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9.1.4 - Podcast Review of Season 1, Episode 4 of Kingdom

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of Season 1 of Kingdom, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Ju Ji-hoon as Crown Prince Yi Chang, Bae Doona as Seo-bi, Ryu Seung-ryong as Cho Hak ju, Kim Sang-ho as Mou Young, Kim Sung-kyu as Yeong shin, and Kim Hye-jun as the Queen Consort. We discuss: Recent comments from our listeners, including Shine, who has attended many K Drama star meet and greets in Manila. Shine says it’s common for fans to walk up on stage to say hello to stars at the end of these events. The Hero’s Journey framework, which was researched and popularized by writer Joseph Campbell, who researched thousands of myths, stories and legends from around the world. He came up with what he called the monomyth or the Hero’s Journey, which he says is basically the template for so many of our myths and legends. How exciting it is to map Kingdom to the Hero’s Journey.  We think the Call to Adventure has happened The Crown Prince at first tried to refuse the call Mu Young is clearly his
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9.1.3 - Podcast Review of Season 1, Episode 3 of Kingdom

Listeners, we need your help! If you are enjoying K Drama Chat, please encourage a friend to listen! And would you please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify? Thank you! Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 3 of Season 1 of Kingdom, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Ju Ji-hoon as Crown Prince Yi Chang, Bae Doona as Seo-bi, Ryu Seung-ryong as Cho Hak ju, Kim Sang-ho as Mou Young, Kim Sung-kyu as Yeong shin, and Kim Hye-jun as the Queen Consort. We discuss: The Seo In Guk Meet and Greet in Washington, DC that Joanna attended! It was amazing! The enduring appeal of zombies! How the opening sequence of the show describes exactly how the king was revived using the resurrection plant, as described in Lee Seung Hui’s medical journal. Although this scene is quite horrific, it is beautifully filmed! How Cho Hak Ju and the Queen Consort keep the king chained and how they feed him unwitting court ladies. Who are the real monsters in the palace? The head scholar and Minist

9.1.2 - Podcast Review of Season 1, Epsiode 2 of Kingdom

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 2 of Season 1 of Kingdom, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Ju Ji-hoon as Crown Prince Yi Chang, Bae Doona as Seo-bi, Ryu Seung-ryon as Cho Hak ju, Kim Sang-ho as Mou Young, Kim Sung-kyu as Yeong shin, and Kim Hye-jun as the Queen Consort. We discuss: We’re learning about how the zombie outbreak started in the first place, that it started in Hanyang when physician Lee Seung Hui brought the king back to life with the resurrection plant and then attacked Dan i. The prince now knows that his father has become one of the zombies. How the Crown Prince makes some important decisions that almost seem out of character: Despite the horrible scene at Jihulyeon, the prince decides to go to the Frozen Valley to find Seo bi and learn more about what happened to his father. When Seo bi explains that the people aren’t dead, the prince tells Mu Yeong to go back to the magistrate’s office with Seo bi, while he will go back alone to Jihulyeon to find physician Lee

9.1.1 - Podcast Review of Season 1, Episode 1 of Kingdom

Welcome to Season 9 of K Drama Chat! In this season, we’ll be recapping and analyzing Kingdom, the zombie historical from 2019. Kingdom is the first original series K Drama on Netflix, produced by AStory. Kingdom stars Ju Ji-hoon as Crown Prince Yi Chang, Bae Doona as Seo-bi, Ryu Seung-ryon as Cho Hak ju, Kim Sang-ho as Mou Young, Kim Sung-kyu as Yeong shin, and Kim Hye-jun as the Queen Consort. We discuss Season 1, episode 1: Our enduring love for Crash Landing On You, and how we’re finding it tough to move on. How we can’t seem to find much information on the music composer from Kingdom, Mok Yeong Jin. How Kingdom is set at the start of the 17th century, three years after the end of the Imjin War against Japan. Although Kingdom is entirely fictional, the Sunjo Annals describe a plague that swept through Korea in the early 1800s. Other annals report on a famine between 1670 and 1671 that resulted in mass famine. The main characters: Crown Prince Lee Chang, physician Seo-bi, Chief Stat

8.17 - Special Episode with Jean Rhim to Discuss Our Favorites in All Things K Drama!

Today is a special episode of K Drama Chat. Jean Rhim, Sung Hee’s sister, is with us and we share our favorites in a bunch of K Drama categories, including: Best OST Best Dressed Favorite Korean Phrase or Word Favorite Song Best Supporting Actor and Actress Best Actor and Actress Best Villain Best Abs Best Historical Drama Best Modern Drama Best Ensemble Cast And many more categories! Please comment on the blog at https://KDramaChat.com or on Instagram @ KDramaChat.  Next week, Season 9 begins! We will recap and analyze episode 1 of Kingdom! ### K Drama Chat is a weekly podcast where we take one Korean (K) Drama each season and and recap and analyze each episode. K Drama Chat is available on  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Spotify ,  Amazon Music , and  Pandora .

8.16 - Podcast Review of Episode 16 of Crash Landing On You (CLOY)

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 16 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. Ernabel Demillo is back to help us analyze the final episode of CLOY. We discuss: The songs we heard during the recap: Same Sky, Different World by Nam Hye Seung and Park Sang Hee, Like You by So Soo Bin and Kim Soo Hee, and Here I Am Again by Baek Yerin. How Captain Ri kept vigil by Se-ri until he knew she was in stable condition. How it would feel to be given a chance to stay in South Korea after growing up in North Korea. How Se-ri’s stepmom gave Se-ri a gift when she told Se-ri about Captain Ri’s devotion; this convinces Se-ri to go see Captain Ri before he left. The heartbreaking scene at the border when Captain Ri and Se-ri manage to steal a few moments and say goodbye. How General Ri went to rescue his men and his wife kept her own virgil at home, with folded pieces