Plot
Kim Jun is the son of an escaped palace slave, who gets raised by monks. Years later, after being torn from his home during wartime, Kim Jun must renounce hispacifist ways to partake in a deadly game that could be his ticket to freedom from his masters, Choe Chung-heon's clan. During the Mongol invasions of Korea, Kim Jun rises in the ranks to become the top military official, and eventually rules the Goryeo empire for 60 years in place of its king.
Cast
as Kim In-jun/Kim Jun
as Choon-shim
as Lee Gong-ju
as King Gojong
as Lee Gyu-bo
as Im Yeon
as Kim Yoon-hoo
as Choe Song-yi
as Choe Yang-baek
as Wol-ah/An-shim
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
February 11, 2012
Last Aired Date
September 15, 2012
Production Companies
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
56
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Reviews
They shouldn't have had made Wol Ah / An Shim be played by the same actress regardless of their intent to have have them share resemblance to one another. Wol Ah had her own role and was a turning point in the story. Since An Shim came to the picture, up until the end she was nothing but Wol Ah's replacement and had no real character. The drama, unsurprisingly, shared a common problem with other…