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King Sejong the Great

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Plot

"The Great King, Sejong" is a full-scale political drama describing how King Sejong and his loyal retainers cooperate and contrive to make his dynasty a better place. While King Sejong was on the throne, the Joseon Dynasty enjoyed increasing prosperity. The drama shows the dramatic processes of how so many new cultural heritages have been devised. At that time, "Hangul", the native phonemic alphabet system for Korean language was first invented and introduced. Before it was made, Chinese characters had been used for a written communication, which makes it extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn and use. "Hangul" is easy to learn for its simple and scientific principles. Other than "Hangul" itself, there had been so many cultural heritages during his regime including a rain gauge, a sundial, an hourglass to name a few. Also, King Sejong’s pragmatic diplomacy is concentrated in the drama. Then, the Joseon Dynasty was facing a powerful Ming dynasty of China, and King Sejong demonstrates the essence of pragmatism with dignity.

Cast

Kim Sang-kyung as King Sejong the Great
Kim Sang-kyung

as King Sejong the Great

Kim Yeong-cheol as King Taejong
Kim Yeong-cheol

as King Taejong

Kim Kap-soo as Prime Minister Hwang Hui
Kim Kap-soo

as Prime Minister Hwang Hui

Lee Won-jong as Yun Hee
Lee Won-jong

as Yun Hee

Lee Chun-hee as Jang Yeong-sil
Lee Chun-hee

as Jang Yeong-sil

Seo Jun-yeong as Grand Prince Suyang
Seo Jun-yeong

as Grand Prince Suyang

Oh Yeon-seo as Eori
Oh Yeon-seo

as Eori

Lee Hyun-woo as Prince Choong-nyeong
Lee Hyun-woo

as Prince Choong-nyeong

Nam Ji-hyun as young Princess Shim
Nam Ji-hyun

as young Princess Shim

Lee In as Prince Yangnyeong (young)
Lee In

as Prince Yangnyeong (young)

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • January 5, 2008

Last Aired Date

  • November 16, 2008

Production Companies

  • KBS

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 86

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Reviews

How to fill 86 episodes story? Shove a ridiculous amount of side stories while giving little to no attention to the story of the king! The king often felt like a side characters until he gets his moments every once in a while. These side stories were abysmal to follow through, they don't really contribute much to the drama and the characters involved in them usually disappear after that. Also, so…

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2008|86 Episodes

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