The Equator Man Friendship Rivalry ABS-CBN Equator Man | 적도의 남자 - Man of the Equator KBS Television Series - Betrayed Beaten

Title: Equator Man | Man from the Equator - Friendship and Rivalry
Type:  Melodrama
Format: Television series
Written by: Kim In-young
Directed by: Han Sang-woo, Kim Yong-soo
Starring: Uhm Tae-woong, Lee Joon-hyuk, Lee Bo-young, Im Jung-eun
Country of origin: South Korea
Language(s): Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 20
Location(s): Korea
Running time: Wednesday & Thursday 09:55p.m. (KST)
Broadcast
Original: channel KBS2
Original run: 21 March 2012 – 24 May 2012
ABS-CBN: Weekdays 4:15PM

Cast
Uhm Tae Woong as Kim Seon Woo
Lee Hyun Woo as teen Seon Woo
Lee Joon Hyuk as Lee Jang Il
Siwan as teen Jang Il
Lee Bo Young as Han Ji Won
Kyung Soo Jin (경수진) as teen Ji Won
Im Jung Eun as Choi Soo Mi
Park Se Young as teen Soo Mi

Extended Cast
Kim Young Chul as Jin No Sik
Lee Won Jong as Lee Yong Bae (Jang Il's father)
Lee Jae Yong as Choi Kwang Cheon (Soo Mi's father)
Lee Dae Yeon as Kim Kyung Pil (Seon Woo's adoptive father)
Cha Hwa Yun as Ma Hee Jung
Lee Seung Hyung as secretary Cha
Jung Ho Bin as Moon Tae Joo
Park Hyo Joon as Geum Jool
Lee Chan Ho as teen Geum Jool
Kang Ji Sub as Choi Yoon Suk
Jo Hee Bong as Mr. Koon
Kim Soo Hyun as young Mr. Koon
Kim Hye Eun as Park Yoon Joo
Bae Seul Gi as young Park Yoon Joo (cameo)
Jang Joon Hak (장준학) as Hwang Baek Goo
Park Jin Soo (박진수) as Shin Jung Min

Plot:
Jang-il, the smartest in his school, and Sun-woo, the strongest kid in Yeosu, are best friends. Influenced by Jang-il, Sun-woo starts studying and working hard towards his dream. However, all of a sudden, Sun-woo’s guardian, Kyung-pil, dies a mysterious death and Sun-woo becomes blind while investigating the case. Jang-il attacks Sun-woo leaving him under a coma. Ji-won, who is a volunteer reader for visually impaired people, meets Sun-woo by chance and they fall in love. Despite his strong feelings for Ji-won, however, Sun-woo breaks up with Ji-won so she can have a better life. Soo-mi then discovers through the letter that Sun-woo wrote saying Sun-woo does remember how he got the accident and how Jang-Il attacked Sun-woo. 13 years later and Jang-il becomes a special prosecutor, Sun-woo becomes a young CEO of Royal Tree, an investment trust company, Ji-won works as a VIP party planner at a five-star hotel and Soo-mi becomes a hyperrealism painter. They all have gone their separate ways. However, fate draws them back together