White Nights 3.98 (Korean: 백야 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.
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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