Writer Lee Myung-hee‘s second revenge drama is coming.

SBS’s new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Treasure Island’ (written by Lee Myung-hee and directed by Jin Chang-gyu) will premiere on the 21st. ‘Treasure Island’ will vividly and stormily portray the tangled desires of many characters surrounding the huge treasure island called Daesan Group.

‘Treasure Island’ is the new work of writer Lee Myung-hee, who wrote ‘Money Flower’ in 2017. Stories about money, desire, and revenge are writer Lee Myung-hee‘s specialty. She handles them best and most delicately. Therefore, expectations are high for the story that ‘Treasure Island’ will contain.

Writer Lee Myung-hee said about ‘Treasure Island’, “The world of conglomerates and politics bound together by the concrete of money. The protagonist, who became the first servant, ends up ruining his life because he falls into the delusion that he is worthy of standing next to his masters. Only then does the protagonist realize the reality that ‘there is no master who lets servants warm themselves with side fires’ and he designs revenge to destroy the world of wealth and power that those guys are trying to inherit. The protagonist, who leads the seemingly impossible revenge, faces the truth that is so hellish that he regrets extending his life even after being shot, but he does not turn away and confronts it head on and completes his revenge”, he explained the work.

‘Treasure Island’ features various characters obsessed with their own desires, such as money, power, love, and revenge. They rush toward those desires like moths to a flame. Even if those desires destroy them. Why did writer Lee Myung-hee choose ‘Human Desire and Revenge’ as her subject matter again, following her previous work ‘Money Flower’?

Regarding the reason for writing ‘Treasure Island’, writer Lee Myung-hee said, “The reason is always the same and only one. Let’s write an ‘fun drama’. Since I find revenge dramas fun, I planned a ‘revenge trilogy’, and this is my second revenge drama.”

She continued, “I think most dramas (stories) show the process of confrontation, conflict, and resolution of human desire. Among the many desires, I am interested in the desire for money and material things. In the era of modern capitalism, material desire has become as primal as appetite, sex, and the desire for sleep, so it is an interesting subject matter that greatly amplifies conflict, confrontation, and resolution.”

There is a saying that ‘revenge is wild justice.’ The wild world, free from order and law, is even more attractive because its expansion is endless. In this attractive wild world, the protagonist implementing justice through revenge becomes a very strong fantasy. In reality, there are very few people who actually achieve revenge. Through ‘Treasure Island, I hope that you can feel the burning heart and emotions of the protagonist moving toward revenge and enjoy the fantasy of revenge,” he said.

‘Treasure Island’ will be released on the 21st and air every Friday at 10 PM and every Saturday at 9:50 PM.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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