Hymn of Death (2018)
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Park Soo-jin
Kim Woo-jin Lee Jong-suk
Yoon Sim-duk Shin Hye-sun
Jung Jum-hyo Park Sun-im
Hong Nan-pa Lee Ji-hoon
Lee Seo-koo Kim Kang-hyun
Kim Sung-kyu Kim Myung-soo
Yoon Suk-ho Kim Won-hae
Madam Kim Hwang Young-hee
Videos
Season 1
2018
6 episodes
Season 1 of Hymn of Death premiered on November 27, 2018
During the Japanese colonial period, married playwright Kim U-jin falls in love with soprano Yun Sim-deok, one of Korea’s notable New Women.
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Keywords
- infidelity
- arranged marriage
- forbidden love
- based on true story
- romance
- tragedy
- miniseries
- period drama
- historical
- 1920s