Kim Myung Min and Choi Ji Woo in Talks to Become NIS Agents in a New OTT K-drama It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home but are also driven by the personal motivation to beat their greatest adversary, Admiral Yi Sun Shin, once and for all. Self-serving Ming generals and Joseon officials also fear Yi's growing popularity and its impact on their personal base of power. These incidentally combining ambitions fan King Seon Jo's paranoia and make him eventually fear that Yi might come after his throne, and after a series of what he calls acts of high treason he decides to have Yi arrested. Yi, on the other hand, is determined to teach the Japanese a lesson for the atrocities they committed on the Korean people, and despite orders to remain quiet while the Japanese are to pull out without anymore bloodshed, he rallies his naval force and prepares for the upcoming battle. the battle commences and the Japanese are dealt a crippling blow, but Yi is fatally wounded by an arquebuse bullet. As he lays dying, the plot backtracks important stations of Yi's life, from his boyhood to his military career, his disgrace at the hands of his king and his reinstatement, back to the battle of Noryang, where he succumbs to his wound just as victory is declared. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 불멸의 이순신
- Also Known As: Bulmyeolui Yi Soon-shin , The Immortal Lee Soon-shin , Immortal Admiral Yi Soon-shin , Immortal Yi Soon-shin , The Immortal Yi Soon Shin , Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin
- Screenwriter: Yoon Sun Joo, Park Young Sook, Yoon Yeong Soo
- Director: Lee Sung Joo, Kim Jung Gyu, Han Joon Seo
- Genres: Action, Military, Historical, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Choi Jae Sung in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Choi Jae Sung in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Choi Jae Sung Main Role -
![Kim Kyu Chul in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Kim Kyu Chul in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Kim Kyu Chul Main Role -
![Choi Chul Ho in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Choi Chul Ho in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Choi Chul HoKing Seon JoMain Role -
![Kim Myung Min in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Kim Myung Min in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Kim Myung Min Main Role -
![Ahn Yun Hong in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Ahn Yun Hong in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Ahn Yun HongHong YiMain Role -
![Lee Jae Ryong in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)]( "Lee Jae Ryong in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin Korean Drama (2004)")
Lee Jae Ryong Main Role
Reviews
If you love historical dramas, you can't miss this one. This is one of my top favorites!
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It started off with a big war and lots of action. Ships, canons, battles and massacres, but that was only for the first 5-6 before dialing back the clock to the very beginning of the ML's childhood days and turning the drama into a massive snoozefest. That was a massive bait to hook the viewers in. It took 1 singular eternity before the drama managed to pick itself back up. The entire first half was the admiral backstory with little to no action. You don't get to see the admiral in action and you don't get to see what the drama promised until the second half which is way too delayed to stick around for. The production value is acceptable when taking into account that this was made 20 years ago. It's a bit scuffed but they had to work with what they had. It wouldn't matter much because that only shows with the action/battle scenes of which there were only a few (out of the 104 episodes). One of the most jarring things that is holding the drama back, aside from the aforementioned points, is its characters. A lot of characters got benched regularly regardless of their importance, relevance and prior investment. Making emotional scenes less impactful and key characters less memorable. Which also takes away from every climax and transition period. This is due to a combination of uneven pacing, long runtime, and frequent transitions. By the end, it seemed everyone was expendable, other than the male lead of course. On the other spectrum, the drama had a lot of anime-esque villain moments that I wish we had a lot less of.Was this review helpful to you?
