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KOREA DRAMA DVD Ballad Of Suh Dong / Song of the Prince / Seo Dong Yo 薯童谣 Vol.2 by Kim Young-Hyun (K22)

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Producer Lee Byung-Hun and writer Kim Yeong-hyeon from "Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)", last year's major hit drama here and in China, have again teamed up for a new historical drama.

The SBS drama "Sodongyo", translated as "Sodong's Song", has much in common with "Jewel in the Palace". Both deal with similar themes: a success story of a lower class person rising to the top, a love that transcends social position, a secret of birth and a rivalry between main characters.

However, whereas "Jewel" is set in the Choson Kingdom (1392-1910), "Sodongyo" takes place in the Paekche Kingdom (18 B.C. - A.D 660), a first for a TV drama. Aside from the romance between a princess and a commoner, an interesting part of the drama is that it focuses on a fierce technology war almost 1,500 years ago.

The protagonist is Sodong, a commoner who strives to become a top technician. Unaware that he is in fact of royal birth, Sodong later becomes King Mu, the 30th king of Paekche.

The main background of the drama is Taehaksa, Paekche's prestigious institute of science technology. As it possessed and developed the most up-to-date technology at that time, the institute was always in danger of industrial espionage from other countries like the Koguryo Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom.

"The 21st century is an era of information technology. The viewers will be able to see not only the splendidly rich culture of the Paekche Kingdom but also their ancestors' passion for information technology, which is in line with today's trend", said the drama's writer Kim.

The drama also reveals the role of monks as industrial spies at that time, an aspect of monks in the past that is rarely focused 0n.

"Monks were the advance guards of intelligence war at that time. The leaders of the three countries made the best use of the monks' mobility as they were allowed to move freely from country to country on sacred missions", said Kim.

The drama also features a character who was originally from the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. - A.D 935) but went over to Paekche as a child and smuggled himself into Taehaksa, concentrating on secretly getting out high-quality information over a long time.

Various agricultural technologies considered the most up-to-date at that time also appear in the drama.

In some episodes, to solve the problems of excessive dryness of the land, they released earthworms, and used ondol (hot floor) for the first time to decrease the humidity of homes.

"Sodongyo" is said to be one of Korea's oldest folk songs. According to Samgukyusa (The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) from the Silla Kingdom, the song was written by Sodong, a commoner from the Paekche Kingdom. Hearing that Princess Sonhwa, a daughter of King Chinpyong of the Silla Kingdom was beautiful, he writes a song saying that the princess visits Sodong's room every night and spreads the song around. When her father hears the song, he condemns the princess to exile. Sodong picks her up and takes her to Paekche, and they become the royal couple of the country.

Region Code: All
Picture Format: NTSC

【中文剧名】薯童谣
【电视台】韩国SBS
【首播】2005-09-05
【导演】李丙勋 (2000年《许浚》/2001年《尚道》/2003年《大长今)
【编剧】金英贤(2003年 MBC 电视剧《大长今》执笔)
【主演】赵显宰 李宝英 李昌勋 柳镇

【大纲】

百济第27代国王威德王公元578年8月,在举办百济宫中仪式前一天,迷上了在哀婉的跳单人舞的舞女(燕嘉谋),并和她共度了一晚.第二天遭到了包括自己的侄子夫余宣(孝顺)在内的反对派贵族们的强烈弹劾.国王迫不得已否认了前一天的行动,并把舞女赶出了宫外

燕嘉谋在腿弯山下一个人生下了孩子,以卖红薯维持穷困潦倒的生活.这个孩子就是薯童(卖红薯的瘦小孩子之意)本名叫章(扶余章, 璋)薯童变成了坏孩子,为此苦心的妈妈把他托付给宫廷太学士的技术博士木罗须.可是木罗须系阿佐太子势力,和宫廷内的实权人物夫余宣对立,生命受到威胁,为此带着薯童逃离宫廷,到新罗避难,并在那里开办了亡命技术工房.工房分开发用碳素钢制作各种刀剑及铁制品的部门,和包括三族土器在内的最尖端的开发陶瓷器部门等.在这里学冶炼技术的薯童认识了善花公主,可是由于善花公主的失误,工房变成了瓦砾

十年过去了,薯童和善花公主再次相逢,两人互相爱慕,公主教薯童经书.可是,由于新罗王族,工房的间谍人物沙宅己楼的加入,三人的关系发生了戏剧般变化.梦想成为三国最高技术博士的薯童和己楼在各个方面成为竞争对手

两人对峙时总是薯童瞬间取胜.有一天，薯童被诬陷向新罗透露刀类开发情报,被赶出了工房.后来在公主的帮助下开发了一种叫做「明光」的特殊盔甲,得到百济实权人物夫余宣的认可,堂堂正正的返回了百济.薯童又被召回宫内的百济工房,边向倭国传授钢铁技术和陶瓷技术并准备和其缔结同盟关系

新罗真平王得知这一信息后,向沙宅己楼提出铤而走险的方案,己楼为了得到善花公主的欢心,只好答应. 这个时候,薯童在与阿佐太子格斗过程中五色夜明珠被偷偷换走.薯童已经知道了它的意义:那是百济王子的象征并且知道了自己是王子的身份.可是就在这时,发生了作为使臣去高句丽的阿佐太子被夫余宣暗杀事件 ...........