Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
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| Genre |
Historical Coming-of-age Romance |
| Created by | Han Suk-won Park Sung-hye |
| Written by | Park Eun-yeong |
| Directed by |
Yoon Sung-sik Kim Yeong-jo |
| Starring |
Park Seo-joon Go Ara Park Hyung-sik |
| Theme music composer | Oh Joon-sung |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 + 4 specials |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jung Hae-ryong |
| Producer(s) | Kim Sang-hee Kim Hyung-suk Lee Yeong-bum |
| Cinematography | Jang Byung-wook Choi Ki-ha |
| Editor(s) | Kim Tae-yeong Song Eun-jung |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company(s) | Hwarang SPC Oh!Boy Project |
| Distributor | KBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS2 |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release | December 19, 2016 – February 21, 2017 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth OST Album |
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| Soundtrack album | |
| Genre | K-Pop, Soundtrack |
| Language | Korean, English |
| Label | Oh!Boy Project, Sony Music |
| Producer | Park Sung-hye (executive) |
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (Hangul: 화랑; Hanja: 花郞; lit. Hwarang) is a South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon, Go Ara and Park Hyung-sik. It aired every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) on KBS2, from December 19, 2016 to February 21, 2017.
Despite being fully produced before its premiere with an ensemble cast, the series was a commercial failure and only averaged single-digit audience rating of 8.4% in its run.
Jiso has ruled the Kingdom of Silla as regent since King Beopheung passed away, keeping her young son Sammaekjong hidden outside of the capital Seorabeol and safe from enemies and assassins. As Sammaekjong comes of age, nobles, citizens, officials and Sammaekjong himself have all grown impatient for her to cede power. However the powerful nobles that tried to usurp power in the Kingdom continue to eye the throne and Ji-so fears the consequences of her ceding it.
In order to break the power of the nobles, who have grown accustomed to their privileges under the bone rank system, Jiso plans to create a new elite, the Hwarang, that will cut across the existing power factions, and to bind them to Sammaekjong and the throne. As this new elite of male youths bond and grow they are unaware that within their number is their future king, Sammaekjong, and Kim Sun-woo, a commoner with a secret even he is not aware of.
The series reunited Sung Dong-il and Go Ara who previously worked together as father and daughter in tvN's Reply 1994 (2013).
The first script reading took place on March 2016. Filming began on March 31 and finished in September 1, 2016.
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