King Sejong the Great

Name: King Sejong the Great
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-01-05
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Yeong-cheol, Kim Kap-soo, Lee Won-jong, Lee Chun-hee

Overview

"The Great King, Sejong" is a full-scale political drama describing how King Sejong and his loyal retainers cooperate and contrive to make his dynasty a better place. While King Sejong was on the throne, the Joseon Dynasty enjoyed increasing prosperity. The drama shows the dramatic processes of how so many new cultural heritages have been devised. At that time, "Hangul", the native phonemic alphabet system for Korean language was first invented and introduced. Before it was made, Chinese characters had been used for a written communication, which makes it extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn and use. "Hangul" is easy to learn for its simple and scientific principles. Other than "Hangul" itself, there had been so many cultural heritages during his regime including a rain gauge, a sundial, an hourglass to name a few. Also, King Sejong’s pragmatic diplomacy is concentrated in the drama. Then, the Joseon Dynasty was facing a powerful Ming dynasty of China, and King Sejong demonstrates the essence of pragmatism with dignity.

Episodes

S01E01 Episode 1

January 5, 2008 50 min

King Sejong the Great

Overview

Episodes

S01E01 Episode 1

S01E02 Episode 2

S01E03 Episode 3

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S01E74 Episode 74

S01E75 Episode 75

S01E76 Episode 76

S01E77 Episode 77