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The K-drama, The Red Sleeve, has become a national sensation. Proven by its high national viewership ratings, this K-drama has won hearts everywhere with the story of Lee San and Seong Deok-im. Starring Lee Se-young and Lee Jun-ho, it is a must-watch K-drama that should be at the top of your watch list.
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Synopsis
The Red Sleeve stars Lee Se-young as Seong Deuk-im and Lee Jun-ho as Yi San. The K-drama is set in the Joseon Dynasty and revolves around Crown Prince Yi San and his court maid, Seong Deuk-im. This K-drama, based on the novels with the same name by author Kim Mi-Kang, is a story about Crown Prince Yi San who later becomes Kim Jeongjo, and his desire to have Seong Deuk-im become his royal concubine. It is a K-drama that has stolen my heart because of the love story, the laughs, and its historical contents.
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As with any historical K-drama, the number one question is probably if the K-drama is based on true people from history.
I personally didn't look into the story of this K-drama before I watched it. I just automatically knew that I needed to watch it because actress Lee Se-young was cast as the lead character. The funny thing is, as I was watching this K-drama, it was hard for me to shake her character from the K-drama Korean Odyssey , in which she played a zombie named Bu-jah.
As I was watching the first episode of The Red Sleeve, the scenes played out a very familiar story that I know and many of us Koreans know: the story of Crown Prince Sado. He is a Crown Prince well known for his death, which I will write about in a future post.
Over the week, I will be dissecting The Red Sleeve and sharing the life stories of the true characters of this brilliant K-drama.
Who are you looking forward to learning about?
Links to the different blog posts of this 5-part series:
King Jeongo - Lady Hyegeong's son
Seong Deuk-im (Uibin Seong) - King Jeongo's beloved concubine
Lady Hyegyeong- Crown Prince Sado's wife
Seong Deuk-im (Uibin Seong) - King Jeongo's beloved concubine
Lady Hyegyeong- Crown Prince Sado's wife
XO,
혜원쌤
Laura
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