Sandglass (TV series)
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| Also known as | The Hourglass |
| Hangul | 모래시계 |
| Hanja | 모래時計 |
| Lit. | Hourglass |
| RR | Moraesigye |
| MR | Moraesigye |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Song Ji-na |
| Directed by | Kim Jong-hak |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Choi Kyung-sik |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | January 10 – February 16, 1995 |
Sandglass (Korean: 모래시계) is a South Korean television series. It is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in history, and is also considered one of the most significant. Written by Song Ji-na, directed by Kim Jong-hak and produced by their own company Jcom, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes.
A depiction of the tragic relationship among three friends affected by the political and civilian oppression of 1970s and 1980s Korea, the series mixed politics, melodrama, and action. It recorded a peak rating of 64.5%, the fourth highest of all time, and launched its leading trio of Choi Min-soo, Go Hyun-jung, and Park Sang-won into stardom. Its reenactment of the Gwangju Uprising (interspersed with archival video footage) has been called one of the most realistic and memorable moments in Korean TV history.