KBS2 unveils poster of new drama ‘Hwarang’ about flower boys in Silla dynasty

KBS2 has prepared the drama “Hwarang” to air in December to replace "Sweet Stranger and Me" as Monday and Tuesday night drama. “Hwarang” tells the story of a group of five handsome warriors during era of the kingdom of Silla.

KBS has released the posters of characters in the new drama “Hwarang” that tells the story of five handsome warriors in the kingdom of Silla era. The posters, which were released last Friday, Nov. 4, depicted its five lead male characters with two female casts according to official release from the KBS.

The three main characters are played by actor Park Seo-Joon, actress Go Ara with Seo Ye-Ji who plays as princess Sook-Myung. The other cast are actor actor Do Ji-Han as well as members of three Korean idol groups Shinee’s Choi Min-Ho, BTS’ Kim Tae-Hyung and ZEA’s Park Hyung-Sik

Since the KBS announced the “Hwarang” drama project in March, there have been a high expectations regarding the drama as reported by Dio Deo News . Its story is based on the actual group of elite young men in the Silla dynasty which ruled most part of the ancient Korea for almost 1,000 years since the 5 BC to 935 AD. The shooting itself took six months to complete since the end of March to early September.

Silla is one of the longest ruling kingdom in ancient Korea before Joseon kingdom was founded. Its long ruling was far beyond the Goryeo and Baekje, and mainly because of its success to establish an elite units of young men from aristorcrat and noble families known as Hwarang.

These young men were recruited to train in military arts along with various arts and cultural aspects. The historical records of Hwarang, which literally mean ‘flowering knights’ was found in the chronicle of Korean three kingdoms (삼국사기= Samguk Sagi).

The drama follows the story of group of five Hwarang and treated them as the origin of the flower boys.
Watch the behind the scene of the shooting as the five Hwarang engage in the interesting experience below:

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