1st Republic
The show's titlecard
Also known asThe First Republic
Hangul
제1공화국
Hanja
第1共和國
Genre
Screenplay byKim Gi-pal
Opening themeFanfare for the Common Man[1]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducersGo Seok-man, Lee Yeon-hun
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
Release2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) –
11 February 1982 (1982-02-11)

1st Republic (Korean: 제1공화국; RR: Je Il Gonghwaguk) is a South Korean historical television series that was originally broadcast on MBC TV from 2 April 1981 to 11 February 1982.[2] According to some sources,[lower-alpha 1] it is considered the first political drama television series in South Korean history, and the first to depict a recent president during an era of heavy media censorship.[3][4][5][6] It covers the First Republic of Korea: the government of South Korea between 1948 and 1960. The series consisted of 39 episodes, each around an hour long,[2] and led to multiple sequel series over the next few decades that covered each of the Five Republics of Korea, including the 2005 5th Republic TV series.[5][7]

Premise

The show covers events from 1945 to 1960, including the 1945 liberation of Korea from the Japanese Empire, the 1950 Korean War, and the 1960 establishment of the Second Republic of Korea.[4]

Cast

Production

The series was created just after Chun Doo-hwan seized power at the beginning of the Fifth Republic of Korea, shortly after Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979. During both the Chun and Park eras, media censorship was common, making dramas depicting political topics extremely sensitive.[4]

The president of MBC at the time, Lee Jin-hui, closely monitored the creation of the show, to ensure it did not draw the ire of the government.[8][4]

Go later served as the head of the Korea Creative Content Agency in the Korean Government from 2007 to 2009.[7]

Episodes

1981
Episode Broadcast Date Title (English) Title (Korean)
1 2 April 1981 Syngman Rhee and Kim Ku 이승만과 김구
2 9 April 1981 Assassination, Assassination, Assassination 암살, 암살, 암살
3 16 April 1981 Cho Man-shik and Kim Il Sung 조만식과 김일성
4 23 April 1981 Terror 테러
5 30 April 1981 Syngman Rhee in 1946 이승만 1946년
6 7 May 1981 The Namro Party 남로당
7 14 May 1981 The Three Leaders of Summer 1947 1947년 여름 삼영수
8 21 May 1981 United Nations Commission on Korea 유엔 한국 임시 위원단
9 28 May 1981 Kim Ku and North-South Talks (Part 1) 김구와 남북협상 (上)
10 4 June 1981 Kim Ku and North-South Talks (Part 2) 김구와 남북협상 (下)
11 11 June 1981 The First President Syngman Rhee 초대 대통령 이승만
12 18 June 1981 Female Spy Kim Soo-im 여간첩 김수임
13 25 June 1981 Miscalculation 오판
14 2 July 1981 Jogakdang at Ihwajang House 이화장의 조각당
15 9 July 1981 The National Assembly's Fraktsiya Scandal 국회 프락치 사건
16 16 July 1981 The Banmintukui Affair (Part 1) 반민특위 사건 (上)
17 30 July 1981 The Banmintukui Affair (Part 2) 반민특위 사건 (下)
18 6 August 1981 The President's People 대통령의 사람들
19 27 August 1981 Ah, Baekbeom (Part 1) 아, 백범 (上)
20 3 September 1981 Ah, Baekbeom (Part 2) 아, 백범 (下)
21 10 September 1981 The May 30th Election 5·30 선거
22 17 September 1981 90 Days Under the Enemy 적치하 90일
23 24 September 1981 Gyeongmudae During Wartime 전시하의 경무대
24 1 October 1981 The Pusan Political Crisis 부산 정치파동
25 8 October 1981 Woonam's Restart 우남의 재출발
26 15 October 1981 The Peace Line 평화선
27 28 October 1981 Merchants During Wartime 전시하의 상인들
28 5 November 1981 The Release of Anti-Communist Captives and Truce 반공포로 석방과 휴전
29 12 November 1981 The KNYA's Elimination and Lee Ki-poong 족청계 거세와 이기붕
30 19 November 1981 The Park In-soo Affair 박인수 사건
31 26 November 1981 The Liberal Party's Landslide Victory (Part 1) 자유당 압승 (上)
32 10 December 1981 The Liberal Party's Landslide Victory (Part 2) 자유당 압승 (下)
33 17 December 1981 Lee Ki-poong and the Liberal 이기붕과 자유당
1982
34 7 January 1982 Kim Il Sung and the Purge 김일성과 숙청극
35 14 January 1982 The Hangul Simplifiation Movement 한글파동
36 21 January 1982 Kim Du-han and Lee Jeong-jae 김두한과 이정재
37 28 January 1982 Adoptee Lee Gang-seok 양자 이강석
38 4 February 1982 The Artists Corps and Lim Hwa-su 예술인단과 임화수
39 11 February 1982 The Democratic Party's Dispute with New and Old Parties and the End of the First Republic 민주당 신구파 분쟁과 제1공화국의 종식

Notes

  1. ↑ Most sources with this claim originally source their information from the producer Go.

References

Sources

Books

  • Go, Seok-man (31 October 2019), 나는 드라마로 시대를 기록했다 [I Recorded History Using Drama] (in Korean), Changbi Publishers, ISBN 9788936408398, retrieved 5 April 2023

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