Six Flying Dragons

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Also known as	Roots of the Throne
Genre	Historical period drama Political drama
Written by	Kim Young-hyun Park Sang-yeon
Directed by	Shin Kyung-soo
Starring	Yoo Ah-in Kim Myung-min Shin Se-kyung Byun Yo-han Yoon Kyun-sang Chun Ho-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
Originallanguage(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	50
Production
Location(s)	Samyang Ranch,Gangwon-do[1]
Running time	65 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Redwoods
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Picture format	1080i
Audio format	Dolby Digital 2.0
Original release	October 5, 2015 – March 22, 2016

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 airs 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.

This drama series reunited Yoo Ah-in and Shin Se-kyung, who previously starred together before on Fashion King after three years.

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.

Cast

Main characters

• Yoo Ah-in as Yi Bang-won, the future King Taejong
  • Nam Da-reum as young Bang-won
• Kim Myung-min as Sambong, Jeong Do-jeon
• Shin Se-kyung as Boon-yi
  • Lee Re as young Boon-yi
  • Yoon Yoo-sun as old Boon-yi (cameo)
• Byun Yo-han as Ddang-sae, later Lee Bang-Ji, the best swordsman of Samhan Korea
  • Yoon Chan-young as young Ddang-sae
• Yoon Kyun-sang as Moo-hyul, the best swordsman of Joseon, later protected Lee Do future King Sejong the Great
  • Baek Seung-hwan as young Moo-hyul
• Chun Ho-jin as Yi Seong-gye, King Taejo

Supporting characters

• Jeong Yu-mi as Yeon-hee / Jailsek
  • Park Si-eun as young Yeon-hee
• Lee Ji-hoon as Heo Kang / Yi Shin-Jeok
• Yoon Son-ha as Cho-young
• Lee Cho-hee as Gap-boon, a singer
  • Kwak Ji-hye as young Gap-boon
• Park Hyuk-kwon as Gil Tae-mi/Gil Sun-mi
• Park Sung-hoon as Gil Yoo
• Seo Yi-sook as Myo-sang, Moo-hyul's grandmother
• Park Hae-soo as Yi Ji-ran
• Min Sung-wook as Jo Young-kyu, Bang-won's bodyguard
• Seo Dong-won as Yi Bang-gwa, King Jeongjong
• Lee Jun-hyeok as Hong Dae-hong
• Choi Jong-won as Lee In-gyeom
• Jeon No-min as Hong In-bang
• Han Sang-jin as Monk Jukryong
• Han Ye-ri as Yoon Lang / Cheok Sa Gwang
• Kim Ha-kyun as Baek Yoon
• Heo Joon-seok as Dae-geun
• Kim Eui-sung as Jeong Mong-ju
• Lee Seung-hyo as Yi Bang-woo
• Gong Seung-yeon as Min Da-kyung, Queen Wongyeong
• Kim Hee-jung as Madam Kang
• Jo Hee-bong as Ha Ryun
• Jo Young-jin as Min Je
• Ahn Suk-hwan as Teacher Yooksan
• Jeon Guk-hwan as Choe Yeong
• Choi Jong-hwan as Jo Min-soo
• Kim Sang-woo as young Yi Bang-gan
• Jung Jae-min as young Yi Bang-ui
• Ahn Gil-kang as Jo So-saeng
• Lee Myeong-Haeng as Jo Joon
• Yoon Seo-hyun as Woo Hak-joo
• Jung Moon-sung as Han Goo-young
• Seo Hyun-chul as Jang Sam-bong
• Jeon Mi-seon as Yeon Hyang
• Jung Doo-hong as Hong Ryun