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Emperor of the Sea
해신 (Hae-sin)
Genre	Drama
Produced by	Kang Il Soo and Kang Byung Taek
Network	KBS2
Original run	November 24 2004 – May 25 2005
No. of episodes	51
Original time slots	Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:50 p.m.
Emperor of the Sea
Hangul	해신
Hanja	海神
Revised Romanization	Hae-sin
McCune-Reischauer	Hae-sin

Emperor of the Sea (해신 Hae-sin, lit. Sea God) is a 51 episode South Korean epic drama that aired in 2004 on KBS2. The show focuses on the life of famous historical figure, Jang Bogo, who was born a slave but rose to the highest ranks of Silla society. The show was received extremely well, holding the number one spot in the ratings for the majority of the weeks it aired. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see KBS. Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is South Koreas premier public broadcaster and one of four major Korean television networks. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Jamo redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ... For other uses, see KBS. Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is South Koreas premier public broadcaster and one of four major Korean television networks. ... Jang Bogo (?-846, alternately 841), also known as Gungbok, rose to prominence in Korea in the late Unified Silla period as a powerful maritime figure who for several decades effectively controlled the Yellow Sea and Korean coast between southwestern Korea and Chinas Shandong peninsula. ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ...

Credits

Cast

• Choi Soo Jung as Jang Bogo/Goong-bok
• Song Il Kook as Yom Moon/Jang
• Kim Heung-Soo as Yeon
• Chae Si Ra as Lady Jami
• Soo Ae as Lady Jung-Hwa

Staff

• Screenwriter: Jung Jin Ok/Hwang Joo Ha
• Producer: Kang Il Soo/Kang Byung Taek

Plot

Episode 1: The drama begins with a short description of the history of the time in which the series takes place. "After the affair of An-Sa, the Dang Dynasty quickly lost power. The small king tried to attack the king..." Then it shows a foreshadowing of Goong-bok as an adult leading a force of Dang's troops attacking rebel troops. Then, it is taken back when Goong-bok was a teenage slave living in Cheonghaejin (Chunghae) where takes his friends to a cliff and tells them they have to jump into the water in order to follow him. Only his cousin, Yon, attempted the terrible jump risking his life. Goong-bok, not assuming anyone would jump, was in shock and jumped off the cliff as well to save Yon. He allowed Yon, after saving him, to go to the errand. Day turned into night and Goong-bok sneaks out and heads for Chunghae Port. There Yon meets up with him and follows. Goon-bok leads him to spy on their boss' son, Joong Dal, who is trying to seduce a woman into making love with him. Goong-bok interrupts them by beating Joong-Dal up. They flee and meet up with their friend,Soon-Jong, who bribes them into letting him join them. Goong-bok and Yon accepts the bribe and leads him to the coast where they set off on a boat, and sneaks into a merchant ship sailing to Dang. They get caught and get brought back to Chunghae where Goong-bok and Yon are punished. While talking to the shipyard master, Goong-bok's father, was asked to repair merchant ships, which is illegal. His father accepts and was assigned to repair two ships. The next day, Goong-bok and Yon were working when they see a hawk. Goong-bok shoots the hawk with an arrow not knowing it belonged to the Young Master of Chunghae. Goong-bok gets brought to the Government office and fences with the Young Master, only to get get defeated. Ashamed of his poor fencing skills, he finds a street performer, Yom Jang. Cheonghaejin was a major trading hub established by a famed Korean general of the Silla kingdom, Jang Bogo. ...

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Episode 15: Goong-bok finishes speaking with Yom Moon and leaves with an awful decision he had to make. Goong-bok, then, is appointed director after being right about their ship being in poor condition. He is assigned an assignment to...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean television shows
• Contemporary culture of South Korea
• History of Korea
• Unified Silla

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Here is a partial list of Korean television shows: // MBC News Desk (MBC 뉴스데스크) KBS 9 News (KBS 9시 뉴스) SBS 8 News (SBS 8시 뉴스) PD Note (PD 수첩) World Wide Weekly (월드 와이드 위클리) TV in TV (TV 속의 TV) News Plus Amni Omni (뉴스플러스 암니옴니) News Who (뉴스 후) Sisa Magazine 2580 (시사매거진 2580) SBS Seven Days (세븐 데이즈) The Its Know... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional culture of Korea, but since the 1948 division of Korea, it has developed separately from North Koreas culture. ... This article is about the history of Korea, through the division of Korea in 1945. ... Unified Silla is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla after 668. ...

External links

• Official KBS website