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Details

  • Title: Six Flying Dragons / 육룡이 나르샤
  • Also known as: Roots of the Throne
  • Genre: Historical, Politics, Action
  • Episodes: 50
  • Network: SBS
  • First episode: October 5, 2015
  • Final episode: March 22, 2016
  • Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
  • Related Dramas: Tree With Deep Roots, Queen Seon Duk

Synopsis

Period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people with Lee Bang Won as the central figure. Lee Bang Won was the third king in the Joseon Dynasty. He helped his father King Taejo establish the Joseon Dynasty.

Cast

  • Yoo Ah In as Lee Bang Won, later King Taejong
             - Nam Da Reum as Bang Won (young)
  • Kim Myung Min as Sambong Jung Do Jun
  • Shin Se Kyung as Boon Yi (Ddang Sae's sister)
             - Lee Re as Boon Yi (young)
             - Yoon Yoo Sun as Boon Yi (older)
  • Byun Yo Han as Ddang Sae, later Lee Bang Ji (Jung Do Jun's bodyguard)
             - Yoon Chan Young as Ddang Sae (young)
  • Yoon Kyun Sang as Moo Hyul, later King Sejong's bodyguard
             - Baek Seung Hwan as Moo Hyul (young)
  • Chun Ho Jin as Lee Sung Gye, later King Taejo

Main Role

Supporting Role

Milbon / Hidden Roots Organisation
             - Park Shi Eun as Yun Hee (young)
House of Yi
             - Kim Sang Woo as Lee Bang Gan (teen)
             - Kim Ye Joon as Lee Bang Bun (child)
             - Lee Seung Woo as Lee Bang Suk (child)
Joseon Officials
People around Lee Bang Ji
             - Gwak Ji Hye as Gab Boon (young)
People around Moo Hyul
Marketplace Organisation (Boon Yi's followers)
Royal Family of Wang
Sungkyunkwan students
Moomyung / Nameless Organisation
Goryeo Officials in Dodang
Hwasadan People
Biguksa People
Servants of Goryeo Officials

Special Appearances

Episode 1 - 10​
  • Jung Suk Yong as passerby whose rice ball got stolen by Sambong (ep 1)
  • Lee Soon Jae as Lee Ja Chun (ep 1)
  • Ahn Kil Kang as Jo So Saeng (ep 1)
  • Jung Doo Hong as Hong Ryun (ep 2)
  • Seo Joon Young as Kang Chan Sung (ep 3)
  • Kim Seung Wook as Heo Jo (Minister of Justice / Heo Gang's father, ep 3)
  • Jo Hyun Shik as chief of beggars in Gae Gyung (ep 1, 6)
  • Kim Dong Hee as beggar in Gae Gyung (ep 1)
  • Jun Byung Wook as Lee Eun Chang (ep 1, 2, 6)
  • Kim Hyun Bin as Jung Jin (Jung Do Jun's son, ep 2)
  • Yoon Seung Hoon as sadaebu scholar (ep 2)
  • Tae Hang Ho as Yuan envoy (ep 2)
  • Park Sung Hoon as Gil Yoo (Gil Tae Mi's son, ep 3-5)
  • Kim Yoo Chul as Lee Man Jong (Baek Yoon's bodyguard, ep 3, 4)
  • Min Jung Sup as military officer (ep 3, 17)
  • Kim Min Kyung as granny whom Ddangsae met (ep 4)
  • Kim Myung Jin as Dodang minister (ep 4, 11)
  • Park Yoo Na as spectator when Ddangsae storytelling (ep 5)
  • Song Jae Ryong as fake Japanese pirate (ep 5)
  • Ri Min as passerby at Gosam Market (ep 6)
  • Kim Gun as the crying kid from the cave (ep 10)
  • Jang Dae Woong as the kid leader from the cave (ep 10)
Episode 11 - 40
  • Yang Dong Tak as tribunal officer (ep 11-21)
  • Park Ji Hoon as assassin Byuk Sa Gye (ep 14, 15)
  • Han Gab Soo as Jo Ban (ep 13, 15, 16, 22)
  • Lee Seung Ki as Eunuch Kim Hwan (King's messenger, ep 20, 21)
  • Park Chan as Chun Gil's son (ep 22)
  • Lee Nam Hee as Kim Yong (ep 27)
  • Kim Jung Hak as General Han (ep 28, 29)
  • Kim Kyung Jin as swords maker / assassin connector (ep 30)
  • Kim Ji Eun as Bang Gan's wife (ep 38, 44)
  • Jung Wook as broker from Mansang Merchant group (ep 39, 40)
  • Lee Sang Hong as Moenpa (chief of Jurchen tribe, ep 39)
  • Kim Yong Hun as Kang Gye' s magistrate officer (ep 40)
Episode 41 - 45
  • Moon Jong Won as Zhu Di / Prince of Yan, later Yongle Emperor (ep 41-43)
  • Lee Jung Hun as Shim Hyo Saeng (Lee Bang Suk's father-in-law, ep 41-47)
  • Im Chul Soo as soldier from Investigation Office (ep 41, 47)
  • Park Joon Hyuk as Mr. Ok (remaining Wang Clan's member, ep 41-45)
  • Seo Chan Ho as Zhu Di's bodyguard (ep 42)
  • Park Kwang Jae as Zhu Di's bodyguard (ep 42)
  • Kim Dong Joon as the historiographer (ep 42, 44)
  • Lee Hwa Ryong as Jung Do Gwang (Jung Do Jun's brother, ep 42~)
  • Yang Hyun Min as Kwon Geun (ep 44~)
  • Lee Kyu Sub as officer who conversed with Young Kyu and Chun Gil (ep 44)
  • Gil Jung Woo as child Jung Ki Joon (Jung Do Gwang's son, ep 45-46)
Episode 46 - 50
  • Jun Suk Chan as Park Po (Bang Gan's follower, ep 46~)
  • Choi Dae Sung as Lee Chun Woo (Bang Won's cousin, ep 46~)
  • Lee Tae Gum as Min Moo Goo (Lady Min's younger brother, ep 46,50)
  • Lee Jae Won as Min Moo Jil (Lady Min's younger brother, ep 46,50)
  • Hong Suk Bin as eunuch of King Taejo (ep 48)
  • Choi Da In as the little girl who accompanied Boon Yi (ep 50)
  • Shin So Yool as Mok Ya from Tree With Deep Roots (ep 50)
  • Lee Se Na as Geun Ji from Tree With Deep Roots (ep 50)
  • Shin Seung Hwan as Park Po from Tree With Deep Roots (ep 50)
  • Kim Ki Bang as Cho Tak from Tree With Deep Roots (ep 50)
  • Jung Jong Chul as Ok Ttul from Tree With Deep Roots (ep 50)

Production

  • Production Company: Redwoods
  • Chief Producer: Han Jung Hwan
  • Executive Producers: Lee Jae Won, Yoon Shin Ae
  • Producers: Lee Young Joon, Song Min Suk, Lee Hee Soo
  • Directors: Shin Kyung Soo, Lee Jung Heum
  • Assistant Directors: Jung Dong Yoon, Go Eun Ho, Gil So Jin
  • Action Director: Kang Hyung Mook
  • Music Director: Kim Soo Jin
  • Screenwriters: Kim Young Hyun, Park Sang Yun
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