''A Man Called God'' (; also known as ''The Man Almighty'') is a 2010 South Korean television series starring

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and

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. It aired on MBC from March 6 to May 23, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 24 episodes. The -budget

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romance series is based on the 1999 comic book of the same title by

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writer Park Bong-seong.

Plot

Choi Kang-ta is a super agent with a feared reputation who gains powers similar to a god. As a child, he lost his parents and was adopted by an American couple. After becoming an adult, he returns to Korea to exact revenge on the murderer of his father. He learns that there were four people responsible for his father's death. In the midst of carrying out his plans, his partner Vivian betrays him, putting his life in danger. He is nursed back to health by Bo-bae, a reporter he met by chance, and as he falls in love with her, his beliefs are shaken. After recovering from his wounds, he settles down in a slum neighborhood where he befriends the poor residents. For the first time in his life, he is surrounded by warmth and love in his new home, and finds peace within himself. But Hwang Woo-hyun, a high-ranking official at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and heir to the Hwanglim Group empire, becomes enraged with jealousy that Choi Kang-ta stole Bo-bae away from him and decides to have him eliminated.

Cast

as Michael King / Choi Kang-ta **

Nam Da-reum Nam Da-reum (born June 13, 2002) is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child actor, having played young versions of the leading characters in several popular Korean dramas, and best known for his lead role in '' Beautiful World'' (2 ...

as young Kang-ta *

as Jin Bo-bae *

as Hwang Woo-hyun *

as Vivian Castle *

as Jang-mi * Cho Jin-woong as Jang-ho * Choo Ja-hyun as Seo Mi-soo / Choi Kang-Hee *Jung Han-yong as Jang Yong *

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as Hwang Dal-soo *

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as Lee Hyeong-seob * Kim Yong-gun as Kang Tae-ho *Lee Won-jong as Park Hong-choon *Shin Beom-do as Dennis * Lee Bo-hee as Han Soo-ra * Kim Min-ji as Hye-jung * Baek Il-seob as Hye-jung's grandfather *

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as Seo Tae-jin *Kim Myung-gook *Lee Jung-hoon as Choi Hae-ryong, Kang-ta's father * Lee Jae-yoon as Park Chul *Yoon Gi-won as Director Kim Ji-won *Kim Hyo-jin as police woman *Samuel Kang as NIS agent *

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as Secretary Pyo *

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*Jung Dong-jin *Lee Won-seok *Yoon Beom *

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as Son Chul *Lee Eun-bin *Pascal Dior as Pascal The Assassin

Ratings

Source
TNS Media Korea

Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo Islands) controversy

Originally set to premiere on August 21, 2012 on BS Nippon, the airing of ''A Man Called God'' was indefinitely delayed after the broadcaster feared public backlash, amid diplomatic tension and rising anti-Korean sentiment in Japan against Hallyu celebrities regarding the Korea-Japan territorial dispute over the

Liancourt Rocks The Liancourt Rocks, also known by their Korean name of Dokdo or their Japanese name of Takeshima,; ; . form a group of islets in the Sea of Japan between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. The Liancourt Rocks comprise two ...

. Lead actor Song Il-gook had participated in a 220-kilometer patriotic relay swim to the Liancourt Rocks on August 15 to commemorate South Korea's Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japan's colonial rule in 1945.

International Broadcasts

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, the series was broadcast by Lejel Television Network during 2012–2013. In the

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, the series began airing in February 2015 on KFVE/

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on Sunday afternoons.

References

External links

''A Man Called God'' official MBC website

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