Kim Soo Ro

Kim Soo Ro

• Disc(s): 2dvd
• Genre : Historical
• Main Casts : Ji Seong, Bae Jong-ok, Yoo Oh-seong, Seo Ji-hye, Ko Joo-won, Kang Byeol
• Total Episodes : 32

Synopsis

This drama charts the life of Kim Soo Ro, the legendary founder of the city-state of Geumgwan Gaya during the Three Kingdoms Period.

The traditional epic series, a 20 billion won blockbuster also starring noted actors Yoo Oh-seong and Bae Jong-ok, is set to air in late May after “A Man Called God” finishes its run.

Korean actor Ko Joo-won will be playing the role of King Ijinashi, the first king of state Daegaya, a major chiefdom of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Ijinashi was in constant battle against King Su-ro, the founder and ruler of the state of Geumgwan Gaya in the 5th century, to be played by actor Ji Seong.

Ga-ya developed economy and culture through iron civilization and sea trade. This drama tells the story of the birth of the nation and the life of Kim Soo Ro, the leader.

The Great Merchant Kim Man Deok

The Great Merchant Kim Man Deok

• Disc(s): 5dvd
• Also known as: Merchant Kim Man Deok
• Genre : Historical
• Casts : Lee Mi Yeon as Kim Man Deok’, – Shim Eun Kyung as Man Deok (teen), Han Jae Suk as Jung Hong Soo, Park Sol Mi as Moon Seon, – Joo Da Young as Moon Seon (teen), Ha Suk Jin as Kang Yoo Ji, Go Doo Shim as Hal Mae.
• Total Episodes : 16

Synopsis

This drama is based on a real life figure Kim Man-deuk who was living in Jeju Island. She goes through a lot of changes in her life; at first she becomes a Gisaeng but turned herself into a merchant, and then becomes one of the biggest philanthropists in Joseon Dynasty. Man-deuk gets adopted by Granny at a young age. With great efforts, she becomes a Gisaeng who has outstanding talents in various areas. However, she gives up everything and runs away with her lover Jeong Hong-soo. She gets caught and sends to the transitory wards for epidemics for one year. When she came out from the wards, she starts to take care of the Gisaengs who are suffering from illness. Man-deuk goes into a business and restores the business ethics in Jeju. Meanwhile, Moon-sun, who used to be a friend of Man-deuk, feels a sense of inferiority and competes with Man-deuk’s business.

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The Great Queen Seondeok

The Great Queen Seondeok

Disc(s): 3DVD

Also known as: Queen Seon Duk / Seonduk Yeo Wang
Genre : Historical, period
Main Casts : Lee Yo Won, Nam Ji Hyun, Ko Hyun Jung, UEE
Total Episodes : 62 eps

Synopsis

Dukman was born a twin but was abandoned as a baby and sent to a place far away by her father, King Jinpyeong in order to protect her from being killed by an influenced royal court lady, Mishil who tries to snatch away the throne from the royal successor. Dukman was later brought back to the Silla palace, where she joined forces with her twin sister Princess Cheonmyong to oppose Mishil. However, Mi-shil devised sinister plans to have the two Silla princesses exiled from the kingdom, and in a secretive battle, Princess Cheonmyong was assassinated by Mi-shil. But Princess Dukman shrewdly enlisted the help of General Kim Yusin and eliminated her archenemy Mishil. She then became Queen Seon Duk, the first female ruler of the Silla kingdom. This drama is about a story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people and thus, leaving behind many brilliant achievements.

Princess Ja Myung Go

Princess Ja Myung Go

Disc(s): 5DVD

Also known as: The Royal Princess of Ja Myung Go / The Story of Self Destruction
Genre : Historical, period, romance
Main Casts : Jung Ryu Won as Princess Ja Myung, Lee Young Yoo as young Ja Myung, Park Min Young as Princess Nak-rang, Jung Kyung Ho as Prince Hodong.
Total Episodes : 50 eps

Synopsis

Legend has it that more than 2000 years ago, the Kingdom of Nangnang possessed a mystical Ja Myung Drum (Ja Myung Go) which will sound by itself when enemies invade. In reality, Ja Myung Go does not represent the drum but instead, is embodied by the King’s daughter, Princess Ja Myung. Princess Ja Myung and Princess Nak-Rang are born on the same day and time to the same father but different mothers. It is predicted that one princess will become the nation’s savior while the other will bring the entire nation down.

Using her family’s powerful background, Princess Nak-Rang’s mother successfully establishes her daughter as the savior princess while Princess Ja Myung, who is branded the princess of destruction, escapes death with the help of her mother and grows up among the common folk. When she learns of her true identity, Princess Ja Myung returns to her Kingdom, resulting in a new wave of internal politics and power struggles. Princess Ja Myung and Prince Hodong of the rival state of Goguryeo fall in love but fate has it that they cannot be together. Princess Nak-Rang, who is also in love with the Prince, willingly gives her nation up to him by destroying her Kingdom’s mystical war drum. Princess Ja Myung, fighting to save her nation, finally pierces her sword towards her beloved Prince Hodong…

Jumong – Prince of the Legend

Jumong – Prince of the Legend

Disc(s): 7DVD

Also known as: The Book of Three Han: The Chapter of Joo Mong
Genre :Historical
Main Casts : Song Il-kuk, Han Hye-jin
Total Episodes : 81 eps


Synopsis

“Magnitude is about to start”. You are about to go back to the time of Goguryeo, a time which was bigger than now. “A time when our nation was the most beautiful”, “A time when our nation was the center of the world”.

“Have you ever met such a time”? “Dare to journey into a time no one has ever gone back to”? The most surprising time in history has come back 2000 years later, a time when the nation made China fall down to their knees and when we fought other nations without any fear.Meet a hero bigger than the myth.Alexander, Genghis Khan, we have the hero who overwhelmed his generation and changed history, Jumong! Up to now we have been used to dramas dealing with the history of kings and knights but now we are about to challenge in creating a drama with the birth of a true hero. A name only remembered as a myth.

Get ready to meet Jumong, the hero who opened up the skies of the Old Joseon, which was once ours, by fighting thousands and thousands of armies. Meet the love even bigger than the history. “Love” seems to be the one common denominator across people of all generations and nations. “Love” gets swept away with the waves of time and also gets hurt with biased views in societies, but it also creates a new kind of history by wrestling against adversity and the trials of time. True love, which is uncommonly seen in history, is re-drawn through the drama of our once forgotten history. Through the wisdom and courage of Korea’s first queen So Seo-no…

Jumong: King of Goguryeo who won back the skies of the Old Joseon (Actor: Song Il-gook)
Old Joseon (Actor: Song Il-gook) He is the son of Hae Mo-soo and Yu Hwa but grows up as the son of Geum Wa, a person who betrayed his father. He lives longing for the chance to meet his father, who is his teacher, again but he dies and lives the rest of his life not knowing that his teacher was his father. He loves a woman but ends up marrying a different one and eventually breaks up with her, but all these trials and sadness do not get in the way of his destiny. His legacy to the Korean people is the great historical triumph of winning back the skies of the Old Joseon and establishing the Goguryeo Dynasty.

So Seo-no: A wise and strong queen (Actress: Han Hye-jin)
She had the intelligence and foresight to look out for the future generations but because she was a woman she could not live her dreams. She was not afraid of death but because she was from a weak nation, she had to bear a pain more painful than death. Although she couldn’t become the love of a lifetime to a certain man, she stands up to be a most powerful and wise leader. The first queen history remembers, in a time when love was lavished, yet not considered everything.

Dae Soh: Jealously itself (Actor: Kim Seung-soo)
As a child he lost all his father’s love to Jumong. As an adult he bears a scar from not being able to be with the woman he loved. He brings Jumong’s father to his death and also does everything he can do to take Soo Seo-no away from him.

Geum Wa: An affectionate king (Actor: Jeun Kwang-ryeul)
Cought in a war with the Han Nation alongside of Hae Mo-soo; the two shared a friendship even thicker than blood but eventually surrender to the Han nation after which he betrays Hae Mo-soo.He takes in Hae Mo-soo’s wife, a woman who lives every day longing for Hae Mo-soo, as his own wife and also takes care of Hae Mo-soo’s son as his son with both love and hatred and a very heavy sense of guilt.

Yu Hwa: Motherhood of sadness (Actress: Oh Yun-soo)
The daughter of Ha Baek-joek, she has looks so stunning that anyone would fall in love with her at first sight. She nurses Hae Mo-soo’s wounds with great devotion but ends up facing a tragedy when her people get murdered by the Han army for hiding Hae Mo-soo. After hearing that Hae Mo-soo has passed away she falls into great sadness, but gets married to Geum Wa and gives birth to Hae Mo-soo’s son Jumong.

The Iron Empress

The Iron Empress

Disc(s): 7DVD

Also known as: Cheon Chu Taehu / Empress Chun Chu
Genre : Historical
Main Casts : Chae Si Ra as Empress Chun Chu, Kim So Eun as young Chun Chu, Kim Suk Hoon as Kim Chi Yang, Choi Jae Sung as Kang Jo, Lee Duk Hwa as General Kang Kam Chan
Total Episodes : 60 eps

Synopsis

The stereotypical view of womanhood on screen is changing. Different from the past which used to show the passive and modest nature of female, recent dramas illustrate women with grand authority and active spirit. However, most of the historical dramas are still presenting the submissive images of female; woman as a subordinate who gives birth to children to carry on the family lineage, or a political tactician who takes part in conspiracies and causes internal wars in the palace. Now we are talking about the empress who is incompatible from the previously known images of female in history. ‘The Iron Empress’ is the granddaughter of Wang Gun, the first emperor of Goryeo. She has inherited her grandfather’s vision as well as his Great Spirit.

The empress fights against the enemies trying to collapse Goryeo, and called as ‘The Iron Empress’ who gets rid of her brother, son, and even her lover, for the good of the empire. During the Goryeo period, women had the firm statue and their power was high as that of men. Introducing the legendary heroine, ‘The Iron Empress’ would bring hopes and dreams to the women living in this era.

Iljimae

Iljimae

Disc(s): 3DVD

Genre : Historical
Main Casts : Lee Joon Ki as Iljimae / Ryung Han Hyo Joo as Eun Chae Lee Young Ah as Bong Soon Park Shi Hoo as Iljimae’s rival
Total Episodes : 16 eps

Synopsis

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Iljimae acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Iljimae and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chan is a doctor’s daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

The Reputable Family

The Reputable Family

Disc(s): 3DVD

Also known as: Great Family
Genre : historical, period
TV Premiere: 2010-Jan-02 to 2010-Feb-21
Main Casts : Cha In Pyo as Choi Gook Sun, Han Go Eun as Han Dan Yi, Kim Sung Min as Kim Won Il.
Total Episodes : 16

Synopsis

At the time of war, in 1636, Choi Jin-lip donates his fortune to a crowd of refugees out of generosity when they flood into his quiet village. Choi Guk-sun is unhappy with his grandfather being too generous with poor people. Man-gap, one of the refugees, and Kim Man-bae, Jin-lip’s tenant, bear grudge against Guk-sun over his arrogance. When being appointed to a higher post in Gong-ju, Jin-lip sets his slaves free and lets them share his land. Before leaving for Gong-ju, Jin-lip leaves his grandson a word of great significance saying “People are the most valuable asset in the world…”

The whole world what Guk-sun believed to revolve around him seems to change. Man-bae’s father, Kim Ja-chun buys the land Choi Jin-lip gave to his slaves for free. A group of refugees led by Gil-man takes a commission from Ja-chun. After witnessing all the changes, Guk-sun comes to realize what his grandfather tried to say. Guk-sun leaves for Hanyang to stand on his own feet once he learns the family’s decision to put him up for adoption to an affluent family.

Guk-sun happens to settle down at Jang Gil-taek’s place where he comes to realize the power of wealth. Aside from Jang’s ability to accumulate fortune, Guk-sun sees his cruel side when it comes to making money. Guk-sun feels confused finding a proper answer to the question, “Would it be the right way to live caring only about one’s gain while neglecting the poor?”

Jang Gil-taek and Yu Hyeong-won order Guk-sun to reclaim barren land in Gyeong-ju province by giving him a book named “NongsaJiksul(The Agricultural Techniques)”. Guk-sun borrows seed money from the government office to start his reclamation work in Gyeong-ju.

He gathers villagers and introduces performance-related pay which results in a huge success. Kim Ja-chun and Man-bae start to get nervous about Guk-sun’s success.