Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror
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| Also known as | King Gwanggaeto the Great |
| Written by | Jo Myung-joo Jang Ki-chang |
| Starring |
Lee Tae-gon Kim Seung-soo Im Ho Park Jung-chul Oh Ji-eun Lee In-hye |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 92 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lee Jae-yong |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST) |
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| Original network | KBS1 |
| Original release | June 4, 2011 – April 29, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The King of Legend |
| Followed by | The King's Dream |
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| Revised Romanization | Gwanggaeto-taewang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwanggaet'o-taewang |
Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror, also known as King Gwanggaeto the Great, is a historical drama based on the life of the nineteenth monarch of Goguryeo, Gwanggaeto the Great. The drama was based on two sources, Gwanggaeto the Great by Jeong Jip, and Great Conquests of Gwanggaeto by Hyeong Minu.
Goguryeo, at the time of the protagonist's birth, is no longer powerful as it used to be. Prior to his birth, his grandfather, King Gogugwon was killed by the Baekje forces led by King Geunchogo. When his uncle King Sosurim died without an heir, his father King Gogugyang rose to the throne of Goguryeo. At the same time, they were also under attack by the Later Yan forces, led by none other than the Emperor of Later Yan himself, Murong Chui.
After his father's death, he rises to the throne and vows to restore Goguryeo to its former glory. His struggle would later form the basis of a popular Korean legend. He would regain land lost to Baekjae, and he will defeat many other smaller kingdoms in the process. Near the end of the story, he manages to obliterate Later Yan and later subjugated her as a sister state.
Damdeok's followers
Later Yan army
Ministers of Goguryeo
Royal family of Goguryeo
The Malgals (Mohe), Rulers of the Grasslands
Other people
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