The drama excels in its first 30-40 episodes. We watch Yeon Gaesomun (played with volcanic intensity by ) evolve from a hot-headed warrior into a calculating political mastermind. The battles are gloriously old-school: practical effects, thousands of extras, and clanging sword fights that make you smell the mud and blood. The drama does not shy away from the moral ambiguity. When Yeon Gaesomun drives his sword into the king, the show doesn’t play heroic music; instead, it gives you silence, rain, and the haunted look of a man who just damned his soul for his country.
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Aired originally on SBS in 2006, Yeon Gaesomun is a massive 100-episode epic that chronicles the life of the titular character, Yeon Gaesomun. He was a powerful military dictator and general who served the Goguryeo kingdom during a time of immense turmoil. The drama excels in its first 30-40 episodes