Ballad of Suh Dong

Details

• Title: 서동요 / Seo Dong Yo
• Also known as: Seo Dong's Song / Ballad of Seo Dong
• Genre: Historical Drama, romance
• Episodes: 55
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2005-Sep-05 to 2006-Mar-21
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama is loosely based on one of Korea's oldest folk songs. Suh Dong was the illegitimate son of the Paekche emperor and with the help of Princess Sonhwa, the daughter of the emporer of the Silla Kingdom, he went on to become the emporer of Paekche against all odds.

Cast

• Jo Hyun Jae as Suh Dong (King Mu of Baekje)
  • Kim Suk as young Suh Dong
• Lee Bo Young as Princess Sun Hwa of Shilla
  • Choi Sul Li as young Princess Sun Hwa
• Ryu Jin as Sa Taek Gi Ru / Kim Do Ham
• Koo Hye Sun as Eun Jin
• Han In Soo as Hae Do Joo
• Baek Bong Ki as Bumro
• Im Hyun Sik as Bumro's dad
• Lee Chang Hoon as Mok Ra Soo
• Jung Sun Kyung as Mo Jin (Eun Jin's mother)
• Heo Young Ran as Princess Woo Young
• Maeng Sang Hoon as Wang Goo
• Lee Hee Do as Heuk Chi Pyeong
• Choi Dong Joon as Jin Pyeong Wang
• Lee Seung Ah as Woo Soo
• Lee Sook as Kook Soo
• Kim Yoo Jin as Joo Ri Young
• Lee Il Hwa as Yeon Ka Mo (Suh Dong's mother)
• Ahn Yeo Jin (안여진) as Bo Young
• Shin Gook (신국) as Go Mo
• Lee Kyung Hwa as Princess Chun Young
• Seo Bum Shik as Seo Chung
• Na Sung Kyoon as Kim Sa Heum
• Jung Jae Gon
• Han Bo Bae
• Han Tae Yoon
• Kim Tae Hyun
• Joo Min Soo
• Kwon Hyuk
• Kim Sung Hoon
• more

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Kim Young Hyun
• Director: Lee Byung Hoon
• Assistant director: Lee Jung Hyo, Song Ji Won
• details

TV Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul Area
2005-09-05	ep. 1	16.8% (5th)	18.2% (5th)
2005-09-06	ep. 2	17.6% (5th)	19.0% (5th)
2005-09-12	ep. 3	18.8% (5th)	21.6% (5th)
2005-09-13	ep. 4	17.8% (5th)	20.1% (5th)
2005-09-20	ep. 5	17.9% (5th)	19.8% (4th)
2005-09-26	ep. 6	18.5% (4th)	19.8% (3rd)
2005-09-27	ep. 7	19.6% (3rd)	21.6% (3rd)
2005-10-03	ep. 8	18.6% (3rd)	19.5% (2nd)
2005-10-04	ep. 9	17.8% (4th)	18.6% (3rd)
2005-10-10	ep. 10	19.6% (3rd)	21.6% (1st)
2005-10-11	ep. 11	20.0% (2nd)	21.6% (2nd)
2005-10-17	ep. 12	16.7% (3rd)	17.4% (2nd)
2005-10-18	ep. 13	17.2% (3rd)	18.1% (2nd)
2005-10-24	ep. 14	16.9% (3rd)	18.2% (3rd)
2005-10-25	ep. 15	16.9% (4th)	17.7% (4th)
2005-10-31	ep. 16	15.2% (4th)	16.6% (4th)
2005-11-01	ep. 17	16.4% (3rd)	17.5% (3rd)
2005-11-07	ep. 18	16.8% (3rd)	17.6% (3rd)
2005-11-08	ep. 19	13.7% (7th)	12.9% (8th)
2005-11-15	ep. 20	16.4% (3rd)	17.7% (3rd)
2005-11-21	ep. 21	15.6% (3rd)	17.7% (3rd)
2005-11-22	ep. 22	14.6% (8th)	15.8% (5th)
2005-11-28	ep. 23	16.5% (3rd)	17.8% (3rd)
2005-11-29	ep. 24	16.9% (4th)	17.4% (3rd)
2005-12-05	ep. 25	17.4% (3rd)	19.3% (3rd)
2005-12-06	ep. 26	17.1% (4th)	18.5% (4th)
2005-12-12	ep. 27	16.5% (4th)	17.8% (3rd)
2005-12-13	ep. 28	16.8% (5th)	17.7% (4th)
2005-12-19	ep. 29	17.1% (4th)	18.2% (3rd)
2005-12-20	ep. 30	18.1% (4th)	19.5% (4th)
2005-12-26	ep. 31	18.7% (3rd)	19.8% (3rd)
2005-12-27	ep. 32	19.3% (3rd)	20.9% (3rd)
2006-01-02	ep. 33	20.9% (4th)	22.4% (3rd)
2006-01-03	ep. 34	23.1% (2nd)	24.3% (2nd)
2006-01-09	ep. 35	21.2% (3rd)	22.2% (2nd)
2006-01-10	ep. 36	23.8% (3rd)	25.7% (3rd)
2006-01-16	ep. 37	23.0% (2nd)	24.0% (2nd)
2006-01-17	ep. 38	22.9% (3rd)	23.7% (3rd)
2006-01-23	ep. 39	21.6% (3rd)	22.0% (2nd)
2006-01-24	ep. 40	24.1% (2nd)	24.8% (2nd)
2006-01-31	ep. 41	23.7% (3rd)	24.6% (3rd)
2006-02-06	ep. 42	22.2% (2nd)	23.2% (2nd)
2006-02-07	ep. 43	22.9% (4th)	24.2% (3rd)
2006-02-13	ep. 44	21.3% (3rd)	22.0% (2nd)
2006-02-14	ep. 45	25.4% (3rd)	26.6% (3rd)
2006-02-20	ep. 46	23.3% (2nd)	24.1% (2nd)
2006-02-21	ep. 47	23.6% (3rd)	24.3% (3rd)
2006-02-27	ep. 48	22.9% (2nd)	23.1% (2nd)
2006-02-28	ep. 49	25.3% (3rd)	26.5% (3rd)
2006-03-06	ep. 50	25.2% (2nd)	25.9% (2nd)
2006-03-07	ep. 51	26.7% (2nd)	27.2% (2nd)
2006-03-13	ep. 52	23.3% (3rd)	24.5% (2nd)
2006-03-14	ep. 53	23.9% (4th)	25.1% (3rd)
2006-03-20	ep. 54	24.0% (2nd)	25.5% (2nd)
2006-03-21	ep. 55	25.0% (3rd)	26.0% (3rd)
average		19.8%	21.0%

Source: TNS Media Korea

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