The Legend of the Blue Sea
| The Legend of the Blue Sea | |
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Promotional poster
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| Genre |
Fantasy Romance |
| Created by | Park Young-soo |
| Written by | Park Ji-eun |
| Directed by |
Jin Hyuk Park Seon-Ho |
| Starring |
Jun Ji-hyun Lee Min-ho |
| Theme music composer | Ryo Yoshimata |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 + 1 special |
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| Executive producer(s) | Park Young-soo |
| Producer(s) | Kim Sun-jung Jinnie Jin-hee Choi Lee Ji-hyun |
| Location(s) |
Goesan, Chungbuk, Jejudo, South Korea Palau Girona, Catalonia, Spain A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
| Cinematography | Choi Sang-muk |
| Editor(s) | Lee Hyun-mi |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company(s) | Culture Depot Studio Dragon |
| Distributor |
SBS Studio Dragon (international) |
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| Original network | SBS |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| First shown in | South Korea |
| Original release | November 16, 2016 – January 25, 2017 |
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| Website | |
| The Legend of the Blue Sea Original Soundtrack |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | January 20, 2017 (digital) January 24, 2017 (2CD) |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Label |
L100005295 |
| Producer | Hwang Se-jun (executive) |
The Legend of the Blue Sea (Hangul: 푸른 바다의 전설; RR: Pureun bada-ui jeonseol) is a South Korean television series starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Min-ho. It aired on SBS every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) started from 16 November 2016 until 25 January 2017. Inspired by a classic Joseon legend from Korea's first collection of unofficial historical tales, about a fisherman who capture and kidnapped a mermaid, this drama tells the love story of a con-artist and a mermaid who travels across the ocean to find him.
The television series centers on the love story of Heo Joon-jae (Lee Min-ho), the son of a rich businessman who becomes a handsome and clever con-man after his parents' divorce, and a mermaid named Shim Cheong (Jun Ji-hyun). Focusing on rebirth, fate, and unrequited love, their tale is juxtaposed with the parallel story of their Joseon era incarnations, town head Kim Dam-ryeong and the mermaid Se-hwa.
During the Joseon era, a mermaid saves Kim Dam-ryeong from drowning when they were still young. Following the incident, they became friends and Dam-ryeong named her Se-hwa, after his younger sister. They ended up falling in love, but one day Dam-ryeong was forced by his family to marry another girl. Devastated by the news, Se-hwa decides to leave Dam-ryeong forever. Nevertheless, Dam-ryeong's love for Se-hwa forced him to leave his wife and to jump into the ocean to look for the mermaid. The distraught Se-hwa erases his memories of her and their love so that he may not look for her again.
After years of separation, the two grow as adults. Their paths cross again as Se-hwa was found by town folks trapped in a cave after a storm, and was brought to Dam-ryeong, now a town official. Their broken relationship starts back again. On the other hand, a nobleman named Yang made murderous attempts to steal Se-hwa for his own and to overthrow Dam-ryeong. Investigations on the covert killings of some individuals all indicate Yang as the instigator of the crimes. Dam-ryeong also saved a weak Se-hwa from Yang’s concubine who apparently has beaten her to cry since mermaid tears turn into pearls.
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