Dae Jo Yeong (TV series)
| Dae Joyeong | |
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| Genre | Historical |
| Written by | Jang Young-chul |
| Directed by | Kim Jong-sun Yoon Sung-sik |
| Starring |
Choi Soo-jong Lee Deok-hwa Jeong Bo-seok Park Ye-jin Hong Soo-hyun Im Hyuk Choi Cheol-ho Kim Hak-cheol |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 134 total |
| Production | |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
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| Original network | KBS 1TV |
| Original release | September 16, 2006 – December 23, 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Seoul 1945 |
| Followed by | King Sejong the Great |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Dae Jo Yeong | |
| Hangul | 대조영 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Daejoyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taejoyŏng |
Dae Joyeong is a historical korean drama aired on KBS1; (transliterated as Dae Jo-young in the English release) about the life of Dae Jo-yeong, the founder of the kingdom of Balhae.
The drama begins during a war between Tang and Goguryeo before Dae Jo-yeong is born. Dae Jung-sang, Dae Jo-yeong's father is introduced as a general. We are also introduced to Xue Rengui (Seol Ingui in Korean), a man with a brilliant mind who comes up with a plan to bring down Liaodong Fortress. After a failed attempt to assassinate the Tang emperor Li Shimin, Jungsang is captured by Tang. Seol, enraged for not receiving credit for his actions, frees him. Dae leaves Seol to himself, and heads to Ansi Fortress.
The emperor, meanwhile, begins plans for making a mountain of earth in order to deliberately destroy the fortress. Dae Jo-yeong's mother, Dalgi, comes up with the plan to dig under the mountain as it is being built. She is already pregnant with Dae Jo-yeong. Meanwhile, Seol rescues some Tang soldiers about to be killed. He catches the emperor's eye and is promoted to the rank of general.
As the battle begins, Tang's million men come onto the mountain. The order is given and water is released through the tunnel underneath the mountain, causing it to collapse and it crushes hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers. Dae Jo-yeong was born during this time.
When Dae Jo-yeong is born, a prophecy says that he will become a king. Naturally, this is seen as treachery because there is already a king. So his father flees from the Supreme Commander Yeon Gaesomun, who wishes to kill the baby, only to be captured as his wife and son try to escape on a raft. She is later found and captured by the Supreme Commander as well.
The Supreme Commander intended to kill them at first but when General Yang Manchun tells him that perhaps the heavens sent Dae Jo-yeong to protect their country after they die, he changes his mind. General Dae Jungsang is told his wife and son are dead and ordered to command Goryeo Fortress. His wife is ordered to never communicate with her son, or be killed along with him.
Dae Jo-yeong is raised by Yeon Gaesomun, the Supreme Commander of Goguryeo as a slave and is called Gaedong(dog boy)so he wouldn't question why he is a slave and discover who he was with his real name. As a child he is often shown running away from the Supreme Commander's estate and trying to find his parents, although not knowing his parents are alive since the Supreme Commander constantly tells him that his parents are dead.
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