[Drama 1995] Sandglass / Hourglass 모래시계

[Guest jahye]

[sBS] Choi Min Soo, Go Hyun Jung, Park Sang Won, Lee Jung Jae

THE SANDGLASS - 모래시계

MAIN CAST

Choi Min Soo, Go Hyun Jung, Park Sang Won, Lee Jung Jae

Cast: 최민수 (Choi Min-Soo) as Tae-Soo, 고현정 (Go Hyun Jung) as Hye-Rin, 박상원 (Park Sang-Won) as Woo-Suk, 이정재 (Lee Jung Jae) as Jae-Hee, 박근형 (Park Geun-Hyung) as Mr. Yoon, 남성훈 (Nam Sang-Hoon) as Do-Shik, 정성모 (Jung Sung-Mo) as Jong-Do, 홍경인 (Hong Kyung-In) as young Woo-Suk, 김정현 (Kim Jung-Hyun) as young Tae-Soo, 조민수 (Jo Min-Soo) as Sun-Young, 이승연 (Lee Seung-Yeon) as Young-Jin, 조경환 (Jo Kyung-Hwan), 김인문 (Kim In-Moon), 임현식 (Im Hyun-Shik), 장항선 (Jang Hang-Seon), 김보성 (Kim Bo-Sung), 맹상훈 (Maeng Sang-Hoon), 이두일 (Lee Doo-Il), 손현주 (Son Hyun-Joo)

STORY

Sandglass follows its three main characters from early adolescence to full adulthood, from the 1960s to the 1980s. Park Tae-soo (played by Choi Min-su) is a charismatic gangster, adored by the men with whom he breaks up opposition-party meetings. Flashbacks tell us that in high school Tae-soo was a fighter and leader, already wooed by local toughs and politicians. He briefly resisted his destiny under the influence of his close friend Kang Woo-suk. Woo-suk tutored Tae-soo and encouraged him to think about college, much to the delight of Tae-soo's widowed mother. But when Tae-soo was rejected by military college because his late father had been a Communist guerilla, he abandoned himself to a gangster's life.

Woo-suk (Park Sang-won) went on to law school, his goal since childhood. As he prepares for the bar exam, Woo-suk keeps aloof from student activism or anything else that might deflect him from his goal. But he's impressed by a bold young woman, Yoon Hye-rin (Ko Hyun-jung) who edits the Student Association's newspaper. They become friends. Flashbacks show us that Hye-rin is the daughter of a rich and powerful casino owner with ties to the highest levels of the Park Jeong-hee regime. A devoted bodyguard, Baek Jae Hee (Lee Jung-jae), watches over her in her student lodgings and her increasingly dangerous activism. By chance, Woo-suk once again meets Tae-soo, who is also impressed by Hye-rin. Woo-suk (who doesn't know why Tae-soo gave up his academic dreams) is disappointed to learn that his old friend is still on the wrong side of the law. When I become a prosecutor, Woo-suk warns him, I might have to prosecute you....

The most spectacular segment of the series is its recreation of the Gwangju uprising of 1980, which takes up most of two episodes. Tae-soo visits a former subordinate who moved back to Gwangju, and gets caught up in the resistance when government troops are sent in to crush the democratic protests there. He doesn't know that Woo-suk joined the army just in time to be deployed at Gwangju. Hye-rin has escaped arrest and has fled Seoul for the countryside. Archival video footage adds power and authenticity to the program's restaging of the rebellion.

Two-thirds of the series still lies ahead after Gwangju, but Sandglass (as its title implies) is really about time, and about Koreans' struggle to come to terms with their history. Tae-soo, Woo-suk, and Hye-rin must overcome their suffering and pursue their aims and destinies, which they do with great energy. At times I did get tired of Hye-rin's Poor Little Rich Girl routine, especially since her impulsive decisions tend to blow up in other people's faces, not hers. And Woo-suk is such a Boy Scout -- clean, thrifty, brave, reverent, blind to the feelings of the people nearest to him, and prone to give up when at first he doesn't succeed. Only Tae-soo, perhaps because he knows he's damned, seems to know who he is from the beginning, doggedly pursuing what he wants over all obstacles. (Review by Duncan Mitchel, taken from koreanfilm.org - Sandglass)

Links

Official Website

koreanfilm.org - Sandglass

wikipedia - Sandglass

X's Sandglass review

Eyes of Dawn/Sandglass forum

DOWNLOAD

Two episodes are in one 700 MB file. Use HJSplit to join the files together. All megaupload links.

The last two episodes, 23 and 24, are separate files.

Episodes 1 and 2, part 1

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Episode 24, part 1

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OST

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*It wouldn't be a Korean forum without a thread on 모래시계.*

[Guest suzziee]

WOW Jahye!

Great job on organising those links! This is one of the epic Korean dramas that I never got around to watching fully. I watched about 3(?) episodes but had to stop because of technical problems so now I can continue again Thanks! And I agree... it ain't a Kdrama forum without a Sandglass thread!

This has been so talked about... But when I watch I try to watch it as if I were watching it back in 1995... because otherwise, I think alot of the splendour and the pomp of this series would've been lost due to how much more polished Kdramas have become nowadays.

[Guest lilgzl]

Wat a coincidence! Just finished this drama 2 nights ago....

mmmm...I don't have much too say as I don't want to spoil this...

but just a warning...there are some violence scenes which sometimes I just had to skipped it trough...

and being a classic drama, some parts bore me a little, but trough the last few episodes it gets a bit better.

If you expect romance....not much here either...

Anyway, it's a great drama but it's something that I just need to watch once....

[aznboy78]

I remember watching this in 95 and i don't remember a thing. lol

I'm gonna watch this again thanks to your links.

[Guest thunderbolt]

Wow, jahye, thanks for the thread. *muah* I hope more people will watch this awesome drama.

Summaries and screencaps for all 24 episodes are now available HERE in the Eyes of Dawn/Sandglass forum. Do check them out.

[Guest x_shinae]

oh wow, i remember watching this drama a long time ago with my mom when i was little. I remember that I thought that the music was really really good/sad. T_T All i remember is watching my mom cry, that's it. I want to watch it again! ahaha XD

[Guest lilgzl]

yah...expect to cry with this drama..the music is very sad melo...

i'm not a fan of a melow serious drama, so this is not my cup of tea, but i'd still highly recommend every korean drama fans to watch this..

the actors are amazing and the story, you would have never expected what's going to happen next! so yeahh ... give it a go!

[Guest joynara]

Just uploaded the opening credits to Sandglass for those who might be curious about what the drama is like as well as those who fondly recall it (like yours truly):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW6Vm-yrPyQ

It's very haunting, as is the series.

[rubie]

Thanks jahye for starting this thread!

Awesome sharing, I've been wanting to watch the series for the longest time... the links are really thoughtful, thanks so much. Well-done & well-appreciated!

[Guest dadedum]

Oh I LOVE this drama. If I remember correctly there used to be a 20+pages thread of great insightful discussion on Sandglass before the big crash. I watched the whole thing in 3 days and it left me with an incredible sadness (and swollen eyes), but also consolation by how far the country has come since. I can't imagine what life was like for those people and how many families it has destroyed during the Gwangju times. A poster from soompi (weird I suddenly recall the name - touta) put together a great site for the drama with interesting write-ups about the history and music, unfortunately I think it's now defunct.

[Guest thendougsaid]

oh man. this drama is so historical. awesome thanks. its a great show in general and i think you can learn alot about korean culture from this show but if anything... the last 10 mionutes of the show is worth going through the whole series.

[Guest smr05]

omg!!!!

thank you sooooo very very much!!!

ive been looking for this drama for a while now.. and finally here it is!!!!!

mwahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest angel2nyt]

i really, really wanted to see this!!!

and look there re subs!!

thank you so much for this

[Guest cunho]

I've always heard a lot of good commentaries about this serie and what a chance that I can get to watch this now , thank to you . Thank you so much for sharing.

[Guest smr05]

ive just finished watching all the episodes...

first off..

thank you sooo sooo sooo much for uploading!!!!

thank you sooo sooo much for subtitling!!!

ko hyun jung onni is my fav actress now!!!

i absolutely love this drama.. its got so much depth and is a significance to k-drama and korean culture..

no wonser the streets were empty when this series was on air.. ^^

[Guest potato]

i thank you so much for this

i hate how megaupload has that download limit though

been looking for quite some time for this

couple years to be approximate

[Guest piratesofthesea]

I found this site on Google..I decided to watch it after seeing Go Hyun Jung in HIT and also i saw how high the ratings for this drama was !!! Thanks again for all the links..YAY!! now i can watch it ^^

[Guest nui222]

can you please reupload ep 3 and 4 part 1 thanks

I'd like this file uploaded also. TY!

[Guest Happy_Day]

This was the drama that was so popular that supposedly there were no people on the streets when it aired.

[Guest iyeiluj]

you know the theme song from the drama...the "woooooooooooooooooooooo" (sorry. i'm dumb) i was opening this thread and i was watching 1 night2days and the song was on....