<P> A Japanese - language production entitled The Impossible Dream was produced in Tokyo, Japan, where Matsumoto Kōshirō IX (as Ichikawa Somegorō VI) took the lead role . </P> <Ul> <Li> A Korean production first opened at the Haeorum Theater of the National Theater of Korea in 2005 under the name Don Quixote . Ryu Jung - han and Kim Seong - ki starred as the main characters . </Li> <Li> In a 2007 production, this time staged under its original name, Cho Seung - woo and Jung Sung - hwa starred as Quixote / Cervantes . They reprised their roles a year later and in 2010 . </Li> <Li> Multiple stars played the titular role in the 2012 production, including Hwang Jung - min (who had to step down due to him directing and starring in a production of Sondheim's Assassins and was replaced by Ryu Jung - han), Seo Bum - suk, and Hong Kwang - ho . </Li> <Li> Jung Sung - hwa and Cho Seung - woo played the main character in a 2013 production . </Li> <Li> In a 2015 production marking the tenth anniversary of the musical's first performance in Korea, Jo and Ryu returned in the lead role . </Li> </Ul> <Li> A Korean production first opened at the Haeorum Theater of the National Theater of Korea in 2005 under the name Don Quixote . Ryu Jung - han and Kim Seong - ki starred as the main characters . </Li> <Li> In a 2007 production, this time staged under its original name, Cho Seung - woo and Jung Sung - hwa starred as Quixote / Cervantes . They reprised their roles a year later and in 2010 . </Li>

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