Sageuk Lover

I don't know how this drama ends but this begins with the time when Lee Seong Gye is still a general. Has 32 episodes, this can possibly end with Lee Bang Won as king and Sejong as prince.

The thing is, sad endings used to be a norm in historical dramas. The most we can hope here is a dream sequence of them reuniting in heaven

Hi! I hope I don't sound offensive but I hope you put your yes answer in spoiler. The couple having a happy ending is such a spoiler for this drama (even if people don't know how they'll be happy) since the premise of this drama doesn't even show whether male lead is truly good or not. Thank you.

I just noticed, King Jinheung of Silla's actor is the same as King Daeso in Jumong (Jumong's enemy/rival). Kim Seung Soo is always against Goguryeo royal

I hope they post the extended or deleted scenes at least.

I want to buy the bluray too, but I have no money after Christmas (all the Christmas spendings plus I bought Flower of Evil bluray last year). I

Check out King and the Clown movie, it's his masterpiece project and the one that brought him fame. Moon Lovers is one of his popular works so it's worth checking out due to the hype, but if he's your only reason for watching it he doesn't have a lot of screentime in the earlier episodes. His performance (and his appearance) in the drama is so great though. Iljimae is one of his best performances too, his highest rated drama, and this was his last Baeksang nominated role (before Flower of Evil). If you want to check a modern drama, there is Time Between Dog and Wolf, dramawise, it's his best performance aside from Flower of Evil for me.

He has eternal youth. Check his instagram, in one of his recent post (where he was lying down wearing black jacket, he looks so young and handsome).

Hi. I'm thinking of buying the photoessay, but I have reservations. Does the photoessay have an english version?

I think yes. Before Dongyi era, a concubine can become queen. This is the reason Jang Ok Jung was able to become queen after Queen Inhyeon was exiled. But after all the concubine drama in Dongyi, the king set a new rule that a concubine can never be queen. I think this is the reason why Yi San's stepgrandma is very young, after Yeongjo's first queen died, they can't choose a queen from the other concubines including Yisan's grandma (I don't know if Yi San's concubine grandma died first before Yeongjo's first queen though) thus they had a selection for a new queen. Of course, they wanted a young virgin woman for a new woman for the King, hence Yeongjo's second queen/Yi San's stepgrandma being young.

There’s no justice in the world if they didn’t win it.

And you know what, he only had those children after the female lead's character died. He was the king, it was necessary to have an heir.

I love this drama since the beginning, but the last few minutes of episode 15 just hits differently. I've rewatched it so many times. Lee Se Young and Lee Jun Ho are both great actors.

While kings usually are free to have as many concubines as they want, they usually don't love those concubines. As portrayed even here in The Red Sleeve, some of the concubines were not even chosen by the king themselves. Some kings have concubines to ensure that there is an heir to the throne. When watching historical dramas, I usually don't judge the character relationships based on modern lenses but based on the kind of relationships people have during the past.

I don't take the ratings for dramas aired before 2016 seriously. I mean Painter of the Wind's rating is only around 7 when for me it is one of the best historical dramas (very unique lovelines too).

If your favorite part of this drama is the couple's chemistry plus a plot with no unnecessary scenes, The Red Sleeve will indeed be something enjoyable to watch. Bonus Jang Hee Jin (male lead's sister here) is also in Red Sleeve as Queen Dowager. Be warned that it's a historical drama, not a modern one (but then again if you're a fan of the leads of this drama you should have seen at least 1 or 2 historical drama since the leads here are best known for doing that genre)

Considering how good this is, I think the rating is low. I was expecting something like 9.1 or 9.2 (Flower of Evil rating). This 8.8 rating would have been acceptable if this drama is older (as I noticed older dramas tend to be rated lower).

I think this is what more of the viewers should realize. Deok Im accepting San also shows how much she loves him since she's giving up her equal relationships with the people she's known her whole life. This shows how much she loves him just as much San loves her by waiting for her for many years.

Yup, I think she loves her friends so much, that's one of the reasons she wasn't accepting him before. I remember one episode after she rejected him she gladly joined her friends when they were reading a fun book together (though a tear falling from her eye suggests how she was truly conflicted with her decison).

The push and pull, Deok Im being ahead of her time, King and Deok Im's unequal positions, the loveless marriages (concubines), this drama sometimes feels like Pride and Prejudice (the Jane Austen novel) to me.