Yoon So Hee as So Hye Ra
Kim Mi Kyung as Ahn Bong Rim
People around Kang Dong Suk
Uhm Hyo Sup as Kang Sung Wook
Cha Hwa Yun as Choi Yoon Jung
Han Sang Jin as Do Sang Ho
Others
Lee Hae Woo as Moon Myung Ho
Na Seung Ho as Assistant Manager Lee
Choi Jung Hwa as journalist
Oh Dae Hwan as detective
Kim Jung Pal as Mr Park
Lee Hae Young as branch manager of Jericho
Kim Min Sang as detective
Jang Sung Bum as doctor
Cameo
Lee Sung Min as high-ranking government official
Park Won Sang as homicide detective
Song Jae Rim as Park Dong Pal
Oh Sang Jin as news anchor
Jung Myung Joon (정명준) as lawyer
Kim Min Jae as Prosecutor Yong
Jung Dong Kyu as judge
Kim Seung Wook
Production Credits
Production Company: Kim Jong Hak Production, KBS Media
Chief Producer: Jung Hae Ryong
Producer: Ji Byung Hyun, Park Woo Ram
Director: Ji Young Soo
Screenwriter: Choi Jin Won
Awards
2014 KBS Drama Awards – Popularity Actress: Lee Da Hee (Big Man)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2014-04-28 | 1 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 2014-04-29 | 2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 2014-05-05 | 3 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.0 (17th) | 8.3 (17th) |
| 2014-05-06 | 4 | 7.7 (19th) | 9.4 (15th) | 8.2 (18th) | 9.2 (14th) |
| 2014-05-12 | 5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 9.7 (13th) | 10.5 (10th) |
| 2014-05-13 | 6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8.0 (15th) | 8.8 (15th) |
| 2014-05-19 | 7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
| 2014-05-20 | 8 | 8.4 (15th) | 9.1 (15th) | 9.0 (16th) | 9.8 (12th) |
| 2014-05-26 | 9 | 8.8 (15th) | 9.7 (13th) | 10.3 (11th) | 10.6 (11th) |
| 2014-05-27 | 10 | 8.7 (12th) | 8.7 (15th) | 11.2 (8th) | 11.5 (8th) |
| 2014-06-02 | 11 | 8.0 (18th) | 8.8 (16th) | 10.0 (10th) | 10.9 (9th) |
| 2014-06-03 | 12 | 9.0 (14th) | 10.0 (11th) | 11.4 (10th) | 13.2 (6th) |
| 2014-06-09 | 13 | 8.3 (15th) | 8.9 (14th) | 10.7 (9th) | 12.2 (7th) |
| 2014-06-10 | 14 | 8.0 (15th) | 9.3 (11th) | 10.3 (10th) | 11.2 (9th) |
| 2014-06-16 | 15 | 8.1 (16th) | 9.0 (14th) | 10.8 (10th) | 12.3 (8th) |
| 2014-06-17 | 16 | 8.5 (14th) | 9.4 (11th) | 12.6 (7th) | 14.0 (6th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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May 22nd, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Hotel King is a nice drama, and Roommate the reality show where celebreties living in one house
May 23rd, 2014 at 1:23 am
@nudge
i agree with sandy about KJH n Choi danield, if you say choi leave not one screen to waste, Isee KJH too, if that scene doesn’t interest you , it was the writer n the pd who give that scene, i think both of them do good job
I like all the lead cast of this drama
May 23rd, 2014 at 3:30 am
I have finished watching episode 7 and episode 8 and it’s sad to see what’s happening at episode 8 , but, something strikes my attention on Jin Ah was that Jin Ah was sincere and kind and falling in love with Ji Hyuk.
In order to continue to attract my interest to like this drama, the writer must change the romance of Ji Hyuk. Ji Hyuk should find his love with Jin Ah.
Mi Ra a very selfish woman, she does not deserve love from Ji Hyuk and hopefully, Dong Suk will die because of sudden heart attack.
The problem is, how to understand that Ji Hyuk can eventually becomes the big man ? And I am more interested in the romance between Jin Ah and Ji Hyuk. And I am praying hard that, the writer will not pair up the romance of Ji Hyuk with Mi Ra . Frankly speaking, I hate Mi Ra and I like Jin Ah. Jin Ah may not be prettier than Mi Ra, but, I really like Jin Ah loving Jin Hyuk with a sincere, innocent true heart.
I like to watch Big Man and also Doctor Stranger, both are equally good. And I will continue to watch this drama and looking forward to watch episode 9 and episode 10.
May 23rd, 2014 at 3:25 pm
I’m start watch at ep 8…interesting! will continue ;))
May 23rd, 2014 at 10:46 pm
OMG OMG OMG how he will come out of this one? all beating to dead and throw into the sea……I hope he teach all those people that you do not play with a person just because you have money…..and about Mira I think those people did what they want with her…since her dad die…she will open her eyes…..but in a way she did pay with the family when they want it his hearth…..this drama is getting really interesting….love it!
May 27th, 2014 at 6:56 am
i would love if ji hyuk fall in love with jin ah
May 27th, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Agree with @mml
Many things happened in episode 9. Hoping to watch with sub.
This drama has no wasted scenes. I am addicted to Big Man.
May 28th, 2014 at 9:33 am
Jung So Min is vogue, sexy & beautiful.
May 28th, 2014 at 1:43 pm
I haven’t seen Doctor Stranger and Triangle which are aired at the same time as Big Man. So I have no idea why they’re ratings are higher than Big Man. Perhaps ONLY because of the actors are much younger than KJH and CD?
May 28th, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Love psycho Jin Ah & hope she gets her man even thought it is not likely since she is the second female lead. They call pull off an “I hear your voice” where the main lead ends up with the second lead!!!
May 28th, 2014 at 7:32 pm
I thought he was just putting on the idiot bit just a little. And I credited the character with street-smarts which meant he’d know when he’s being played. But that wasn’t the case at all. In this, the latest episode, it turns out he really is a moron.
And that duplicitous sly face that Ji Hwan puts on wasn’t that the character had something brewing at the back of his mind but was just lousy acting. Oh dear me, I’ve come this far and the story is interesting.
May 28th, 2014 at 7:45 pm
@hind, me too. It’d be interesting to see our hero (moron) get some back for what they’d done to him. I especially like to see our cardiac outpatient get his comeuppence.
May 31st, 2014 at 8:57 pm
more dramas for Song jae rim his acting is great!!
June 3rd, 2014 at 4:23 am
f ji hwan and so min at ,the end im going to watch it again
June 3rd, 2014 at 5:55 am
Haven’t watched this show yet, but I’ve been watching Doctor Stranger which is good. But I gave up on Triangle because the first few episodes bored me. Maybe I’ll give this one a shot.
June 3rd, 2014 at 7:17 pm
I have finished watching episode 9 and episode 10 and towards the ending episode 10, it’s so sweet to see Jin Ah happily hoping and wishing to have a wedding ring from Ji Hyuk. I will continue to watch episode 11 and episode 12 and hopefully oneday, Ji Hyuk will love and propose to Jin Ah.
June 4th, 2014 at 3:14 am
in fact i was waiting for this drama because of kjh.. But i couldnt complete it.. There is nothing new about it.. It is sooo boring.
June 5th, 2014 at 5:53 am
@hz I agree, Song Jae Rim was awesome in Inspiring Generation.
June 5th, 2014 at 7:29 pm
I just finished eps 11 and 12 and I’m a little confused. Why is MR going after DS and not his father? What has he did to her that she now hates him? I don’t get it.
June 7th, 2014 at 10:38 pm
Can anyone possibility like the main female leader???? She is terribly annoying…not a good person…how can he end up with someone who nearly killed him for his heart? If the producer wants higher ratings, focus more on the romance with Jin Ah. She totally deserve the love in the end!
June 9th, 2014 at 3:01 am
I have just finished watching episode 11 and episode 12 and looking forward to watch episode 13 and episode 14, to find out on how can Ji Hyuk win his revenge ? And I hope that the writer better don’t arrange Ji Hyuk to pair with Mi Ra as a romance couple. I am getting very sick to see Mi Ra , I really hate Mi Ra very much in her character. I like to see Jin Ah with a pure sincere heart towards Ji Hyuk. I really hope that Ji Hyuk, should really consider and accept the love of Jin Ah.
June 10th, 2014 at 8:08 am
Drama Fan and mml, I so agree with the two of you. JH likes her, but he doesn’t even know she tried to kill him. I was reading some comments on Soompi regarding MR and it’s amazing how people try to justify MRs actions as being brained washed by DS. I do believe DS was unconscious when she made the decision on her own that she wanted to kill JH for his heart. JA has been faithful to him from the beginning. She even turned her back on her family.
Lclarakl@119, good question. I had not thought about it. I really have no idea why MR is going after DS other than she likes JH. It was DS father who slandered her father and her mother took money to keep quiet about it. Why isn’t see going after them?
June 10th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Ahh. . So hard for hate Kang Dong Suk aka Choi Daniel. And I like So Much So Mi Ra aka Lee Da Hee.
June 11th, 2014 at 7:32 am
I like Jin Ah and hate that JH is in love with MR.
June 16th, 2014 at 9:03 pm
@Lclarakl (119) & @Sweetpea (122)
MR hates DS and all his family, she wants to revenges to Hyun Su Company, because after his father die because car accident, the family using that incident to use MR’s father name that her father steal the money from company.
Because her father dead, they used her father name to clear their BAD action because they loose money in investment and government try to look out the money was.
Thats why MR hates DS so much because he make her father a criminal.
June 16th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
g that incident to use MR’s father name that her father steal the mon@Lclarakl (119) & @Sweetpea (122)
MR hates DS and all his family, she wants to revenges to Hyun Su Company, because after his father die because car accident, the family usiney from company.
Because her father dead, they used her father name to clear their BAD action because they loose money in investment and government try to look out the money was.
Thats why MR hates DS so much because he make her father a criminal.
June 19th, 2014 at 12:04 pm
This drama appears to be propaganda promoting socialism/communism. I don’t know if it was intentional. Just my impression.
Sadly I think the evil Dong Suk is to varying degrees closer to how we are as humans. He coveted and was filled with false pride. And he was willing to step on others to acquire what he desired.
On the other hand our protagonist Ji Hyuk, probably reflects the writer’s own understanding of a good person — pretentious and vacuous.
June 20th, 2014 at 8:50 am
Mary170 @ 126, I understand that MR is taking revenge on DS because his father framed her deceased father for embezzlement–they weren’t responsible for his death. It does not make sense that she’s taking revenge on DS for something his father did. She supposedly has been dating DS since high school (over 10 years), and yet she falls out of love with him in 2 months for someone she barely knows. Even worse, she never tried to help him see that his behavior was wrong.
I think the writers did not do a good job defining MR. More than that, I think Lee Da Hee was not lead actress material for this drama. She didn’t know how to truly portray her character or the conflict she was feeling. In my opinion, she kept trying to look pretty not realizing in order to really portray her character she has to make some ugly facial expressions at time.
Jung So Min, I have to give two thumbs up!!! She out acted Lee Da Hee hands down. There was so much chemistry between JH and Jin Ah. The casting director selected the wrong person. MR was supposed to be cool but very passionate and later she was supposed to become fiery. LOL!! I only saw cool. The other 2 characteristics never made an appearance.
June 20th, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Satisfying ending… I liked it except that KJH wore a pair of white leather shoes😠 to (mis)match with his cool dark blue suits😕
June 25th, 2014 at 11:46 pm
Is it a good drama?
June 27th, 2014 at 11:01 am
Is this drama worth watching? Thanks
July 1st, 2014 at 11:55 pm
So Mira character ruined the drama for me, it is so inconsistent. one of the worst written character ever.
July 28th, 2014 at 4:41 pm
The first 8 episodes are beyond amazing for me but the latter parts, I skipped everything to finish it.
September 14th, 2014 at 3:50 pm
watched 10eps and then aft JH came out of “prison” and he try to take revenge the whole story seems to become draggy… ffwd some of the part… overall a nice drama!
October 5th, 2014 at 8:20 pm
1Reviewer @132, I agreed with this comment concerning So Mira, then I saw the drama Temptation. The husband is the worse written character. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure the writer of that drama didn’t take characters and plots from different dramas and meshed them into Temptation which is the worse drama ever. No words can describe it other than it made me not ever want to watch the two leads ever again in another drama together or separately. The writer I will never watch another drama written by him.
Back to Big Man, they could have hit it out of the park if they had switched the main female lead with the second and changed up the plot. The revenge plot line for MR was too weak and ridiculous. I could understand if she was going after the father. She faulted her fiancé for what his father did and she wasn’t’ much better than him. Instead of siding with her, I found her role more traitor. Yes she was helping the male lead, but the way her character was written, it her unlikable for me.
May 10th, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Lack of chemistry among the casts. Good series but wrong casts.
June 14th, 2015 at 3:37 am
The cast was okay, but the wrong female lead. They should have switched the second female and made her lead and the lead female should have been second lead.