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Details

  • Title: Hwarang: The Beginning / 화랑: 더 비기닝
  • Also known as: Flowering Knights / The Beautiful Knights / Flower Knights: The Beginning
  • Genre: Historical, Fantasy
  • Episodes: 20
  • Network: KBS2
  • First episode: December 19, 2016
  • Final episode: February 21, 2017
  • Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00

Synopsis

The drama revolves around a group of youths who grow through passion and love in Seorabeol, the capital of the Kingdom of Silla.

Cast

  • Park Seo Joon as Moo Myung / Sun Woo
             - Kim Ye Joon as Moo Myung (child)
  • Go Ah Ra as Kim Ah Ro
             - Kang Joo Ha as Ah Ro (child)
  • Park Hyung Shik as Kim Sam Maek Jong / Kim Ji Dwi
             - Son Jang Woo as Sam Maek Jong (child)

Main Role

Supporting Role

Hwarangs (Flowering Knights)
  • Choi Min Ho as Kim Soo Ho
  • Do Ji Han as Park Ban Ryu
  • Kim Tae Hyung as Suk Han Sung
  • Jo Yoon Woo as Kim Yeo Wool
  • Lee Pung Woon as one of hwarangs
  • Park Ki Hoon as Joo Gi
  • Jin Joo Hyung as Kim Jang Hyun
  • Jun Bum Soo as Kim Shin
  • Ooon as Kim Ki Bo
  • Lee Do Hoon

Nangdos
  • Kim Hyun Joon as Suk Dan Se (Han Sung's half-brother)
  • Jang Se Hyun as Kang Sung

Royal Capital People
  • Sung Dong Il as Master Ui Hwa (chief instructor of Hwarang)
  • Choi Won Young as Master Kim Ahn Ji (Kim Ah Ro & Kim Sun Woo's father)
  • Kim Kwang Kyu as Pi Joo Gi (informant / owner of general store & tea house)
  • Lee Da In as Kim Soo Yun (Su Ho's sister)
             - Uhm Seo Hyun as Soo Yun (child)
  • Yoon Jin Ho as assistant chief instructor of Hwarang (Queen's messenger)

Ministers of Silla
  • Kim Chang Wan as Park Young Shil (Ban Ryu's adopted-father)
  • Lee Byung Joon as Ho Gong (Ban Ryu's biological father)
  • Go In Bum as Kim Seub (Soo Ho & Soo Yun's father)
  • Kim Jong Goo as Suk Hyun Je (Han Sung & Dan Se's grandfather)
  • Song Min Hyung as Kim Hyung Won

People from Mang Mang Village
  • Lee Kwang Soo as Mak Moon / Kim Sun Woo (Ah Ro's brother)
             - Park Min Soo as Mak Moon (child)
  • Kim Won Hae as Master Woo Reuk

Royal Family of Silla
  • Kim Ji Soo as Queen Ji So (Sam Maek Jong's mother, founder of Hwarang)
  • Seo Ye Ji as Princess Sook Myung (Queen Jiso's daughter, Sam Maek Jong's half-sister, ep 9~)
  • Song Young Kyu as Prince Hwi Kyung (Queen Ji So's brother, ep 10~)

Royal Guards / Court Lady
  • Yoo Jae Myung as Pa Oh (Sam Maek Jong's bodyguard)
  • Lee Kwan Hoon as Commandant Hyun Chu (Queen's bodyguard)
  • Oh Eun Ho as Mo Young (Queen's court lady)

Others
  • Lee Kyu Hyung as Do Go
  • Lee Min Ho as So Gam
  • Kang Dong Woo as Moo Chul
  • Han Jung Hoon
  • Lee Chae Yoon as So Yoon
  • Baek Jae Jin as liquor shop owner
  • Cha Hae Rim as woman from Okta House
  • Song Bo Eun as noble woman around the city
  • Ban Min Jung as Mi Roo
  • Park Ha Yan as Yoo Ji
  • Kim Jung Jin
  • Jang Yoo Tae
  • Kim Joon Young
  • Kim Min Joon as Crown Prince of Baekje (ep 14, 15)
  • Jo Yun Ho as the mute child

Production

  • Production Company: Oh! Boy Project
  • Chief Producer: Choi Ji Young
  • Producers: Kim Sang Hwi, Kim Hyung Suk, Lee Young Bum, Park Sung Hye
  • Directors: Yoon Sung Shik, Kim Young Jo
  • Screenwriter: Park Eun Young
  • Music Composer: Oh Joon Sung
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