Sageuk Lover

That's because Hyun Bin and Ye Jin's first collaboration has no romance in them. In fact their characters only see each other in monitor except maybe the last scene. Same thing with Lee Joon Gi and Moon Chae Won, they were only coworkers in their first collab together. That's why these two couples were able to reunite in 3 years or less.

We can watch The Crowned Clown to see her more in Royal hanbok

This show's love triangle is not like other shows:
-> King and Deok Im loves each other
-> Deok Ro/Hong Guk Young mentiones of him having king's heart but suggested Deok Im to run away with him. (I feel like he somehow has a crush on both leads at one point).

Lee Se Young is really beautiful so I can't agree with the OP either.

I can't wait for the last two episodes! At last Sung Deok Im is now gonna wear royal hanbok.

I havent watched 6fd except a few clips so I cant compare. I cant exactly remember, but I think it’s more like Dongyi but has bit more on politics and less concubine drama (writer and director of both yisan and dongyi are the same).

Such a good movie that portrayed the 1980s in sensitivity.

Flower of Evil is also a fave of main last year just like this one for this year.

Yi San (2007) is basically about the same characters (except the female lead's name is Song Yeon but she's also based on the same concubine Deok Im here is based). Main leads are Han Ji Min and Lee Seo Jin and it is made by the same creators as Dong Yi, I remember liking it as well as the OST but I couldn't remember a lot of the plot of the drama right now since i haven't seen it for so long. Whats's interesting in that show is that the actual Queen is featured in that drama (if you've seen King's Affection, the lady playing Rowoon's mother is the one that played San's Queen),painting is featured in the show, there is a love triangle (though second lead guy is good and selfless), and Hong Deok Ro is called Hong Guk Young. Drama is 77 episodes, slower pace but you can at least see more Yi San and his beloved concubine more.

I hope the success of this drama means more historical dramas like this.

Who the heck thinks Yeo Jin Goo is a bad actor? He was good in his childhood days. Watching this now for both him and Lee Se Young (who I liked in both Jewel in the Palace and Red Sleeve).

This drama doesn’t follow the real history. So there’s a different ending here than real life history. Real history is Crown Prince Hyomyeong marrying Chae Soo Bin character and then he died before he became king, this drama’s ending is quite different.

Although she breakthrough as an adult lead in that drama, it wasn’t her first lead role. Her first lead role was when she was still a child actress. Grudge the Revolt of Gumiho (even way before Moon Embracing the Sun).

I know right? She's so good here and help up to Lee Joon Gi's acting, but she's so underappreciated. I kinda understand the Baeksang snub as they could only choose 5 people (though I still think she deserved a spot there), I hate how AAA awards ignored her last year just because she doesn't have mainstream popularity (I feel like if an actor much more popular had acted half as good as her here, they would have gotten awards).

She's so underrated and ignored.

I think you should try this one. It has the same male and female leads as Joseon Gunman but I like their chemistry here more than their sageuk. The two male leads are also very good here, I consider this drama as Lee Joon Gi best performance in drama aside from Flower of Evil (check end of episode 12, he's so impressive in that).

This is my take on this: I don't think Koreans mind the repetitiveness of Bang Won stories though (I'm basing on the good ratings this drama is getting, about 7-8%, it can be considered good). And I don't think the producers of this drama had international audiences in mind (they didn't cast super popular actors) so I think as long as Koreans like them, they're good. I've read before how KBS has a tradition of airing Daeha dramas once a year, and this is one of them. A Daeha drama is an authentic sageuk (sageuks that stay close to history but adds some degree of dramatization for entertainment, there is some fictional parts only to add what is lacking from the real historical events to make a more complete story).

Focus on Lee Bang Won yes, but without the fictional characters like Muhyul, Lee Bang Ji, etc.

I'm watching this now as it airs. I also have a list of dramas to watch continuosly and 6 flying dragons is one of them. It will be interesting when I reach that drama and I can watch that while this drama is still airing.

The same thing with Great Britain, the story of Henry VIII and his wives have been done countless of times. As well as the many versions of famous books like Pride and Prejudice and Great Expectations. As Lee Bang Won is a very important figure in Korean history, Koreans will often use him as a figure in their dramas and films.