Ju Mong
AKA: The Book of Three Han: The Chapter of Joo Mong
Version: MBC America
Episodes: 81
Year: 2006
MQ Rating: 9/10
The story begins in 108 BC, during a time when Old Chosun finally succumbs to defeat after a long battle with the Han nation, a time when the remnants of an old empire must face their fate as a people without a nation and without voice, a time that calls for the rising of a people’s hero.
It is during this calamitous time that a love blossoms and leads to the birth of Chumong [Jumong] (Song Il-Guk), who will be Puyo’s prince. He is soon persecuted by the greedy faction within the palace headed by the Queen (Gyeon Mi-Ri), who is consumed by jealousy, and the power-hungry royal advisor to the King (Lee Jae-Yong). Yet, through his trials and tribulations, and with the love of three women, the once weak and careless Jumong transforms into a hero and, as recorded in history, becomes the founding monarch of the kingdom of Koguryeo (2nd century BC - 688 AD). But a hero is not one without sacrifices, and this story details such losses, through the tears of Chumong’s mother Lady Yuhwa (Oh Yeon-Su), as well the merchant girl Sosuhno (Han Hye-Jin), who is incessantly pursued by Chumong’s greatest adversary and half-brother, Prince Taeso (Kim Seung-Su).
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