The Return of lljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series ,starring Jung ll-woo in the title role of lljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 24 episodes. The series is based on a comic strip lljimae published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming Dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Jaeson era.