| King Geunchogo (The King of Legend) (근초고왕) |
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| Format | Drama historical drama |
| Starring | Kam Woo-sung Kim Ji-soo Lee Jong-won Lee Ji-hoon Ahn Jae-mo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lee Jae-young (Chief Producer) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Saturdays & Sundays 9:05 P.M. (KST) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | KBS 1TV KBS World (Worldwide) |
| Original run | November 26, 2010 – May 29,2011 |
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| Hangul | 근초고왕 |
| Hanja | 近肖古王 |
| Revised Romanization | Geunchogo-Wang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kǔnch'ogo-wang |
The King of Legend is the alternate title for the King Geunchogo,a historic drama based on King Geunchogo of Baekje.Besides than the historic info obtained from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa,It was also inspired by a novel written by Lee Munyeol,a renowned Korean writer.The drama was aired on KBS 1TV in Korea,and internationally through KBS World.
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The 60-episode drama tells the story of King Geunchogo, warrior king of Baekje. Under his reign, the kingdom experienced its glory days, with military conquests that saw him controlling most of the Korean peninsula and a subsequent enhancement of political power that reached its greatest height in Baekje's history.
From KBS Website,The mentioned Program aim was:
Do you know about King Geunchogo?
People who have climbed Mt. Baekdu say they feel angry. The sacred mountain of the Korean people is divided in half—one half called Mt. Jangbaek belongs to China.
China's historical distortions, as evidenced by such, is nothing new. History as recorded by the Chinese is thoroughly distorted from the winner's perspective and Korea has been a victim of this tyranny for at least 1,500 years.
Then why is China bent on distorting Korean history? Is it because of the tomb tablet of the Korean king Gwanggaeto the Great located in Jilin Province?
Who is the king mentioned in the Chinese record that says, "A king has come from Baekje (a Korean dynasty) (百濟到來之王)."
This king is not Gwanggaeto but Baekje's King Geunchogo, who seized and ruled a Chinese region at least 60 years ahead of Gwanggaeto.[1]
And from KBS World website:
I, Geunchogo, am the king of conquest who has been requested from the era to establish the great Baekje Empire. The path towards conquest is blood-stained: Blood of enemies, blood of my people and sometimes blood of my families… I always ask myself as I walk down this bloody road, “is it for the great cause or for my own selfish desire?” When Buyeogu, the son of King Biryu, and his second queen Jin, takes to the throne, he changes his name to Geunchogo meaning that he will succeed the mind of the fifth king of Baekje, Chogo. He was born to be a hero, but his father did not approve him and avoided him, when he was young. Left alone, Geunchogo went through the trauma of being rejected by his father. Every prince dreams of being a king. Geunchogo also dreamed of the empire he would create if he became a king. However, since he is not favored by his father, Geunchogo is expelled from the palace and then lives in his grandfather’s mansion and there learns to be a merchant. Now, since he left the palace, he dreams to travel freely beyond Baekje and all around the world where the ocean will take him. However, fate and time choose the hero and fate has different plans for Geunchogo, which is not the life of a free merchant.[2]