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4.6/5 DramaFever Directed by Shin Kyung-soo Final episode date 22 March 2016 | 87% AsianWiki Also known as Roots of the Throne Country of origin South Korea First episode date 5 October 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Kim Young-hyunPark Sang-yeon Starring Yoo Ah-inKim Myung-minShin Se-kyungByun Yo-hanYoon Kyun-sangChun Ho-jin Awards PaekSang Arts Award for Best Leading Actor in Television Nominations PaekSang Arts Award for Best TV Drama Cast Yoo Ah‑in, Shin Se‑kyung, Byun Yo‑han, Park Sung‑hoon Similar Deep Rooted Tree, Glamorous Temptation, Queen Seondeok, Jackpot, Secret Love Affair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Flying Dragons (Hangul: 육룡이 나르샤; RR: Yukryong-i Nareusya) is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Myung-min, Shin Se-kyung, Byun Yo-han, Yoon Kyun-sang and Chun Ho-jin. It aired on SBS on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 for 50 episodes beginning on October 5, 2015, as part of SBS 25th anniversary special. The drama serves as a loose prequel to Deep Rooted Tree.
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This drama series reunited actors Yoo Ah-in and Shin Se-kyung who previously starred together in the 2012 drama Fashion King.
Title
The Korean title of the series is in Old Korean, nareushya is a pure Korean word, which means nara oreuda (날아 오르다) or "soar up to the sky" in modern Korean. Thus the literal translation of the title is "six dragons soaring up to the sky" (여섯 마리의 용이 날아오르셔서).
Plot
Six Flying Dragons depicts the ideological and political conflict between Prince Yi Bang-won (later King Taejong) and Jeong Do-jeon, the man instrumental in helping the prince's father Yi Seong-gye (King Taejo) establish the fledgling Joseon nation. Jeong Do-jeon wants a country ruled by ministers, while Taejong wants absolute power.
The Six Dragons
Supporting characters
Ratings
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