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Jumong - Prince of the Legend

Jumong – Prince of the Legend is a popular Korean historical drama series. It is about the life of Jumong, later King Dongmyeongseong, and founder of the Goguryeo Kingdom.
Jumong – Prince of the Legend’s Summary:
Jumong is the son of Hae Mo-su (known as a legendary soldier of Korea) and Yuh-wa, princess of the Habaek nation. Because Hae Mo-su is a great archer, Yuh-wa named her child ‘Jumong’, means “skilled archer”.
Gojoseon has fallen to the Han Empire of China. All that is left are separate city-states that have no option but to appease the Han Empire. The Han are brutal, taking refugees prisoner and demonstrating their new iron weapons on them.
Hae Mo-su, joins hands with Geumwa, the crown prince of Buyeo, to oppose Han. But Hae Mo-su gets injured after a skirmish in opposition to Han soldiers, and floats down a river, half alive. Yuh-wa finds him and take care him back to health. They start a relationship. But, the Han are still looking for Hae Mo-su and finally find him. Hae Mo-su escapes and moves until Gyeh-Ru. The leader of the Gyeh-Ru tribe, Yeon Ta-Bal, offers Hae Mo-su a job. They set up camp and So Seo-No, Gyeh-Ru’s daughter, is born. Hae Mo-su returns to Geumwa, and they resume the skirmishes. But, Hae Mo-su is captured and blinded by the Han. Geum-wa fails to save Hae Mo-su. Hae Mo-su is shotted with arrows and it would seem dead in the river.
Yuh-wa has Hae Mo-su’s son. She goes to the Crown Prince of Buyeo. Then, Jumong becomes a prince of Buyeo. This legend is about Jumong learn of his father, his violent rivalry among him and his half-brothers, his love for So Seo-No, and a revival of the Da-mul Gun and the founding of Goguryeo.
Title (English): The Book of Three Han: The Chapter of Joo Mong; Samhanji-Jumong Pyeon
Broadcast period: 2006-May-15 to 2007-Mar
Broadcast network: MBC
Total: 80 episodes
Directed by : Lee Ju-hwan, Kim Gun-hong Lee Ju-hwan, Kim Gun-hong
Written by: Choi Wan-kyu, Jung Hyung-soo

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