The drama is based on a manhwa with the same title. Tamna the Island is set in 17th-century Joseon times as a young English castaway, William, comes to the island and meets Jang Beo Jin, Park Kyu, and Yan. The name "Tamna" refers to what is now called Jeju.

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  Seo Woo (Jang Beo Jin)

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  Im Joo Hwan (Park Kyu)

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  Lee Sun Ho (Yan Kawamura)

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  Jung Joo Ri (Han Boom)

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  Byun Woo Min (Jang Won Bin)

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  Kim Young Sun (Yang Soon's mom)

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• Apr 4, 2012 16 of 16 episodes seen

  tomajuhwan
  1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  7
  • Story  7
  • Acting/Cast  6
  • Music  9
  • Rewatch Value  8

  First thing I want to share here: I was laughing a lot while watching this drama!
  
  The first episode was really bad. I mean it! The only awesome thing I found was the underwater scenes. The acting, the actors, even the story were too weird. I still go on watching next episodes, anyway, and I've to say they did smooth yet great improvement. Though there are still some bad acting left, the actors were able to present their characters pretty well. Not to mention the story become more and more interesting.
  
  This drama combines history, comedy, love story, action, and cheesy things together. It's also one of few drama which is multilingual. You'll get Korean, English, Japanese, and Dutch in one package! But I warn you to not putting so much expectation, the way they spoke sounds 'lil bit strange. Well, the good point of comedy drama is that bad things can turn into great things to be laugh at, hahaha..
  
  ps: I watched this drama on Viki Official. It shows comments that made me laugh even louder :)) read more

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• Mar 20, 2012 16 of 16 episodes seen

  starry skyline
  3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  7
  • Music  10
  • Rewatch Value  8

  First of all, the story was bloody brilliant. Though, there were many things that were modern in the show; the dialect, and CPR was introduced later in the time. There were also a few slips and slops in the drama. One was that the 'other' westerner's wig was a different color than the hair near his neck. The wig was brown-red while the hair from his ear to the back of his neck was medium brown without a tint of red. The lighting made the mistake very noticeable.
  Next, the cast was mediocre, in my opinion. I loved that they made a westerner one of the main leads. It's very different and was what intrigued me to watch this drama. I was a little disappointed when he started acting, though. (But, it was pretty good for someone who was not a native Korean speaker.) The girl who played BJ had a voice that was very annoying, and she seemed very young. In the last few episodes, she flashed a few smiles that seemed forced. I could tell that she was not fully immersed in her acting. Other than that, the rest of the cast was splendid.
  Finally, overall, I really enjoyed this drama because it was unpredictable at times. I thought that BJ would end up with William because of the first few episodes, but I was wrong. And I thought that Yan would also fall in love with BJ. The ending was good, but I felt that it lacked to deepen the relationship of PG & BJ. (Because I honestly felt that the fans would love to see their relationship go a tad further.)
  I absolutely recommend this drama to those who are patient. read more

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  they are both Joseon era dramas but not too heavy on the historical parts ; they both have very good looking actors, beautifull images and good soundtrack ; they both are funny and full of emotions at the same time, with great dialogues... try to get past the 1st ep of Tamra and you won't regret it

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  • Both are historical fusion dramas, meaning they are set in history, but are directed with a modern feel. The main leads (Im Joo Hwan, Seo Woo) are adorable together, and the set is beautiful, as always is the case with historical dramas.

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