[Drama 2015-2016] Six Flying Dragons 육룡이 나르샤

[andy78]

I'M GLAD BY AND BW MET AND TALKED...HE TOLD HER HE MISSES HER ...SAW SHE WEARS HIS HAIRPIN...A SIGN THAT SHE WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM...BY WAS A JDJ BELIVER AND LOVED BW UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT!!!THAT SCENE IN FRONT OF JDJ GRAVE WAS SO HARD TO WATCH...

[bodashiri]

Ep 50. summary.

Gil Seon-Mi was slayed by Moo-Hyul. He was still breathing when Yeon-Hyang came to see him. He apologized her that he lied about the children because he resented her for abandoning him. Master Yooksan tried to kill Yeon-Hyang, but Gil Seon-Mi stopped him and died in her arms.  

Cheok Sa-Gwang was killed by both Bang-Ji and Moo-Hyul. The fifth enemy she said she would kill was herself. She was blaming herself as "the one who couldn't protect any one with those strong sword skills". Bang-Ji felt sympathy with her, because he also had the same feeling. He consoled her with what little Yeon-Hee told him in the past. "It's not your fault. The world is strange." She smiled and left her dying words to Moo-Hyul. "Thank you for killing me" Moo-Hyul was surprised, because the letter she left a few years ago was the exact opposite words "Thank you for saving me" (The bearded Moo-Hyul can read now. Did he learn Chinese letters in Ming China?)

After Cheok Sa-Gwang died, Moo-Hyul told Bang-Ji "Now, it's our turn, right?" But, Bang-Ji refused to fight with Moo-Hyul and told him "Someday, could you come to kill me?"

It is implied that they made a promise to kill each other some day. According to Moo-Hyul's flashbacks in TWDR, somewhere between SFD and TWDR, they fought again and Yi Bang-Ji won. Moo-Hyul told Bang-Ji to kill him, but BJ left again without killing him. Extreme Bromance, right?

Bang-Ji came back to his mom. She asked him to leave with her. Bang-Ji refused, but after hearing Gil Seon-Mi died, and Boon-Yi told him to leave the country with her, he accepted. Maybe, they were heading to Ming China.  

Boon-Yi left for the island, leaving a farewell letter to Bang-Won. Moo-Hyul also returned his sword to Bang-Won and retired to his hometown with his granny and Master Hong.

Ha Ryun was ex-Nameless. His scar on the wrist was the traces of erased Nameless tatoo. Monk Jeokryong threatened him with it. Jeokryong said he would quit the priesthood because of Yi Bang-Won's suppression on Buddhism. Instead, he said, he would become a peddler. He told Ha Ryun that his secular name is Baek Dal-Won (백달원 白達元). The caption said Baek Dal-Won is the first man who formed the organized labor union of peddlers in Korean history.   

The second strife of princes were skipped. It ended somewhat comically. King Jeongjong (Bang-Gwa) called Bang-Gan "You idiot!" (It is historically true! LOL) I laughed when Bang-Gan told Bang-Won in the prison "Hey! Just save my life!" "Your words are different from your attitude, Hyung-nim" "I know! But as a man I can't beg for mercy!" blah blah (LOL) Bang-Won didn't kill him and exiled.

Bang-Gwa abdicated and Bang-Won ascended the throne.

Lady Min was crying over her brothers' death. She blamed Bang-Won for killing them, but Bang-Won told her they planned to kill Prince Hyoryeong (2nd son) and Prince Chungnyeong (3rd son) in the name of protecting the Crown Prince Yangnyeong (1st son). Bang-Won told her "Is Yangnyeong is your only son? All of them are your sons. Aren't they?" Bang-Won was blaming her coldness but Lady Min told him "That's not your reason! Do you think I'm ignorant? I know you! You just want to own the power by yourself! Do you think you can become a King without our Min clan's help? " Bang-Won said "If you know me, then, you already know you should be careful" chilling.

Bang-Won went to Prince Chungnyeong's room. Yi Do. The 3rd son. He was too smart. he mastered a complicated book in 2 months while the Crown Prince should study it for 6 years. That's why he became a threat to the Crown Prince. "Do you want to be the Crown prince?" Bang-Won asked him about politics, and got an answer like Sambong's "distribution" speech. Bang-Won was shocked and ordered to remove all the books in the room, but Yi Do begged him to premit his reading. Bang-Won asked "Why are you so desperate?" Yi Do answered. "As far as I'm alive, I should do something."  It reminds Bang-Won of Boon-Yi's words, and may be his own situation as a prince.

Bang-Won took his 3rd son to Moo-Hyul's hometown, and introduced Moo-Hyul as "the best swordsman of Joseon who can defeat 100 warriors by himself". He ordered Moo-Hyul to serve the boy. Oh, TWDR feels. 
 
They went to Boon-Yi's island  together. Boon-Yi met Moo-Hyul but refused to meet Bang-Won. On the way back, she met a boy who resembled the little Bang-Won. Ah... she realized he must be Bang-Won's son. "Can I hug you?" She shed tears and hugged him without words. “How about His Majesty?“ Yi Do answered ”Well, he is... lonely, as usual."  

Old lady Boon-Yi came to the mainland and met lots of TWDR supporting characters spreading Hangul alphabet songs to kids in the town. Watching them and Hangul writings, she thought of Sambong's words about the difficulty of communication with the people. She quitely died next to Sambong's grave, smiling "Sambong Ajussi, Bang-Won's son seems to make it."   (If I remember correctly, Yi Bang-Ji died around the same time in TWDR)

Final scene returned to the day when Bang-Won visited Boon-Yi's island. Bang-Won met Boon-Yi. "Aren't you too much?" They walked side by side. "I'm pleased to know that you are lonely, because I'm lonely too." Bang-Won's narration. "You and Moo-Hyul were like a wind. Neither surrendered to me nor resisted against me,... but I can't grab you after all.,,, you were like the people."

Bang-Won heard from Boon-Yi that people are still concerned about Japanese pirates. He asked his subject "Where is the den of Japanese pirates?" and heard from him "It is Tsushima island." His face gradually turned into the "devil" Bang-Won again, and ordered him to set up a Tsushima expedition plan. (He is the same as Sambong, after all. LOL)

In the history, King Taejong really carried out Tsushima expedition and succeeded to eliminate Japanese pirates. As a result, Joseon had been liberated from Japanese piracy and had lived peacefully for about 250 years. Moo-Hyul asked "Are you going to do it because of Boon-Yi's words?" Bang-Won said "Do you think I'm still that romantic?" and tapped Yi Do's shoulder slowly, as if he is saying "It's for the future generation"

The final ending title

King Taejong, Yi Bang-Won
Musa, Moo-Hyul
People, Boon-Yi
The Viper, Yi Bang-Ji
King Taejo, Yi Seong-Gye
The first Bonwon, Jung Do-Jeon

 

the end

[Tamad]

Can't wait to watch the ending in subtitles too! 

But correct me if I'm wrong. If the banchon people followed BY to the island, does that mean the banchon people in TWDR are a totally different group?

[Guest ktiminie]

Thank you so much for the episode summary @homura

I'm gonna miss our six heroes. Good Bye Flying Dragons.

[azzurri]

@homura wish I could hug you! Thank you for the summary! Love love love it.I'm heart broken, because like @Ayame I'm a BW-BY fangirl but I'm happy with that ending nonetheless.

 

[bodashiri]

11 minutes ago, Tamad said:

Can't wait to watch the ending in subtitles too! 

But correct me if I'm wrong. If the banchon people followed BY to the island, does that mean the banchon people in TWDR are a totally different group?

 

Banchon consists of the original Sungkyunkwan servants (slaves) and Boon-Yi's organization that worked for Jung Do-Jeon (commoners). Boon-Yi and Gap-Boon left for the island with the commoners, while the original Sungkyunkwan slaves (Maeng-Soon) contined to live in Banchon. Therefore, they are different.

[jeenee]

I'm savoring EP 50

Tsk Best Swordsman in Three Kingdoms and The Best Swordsman in Joseon ganging up to Bully a little girl!

Cheok Sa Gwang is the best swordsman! the two can't beat her alone! they always have to be a team to be able to bear her!

 

[nevill]

'Six Flying Dragons' Shin So-yul makes a special appearance as a way to link the finale episode with 'Deep-rooted Tree'

(hancinema)

On the finale of SBS' Monday & Tuesday drama, 'Six Flying Dragons', Mok-ya (Shin So-yul) made a special appearance.

Boon-yi (Sin Se-kyeong) left Yi Bang-won (Yoo Ah-in) and went to Moohaeng Island, where she became the head of the Banchon people. When Yi Bang-won's son, Lee Do (Nam Da-reum) came to see Boon-yi briefly, she gave a hug to him. And time leaped to the future simultaneously.

The scene in the future showed old Boon-yi, who came out of the island to visit the land. She encountered Mok-ya there, who was teaching Hangeul there. Mok-ya is a character, a court lady from the historical drama, 'Deep-rooted Tree'. When Boon-yi learned about Hangeul, she was so happy to realize that Yi Bang-won's son found the path that Jeong Do-jeon (Kim Myeong-min) had been trying to pursue as one of his last resources to establish the ideal society. And this helped Boon-yi close her eyes happily when she breathed her last.

While delivering the scenes, all the scene-stealers of 'Deep-rooted Tree': Geun-ji (Lee Se-na), Ok Tteol-i (Jeong Jong-cheol). Park Po (Sin Seung-hwan). Chotak (Kim Gi-bang) also appeared to solidify the link between the two powerful period dramas, 'Six Flying Dragons' and 'Deep-rooted Tree'.

 

Source : www.newsen.com/news_v...

cr:

http://www.hancinema.net/spoiler-six-flying-dragons-shin-so-yul-makes-a-special-appearance-as-a-way-to-link-the-finale-episode-with-deep-rooted-tree--92674.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[bodashiri]

According to SFD writers' interview today (I'll translate it later), if they make sequel to SFD and TWDR, it would be about King Sejo (Grand Prince Suyang). He was King Sejong's 2nd son but resembled his grandpa Yi Bang-Won. He usurped the throne from his little nephew. You may know him from Princess' Man (공주의 남자, KBS drama) or The Face Reader (관상, Korean movie).

The writers said the sequel's title would be 샘이 깊은 물 Water with Deep Fountain. I don't know if the English translation is right or not, but this title also came from Yong-bi-eo-cheon-ga (Songs of the dragons flying to heaven).

http://bodashiri.tumblr.com/post/128099683001/the-origin-of-six-flying-dragons

Songs of the dragons flying to heaven 

Canto I
“Six Flying Dragons in Haedong (the east of the Sea = Korea), Everything they did was blessed by Heaven, Their pasts coincide with ancient sages. (해동 육룡이 나르샤 일마다 천복이시니 고성이 동부하시니…)”

Canto II
“A tree with deep roots, Because the wind sways it not, Blossoms Abundantly, And bears fruit. (뿌리 깊은 나무는 바람에 흔들리지 않으므로 꽃이 좋고 열매도 많으니…)”

Canto III
"Water with deep fountain, Because  the drought dries it not, Creates a stream, And flows into the sea.
(샘이 깊은 물은 가뭄에도 그치지 않으므로 냇물을 이루어 바다에 이르니...)
 
The SFD writers also added "In case of Water with Deep Fountain, there would be no good person for viewers to sympathize with. All of them are villains. That' s the problem. (LOL)"

 

[Para12012]

Re-watching the first couple of episodes.  When BW told Moo-Hyul that he was his second rank Buk Doo bodyguard got me laughing so hard. 

[jeenee]

24 minutes ago, homura said:

 
The SFD writers also added "In case of Water with Deep Fountain, there would be no good person for viewers to sympathize with. All of them are villains. That' s the problem. (LOL)"

 

 

I don't think, it will happen. They are so good in twisting the personalities of their character they'll make something out of it. Yi Bang Won can be considered evil in SFD, he is ironically the main villain in this drama, however viewers sympathize with BangWon and not Jeong Do Jeon. So if they pursue with that drama and select a cast as brilliant as Yoo Ah In they can pull sympathy out of the viewers!

[andy78]

2 hours ago, homura said:

The writers said the sequel's title would be 샘이 깊은 물 Water with Deep Fountain. I don't know if the English translation is right or not, but this title also came from Yong-bi-eo-cheon-ga (Songs of the dragons flying to heaven).

Really?Well i'll add this drama on my list for sure...Thanks @homura for for the summary,news,translations!This drama end made me cry!

[Katrina Abdul Talib]

The sword fights and battle sounds and all actor, they were all simply fantastic fm ep1 right thru ep50!

Will remember SFD for a long time.. 

[earthna30]

13 hours ago, homura said:

Oh, Yoon Moo-Hyul finally met his little master Nam Sejong...

Took me a while to get it but HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA Nam Sejong.

I feel so empty, for real. Have we been doing this for almost 6 months? That's half a year!

I'm so happy that it still had a beautiful ending. Most dramas fall to the ground with the last episode but Dragons has been awesome from beginning to end. I've been crying my eyes out the whole episode. "Can I hug you?" My two eyes were not enough to handle the amount of tears I cried in that scene. At first I was so mad because Bangwon and Boonyi didn't see each other before the timeskip but omg they actually did!

So many cameos too! My heart!!!

Thanks to @homura for all the historical facts, translations, and insights!

P.S. The conclusion to all of this is Moohyul is a vampire. That's why he didn't age. lol

[bodashiri]

Ratings (Neilsen)

Ep 47     Nationwide 16.7% (+0.7)      Seoul 17.9% (+0.5)
Ep 48     Nationwide 16.2% (-0.5)      Seoul 17.9% (+0.0)
Ep 49     Nationwide 16.2% (+0.0)      Seoul 17.9% (+0.0)
Ep 50     Nationwide 17.3% (+1.1)      Seoul 18.8% (+0.9)

[honeywell]

Thank you @homura for all your wonderful translations and historical insights.  I didn't think I would lvoe this series as much as I do.  I'm watching Tree now and I'll probably rewatch SFD when I finish it.  The entire cast were all brilliant in their respective roles.  The writer did a great job in allowing the characters like BW and JDJ to have dual roles.  Even though BW became the "villain" in the end, we as viewers were still allowed to sympathize with him.  I think it was only fitting that even thought BW gained so much power, he grew to be lonely.  He allowed MH and BY to leave his side because that was the  one thing that he could keep of his old self. When I was watching Tree, initially I thought MH stood by BW even after taking the throne.

[rainstore67]

wonderfull 

 

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[neenavaj]

WOW. The meaning of this drama is very powerful. I am already missing the BTS crew, the cast...anyone who contributed to making such a well written drama. While watching this drama, I became very fascinated with the real historical facts so that's another reason this drama is amazing. The ending...I think i couldn't ask for a better ending. I'm happy those who survived, survived. Lee Bang Won: "She's Poetic." Boon Yi was every little detail, poetic. Seeing the last episode, I understand how strong she is. The love story between Lee Bang Won and Boon Yi was so bittersweet. After everything, they understood one another...makes one beautiful love story and to me, its undying. Lee Bang Won was insanely brutal yet still human with heart, he realized the price of power, loneliness. Whoa, I can't say enough about Yoo Ah In...when I see him acting onscreen, he's all I see. lol

Kudos to everyone who made Six Flying Dragons what it is. I miss it still. Not sure how I would react to Mondays and Tuesdays for the next few weeks....:(

KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO TRANSLATED THE EPISODES FOR NON-KOREAN SPEAKING FANS! LOL KUDOS ALSO TO THOSE WHO WERE SO HELPFUL IN EXPLAINING THE HISTORICAL FACTS RELATED TO SIX FLYING DRAGONS!

[honeywell]

At some point  BJ must have came back and gave someone JDJ's will.  I'm up to episode 4 of Tree and his will was found hidden in sungkyunkwan.  So I take BJ came back to hide it

 

[oohhkkay]

Got up early this morning to watched subbed version before going to work.

It was an amazingly perfect ending. (Even though BW and BY did not end up together, but this is the best ending there is, actually better than if they were. I love them so much tho, this hurts.)

Yesterday I said for me it's like BW's growth/development story, after watching ep 50, I think it wrapped up nicely by concluding with everyone's growth.

I love how BW saw the characteristics of the people whom he missed in his son, and how his son saw himself (how much he looked like his stern father) through BY's eyes and how he got to see his father in another light (the romantic side). It shed different light on the TWDR story for the father/son relationship. 

I love what @azzurri's interpretation of BY wearing her hair up with the hairpin as though she was married to BW.

And how BW saw letting the people he cared for the most go is the way to keep a part of himself, even though it made him lonely "as always". And that he cared so much about what MH thought about the politics even after years, he tried to keep his promise from his younger days to his friends, even when he might seem like such a cruel/greedy king to many, including his wife. 

The way he sat when he talked to his wife, and the way he spoke, as compared to the way his eyes lit up when he saw his friends.

And of course, how old BY found comfort in the fact that BW's son managed something JDJ thought was unattainable. 

How the three warriors tried had their last fight, BJ trying to tell CSG that it was not her fault like wheat YH told him, and how CSG thanked MH the second time. 

EVERYTHING made me tear up in these two episodes. 

And here we thought BY and BW didn't get to see each other the last time, but they did and that scene  and I guessed Sejong would get to see BY more in the future? 

Not to mention surprise about Ha Ryun as an ex-member of Moo Myung! 

This has become the best drama I have ever watched ever, I think. 

(I am not sure if I will watch the next series though, if it ever happened, a series about villains only... I dunno...)