Korean Drama - The Moon That Embraces the Sun

The Moon That Embraces the Sun / The Sun and the Moon 拥抱太阳的月亮

Rating: 9.5/10

CAST:

Main Characters
Kim Soo Hyun (김수현) as Lee Hwon (이훤 / 暄)
Yeo Jin Goo (여진구) as Young Lee Hwon
Han Ga In (한가인) as Wol – Heo Yeon Woo (월.허연우 / 月.煙雨)
Kim Yoo Jung (김유정) as Young Yeon Woo
Jung Il Woo (정일우) as Prince Yang Myung (양명군 / 陽明)
Lee Min Ho (이민호) as Young Prince Yang Myung
Kim Min Seo (김민서) as Yoon Bo Kyung (윤보경 / 寶鏡) – Lee Hwon’s Queen [정비(正妃)]
Kim So Hyun (김소현) as Young Yoon Bo Kyung
Song Jae Rim (송재림) as Woon (운 / 雲)
Lee Won Geum (이원근) as Young Woon
Nam Bo-Ra (남보라) as Princess Min Hwa (민화공주 / 旼花)
Jin Ji Hee (진지희) as Young Princess Min Hwa
Song Jae Hee (송재희) as Heo Yeom (허염 / 炎)
Si Wan (시완) as Young Heo Yeom
Yoon Seung Ah (윤승아) as Seol (설 / 雪)
Seo Ji Hee as Young Seol

About the Drama:

This drama is the political ideology of King Lee Hwon, a fictional king of Joseon Dynasty. The story revolves around the love between Lee Hwon, and his lover Wol, a female shaman, whom he is ready to give all his life.

The drama also talks about the natural of right-positioning in a mythical and supernatural manner. Every element should be set in its proper place. It illustrate just how dangerous it is for the sun and the moon to swerve off course the solar system, the whole world can be in danger when things stray from their original path. Where by Lee Hwon is the sun and Wol is the moon.


Yeon Woo, whom was born of a noble family, being choosen by the King due to her wits and good nature, she was betroth to Lee Hwon, the crown prince. In fact the crown prince, Lee Hwon fell in love with her on first sight when they accidently met in the palace at young age.

But Yeon Woo was being cursed by a shaman, who was ordered by people who are both jealous and fearful of her family and also worried that she wil become the future queen and lose power politically.

Yeon Woo was saved but she lost her memory and subsequently grew up as a shaman, she was never given a name until she coincidently met her destiny, the love of her life, the current King. She was named Wol, which means moon (also cos she reminds the King of the moon when she saved him from being lost in the woods due to heavy fog).

Lee Hwon was devastated after Yeon Woo's death, he became a callous and uncaring king. Lee Hwon began to returned back to his original kind nature after meeting Wol, but he was in a dilemma as he found out the truth that his grandmother and sister were involved in the plot behind the death of Yeon Woo.

The drama also shows the bond between the two princes, Yang Myung and Yeon Woo. Yeon Woo who is the crown prince looks forward to spending time, meeting and learning from his elder brother, prince Yang Myung.

Yang Myung who lives outside the palace is a knowledgeable young man, he was very careful whenever he is around his father and tries very hard to please him. Even though he did not think so or know, his father dotes on him a lot. He was in love with Yeon Woo too. He her for the first time on the streets full of people gathering to have a chance to see the King, Yang Myung was able to recognise, or rather he thought that Yeon Woo had came from the nether world just to catch a glimpse of her lover, Lee Hwon.

Comments:

Nice show! I totally find it amazing that Yeon Woo can run around the palace with no body to stop her and she wondered off following a yellow butterfly. A butterfly! How original....LOL....Kinda so sweet when the two kids met for the first time. Also typical but still find it nice.

The little little parts of their little romantic encounter is so deeply imprinted in Yeon Woo's and also Lee Hwon mind that when they fianlly meet up 8 years later, their actions reminded them of each other.

I kind of pity prince Yang Myung, he is like the elder brother and everything his brother has, could have been his, even his love. I extremely felt that its a pity especially when he recognize his love and thought that she is a ghost wanting to have a look at the King when he first saw her after so many years.

Yeon Woo's servant girl is so loyal, she kept her promise to Yeon Woo's brother, Heo Yeom to take care of her. At first, I thought she is in love with Woon.

I can not imagine that Princess Min Hwa, who is a very innocent character but the one but biggest mistake she has done is blinded her love for Heo Yeom. I would think it was unnecessary for her to do what she had done. Given the fact that Heo Yeom is so knowledgeable, I am very sure if she ask her father, the King to bestow her to Heo Yeom will be a very simple thing. Really did not understand why she had agreed to being the "catelyst" in cursing her sister-in-law. The grand mother is really evil in pulling her into the whole problem.

This is a very sweet show, a little comical, mysterious, magical all in one. A very nice show to watch if you don't think too much about things being logical or not.