The first Jamyunggo story just started on air on the 10th.  Jamyunggo was a mysterious drum from one of the most famous folktales in Korea that made sound all by itself to alert the country when an enemy went across the border.

The drum was one of the national treasures along with a flute that blew itself for country named Nakrang (China) in year 32.  Goguryeo wanted to take over the country but it prepared so well because of the drum and flute.

There was a Goguryeo’s prince named Hodong who fell in love with Nakrang princess and they got married in Nakrang.  They had the newlywed’s sweet days for some days and Hodong wanted to go back to his country alone to tell his king to accept her as his wife.  She waited for his courtiers every day and night after he had left.

Finally it came but she found out that her husband wanted to meet her after she destroyed the drum and flute.  She chose his love and destroyed them secretly and sent a confidential letter to him.  Next thing happened was Goguryeo ran across the border line and defeated Nakrang.  Her father found out what had happened and killed his daughter before he surrendered.

Hodong also didn’t last too long after he realized what he did to his love.  He got wrongfully accused by the queen because he wasn’t her son and he was actually better than his son.  He killed himself without trying to clear his charges.  It was only a few months after her death.

I kind of want to share the history background and the famous folktale that everyone knows in Korea before you enjoy this drama.  But in this drama, Jamyunggo is not the drum but a princess, who does fortune telling, to make it more mysterious and attractive.

Jeong Ryeo-won plays Jamyung.  Her somewhat mysterious image matches well with her Jamyung role, I think.  She has got the big position to make this drama successful or not.  I would love to watch how well she handles it.

Another pretty star, Park Min-young takes the Princess Nakrang.  She is the one who destroyed the drum and the flute.  She has to destroy Jamyung in this new setting.  You will watch some good fights between these two pretty women.

Jeong Kyung-ho takes the Prince Hodong.  I am worried about how well he will do his role just because it is his first time to do the historical drama along with Jeong Ryeo-won and Park Min-young.  I think man’s role is usually much more difficult than woman’s role in historical dramas because it requires different tones of voice, attitudes, and war scenes than modern Korean male’s soft tones and attitudes.

It costs almost US $6.6 million to make this drama.  I hope that is well spent and makes a huge success in historical drama genre.

Take a good look at this Jamyunggo special clip- It explains the background of the folktale and the historical settings.

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