# Into the Flames
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{{Infobox television
| image = Into the Flames Official Main Poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| alt_name = Into the Fire
| genre = [Period drama](/source/Period_drama)
| writer = Jung Sung-hee
Lee Han-ho
| director = Kim Sang-rae
| starring = [Choi Soo-jong](/source/Choi_Soo-jong)
[Ryu Jin](/source/Ryu_Jin)
[Son Tae-young](/source/Son_Tae-young)
[Lee In-hye](/source/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](/source/Korea_Standard_Time))
| company = Kangho Production
| channel = [TV Chosun](/source/Chosun_Broadcasting_Company)
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|4|25}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2014|6|28}}
| related =
| creator = [TV Chosun](/source/Chosun_Broadcasting_Company)
}}
'''''Into the Flames''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^불꽃 속으로|rr=yes}}) is a 2014 [South Korean television series](/source/Korean_drama). It aired on cable channel [TV Chosun](/source/Chosun_Broadcasting_Company) on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes from April 25 to June 28, 2014.[{{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](/source/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}}][{{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}}]
==Synopsis==
Based on the life of [Park Tae-joon](/source/Park_Tae-joon), founder and honorary chairman of [multinational](/source/multinational_corporation) [steel](/source/steel)-making company [POSCO](/source/POSCO),[{{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](/source/The_Korea_Times)|access-date=2014-04-13|date=13 December 2011}}][{{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](/source/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}}] this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the [colonial era](/source/Korea_under_Japanese_rule) and the [Korean War](/source/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.[{{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}}]
The early [working title](/source/working_title) was Park's moniker ''Steel King'' ({{korean|강철왕|labels=no}}).[{{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](/source/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}}][{{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}}]{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [WP:KO/RS](/source/WP%3AKO%2FRS)|date=January 2025}}
==Cast==
===Main characters===
*[Choi Soo-jong](/source/Choi_Soo-jong) as [Park Tae-hyung](/source/Park_Tae-joon)
**[Kim Kwon](/source/Kim_Kwon) as young [Park Tae-hyung](/source/Park_Tae-joon)
*[Ryu Jin](/source/Ryu_Jin) as Shin Dae-chul
**Yoon Hong-bin as young Shin Dae-chul
*[Son Tae-young](/source/Son_Tae-young) as Kumiko
**[Kim Ye-won](/source/Kim_Ye-won_(actress%2C_born_1987)) as young Kumiko
*[Lee In-hye](/source/Lee_In-hye) as Jang Ok-sun
*[Choi Cheol-ho](/source/Choi_Cheol-ho) as Choi Jong-ho
*[Dokgo Young-jae](/source/Dokgo_Young-jae) as [the President](/source/Park_Chung_Hee)
*Jung Ho-bin as Alan Kissinger
===Supporting characters===
;Yeongil Bay Steel Mill
*Hong Il-kwon as Hwang Joon-suk
*[Park Sang-myun](/source/Park_Sang-myun) as Park Jong-yeol
*[Lee Ki-chan](/source/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](/source/Hong_Ah-reum) as Ha Cheo-soon
;Shinsekai Trading Company
*Lee Chul-min as Takeda
**[Kim Hyun-joon](/source/Kim_Hyun-joon_(actor)) as young Takeda
*Go Myung-hwan as Abe
**Kim Min-ho as young Abe
;Extended cast
*Lee Young-hoo as Yasuoka
*[Jeon Soo-kyeong](/source/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==
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==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}}
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Category:2014 South Korean television series endings
Category:TV Chosun television dramas
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