Dream of the Emperor

Overview:

Kim Chunchu is the grandson of King Jinji, but when his grandfather is overthrown, Chunchu is denied the chance to become a successor to the throne of Silla. He later meets Kim Yushin, and the two men begin a friendship. Chunchu later becomes King Muyeol, the 29th Korean monarch who leads the unification of three ancient kingdoms - Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, while Kim Yushin becomes one of the greatest generals in Korean history.

Created by:

Status:

Ended

Language:

Korean

First air date:

9/8/2012

Last air date:

6/9/2013

Key words:

politics
historical
ancient korea
kingdom of goguryeo, korea
7th century
silla
baekje
korea
daeha

Seasons

Season 1

70 Episodes

Cast

Park Joo-mi

~ as ~

Queen Sundeok and 1 more

Choi Soo-jong

~ as ~

Kim Chunchu

Chae Sang-woo

~ as ~

Chunchu (young)

Kim Yu-seok

~ as ~

Kim Yushin

Noh Young-hak

~ as ~

Yushin (young)

Lee Young-ah

~ as ~

Queen Jindeok

Hong Eun-hee

~ as ~

Princess Deokman (episodes 19-70)

Jeong Dong-hwan

~ as ~

Kim Yongchun

Jung Da-bin

~ as ~

Gotaso (young)

Lee Jong-soo

~ as ~

Kim Beopmin

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Reviews (1)

ParkMin
Written 2 year(s) ago
3
Casually confirming for nth time how unappealing Choi Soo Jong is in historical dramas as always since the start of his career. Just from reading the synopsis you may expect a big historical drama with big sets, big battles and big production, but this drama was embarrassingly scuffed with minimal efforts after the initial batch of episodes. As always with these type of shows, they blow their budget early on on flashy scenes then left wondering how to produce the rest. You may expect inconsistencies along the way, like having two or more camera angles of the same scene with different color grading and quality. I suppose an intern was editing that day. Anyway, the drama itself was underwhelming and almost nothing about it stand out, not even the cast nor their performance. All of their dramatic creative liberties proved to be unsuccessful and dull, as expected. A lot of petty fights that are always annoying to watch and lasting too long. At least the drama served as an example for how not to tell history in an entertainment medium.