Yeon Gaesomun (TV series)

Yeon Gaesomun
Genre	Historical drama
Starring	Lee Tae-gon Hwang In-young Lee Jung-gil Son Tae-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	100
Production
Running time	Saturday and Sunday 20:45 (KST)
Production company(s)	DSP ENT
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	July 8, 2006 – June 17, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	Dear Heaven
Followed by	Golden Bride
External links
Website

Yeon Gaesomun (연개소문; 淵蓋蘇文) is the title of a television historical drama.

In the summer of 2006, the South Korean television station SBS began a 100-episode drama on the life of Yeon Gaesomun.^[1] Its production cost was very high, about 40 billion South Korean won.^[2]

Synopsis

Yeon Gae Somun is the general who killed the penultimate King of Goguryeo, Yeongnyu, in 642. It was a period of tremendous instability, both because of the pressure by Shilla, but also because the political situation in Goguryeo was very confusing. After General Yeon put Yeongnyu’s nephew Bojang as his puppet on the throne following his coup d’etat, he tried with little success to calm down Yeon’s two sons in trying to gain power, and started repressing Buddhism (the Kingdom’s official religion) in favour of Taoism.

Cast

• Prime of life Yeon Gaesomun : Yoo Dong-geun (유동근)
• Youth Yeon Gaesomun : Lee Tae-gon (이태곤)
• Sui Yangdi : Kim Kap-soo (김갑수)
• Emperor Taizong of Tang : Seo In-seok (서인석)
• Youth Emperor Taizong of Tang : Lee Joo-hyeon (이주현)
• King Yeongnyu : Choi Jong-hwan (최종환)
• Yang Manchun : Shin Dong-hun (신동훈)

References

1. "SBS 주말극 '연개소문' 청·장년역 맡은 이태곤·유동근" (in Korean). Cine21. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
2. "연개소문, 400억짜리 합판 세트?" (in Korean). Jungang Ilbo. 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2016-02-23.