Pinocchio: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A drama depicts love, frustration, growth and the competitive process of young people in their 20s becoming reporters as they cry and get hurt by truth but realize that as reporters, they must tell the truth. It will center the story of a man who hides a special talent living under a fake name and a woman who cannot lie due to ‘Pinocchio Syndrome'.

The story starts with a fire incident and all the firemen who entered the building in the blaze were killed by the fire. The fire incident news report was focused on the story of Kim Ha Myung's father, chief of the fire brigade sent his men in the blaze and caused them all to die and then he fled the scene as an error of his misjudgement as reported by the news reporter, Song Cha Ok. This caused a chaotic situation for Ha Myung's family and end up causing his mother to commit suicide with him and his brother ends up in jail over night due to Song Cha Ok's untruth story. However, the led to Ha Myung growing up with hatred for reporters especially Cha Ok. Fatefully, as he is growing up he meets with Cha Ok's ex-husband and daughter, Choi In Ha and takes on a new identity as Choi Dal Po. In Ha is someone with Pinocchio Syndrome hence she cannot lie.

The story is about how important news reporting the truth. It revolves about how life's at stakes if lies are reported as news.

Series details

• Title: Pinocchio
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Family, Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2014-11-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 3446

Cast and credited roles

• Lee Jong Suk — Choi Dal Po
• Park Shin Hye — Choi In Ha
• Kim Young Kwang — Seo Bum Jo
• Lee Yoo Bi — Yoon Yoo Rae

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-11-12; final listed air date 2015-01-15; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pinocchio on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.