Into the Flames

{{Infobox television | image = Into the Flames Official Main Poster.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | alt_name = Into the Fire | genre = Period drama | writer = Jung Sung-hee Lee Han-ho | director = Kim Sang-rae | starring = Choi Soo-jong Ryu Jin Son Tae-young Lee In-hye | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 20 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Choi Byung-hwa | producer = Jung Hoe-seok Lee Kyung-seon Jung Hyung-seo | editor = | location = Korea | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) | company = Kangho Production | channel = TV Chosun | first_aired = {{start date|2014|4|25}} | last_aired = {{end date|2014|6|28}} | related = | creator = TV Chosun }}

'''''Into the Flames''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^불꽃 속으로|rr=yes}}) 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|title=Posco story coming to TV|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2982973|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-04-13|date=3 January 2014|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141745/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2982973|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Gwang-kuk|script-title=ko:고(故) 최태준 일대기 그린 '불꽃 속으로', 역사 논란 피해갈까|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335|work=TenAsia|language=Korean|access-date=2014-04-13|date=9 April 2014|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413134921/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Synopsis== Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Seung-woo|title=''Steel King'' Park Tae-joon dies|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/01/602_100750.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124515/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/01/602_100750.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2014|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2014-04-13|date=13 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Childs|first=Martin|title=Park Tae-Joon: Steel magnate who transformed South Korean fortunes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/park-taejoon-steel-magnate-who-transformed-south-korean-fortunes-6280273.html|work=The Independent|access-date=2014-04-13|date=22 December 2011|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413133102/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/park-taejoon-steel-magnate-who-transformed-south-korean-fortunes-6280273.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Su-jong headlines cable period drama Into the Fire|url=http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/01/choi-su-jong-headlines-cable-period-drama-into-the-fire/|work=Dramabeans|access-date=2014-04-13|date=3 January 2014|archive-date=2014-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420042332/http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/01/choi-su-jong-headlines-cable-period-drama-into-the-fire/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The early working title was Park's moniker ''Steel King'' ({{korean|강철왕|labels=no}}).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cho|first1=Hye-gyung|first2=Ji-eun|last2=Seo|title=Posco's Park to be subject of 24-part TV series|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2954522|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-04-13|date=16 June 2012|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141342/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2954522|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Into The Fire'' TV Chosun Finalized Featuring The Late Park Tae Jun|url=http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/11827/20131106/into-the-fire-tv-chosun-finalized-featuring-the-late-park-tae-jun.htm|work=KDramaStars|access-date=2014-04-13|date=6 November 2013|archive-date=2014-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210145248/http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/11827/20131106/into-the-fire-tv-chosun-finalized-featuring-the-late-park-tae-jun.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=January 2025}}

==Cast==

===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

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== *[http://tv.chosun.com/drama/flame/ ''Into the Flames'' official website] {{in lang|ko}} *{{hancinema film|Into_the_Flames|Into the Flames}} {{TV Chosun Dramas}}

Category:2014 South Korean television series debuts Category:2014 South Korean television series endings Category:TV Chosun television dramas