The Blade and Petal
2013– 20131 Seasons20 Episodes★2.7(7 votes)
Action & AdventureDrama
Overview
A drama set in the Goguryo period. It is about how Moo Young, the daughter of King Young Ryu, falls in love with Yeon Choong, the son of Yeon Gaesomun had with a concubine. But Moo Young debates whether she should have her revenge, as Yeon Gaesomun is the man who killed her father. Meanwhile, Yeon Choong as the son of a noble blood father and a servant mother, despite his talent, he finds he cannot rise higher in rank due to the fact that he is a concubine′s son. He is later ordered by his father to kill the person he loves, and comes into inner conflict.
Created by: Lee Jeong-beom
Seasons (1).
Season 1
20 Episodes
Cast.
Kim Ok-vin
Princess So-hee/Moo-young
Uhm Tae-woong
Yeon Choong
Choi Min-soo
Yeon Gaesomun
Kim Yeong-cheol
King Yeongnyu
On Ju-wan
Bojang of Goguryeo
No Min-woo
Yeon Namsaeng
Reviews.
ParkMin
2/10
The late-2000s/early-2010s extreme edgy vibes were too damn strong with this one, from the awful OST and soundfx to the comical acrobatics and the pretentious attitude. Moreover, an obvious poor job from the directing department worth a slap on the wrist for their empty shots, lousy compositions, hasty transitions and un-cinematic pretentious edits with no purpose trying to mimic cinema as if they were following a template. This is not how you create a slow-burn. The leads story, their entangled relationship and their journey to fall in love all were the furthest thing from being natural and smooth. If the edgy writing full of cringe was playing against them then the directing was the cherry on top to cross the point of no return.
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