Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror


Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror, also known as King Gwanggaeto the Great, is a historical drama based on the life of the nineteenth monarch of Goguryeo, Gwanggaeto the Great. The drama was based on two sources, Gwanggaeto the Great by Jeong Jip, and Great Conquests of Gwanggaeto by Hyeong Minu.

Synopsis

Goguryeo, at the time of the protagonist's birth, is no longer as powerful as it used to be. Prior to his birth, his grandfather, King Gogugwon was killed by the Baekje forces led by King Geunchogo. When his uncle King Sosurim died without an heir, his father King Gogugyang rose to the throne of Goguryeo. At the same time, they were also under attack by the Later Yan forces, led by none other than the Emperor of Later Yan himself, Murong Chui.
After his father's death, he rises to the throne and vows to restore Goguryeo to its former glory. His struggle would later form the basis of a popular Korean legend. He would regain land lost to Baekjae, and he will defeat many other smaller kingdoms in the process. Near the end of the story, he manages to obliterate Later Yan and later subjugated her as a sister state.

Cast

Damdeok's followers

Later Yan army

Ministers of Goguryeo

  • Choi Dong-joon as Gae Yeonsu
  • Oh Wook-chul as Ga Raji
  • Im Byung-ki as Yeo Soyi
  • Ban Suk-jin as Yeon Dobu
  • Sun Dong-hyuk as Gye Pil
  • Choi Sang-hoon as Lee Young

Royal family of Goguryeo

Other people