White Nights 3.98 () is a 1998 South Korean television series based on the novel of the same title by Han Tae-hoon and directed by Kim Jong-hak. It aired on SBS from August 31 to November 3, 1998.
The series was criticized for director Kim Jong-hak's reliance on self-replication reminiscent of his earlier work Sandglass (1995), the actors' awkward Russian dialogue, computer graphics, and writing, resulting in low viewership ratings.
Premise After the collapse of Cold War ideology, in the rapidly shifting situation on the Korean Peninsula, Taek-hyeong and Gyeong-bin clash in pursuit of their nations' interests, while Anastasia finds love even in the most extreme circumstances.
Cast
Main Choi Min-soo as Kwon Taek-hyeong, major in the Korean People's Army Kim Jung-woo as young Taek-hyeong Kim Min-sung as teenage Taek-hyeong Shim Eun-ha as Anastasia Jang Kwon Hae-kwang as young Anastasia Lee Eun-ju as teenage Anastasia Lee Byung-hun as Min Gyeong-bin, Korean Central Intelligence agent and former Air Force first lieutenant Shin Joo-ho as young Gyeong-bin Lee Jong-soo as teenage Gyeong-bin Lee Jung-jae as Lee Young-jun Jin Hee-kyung as Oh Seong-shim Wang Hee-ji as Hong Jung-yeon Song Hye-kyo as teenage Jung-yeon Yoo Jun-sang as Kim Jin-seok, ANSP intelligence agent Kim Jung-ho as teenage Jin-seok
Supporting Jung Hyung-ki as General Kwon Ki-wook, Taek-hyeong's father and member of Unit 124 Kim Eun-sook as Ki-wook's wife Lee Seok as General Kwon Dong-wook, Ki-wook's brother Park Woong as Anatoly Jang, father of Anastasia, Soviet nuclear physicist, and deputy director of the Irkutsk Atomic Energy Institute Jo Kyung-hwan as Yuri Kim, Chechen mafia boss Shin Hyun-joon as Peter Kim, son of Yuri Im Hyeok-ju as Min Se-yoon, father of Gyeong-bin and captain of the Jongno Police Station Park Soon-cheon as Se-yoon's wife Kim Young-ae as Hong Young-sook, Agency for National Security Planning and Consul General to Russia, aunt of Jung-yeon Park Sang-won as Air Force major Choi Sang-gyu Kim Ye-ryeong as Sang-gyu's wife Park Eun-bin as Choi So-young, Sang-gyu's daughter Nam Sung-hoon as ANSP personnel Jo Hyung-ki as Park Seon-bae, ANSP agent sent to Russia Lee Seung-hyung as ANSP agent sent to Russia Lee Hee-do as ANSP agent sent to Kazakhstan Choi Jong-hwan as Major Lee Young-hu, Young-jun's older brother and commanding officer of Jang Baek-ho troop Nam Na-kyung as Yoon Sook-kyung, Young-hu's wife Kwak Jung-wook as Lee Min-ki, Young-hu's son Son Ho-gyun as Yasuda, Pyongyang gangster boss Yoon Yong-hyun as Yasuda's underling Kim Ki-beom as "Crocodile," Yasuda's underling Jung Ui-gap as "Crayfish," Yasuda's underling Kim Byung-ki as Oh Geuk-chul, father of Seong-shim and lieutenant general of the Korean People's Army Song Kwi-hyun as Geuk-chul's deputy Shim Yang-hong as Chairman of Wildcat crash investigation committee Jung Dong-hwan as Colonel Woo Lee Ki-young as Choi Deuk-gu, Jang Baek-ho troop Kim Se-jun as Oh Dae-gyu, army doctor of Jang Baek-ho troop Jung Woong-in as Baek Seung-je, signaller of Jang Baek-ho troop Jung Sung-mo as Kim Il-gu, former Air Force first lieutenant
References
External links
White Nights 3.98 at SBS Collection White Nights 3.98 review at SPCNET