# Inspiring Generation

Inspiring Generation (Korean: 감격시대; Hanja: 感激時代; RR: Gamgyeoksidae) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-joong, Im Soo-hyang and Jin Se-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from January 15 to April 3, 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Based on the manhwa by Bang Hak-gi (published daily by Sports Seoul from June 1985 to June 1988), the drama series had a budget of US$14 million and its story depicts the loves, friendships and patriotism of young Korean independence fighters in 1930s Shanghai.

## Plot

A story of violence, love and friendship that travels between Korea, China and Japan in the 1930s.
Shin Jung-tae (Kim Hyun-joong) loses his father at the age of 15 when a Japanese soldier shoots him during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1930s. But instead of finding justice, Jung-tae is accused of his own father’s death. Jung-tae finds justice only by using his fists in the back alleys of Shanghai, growing up to become the best fighter on the continent.

## Cast
### Main characters

* Kim Hyun-joong as Shin Jung-tae
** Kwak Dong-yeon as young Jung-tae
* Im Soo-hyang as Lady Gaya Deguchi
** Joo Da-young as young Gaya
* Jin Se-yeon as Yoon Ok-ryun
** Ji Woo as young Ok-ryun

### Supporting characters

* Kim Jae-wook as Kim Soo-ok
* Kim Kap-soo as Toyama Denkai
* Choi Jae-sung as Shin Young-chul
* Son Byong-ho as Choi Soo-ri
* Shin Seung-hwan as Jjang-ddol
** Kim Dong-hee as young Jjang-ddol
* Kim Ga-eun as So-so
* Yoon Hyun-min as Toyama Aoki
* Choi Cheol-ho as Shinjo Deguchi
* Shin Eun-jung as Kim Sung-deok
* Lee Cho-hee as Mal-sook
** Kim Min-ha as young Mal-sook
* Bae Noo-ri as Yang-yang
* Jo Dong-hyuk as Shinichi
* Choi Ji-ho as Aka
* Kwak Seung-nam as Genjo
* Yang Ik-june as Hwang Bong-shik
* Jo Dal-hwan as Poong-cha
* Ji Seung-hyun as Kang-gae
* Nuel as Kkab-sae
* Kim Sung-oh as Jung Jae-hwa
* Kim Seo-kyung as Mang-chi
* Yoo Tae-woong as Shin Ma-juk
* Seo Dong-gun as Cha Sang-ki
* Choi Il-hwa as Seol Doo-sung
* Jung Ho-bin as Wang Baek-san
* Song Jae-rim as Mo Il-hwa
* Lee Joon-seok as Won-pyung
* Lee Chul-min as Bul-gom
* Uhm Tae-goo as Do-goo
* Oh Soon-tae as Omogari
* Kim Roi-ha as Shin Ga-jum
* Park Chul-min as Old Man Fly
* Kim Se-jung as Shin Chung-ah
** Lee Ji-woo as young Chung-ah
* Kim Byung-ki as Fortune teller
* So Hee-jung as Mok Po-daek, Mal-sook's mother
* Lee Sang-hee as Kim Cheom-ji
* Jung Jin as Yamamoto Hagesawa
* Im Hyung-joon as Koichi
* Jo Ha-seok as Sasaki
* Im Se-hwan as Tamada
* Moon Hee-kyung as Nun director
* Hwang Chae-won as Ran-ran
* Kim Yoon-hee as Ryoko Deguchi
* Yeo Ho-min as Ma Dang-ga
* Lee Hae-in as Sun Woo-jin
* Han Je-in as Dan-shim
* Kim Jae-kyung as Meiling
* Tae Hang-ho as Moon-bok

## Ratings

| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 15 January 2014 | 7.9% | 9.2% | 7.8% | 7.7% |
| 2 | 16 January 2014 | 7.8% | 9.2% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| 3 | 22 January 2014 | 8.9% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 4 | 23 January 2014 | 8.9% | 8.3% | 7.9% | 8.4% |
| 5 | 29 January 2014 | 7.7% | 8.6% | 7.0% | 7.9% |
| 6 | 30 January 2014 | 7.9% | 8.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| 7 | 5 February 2014 | 7.0% | 7.2% | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| 8 | 6 February 2014 | 7.4% | 9.3% | 8.9% | 9.4% |
| 9 | 12 February 2014 | 8.8% | 9.4% | 10.0% | 10.7% |
| 10 | 13 February 2014 | 9.9% | 11.6% | 11.4% | 12.8% |
| 11 | 19 February 2014 | 8.8% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 10.8% |
| 12 | 20 February 2014 | 8.2% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 10.2% |
| 13 | 26 February 2014 | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.7% |
| 14 | 27 February 2014 | 8.9% | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10.1% |
| 15 | 5 March 2014 | 10.0% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 12.7% |
| 16 | 6 March 2014 | 10.3% | 11.6% | 12.5% | 13.3% |
| 17 | 12 March 2014 | 10.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 18 | 13 March 2014 | 10.0% | 11.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 19 | 19 March 2014 | 9.2% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 11.1% |
| 20 | 20 March 2014 | 10.8% | 12.4% | 12.1% | 12.8% |
| 21 | 26 March 2014 | 10.0% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 12.3% |
| 22 | 27 March 2014 | 10.3% | 10.9% | 12.3% | 13.6% |
| 23 | 2 April 2014 | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.1% | 11.5% |
| 24 | 3 April 2014 | 10.7% | 11.6% | 12.3% | 13.5% |
| Average | Average | 9.0% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 10.8% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Kim Hyun-joong | Nominated |
| 2014 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Im Soo-hyang | Nominated |
| 2014 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Yoon Hyun-min | Nominated |
| 2014 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actor | Kwak Dong-yeon | Won |

## International broadcast

While it aired in Korea, the drama was simultaneously available online (with subtitles in several languages) on Singapore-based video streaming website Viki.
It aired in Japan on cable channel DATV beginning August 9, 2014.
In aired in Indonesia on cable channel RTV beginning August 16, 2014.
In Thailand aired on PPTV HD beginning March 20, 2015.