God of War (), also known by the alternative title, Warrior K, is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kim Joo-hyuk as the real-life historical figure Kim Jun who was written about in the Goryeosa. It aired on MBC from February 11 to September 15, 2012, on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 56 episodes.
Plot Kim Jun is the son of an escaped palace slave, who gets raised by monks. Years later, after being torn from his home during wartime, Kim Jun must renounce his pacifist ways to partake in a deadly game that could be his ticket to freedom from his masters, Choe Chung-heon's clan. During the Mongol invasions of Korea, Kim Jun rises in the ranks to become the top military official, and eventually rules the Goryeo empire for 60 years in place of its king.
Cast
Kim Joo-hyuk as Kim Jun Kim Gyu-ri as Choe Song-yi Jeong Bo-seok as Choe Woo Park Sang-min as Choe Yang-baek Joo Hyun as Choe Chung-heon Lee Joo-hyun as Kim Yak-sun Hong Ah-reum as Wol-ah/An-shim Kang Shin-il as Monk Soo-beop Park Sang-wook as Lee Gong-ju Jung Sung-mo as Choe Hyang Baek Do-bin as Choe Hang Sora Jung as Choe Woo's first wife Jung Ho-bin as General Song Gil-yoo Kim Young-pil as General Park Song-bi Noh Young-guk as General Daejib Sung Chun Ho-jin as Lee Gyu-bo Ahn Byung-kyung as Kim Deok-myung Kim Cheol-ki as General Kim Kyung-son Park Hae-soo as Kim Yun-hu O Yeong-su as Monk Soogi Park Dong-bin as Hong-ji Ahn Jae-mo as Im Yeon Jin Seon-kyu as Gab-yi Kim Hyuk as Man-jong Kim Yoo-mi as Choe Woo's second wife Lee Seok-joon as Lee Jang-yong Lee Seung-hyo as King Gojong Im Jong-yoon as General Choe Choon-myung Kim Jung-hak as Monk Jin-pyo Kim Ha-eun as Choon-shim Choi Jae-ho as General Ryu Song-jeol Yun Cheol-Hyeong as General Choe Jun-mun Jo Eun-sook as Gan-nan of Tobang kitchen Go Soo-hee as Nan-jang of Tobang kitchen Yoo Na-young as Yeon-shim Yoon Dong-hwan as General Tanku of the Mongol Empire Kim Joo-young as General Lee Won-jeong of Cheolju fortress Lee Dong-shin as Commander-in-chief Sartai of the Mongol Empire's troops (1st and 2nd invasion) Kim Myeong-Kuk as Kublai Khan Choi Deok-moon as General Lee Hee-juk of Cheolju fortress Choi Soo-rin as Lee Hee-juk's wife Kwon Tae-won as General Park Seo of Kwiju fortress Kim Yong-woon as Gu-pil Jo Sang-gu as General Putau of the Mongol Empire Baek Won-kil as Kyun-ga Seo Kwang as Woo-ga Choi Min as Kang Woo-moon Jung Sun-il as General Joo-sook Choi Kyu-hwan as Yoo-jung Ha Soo-ho as Hwangbo Joon-chang Jang Tae-sung as Won-bal Kim Yun-tae as Amoogan Seung-kyu as Kim Hong-chee Bae Jin-sub as General Oh Seung-jeok Lee Seung-hyung as Ryu Neung Jeon No-min as General Moon Dae (cameo) Lee Hee-jin as Nan-yi (cameo)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2012 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Joo-hyuk Jeong Bo-seok Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Gyu-ri Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Park Sang-min Lee Joo-hyun Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Hong Ah-reum Best Young Actress Noh Jung-ui
International broadcast It aired in Thailand on Channel 5 from April 21 to December 30, 2015.
References
External links God of War official MBC website God of War at MBC Global Media