Daemang

 Daemang 

Title: 大望 / 대망 / Dae-mang
Also known as: The Great Ambition / A Great Hope
Genre: Historical Drama
Episodes: 26
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2002-10-12 to 2003-01-05
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:45-10:50 PM

Synopsis

Walking into the doorsteps of a rich merchant’s house, a woman leaves her newborn child there, stating that the child is of the merchant’s blood. Eighteen years later, the small child grows up to be Jang Hyuk, the younger son of the rich merchant, Park Sang Won. He is a warm-hearted guy that always gets himself in trouble. Not knowing Lee Yoh Won is of the aristocratic class, he loves her since they were small children. Lee Yoh Won also loves him and tries to ignore her higher class by ignoring its rules. Jang Hyuk’s elder brother, Han Jae Suhk, on the other hand, is a wicked person with too much ambition. Even as a small child, his father knew that he would never be pleased with what he had. Han Jae Suhk lives to satisfy his pleasures, killing many people in return and also ignoring his brother. When Jang Hyuk runs away from his dad (who killed his friends in order to save his son), he encounters Park Young Gyu- a humantistic merchant, and his daughter, Sohn Aeh Jin. Through these people, he also gets to meet the mother he has never seen, Jo Min Soo, who is a political lobbyist. In the dangerous world of trying to satify ones own ambition, the search for true happiness turns into a deadly wish for some people.

Cast

Jang Hyuk as Park Jae-young
Son Yeh Jin as Choi Dong-hee
Lee Yo Weon as Yoon Yeo-jin
Han Jae Suk as Park Si-young
Park Sang Won as Park Hwi-chan

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Jong Hak
Writer: Song Ji Na

Dae Wang Sejong

Dae Wang Sejong 

Title: 대왕 세종 / Dae Wang Sejong
Also known as: King Sejong / Sejong the Great
Chinese title : 大王世宗
Genre: Historical
Episodes : 86
Broadcast network: KBS1 (ep.1-26), KBS2 (ep.27-86)
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-05 to 2008-Nov-16
Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 21:30

Synopsis

This drama is about the life of fourth king of the Choson Dynasty of Korea, King Sejong. He is best remembered for creating the native Korean alphabet, Hangul.

Cast

Kim Sang Kyung as King Sejong
Kim Young Chul (김영철) as King Taejong
Choi Myung Gil as Queen Won Kyeong (Sejong’s mother)Lee Yoon Ji as Queen So HyunPark Sang Min as Prince Yang Nyeong
Lee Chun Hee as Jang Yeong Si

Extended Cast

Lee Jung Hyun as Yi Sun
Kim Gab Soo as Hwang Hee
Jung Dong Hwan as Jo Mal Saeng
Lee Dae Yeon as Choi Hae San
Jun Hyun as Lee Cheon
Choi Jong Won as Ha Ryoon
Hwang Bum Sik as No Hee Bong
Park Young Ji as Park Eun
Jung Heung Chae as Kang Sang In
Lee Sung Min as Choi Man Ri
Kim Jin Kook as Kang Yoo
Choi Sang Hoon as Sim On
Lee Jin Woo as Jung In Ji
Lee Won Jong as Yoon Hwa
Yoon Gi Won as Eom Ja Chi
Moon Chun Sik as Jeon Il Ji
Jo Jae Wan as Jang Won
Kim Eung Soo as Min Moo Goo
Lee Kyung Young as Min Moo Jil
Lee Woo Suk as Min Moo Hoe
Kim Hyung Il as Min Moo Hyul
Kim Young Ki as Byun Kye Ryang
Lee Byung Wook as Kim Jong Suh
Choi Joo Bong as Kim Han Ro
Yoon Young Joon as Prince Kyung Nyung (Hyo Bin’s son)
Kim Sung Ryung as Hyo Bin
No Young Kook as Sang Wang
Sung Min as Prince Hyo Ryung (Queen Won Kyung’s second son)
Kim Joo Young as Lee Seok Boon
Park Sang Joo as Lee Jong Moo
Yoo Seo Jin as Se Ja Bin
Kang Kyung Hun as Cho Koong Jang (King Ahn’s consort)
Go In Bum as Hwang Eom
Jo Sung Ha as Lee So (Choong Nyeong’s teacher)
Ha Yong Jin (하용진) as Hae Soo / Chinese envoy
Jung Ui Gap as Moo Bi
Baek Dong Hyun as Bang Pyung Sool
Kim Myung Gon (김명곤) as Ok Hwan
Oh Yeon Seo as Eori
Yoon Se Ah as Lady Hye Bin / Yang ssi
Jung Yoo Mi as Da Yeon
Lee Hyun Woo as Prince Choong Nyeong (later Sejong)
Nam Ji Hyun as young Princess Shim (later Queen So Heon)
Lee Joon as teenage Prince Yang Nyeong

Production Credits

Director: Kim Sung Geun (김성근)
Script writer: Yoon Sun Joo (윤선주)

Dae Jo Yeong

Dae Jo Yeong 

Title: 대조영 / Dae Jo Yeong
Chinese title : 大祚荣
Genre: Daeha drama, period
Episodes: 134
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2006-Sep-16 to 2007-Dec-23
 Air time: Saturdays and Sundays 21:30 

Synopsis     

The life about King Dae Jo Yeong and other heroes of the Balhae Kingdom. Yi Hae Go is Dae Jo Yeong’s enemy and they both fight for the love of Cho rin. Cho rin is from the Georan tribe and she loves Dae Jo Yeong. But Dae Jo Young ends up marrying King Bojang’s niece, Suk young.

Cast

Choi Soo Jong as Dae Jo Young
Jung Bo Suk as Yi Hae Go
Lee Deok Hwa (이덕화) as Seol In Kwi
Park Ye Jin as Cho Rin
Hong Soo Hyun as Suk Young
Kim Jin Tae as Yeon So Mun
Im Dong Jin as Yang Min Choon
Im Hyuk as Dae Jong Sang
Kim Kyu Chul as Shin Hong
Kil Young Woo as Bo Jang Wang
Kim Myung Soo as Kim Mo Jam
Choi Chul Ho as Kil Sabiwoo
Im Ho as Yeon Nam-saeng
Kim Hae Kyoon as Bo Ki Won
Kim Hak Chul as Heuk Soo-dol
Jung Ho Geun as Sa Boo Koo
Im Sun Taek as Jang San Hae
Shim Eun Jin as Geum Ran
Jung Tae Woo as Geum (Cho Rin’s and Jo Yeong’s son)
Kim Joo Young as Go Sa Kye
Song Yong Tae as Dang Tae Jong