The King of Legend | |
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Promotional poster for The King of Legend
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Also known as | King Geunchogo |
Genre |
Period drama Action |
Written by | Jung Sung-hee Yoo Seung-ryul |
Directed by | Yoon Chang-bum Kim Young-jo |
Starring |
Kam Woo-sung Kim Ji-soo Lee Jong-won Lee Ji-hoon Ahn Jae-mo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 60 |
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Executive producer(s) | Lee Jae-young |
Producer(s) | Shin Hyun-soo Han Chul-kyung |
Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 20:55 (KST) |
Release | |
Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Original release | 6 November 2010 | – 29 May 2011
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young |
Followed by | Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror |
External links | |
Website |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 근초고왕 |
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Hanja | 近肖古王 |
Revised Romanization | Geunchogo-Wang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kǔnch'ogo-wang |
The King of Legend (Hangul: 근초고왕; Hanja: 近肖古王; literally King Geunchogo) is a 2010 South Korean historical drama based on King Geunchogo of Baekje. Besides historical information from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, it was also inspired by a novel written by Lee Munyeol, a renowned Korean writer. The drama aired on KBS1 in Korea, and internationally through KBS World.
The 60-episode drama tells the story of a warrior king of Baekje. Under his reign, the kingdom experienced its glory days, with military conquests that saw him controlling most of the Korean peninsula and a subsequent enhancement of Baekje's political power that was the greatest height of Baekje's power.
This king is not Gwanggaeto but Baekje's King Geunchogo, who seized and ruled a Chinese region at least 60 years ahead of Gwanggaeto.