Now in Pyongyang

Now in Pyongyang (Korean: 지금 평양에선; Hanja: 只今 平壤에선) is a South Korean TV series depicting the top political echelons of North Korea in 1980s, with Kim Jong-il as the protagonist. As part of South Korea's anti-North Korean propaganda at the time, the drama shows Kim's vicious side and his tyranny over women, but it also tries to show that Kim has a human side.^[1] It aired on KBS1 from 30 November 1982 to 14 May 1985, with a total of 199 episodes.^[2] The drama was a huge success at the time, and the actor Kim Byung-ki, who played Kim Jong-il, shot to fame.^[3][4]

• Kim Byung-ki as Kim Jong-il
• Unknown as Kim Il-sung
• Choi Seon-ja as Han Seong-hee
• Heo Jin as Kim Kyung- hee
• Kim Seong-gyeom as Kim Young-joo
• Sa Mi-ja as Kim Seong-ae
• Shin Jong-seop as Kim Seong-gap
• Kim Man-man as Kim Pyong-il
• Baek Il-seob as Yang Hyung-seop

• Lee Chi-woo as Oh Jin-woo
• Kang Min-ho as Kim Yong-hyeon
• Hwang Min as Oh Geuk-ryeol
• Lee Chun-sik as Oh Baek-ryong
• Jang Hak-su as Lee Eul-seol
• Kim Soon-cheol as Choi Hyun
• Moon Oh-jang as Kim Cheol-man

• Lee Il-woong as Kim Il
• Kim Heung-ki as Kim Young-nam
• Choi Jeong-hoon as Kim Hwan

• Kang Hyo-sil as Heo Chang-suk
• Lim Seong-min as Kim Kyung-joon
• Yon Sang-mi as Woo Soon-i
• Kim Seong-nyeo as Choi Eun-hee
• Ban Moon-seop as Kim Guk-tae
• Ban Hyo-jung as Kim Jung-sook
• Han Jeong-guk as Li Xiannian

• Lee Dae-ro
• Kim Hae-kwon
• Kim Jin-tae
• Joo Hyun
• Park In-hwan
• Jang Hang-sun
• Lim Byung-ki
• Kang Tae-ki
• Lee Jeong-woong
• Nam Il-woo
• Song Hee-nam
• Song Jong-won
• Lee Shin-jae
• Jung Young-sook
• Park Joo-ah
• Hong Young-ja
• Lee Soon-jae
• Ahn Kwang-jin
• Choi Jae-sung
• Choi Woo-baek
• Yoon Seong-gook
• Han Hyun-bae
• Son Young-chun
• Jeon Young-mi