Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin
| Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-in | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Immortal Lee Soon-shin |
| Genre |
Period drama Drama War |
| Based on |
The Immortal Yi Sun-sin by Kim Takhwan |
| Written by | Yoon Sun-joo |
| Directed by | Lee Sung-joo Kim Jung-gyu |
| Starring |
Kim Myung-min Choi Jae-sung Lee Jae-ryong Choi Cheol-ho |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jung Young-chul |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Original release | September 4, 2004 – August 28, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Age of Warriors |
| Followed by | Genghis Khan |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 불멸의 이순신 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 不滅의 李舜臣 |
| Revised Romanization | Bulmyeolui I Sun-sin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pulmyŏlŭi I Sun-sin |
Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Hangul: 불멸의 이순신; RR: Bulmyeolui I Sun-sin; lit. "The Immortal Yi Sun-sin") is a South Korean television series based on the life of Yi Sun-sin, starring Kim Myung-min in the title role. It aired on KBS1 from September 4, 2004 to August 28, 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 104 episodes.
The series filmed on location at the actual battle sites. It made extensive use of rendered images and a reconstruction of a turtle ship. Due to the preparation needed, the show took many months to produce.
It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home, but are also driven by personal motivation to beat their greatest adversary, Admiral Yi Sun-sin, once and for all. Self-serving Ming generals and Joseon officials also fear Yi's growing popularity and its impact on their personal base of power. These incidentally combining ambitions fan King Seonjo's paranoia and make him eventually fear that Yi might come after his throne, and after a series of what he calls acts of high treason, he decides to have Yi arrested.
Yi, on the other hand, is determined to teach the Japanese a lesson for the atrocities they committed on the Korean people, and despite orders to remain quiet while the Japanese are to pull out without anymore bloodshed, he rallies his naval force and prepares for the upcoming engagement. The battle commences and the Japanese are dealt a crippling blow, but Yi is fatally wounded by an arquebuse bullet. As he lies dying, the plot backtracks on the important events of Yi's life, from his boyhood to his military career, his efforts before and during the Japanese invasion, his disgrace at the hands of his king, and his reinstatement, back to the battle of Noryang, where he succumbs to his wound just as victory is declared.
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