Yeon Gaesomun (TV series)
| Yeon Gaesomun | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | SBS |
| Original run | July 8, 2006 – June 17, 2007 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Yeon Gaesomun (연개소문; 淵蓋蘇文) is the title of a television historical drama.
In the summer of 2006, the South Korean television station SBS began a 100-episode drama on the life of Yeon Gaesomun. Its production cost was very high, about 40 billion South Korean won.
[edit] Synopsis
Yeon Gae Somun is the general who killed the penultimate King of Goguryeo, Yeongnyu, in 642. It was a period of tremendous instability, both because of the pressure by Shilla, but also because the political situation in Goguryeo was very confusing. After General Yeon put Yeongnyu’s nephew Bojang as his puppet on the throne following his coup d’etat, he tried with little success to calm down Yeon’s two sons in trying to gain power, and started repressing Buddhism (the Kingdom’s official religion) in favour of Taoism.
[edit] Cast
- Prime of life Yeon Gaesomun : Yoo Dong Geun (유동근)
- Youth Yeon Gaesomun : Lee Tae Gon (이태곤)
- Sui Yangdi : Kim Kap Su (김갑수)
- Tang Taizong : Seo In Seok (서인석)
- Youth Tang Taizong : Lee Ju Hyeon (이주현)
- King Yeongnyu : Choi Jong Hwan (최종환)
- Yang Manchun : Shin Dong Hun (신동훈)
[edit] External links
- SBS대하사극 연개소문 (Korean), official website
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