The King of Legend
| The King of Legend | |
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Promotional poster for The King of Legend
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| Also known as | King Geunchogo |
| Genre |
Period drama Action |
| Written by | Jung Sung-hee Yoo Seung-ryul |
| Directed by | Yoon Chang-bum Kim Young-jo |
| Starring |
Kam Woo-sung Kim Ji-soo Lee Jong-won Lee Ji-hoon Ahn Jae-mo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lee Jae-young |
| Producer(s) | Shin Hyun-soo Han Chul-kyung |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 20:55 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 6 November 2010 – 29 May 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young |
| Followed by | Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 근초고왕 |
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| Hanja | 近肖古王 |
| Revised Romanization | Geunchogo-Wang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kǔnch'ogo-wang |
The King of Legend (Hangul: 근초고왕; Hanja: 近肖古王; literally King Geunchogo) is a 2010 South Korean historical drama based on King Geunchogo of Baekje. Besides historical information from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, it was also inspired by a novel written by Lee Munyeol, a renowned Korean writer. The drama aired on KBS1 in Korea, and internationally through KBS World.
The 60-episode drama tells the story of a 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 Baekje's political power that was the greatest height of Baekje's power.
This king is not Gwanggaeto but Baekje's King Geunchogo, who seized and ruled a Chinese region at least 60 years ahead of Gwanggaeto.
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