Six Flying Dragons | |
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Also known as | Roots of the Throne |
Genre |
Historical Political drama |
Written by | Kim Young-hyun Park Sang-yeon |
Directed by | Shin Kyung-soo |
Starring |
Yoo Ah-in Kim Myung-min Shin Se-kyung Byun Yo-han Yoon Kyun-sang Chun Ho-jin |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 50 |
Production | |
Location(s) | Samyang Ranch, Gangwon-do |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) | Redwoods |
Release | |
Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
Picture format | 1080i |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
Original release | October 5, 2015 | – March 22, 2016
Chronology | |
Related shows | Deep Rooted Tree |
External links | |
Website |
Six Flying Dragons (Hangul: 육룡이 나르샤; RR: Yukryong-i Nareusya) is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Myung-min, Shin Se-kyung, Byun Yo-han, Yoon Kyun-sang and Chun Ho-jin. It aired on SBS on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 for 50 episodes beginning on October 5, 2015, as part of SBS 25th anniversary special. The drama serves as a loose prequel to Deep Rooted Tree.
This drama series reunited actors Yoo Ah-in and Shin Se-kyung who previously starred together in the 2012 drama Fashion King.
The Korean title of the series is in Old Korean, nareushya is a pure Korean word, which means nara oreuda (날아 오르다) or "soar up to the sky" in modern Korean. Thus the literal translation of the title is "six dragons soaring up to the sky" (여섯 마리의 용이 날아오르셔서).
Six Flying Dragons depicts the ideological and political conflict between Prince Yi Bang-won (later King Taejong) and Jeong Do-jeon, the man instrumental in helping the prince's father Yi Seong-gye (King Taejo) establish the fledgling Joseon nation. Jeong Do-jeon wants a country ruled by ministers, while Taejong wants absolute power.
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