Ballad of Seodong (2005)

Original title

서동요

Directed by

Lee Byung-hoon

Cast

Jo Hyun Jae, King Mu, Baekje, Kim Suk, Lee Bo Young, Shilla, Choi Sulli, Ryu Jin

Genre

historical fiction, drama television series

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 55 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 5 voters

How it feels

This South Korean period drama follows a commoner who writes a song that causes a princess to be exiled. He then finds her, marries her, and they become rulers of their kingdom.

romanticmelodramaticsweepingtraditionaltragichopefulslow-pacedperiod

What happens

Ballad of Seodong (Korean: 서동요) is a South Korean television series starring Jo Hyun-jae, Lee Bo-young, and Ryu Jin. It aired on SBS from September 5, 2005 to March 21, 2006 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 55 episodes. The period drama is based on Seodong-yo, said to be one of Korea's oldest folk songs and its first hyangga. According to the Samguk yusa ("Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms") from the Silla Kingdom, the song was written by Seodong, a commoner from the Baekje Kingdom. Hearing that Princess Seonhwa, daughter of King Jinpyeong of Silla, was beautiful, he writes a song saying that the princess visits Seodong's room every night, and it quickly spreads throughout the kingdom and beyond, until it reaches the palace in Silla. When her father hears the song, he condemns the innocent princess to exile. Seodong finds Seonhwa, marries her and takes her to Baekje, and they become the royal rulers of the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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