Emperor of the Sea (2004)

★ 6.1 1h 10m 1 Seasons IMDb
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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.

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Cast

Song Il-gook
Song Il-gook as Yeom Moon/Yeom Jang Age 54 · Seoul, South Korea Song Il-gook (송일국) is a  South Korean actor. He starred in several historical Korean dramas such as Jumong and Emperor of the Sea. He graduated from the Cheongju University and majored in Performing A...
Kim Kap-soo
Kim Kap-soo as Lee Do-hyeong Age 69 · Seoul, South Korea Kim Kap-soo is a South Korean actor. Since his acting debut in 1977, Kim has had a long career on the stage, in television dramas and film. In addition to acting full-time, he also has his own master...
Park Young-kyu
Park Young-kyu as Seol-pyeong Age 72 · Daejeon, South Korea Park Young-kyu (박영규) is a South Koren actor..
Chae Jung-an
Chae Jung-an as Lady Chae-ryeong Age 48 · Busan, South Korea Chae Jung-an (채정안), born Jang Jung-an (장정안), is a South Korean actress and singer..
Choi Soo-jong
Choi Soo-jong as Jang Bogo/Gungbok Age 63 · Seoul, South Korea Choi Soo-jong (최수종) is a South Korean actor..
Soo Ae
Soo Ae as Lady Jung-hwa Age 46 · Seoul, South Korea Park Soo-ae, known mononymously as Soo Ae, is a South Korean actress. Soo Ae began her career on television, but after her breakout role in A Family, she became best known as a leading actress in film...
Director Kang Il-soo
Cast Song Il-gook, Kim Kap-soo, Park Young-kyu, Chae Jung-an, Choi Soo-jong, Soo Ae, Bae Soo-bin, Kim A-joong, Seo Do-young, Baek Sung-hyun

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Now playing: Season 1, Episode 31

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ParkMin 3/10 Nov 19, 2023
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.

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