Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror Explained

Alt Name:King Gwanggaeto the Great
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST)
Executive Producer:Lee Jae-yong
Starring:Lee Tae-gon
Kim Seung-soo
Im Ho
Park Jung-chul
Oh Ji-eun
Lee In-hye
Country:South Korea
Location:Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang
Network:KBS1
Num Episodes:92
Producer:KBS Drama Production Bureau
Hangul:광개토태왕
Rr:Gwanggaeto-taewang
Mr:Kwanggaet'o-taewang

Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror, also known as King Gwanggaeto the Great, is a historical drama based on the life of the nineteenth monarch of GoguryeoGwanggaeto the Great. The drama was based on two sources, Gwanggaeto the Great by Jeong Jip, and Great Conquests of Gwanggaeto by Hyeong Minu.

Synopsis

Goguryeo, at the time of the protagonist's birth, is no longer as powerful as it used to be. Prior to his birth, his grandfather, King Gogugwon was killed by the Baekje forces led by King Geunchogo. When his uncle King Sosurim died without an heir, his father King Gogugyang rose to the throne of Goguryeo. At the same time, they were also under attack by the Later Yan forces, led by none other than the Emperor of Later Yan himself, Murong Chui.

After his father's death, he rises to the throne and vows to restore Goguryeo to its former glory. His struggle would later form the basis of a popular Korean legend. He would regain land lost to Baekjae, and he will defeat many other smaller kingdoms in the process. Near the end of the story, he manages to obliterate Later Yan and later subjugated her as a sister state.

Cast

Damdeok's followers

Later Yan army

Ministers of Goguryeo

Royal family of Goguryeo

Other people

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