Gu Family Book (SUMMARY)

Title: 구가의 서 (九家의 書) / Googauiseo

Also known as: Ancient Medical Book / The Writings of Nine Houses / Book of the House of Gu / Kang Chi, the Beginning

Genre: Fantasy, human, melodrama, historical, romance

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-08 to 2013-Jun-25

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Original Soundtrack: Gu Family Book OST

SYNOPSIS

A melodrama epic about the great deal of trouble Choi Kang Chi, born as a half-human-half-mythical-creature, who goes through in order to become human and a story of Choi Kang Chi’s journey of struggling in order to live more like a human than anyone else despite not being able to become human.

Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seung Ki) was raised by the Choi family after having been picked up from the river. Choi Kang Chi is the son of Goo Wol Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk), the guardian spirit of Jiri Mountain, and Yoon Seo Hwa (Lee Yeon Hee), his human mother. Kang Chi is an outspoken character who’s full of curiosity. He realizes that he’s a half-human-half-beast through a certain incident and starts living his second life.

Dam Yeo Wool (Bae Suzy) is a master of martial arts and archery. Yeo Wool is an upright character who really values the Three Bonds and Five Relationships in Confucianism, and becomes an instructor at a martial arts center at a young age.

• Lee Seung Ki as Choi Kang Chi
• Bae Suzy as Dam Yeo Wool
• Lee Sung Jae as Jo Kwan Woong
• Jo Sung Ha as Dam Pyung Joon
• Yoo Yun Suk as Park Tae Seo
• Lee Yoo Bi as Park Chung Jo
• Sung Joon as Gon

Kang Chi's Biological Parents

• Choi Jin Hyuk as Goo Wol Ryung (Kang Chi’s father)
• Lee Yeon Hee as Yoon Seo Hwa (Kang Chi's mother)

Extended Cast

• Kim Hee Won as Monk So Jung
• Uhm Hyo Sup as Park Moo Sol (Chung Jo’s father)
• Jung Hye Young as Chun Soo Ryun
• Son Ga Young as Wol Sun
• Yoo Dong Geun as Lee Soon Shin
• Jo Jae Yoon as Ma Bong Chool
• Lee Do Kyung as Gong Dal
• Kim Hee Jung as Lady Yoon (Kang Chi’s adoptive mom)
• Nam Hyun Joo as gisaeng house's chief maid
• Park Joo Hyung as Han Noh
• Kim Ki Bang as Eok Man
• Kim Bo Mi as Dam Yi (Seo Hwa's maid) (ep1)
• Lee David as Yoon Jung Yoon (Seo Hwa's brother) (ep1)
• David McInnis as Kageshima
• Yoon Se Ah as Ja Hong Myung

(Source from dramawiki)