The Legend [KR] - 태왕사신기 (太王四神記)

Filed Under (KDrama) by abubin on 11-08-2008

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Brief: This is one of South Korea’s recent big production series. It also have big cast such as Bae Yong-Jun (not so good looking without glasses). The special effects are top notch but the storyline is rather mediocre. At least for me. Maybe cause I am comparing it with western series like 24 and Heroes. I can’t really stand too much conversation thus probably reason why I am watching less series but more movies. I know…I have short attention span…

edit: At last, this post is complete. Wow…24 episodes looks kinda long. But I still have a tough time watching bearded Bae Yong-Jun with his sweet white completion. He just doesn’t look convincing in a warrior era.

Descriptions: A long time ago, a tribe that respected the tiger and controlled fire called the Ho-jok (Tiger Tribe), ruled the world. They eliminated and assimilated all tribes except the tribe that respected the bear, called the Ung-jok (Bear Tribe). The Tiger Tribe and the Bear Tribe fought, and Hwanung could not bear to see so many people getting killed. He brought the three gods of nature; Baek-Ho (백호, the White Tiger), Cheong-Ryong (청룡, the Green Dragon), and Hyeon-Mu (현무, the Black Turtle-Snake).

He removed the power of fire from the leader of the Tiger Tribe, Gajin, sealed the power into an artifact called the Heart of Ju-Jak (주작, the Red Phoenix), and gave it to the woman he loved; Se-o. However, Gajin was mortally wounded while attacking another tribe, and she seemed to die until Hwanung healed her. This thoroughly convinced Gajin to not make a grudge against Hwanung. When her tribe was revived to take back the power of fire, they didn’t listen to Gajin and decided to attack the Bear Tribe. Gajin then slew her tribe’s council with her own blade, and escapes from her own tribe and heads towards the Bear Tribe, deciding to become Hwanung’s woman.

However, Hwanung likes Se-o and declared his love for her, not knowing that Gajin was watching them secretly when this took place. Gajin was infuriated by this and began reforming the Tiger Tribe and attacked the Bear Tribe. Unfortunately, this was the time when Se-o was pregnant, and when she had given birth, the baby was kidnapped by Gajin who offered Se-o a deal to trade her baby for the power of fire. When Se-o refuses Gajin, Gajin responds by dropping Se-o’s baby from a cliff, leading to Se-o going out of control and releasing the Heuk-Jujak (Dark Phoenix), even though Hwanung had saved the baby. (Note: Jujak is roughly the equivalent of Phoenix.) Hwanung’s subordinates, the White Tiger, the Green Dragon and the Black Turtle-Snake fought the Dark Phoenix, but they were no match for it.

Left with no choice, Hwanung used his Heavenly Bow to kill Se-o, the source of the power of the Dark Phoenix, and managed to seal it once again in the heart of the Red Phoenix. Gajin committed suicide by jumping from the cliff because she now “had no reason to live in this world any more.” Hwanung sealed the powers of the ‘Four Gods’ (The Red Phoenix, White Tiger, Green Dragon, and the Black Turtle-Snake) in certain artifacts and left them in the care of certain people, telling them that they will wake when the King of Jushin is born.

Many centuries later, Damdeok, the reincarnation of the son of Hwanung, was born. Along with him, the artifacts of the guardians of the King were born. Damdeok met difficulties in becoming the king of Goguryeo, mainly because of Yeon Hogae who mistook Damdeok for the murderer of his mother, and his father who turned the king’s parliament against him.

Major Casts

Release Name: The Legend - The4Gods
Size: various
Links: hjsplit (to combine files)
Download:
Episode1: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 009
Episode2: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode3: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007
Episode4: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007
Episode5: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode6: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode7: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007
Episode8: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode9: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode10: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode11: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode12: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode13: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode14: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007
Episode15: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
Episode16: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode17: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode18: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode19: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode20: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, Subtitle
Episode21: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode22: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, Subtitle
Episode23: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, Subtitle
Episode24: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 009, Subtitle
Missing Episode 14 File 001. Will put in as soon as I found it.

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