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DVD The Legend 太王四神记 Korean Drama (Eng Sub)

Code : W000844

Wang Credited 4 God or Legend is a Korean drama depicts the existence of the 19th king of Goguryeo. The founder of Goguryeo, Jumong, started the kingdom with four gods: Baek-ho (the White Tiger), Cheong-ryong (the Blue Dragon), Hyeon-mu (the Black Turtle-Snake) and Joo-jak (the Phoenix). Jumong married Soseono and adopted her two sons from her first husband. Because Jumong’s son from his first wife came to Goguryeo and became the Crown Prince, Soseono voluntarily moved to South with her sons and established Baekje. This is the reason why Baekje and Goguryeo were known as “brother countries”. The tie between the brother countries was broken and became worse because The king of Goguryeo was killed in their own battle. The four gods cut off their communication from the society and observed them.

One day, Ju-ahn, “Hyeon-mu, the Black Turtle-Snake”, witnessed two stars go sky-high. The star from the palace of Baekje was prophesied as the birth of “Su”, later known as King Ah-shin and the other star from Goguryeo, was prophesied as the birth of Dam-deok, later known as Gwang Gae Toh Dae Wang. The drama is all about the four gods looking for their master, Gwang Gae Toh Dae Wang, a specialist in techniques and loved the woman, Sujini, also loved by the ruthless King Ah-shin.

Dam-deok or Gwang Gae Toh Dae Wang was the 19th king of Goguryeo lasted from 37 B.C. to 668 A.D. He became the Crown Prince at the age of 11 and became King at the age of 16. During his reign, Goguryeo was the most authoritative kingdom in East Asia even after 400 A.D. the Chinese dynasty could not conquer Goguryeo. He seized over a hundred of castles and over a thousand of villages. In 396 A.D., he attacked Baekje and dominated the northern part of Han River. Unfortunately, he died at an unexpected age of 39. 

《太王四神记》讲述的是古代中国东北地方民族政权的高句丽王国广开土大王谈德跌宕起伏的人生传记和与爱人纪荷从相爱到对立的曲折的爱情故事，根据《风云真空真之创世神话：高丽篇》改编而成。青龙、白虎、玄武和朱雀四神（朝鲜文化中模仿中国四方之神源远流长，可以上溯到隋朝初年，新罗君主第二十四代王真兴王，便被冠上了真武大帝——北方玄武之号，随后的善德女王也成了北斗帝君身旁两位护法之一的开阳星下界了）建立了高句丽后决心隐居，然而第一贵族延家利独揽兵权，野心勃勃，一心想让自己的儿子延浩介登上王位，他勾结华天会大将，事事与谈德对立，阻止谈德登基。四神发现不满10岁的谈德，勇猛又仁慈，具君王之相，因此又重返人间助他脱离危险和登基广开土大王。共24集。值得关注的是，《太王四神记》是阔别荧屏四年之久的韩国明星裴勇俊重返电视圈的一部大型古装剧。其中裴勇俊在戏中一人分饰三角，包括檀君的父亲“桓雄”、高句丽始祖“朱蒙”及广开土大王“谈德”，极具挑战性，戏份也相当重，裴帅的粉丝可以大饱眼福。同时该剧加入了大量电脑特技，有韩版《指环王》之称。