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Emperor of the Sea

    Drama
    Action & Adventure
    War & Politics
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Nov 24, 2004
Rating Unavailable

Emperor of the Sea is a South Korean television drama series directed by Kang Il-soo and Kang Byung-taek and starring Choi Soo-jong, Chae Shi-ra, Song Il-gook and Soo Ae. It aired on KBS2 from November 24, 2004 to May 25, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:50 for 51 episodes. The historical drama is based on Choi In-ho's novel of the same title, which depicts the life of Jang Bogo, who rises from a lowly slave to a powerful maritime figure who dominated the East Asia seas and international trade during the Unified Silla Dynasty. The drama was received extremely well, holding the number one spot in the ratings for majority of the weeks it aired. It was also exported to eight countries earning approximately US$1.8 million in profits. The filming set in Wando County, South Jeolla Province also became a tourist attraction.

Details

  • Creators
  • Networks
    KBS2
  • Vote Average
    5.9
  • Vote Count
    12
  • Popularity
    61
  • Language
    한국어/조선말
  • Origin Country
    KR

Seasons

Cast

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Song Il-gook
Yeom Moon/Yeom Jang
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Kim Kap-soo
Lee Do-hyeong
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Park Young-kyu
Seol-pyeong
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Chae Jung-an
Lady Chae-ryeong
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Choi Soo-jong
Jang Bogo/Gungbok
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Soo Ae
Lady Jung-hwa
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Bae Soo-bin
Kim Yang
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Kim A-joong
Baek Ha-jin
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Seo Do-young
Moo Jin
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Baek Sung-hyun
young Gungbok
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Lee Jae-yong
Master Jo Sang-gil
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Park In-hwan
Bogo's father
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Lee Won-jong
Choi Moo-chang
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Chae Shi-ra
Madam Jami
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Kil Yong-woo
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Kim Dong-seok
Cheonghaejin Garrison 1

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Reviews

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ParkMin
30%
What's up with the ending of episode 2 and onward? They straight up gave us random spoiler scenes and cuts from different points of future episodes. This was just a cheap tactic trying to hold the viewers hostage early on. Maybe because episode 1 wasn't well perceived? Kicked off to a bad start already. Song Il Gook and Chae Shi Ra were okay. Choi Soo Jong isn't appealing in historical dramas as always. Park Soo Ae was meh, she's better off in regular melos. The story and directing were equally problematic mainly regarding two insufferable themes that is love and rivalry, of which both were subjected to pathetic writing. If that wasn't enough, you got too many repeated montages of flashbacks to keep you annoyed. At the end, we got a "let's just wrap it up and end it" type of ending. Some characters were completely robbed off of a reasonable ending. It wasn't even a matter of historical accuracy, that's irrelevant. Emperor of the sea but they were 99.9% of the times on land.