YeinJee's Pop Channel » Legend of the Great King and the Four Gods http://yeinjee.com/asianpop Asian pop culture, with latest Asian trend, lifestyle, news, entertainment and other interesting Asian stuff, including celebrities, movies, music, dramas, anime, art, food, sport, fashion and gadgets. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Legend opens with success http://yeinjee.com/asianpop/the-legend-opens-with-success/ http://yeinjee.com/asianpop/the-legend-opens-with-success/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:48:34 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/asianpop/the-legend-opens-with-success/ High budget Korean drama “The Legend” has achieved great success since screening in Korea on September 10. The half fictional epic-sci-fi drama is based on the story of the king of Goguryeo in ancient Korean era, has achieve a decent rating of over 20% since its first episode.

The first 3 episodes shared the story of the king when he was young, and featured some young Korean actors. Bae Yong-joon and other main cast (Moon So-ri and Lee Ji-ah etc.) were introduced in the 4th episode, and the ratings soared up to 31.7%.

Korean actor Bae Yong-joon
Actor Bae Yong-joon in The Legend

With the popularity of Bae, the drama is also highly anticipated in Japan. Japanese TV station NHK has announced that the drama will start showing on its channel from December 3.

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“Legend of the First King’s Four Gods” (or simply “The Legend”; 태왕사신기) is a Korean TV drama set to premiere on September 10, 2007.

The Legend of the First King’s Four Gods
Legend of the First King’s Four Gods

The Legend is a historical fantasy drama based on the epic story of the 19th king of Goguryeo in ancient Korean era. It is actor Bae Yong-joon’s first TV drama since the highly acclaimed series “Winter Sonata” in 2002.

The co-stars of Legend include Moon So-ri, Lee Ji-ah and Choi Min-soo etc.

I don’t really like Winter Sonata, but the melodrama still remains one of the most popular Korean dramas ever… a recent Japanese poll has chosen Bae (nickname Yon-sama by his fans) and his Sonata’s co-star Choi Ji-woo as the most popular Korean artists in Japan.

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