Jumong (TV series)

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Jumong
Man and woman kissing, in period costume
Genre
Written by
  • Choi Wan-kyu
  • Jung Hyung-soo
Directed byLee Joo-hwan
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes81
Production
Production companiesChorokbaem Media
Olive9
Original release
NetworkMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release15 May 2006 (2006-05-15) –
6 March 2007 (2007-03-06)

Jumong (Korean: 삼한지-주몽 편; Hanja: 三韓志-朱蒙篇주몽; RR: Samhanji-Jumong Pyeon; lit. "The Book of the Three Hans: The Chapter of Jumong") is a South Korean historical period drama series that aired on MBC from 2006 to 2007 as the network's 45th anniversary special. Originally scheduled for 60 episodes, MBC extended it to 81 because of its popularity.

The series examines the life of Jumong, founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo. Few details have been found in the historical record about Jumong, so much of the series is fictionalized. The fantastic elements surrounding the original Jumong legend (such as those concerning his birth) have been replaced with events more grounded in reality. Jumong is considered part of the Korean Wave (Hallyu), with viewership in Iran exceeding 80 percent.[1]

Cast

Plot

Jumong film set at MBC Dramia

Following the conquest of Gojoseon by Han China in 108 BC, the surviving tribes and city-states of Manchuria and the northern Korean Peninsula are harshly subjugated as tributaries to the Han, who are portrayed as ruling with an iron fist from the Four Commanderies. Haemosu, the leader of the local resistance in the form of the Damul Army, covertly teams up with Prince Geumwa of Buyeo to defend and rescue Gojoseon refugees throughout the land. After being injured in a battle, Haemosu is rescued by Lady Yuhwa of the Chinese deity of the Yellow River Habaek tribe (to whom Geumwa has taken a fancy), and they fall in love. Haemosu is subsequently ambushed and captured by Han forces (and after falling off a cliff is presumed dead by the outside world), and the now-pregnant Lady Yuhwa is forced to seek shelter in Buyeo, where she becomes Geumwa's concubine and gives birth to Haemosu's son, Jumong.

Flag used by Jumong

Twenty years later, the young Jumong is a weak and cowardly prince overshadowed and scorned by his elder half-brothers Daeso and Youngpo, who are vying for inheritance of the Buyeo throne from their father (the now-King Geumwa). After escaping an assassination attempt by his half-brothers, Jumong leaves the palace and by a twist of fate, encounters his father, the now-elderly Haemosu in the wild. Jumong becomes skilled in combat under Haemosu's covert tutelage, but is unaware of their father-son relationship. At the same time, Jumong forms a close relationship with Lady Soseono of the Gyeru trading clan of Jolbon. Following Haemosu's assassination by Daeso and Youngpo, Jumong learns the truth and vows to avenge his father and drive out the Han. He returns to Geumwa and leads the Buyeo army in a campaign against Lintun and Zhenfan Commanderies, but is reported missing in action and presumed dead following an injury in battle. Subsequently, Daeso seizes power in Buyeo by colluding with Xuantu Commandery and forces Soseono to be his queen. In desperation, Soseono weds her trading partner Wootae (not knowing Jumong is still alive). Jumong, however, is rescued by the Hanbaek tribe and nursed back to health by Lady Yesoya, whom he weds. They return to Buyeo and Jumong feigns servitude to Daeso, thereby earning his trust. With Daeso's guard down, Jumong and his lieutenants manage to intercept and lead a large group of Gojoseon refugees into the wilds of Mount Bongye, where they establish a fortress and re-form the Damul Army, against Geumwa's wishes. In despite, Geumwa holds Yesoya and her son Yuri hostage in the palace, after regaining power from Daeso.

Over the next three years, the Damul Army grows and begins uniting various local tribes, to the discomfort of Buyeo and Han. Following Wootae's death in battle, Jumong and Soseono form an alliance and unite the five clans of Jolbon and the Damul Army into a single powerful entity, which succeeds in conquering Xuantu Commandery and establishing the Kingdom of Goguryeo. When Yesoya and Yuri are reported missing from Buyeo (and presumed dead), a grieving Jumong weds Soseono and they become king and queen of the new nation.

After ruling Goguryeo for fifteen years, Jumong succeeds in reuniting with Yesoya and Yuri (who had been living in exile after escaping from the palace). Following Geumwa's assassination by Han mercenaries, the newly-crowned King Daeso forms an alliance with Jumong, and the combined armies of Goguryeo and Buyeo succeed in conquering Liaodong Commandery with utter annihilation of the Han army in Manchuria. With Jumong's lifelong mission finally complete and in order to prevent internal strife due to Yuri's return, Soseono departs from Goguryeo and heads south with the pro-Jolbon faction and her teenage sons (with Wootae) Biryu and Onjo, who subsequently found the Kingdom of Baekje on the Korean Peninsula. Buyeo eventually collapses following the battlefield death of Daeso at the hands of Jumong's grandson Muhyul. Jumong continues battling against Han China to consolidate his realm, and dies at age 40 after passing the crown of Goguryeo to Yuri.

Episode synopsis

Episodes 1-28
No.
01
Lady Yuhwa and her friend rescue General Hae Mosu.
02
Lady Yuhwa and her friend rescue General Hae Mosu.
03
Geumwa threatens to punish Jumong for harassing the shrine maid, Buyoung.
04
Jumong tells Lady Yuhwa that he broke the Bow of Tamul.
05
Jumong finds out that Hae Mosu is still alive. He doesn’t know who it is.
06
Jumong gets kicked out of the palace by Emperor Geumwa. His last incident was blowing up the iron chamber.
07
Soseono is captured by Dochi's men (who Jumong was hired by with the help of Buyoung).
08
Soseono is rescued and Jumong flee to Musong's prison. Rumors spread and the emperor wants to visit the prison.
09
Jumong and Hae Mosu leave the prison after the raid and Jumong tells Hae Mosu that he is the emperor's son.
10
Emperor Geumwa finds out that Hae Mosu is alive again.
11
At the end, Lady Yuhwa finally sees Hae Mosu again for one last time.
12
Daeso kills Hae Mosu. Jumong and Musong start drinking and gambling their lives away.
13
Jumong comes back to the palace. Han stops trade with Buyeo, and Daeso goes to try to reestablish trade. The court minister starts to investigate the Dochi-iron chamber-trade issue. Jumong wants to live outside of the palace to train, and he asks Yuntabal for a job.
14
Xuantu declines Daeso's original trade plan. Jumong gets hired by Yuntabal. Jumong and Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo are back together like usual. Musong joins them (he gets a job in the palace). Daeso returns from Xuantu after making a "Hae Mosu Head" secret deal with Yangjung. They reestablish trade.
15
Yeo Mieul starts to find out who broke the Tamul Bow. Jumong and his followers decide to unlock parching techniques and get back in the competition for crown prince. Daeso, Youngpo, and won try to hide evidence of the illegal iron chamber trade with Oakjuh by killing Mo Palmo. There is evidence that there might be a mountain filled with salt in Gosan.
16
The journey to Gosan begins. In Haengin, the trade troop tries to kidnap Soseono but Jumong wakes up and defends her.
17
Jumong goes to the former Haengin army's hideout and spies on them. Han asks Buyeo for reinforcements in a war but Buyeo rejects. Jumong, the followers, and Soseono get captured at the hideout.
18
Baemung agrees to escort the troop to Gosan with Soseono. Geumwa decides to make an iron chamber for Yuntabal in the Keru region. The sorceress of Gosan gives the salt mountain to Jumong because he is the descendant of the Haebek tribe.
19
Geumwa sends Jumong on a diplomatic mission to Han to tell them to get out Buyeo's matters. Dochi told Youngpo that Jumong was dead, so he got mad at Dochi. Dochi tricks Oi into thinking that he sold Buyoung. Oi says he'll do anything to get her back. Oi tells Youngpo that Jumong is developing parching techniques with Mo Palmo. Him telling Youngpo this gains back Youngpo's trust in Dochi.
20
Daeso and Youngpo start spying on Jumong's progress in the iron chamber. Daeso asks Soseono to marry him but she doesn't give an answer yet.
21
Buyoung is now fully free of Dochi. Geumwa holds a military arts match between the princes. Soseono declines Daeso's proposal. Daeso tells Geumwa that Jumong broke the Tamul Bow. Youngpo kidnaps Buyoung for Dochi.
22
Assassins sent by Youngpo break into the Shrine in a failed attempt to kill Yeo Mieul (to get a new Sorceress in the Shrine). Yeo Mieul decides to leave the shrine and serve Jumong through Yuntabal. Mauryang, who favors the queen and Daeso, becomes the new sorceress. Yeo Mieul tells Jumong that Hae Mosu is his father.
23
The price to get Buyoung back is giving up the Crown Prince competition and Jumong gives in. Yuhwa confirms that Hae Mosu is Jumong's father. Buyoung and her siblings leave Buyeo because Buyoung is ashamed to Jumong and all his followers for having her heart set on Jumong and ruining the competition. Jumong decides to leave Buyeo and gives Soseono the ring that Hae Mosu gave Yuhwa.
24
Because Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo also feel ashamed, and they are so loyal to Jumong, they decide to go with him out of Buyeo. Youngpo bribes the Tax Officer and the Foreign Minister for himself to become Crown Prince. They go and find one of Hyeoppo's father's friends, who was in the Tamul Army with Hyeoppo's father. He tells them about his experiences with Commander Hae Mosu. The sorceresses hear the cry of the three-legged bird- a sign that disaster will strike Buyeo. Some old migrants take Jumong and the men to their camp to kill them because they think they are working for Han. They find out they were descendants of the Tamul Army, and so they untie their gags and tell them about their life at the prison workhouse. They give them their horses as a token. Shortly after they leave, they see the Han Iron Army kidnapping the migrants.
25
Jumong and Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo actually defeat the Iron Army soldiers and bring the migrant tribe to safety in Buyeo. Yangjung decides to give the sponge steel parching techniques to Daeso in exchange for marrying his daughter. Byuriha tells Yuhwa that if Jumong doesn't leave Buyeo for good, he'll die. Jumong admits to the men that he was confused during the Crown Prince competition, and that's partially why he quit. But he says that he's not confused anymore. Soseono and Jumong see each other while Yuntabal's troop is on a trip to Xuantu. Daeso brings some old Chosun migrant blacksmiths to Mo Palmo to help crack the sponge steel technique. Jumong and the men decide to finish Hae Mosu's dream: reunite the nations.
26
The sponge steel technique is finally discovered. Geumwa orders a banquet for every involved. Even Mo Palmo, given a gift for his "hard work which set the ground [for the discovery], and his honor for Buyeo." Youngpo, angered, tries to get more recognized in the competition for doing something great again. He steals all documents from Yuntabal's troop, claiming to be gathering information on other countries. Daeso is deeply angered at Youngpo because he cares about Soseono and therefore the troop (except Jumong). Jumong returns to the palace. Sayong and Soseono realize that Daeso was in Xuantu to make a deal with Yangjung about the parching techniques. They order the troop to find out what Daeso gave to Yangjung. As Daeso and Youngpo are in charge of Foreign Affairs and the military respectively, Geumwa assigns Jumong the duty of commanding the bodyguards. Geumwa tells Jumong privately that he trusts him and he should also spy on everything in the palace, and what people think and are saying in public (see what the people think). Geumwa has realized that Daeso and Youngpo are harassing Jumong. Jumong makes Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo his palace assistants. Jumong and the men reunite with Musong and Mo Palmo. Soseono goes with Musong and Mo Palmo to Cholbon (a league below Buyeo) to discuss even stronger parching techniques with them. The officers tell Geumwa that the Crown Prince competition should end. Geumwa says ok, but to just wait a bit longer.
27
Youngpo tells Jumong that they should blame everything on Daeso and be friends (this is actually part of Youngpo's plan to try to make Jumong and Daeso fight so he can win). Jumong asks Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo to find out the secret ingredient that Xuantu blacksmiths use in their iron (which they still haven't showed to Buyeo). Geumwa and Jumong go on a secret mission just outside the palace to see what people have been saying recently. They find a shaman who is cleansing people of guilt for "Buyeo's coming danger". Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo find a box of secret ingredients in the Iron Chamber. Yangjung sends spies to the Buyeo palace. Wootae is stabbed when the troop is attacked briefly in the forest. Jumong sends Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo to give the box to Mo Palmo. The ingredients are ones that Mo Palmo has already tried using, except for yellow soil. Yeo Mieul returns to bless Wootae. He wakes up and recovers immediately. When Mo Palmo uses the yellow soil, it works perfectly. The recipe is finally discovered. Geumwa and Jumong decide to save the Chosun migrants.
28

Mari asks Jumong if they should kill Dochi, and Jumong answers that now is not the right time since he has a relationship with Youngpo. Jumong takes Youngpo's offer to team up against Daeso because he thinks Youngpo is capable of that. Soseono tells Jumong why Daeso has been visiting Xuantu, being that the newest blacksmiths in the Buyeo Iron Chamber did not run away from Han as Daeso said: Yangjung sent them, because Daeso and Yangjung made a deal (Daeso marrying Yangjung's daughter). The "blacksmiths" that Yangjung sent may not be blacksmiths. Yangjung orders the "blacksmiths" to work slower and attain access to the Buyeo palace. Soseono tells Yuntabal that Jumong is planning a war with Chinbun and Linbun. She wants the troop to supply goods at the battlefield. Jumong tells Oi, Mari and Hyeoppo to keep watch on the new blacksmiths (he also tells them why: the deal). The Queen tells Mauryang to lie to the citizens of Buyeo and spread rumors that the Emperor is evil. Jumong tells Emperor Geumwa of the Queen's plan.

Jumong informs Youngpo that in order to outshine Daeso's achievements, they should be the ones to absorb Chinbun and Linbun into Buyeo. Jumong starts training the men to defeat the Iron Army. Daeso makes bunch of offers to Soseono to marry him again, but Soseono knows that he's engaged to Sulran. Oi discovers that the new blacksmiths really are spies, and tells the other men. Jumong and Geumwa tell the court that Buyeo will be going to war with Chinbun and Linbun. Yeo Mieul tells Byuriha that the three-legged bird is no longer an evil omen (Jumong can stay in Buyeo). Maga says Sachuldo (part of Buyeo) will not send any soldiers for the war.

Production

Jumong film set

Jumong was filmed on location at MBC Dramia in Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, where other period dramas (such as Dong Yi, Moon Embracing the Sun and Queen Seondeok) were also filmed.[2]

Ratings

Jumong received the highest viewership ratings of all the Korean dramas that aired in 2006.[3]

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2006-05-15 1 16.3% (3rd) 17.5% (3rd)
2006-05-16 2 18.4% (3rd) 19.2% (3rd)
2006-05-22 3 21.8% (1st) 23.6% (1st)
2006-05-23 4 25.3% (2nd) 26.6% (2nd)
2006-05-29 5 28.0% (1st) 29.9% (1st)
2006-05-30 6 28.7% (1st) 29.6% (1st)
2006-06-05 7 27.9% (1st) 29.2% (1st)
2006-06-06 8 32.3% (1st) 33.7% (1st)
2006-06-20 9 29.4% (1st) 30.7% (1st)
2006-06-26 10 33.2% (1st) 35.3% (1st)
2006-06-27 11 32.9% (1st) 34.8% (1st)
2006-07-03 12 36.4% (1st) 38.1% (1st)
2006-07-04 13 37.6% (1st) 38.8% (1st)
2006-07-10 14 35.8% (1st) 37.5% (1st)
2006-07-11 15 37.2% (1st) 38.8% (1st)
2006-07-17 16 40.1% (1st) 42.8% (1st)
2006-07-18 17 38.7% (1st) 39.9% (1st)
2006-07-24 18 39.6% (1st) 41.1% (1st)
2006-07-25 19 39.9% (1st) 40.5% (1st)
2006-07-31 20 35.1% (1st) 36.1% (1st)
2006-08-01 21 36.8% (1st) 38.2% (1st)
2006-08-07 22 37.3% (1st) 37.9% (1st)
2006-08-08 23 37.4% (1st) 38.9% (1st)
2006-08-14 24 35.5% (1st) 35.8% (1st)
2006-08-15 25 39.3% (1st) 40.7% (1st)
2006-08-21 26 38.1% (1st) 39.6% (1st)
2006-08-22 27 39.5% (1st) 40.0% (1st)
2006-08-28 28 40.3% (1st) 41.7% (1st)
2006-08-29 29 40.3% (1st) 40.9% (1st)
2006-09-04 30 39.7% (1st) 40.6% (1st)
2006-09-05 31 40.3% (1st) 41.4% (1st)
2006-09-11 32 39.3% (1st) 40.6% (1st)
2006-09-12 33 38.5% (1st) 39.2% (1st)
2006-09-18 34 39.5% (1st) 40.3% (1st)
2006-09-19 35 43.0% (1st) 43.9% (1st)
2006-09-25 36 42.8% (1st) 43.9% (1st)
2006-09-26 37 43.6% (1st) 44.4% (1st)
2006-10-02 38 42.6% (1st) 43.2% (1st)
2006-10-03 39 44.9% (1st) 44.8% (1st)
2006-10-09 40 44.2% (1st) 45.0% (1st)
2006-10-10 41 43.6% (1st) 43.8% (1st)
2006-10-16 42 43.1% (1st) 43.6% (1st)
2006-10-17 43 42.4% (1st) 42.2% (1st)
2006-10-23 44 44.5% (1st) 45.4% (1st)
2006-10-24 45 45.0% (1st) 45.2% (1st)
2006-10-30 46 44.6% (1st) 45.1% (1st)
2006-10-31 47 43.8% (1st) 43.7% (1st)
2006-11-06 48 46.6% (1st) 47.9% (1st)
2006-11-07 49 47.2% (1st) 48.3% (1st)
2006-11-13 50 43.6% (1st) 43.5% (1st)
2006-11-14 51 48.1% (1st) 49.2% (1st)
2006-11-20 52 44.8% (1st) 45.4% (1st)
2006-11-21 53 44.0% (1st) 44.5% (1st)
2006-11-27 54 45.1% (1st) 45.2% (1st)
2006-11-28 55 44.4% (1st) 44.9% (1st)
2006-12-04 56 44.0% (1st) 44.4% (1st)
2006-12-05 57 42.9% (1st) 43.2% (1st)
2006-12-11 58 46.4% (1st) 46.1% (1st)
2006-12-12 59 41.5% (1st) 42.6% (1st)
2006-12-18 60 44.4% (1st) 45.3% (1st)
2006-12-19 61 46.6% (1st) 47.1% (1st)
2007-01-01 62 44.8% (1st) 45.8% (1st)
2007-01-02 63 45.2% (1st) 45.3% (1st)
2007-01-08 64 45.5% (1st) 45.4% (1st)
2007-01-09 65 46.8% (1st) 47.1% (1st)
2007-01-15 66 46.8% (1st) 47.5% (1st)
2007-01-16 67 47.1% (1st) 47.9% (1st)
2007-01-22 68 49.8% (1st) 50.5% (1st)
2007-01-23 69 42.0% (1st) 43.6% (1st)
2007-01-29 70 47.9% (1st) 48.3% (1st)
2007-01-30 71 50.3% (1st) 51.0% (1st)
2007-02-05 72 47.1% (1st) 48.5% (1st)
2007-02-06 73 46.0% (1st) 47.2% (1st)
2007-02-12 74 47.6% (1st) 48.1% (1st)
2007-02-13 75 47.1% (1st) 47.8% (1st)
2007-02-19 76 41.9% (1st) 42.1% (1st)
2007-02-20 77 49.7% (1st) 49.9% (1st)
2007-02-26 78 47.2% (1st) 47.1% (1st)
2007-02-27 79 50.6% (1st) 50.9% (1st)
2007-03-05 80 49.8% (1st) 50.0% (1st)
2007-03-06 81 51.9% (1st) 52.7% (1st)
Average 40.98% 41.83%

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

Broadcast rights for Jumong were sold to Iran (Channel 3), Turkey, Romania (Channel Tvr1), Kazakhstan, Georgia (Imedi TV), Armenia, Japan (Fuji TV), Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam (VTV1), Singapore (Mediacorp Channel U), Indonesia, Thailand (Channel 3), Malaysia, Brunei Daresalaam, Philippines (GMA Network), Fiji (Fiji One), Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Cambodia (Cambodian Television Network), United States (AZN Television).[7][8][9][10]Myanmar(Myawaddy TV), Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation )

According to Reuters the most popular episodes of Jumong attracted over 90% of Iranian audience (compared to 40% in South Korea), propelling the its lead actor Song Il-gook to superstar status in Iran.[11]

Hong Kong broadcast controversy

Asia Television bought the Hong Kong broadcast rights; however, controversy surrounding its translation escalated debate about ATV's editorial independence in news and drama. The controversy primarily surrounded the cutting of certain segments,[12] the mistranslation of place names and the mistranslation of a character's occupation. The changing of the word "nation" (in reference to Goguryeo) to "tribe" and the translation of the Han Dynasty as the "heavenly dynasty" has generated controversy about the station's editorial independence. This is related to controversies involving the governments of China and South Korea over the history of Goguryeo.

Legacy

When this series was released, Filipino DotA fans used Jumong's name as a slang for Mirana's second skill, just like Jumong's straight focused shot.

References

  1. ^ Song, Sang-ho (10 August 2011). "Korea's mark on an expectation-defying Iran". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ^ Lee, Cin Woo (16 March 2012). "Beyond Seoul: 19 reasons to explore Korea". CNN Go. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. ^ TNS Media Korea
  4. ^ Chung, Ah-young (1 January 2007). "Broadcasters Award Top-Rated Dramas". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ Pais, Jon (27 April 2007). "43rd Baeksang Arts Awards". Twitch Film. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ^ "송일국, 日기무라 타쿠야와 SDA 남자배우상 경합". starnews.
  7. ^ "Popular historical TV drama has raked in $50 million". The Hankyoreh. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Jumong to Air in Japan". KBS Global. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Special Meeting At Japanese Fuji TV About Drama Jumong". Broasia via Hancinema. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  10. ^ Reyna, Trixie (6 January 2007). "JUMONG: Korea's No. 1 series For 2006 now on GMA-7". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Song Il Gook is a superstar in Iran because of Jumong". Allkpop. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  12. ^ 《世界日報》：韓劇醜化漢人 爆爭議 朱蒙 網友揚言抵制 (in Chinese). 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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