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First of all, simply WOW, I'm a great fan of Korean film and TV. How is it that they keep regularly rolling out some of the most talented and gorgeous women on this planet! Han So-Hee is superb. What can one say about Soo-Hyun! The cinematography is impeccable. Park Seo-Jun is also excellent as. Jang Tae-Sang. Choi Young-Joon and Hyun Bong-Sik are so perfectly evil.

The "Creature" is terrifyingly destructive and lethal. We learn of its creation and horrific human experimentation hidden in Onseong Hospital by the Japanese Military trying to develop a occupying Korea in 1945.

Note the early reference to Unit 731 during scenes in the Manchuria hospital, The US bombed Hiroshima on August 6, and Nagasaki on August 9. Japan offered its surrender on August 10. Cherry blossoms normally fall by the end of May, so I think the film takes place only little more than two months before Japan's surrender.

It seems the referenced experiments were looking for a decisive weapon to use in world war 2. That whole setting is important. I had for years suggested to Netflix that they consider expanding their Korean content. I still want to see them include Guardian and Descendants of the Sun.

I think they made the right choice and will hit it big with their new focus.

After watching the second season, I decided to add this. First, there are obviously a lot of Korean drama haters in this review thread. You can discount all of them. Korean drama is far better than any of the usual Hollywood formula garbage. You will always find much deeper treatment of life experiences in Korean dramas. I'd put them up against the top Hollywood offerings any day. The links to relevant issues the world is facing today are all over this series. I could clip and cite passages from all along the episodes. In the scene in Season 2, Episode 5, when Lady Maedea meets Master Jang, she refers to the "terrorist attack" he committed at Ongseong Hospital. He responds to her "We call it resistance." Go back and watch Season 1 carefully. I don't want to get into any political or social debates, but the historical and current allusions are extensive. Many don't like to be prodded into thinking. They just want the entertainment, usual Hollywood gratuitous violence and sex recipes provide. That's OK. If you're that kind of audience, Korean drama is not for you. I understand. I can enjoy Keanu, Cruise, and Marvel productions, too. Long ago, I tried watching subtitled foreign. TV and films: Fellini, Bergman, Truffaut, Delouch, and others. I discovered and highly enjoyed Bollywood productions, then about a decade ago I stumbled onto the Korean treasures.

This film is very well written, directed, and acted. It deserves the praise and high ratings it is getting. Han So-hee is an excellent young star. You will see her in a lot more great performances. Park Seo-joon has already proven himself a top notch actor. I was right when I highly recommended to Netflix to carry a lot more of the Korean content over ten years ago. They did. That move, I'm sure not only on my humble nobody suggestion, worked out very well for them. This one will go on my Netflix list of favorites. Don't leave it off your lists. You won't regret it.

Why is Dichen Lachman so beautiful and so hot in every single role she plays? Well, seriously, Britt Lower is also terrific as Helly; and what can you say about. Patricia Arquette that hasn't already been said? All the casting is excellent.

This is one of the absolute best TV series you can watch. I DO give ratings of 10, and this series definitely deserves it. Simply WOW. You'll be surprised and delighted at every turn. This is one of those special gems that comes about rarely.

Look at the nominations and wins in awards in detail. It will leave you aghast. I stayed away from this for the longest time, but when I finally started watching, I couldn't stop. Every superlative I can muster is not nearly enough. I hope they know well enough to end it before the writing becomes predictable and stilted.

Here it lists 56 Episodes, but I've been watching in on Netflix and there are 70 Episodes. I posted a comment that IMdb didn't even have a photo of Hao Xu, who plays Princes Shaoning, when they actually had her listed as an actress with a profile and credits - not including this one. She plays a prominent role through a great number of Episodes, although they only list her as being in 3.

This feature received 10 nominations and won 8, including Ni Ni for her leading role as Feng Zhi Wei (who by the way is in every one of the 70 episodes. First of all, I have to giver my great thanks to the wonderful people that translated the subtitles because I don't know Chinese. No problem, as in the fabulous Korean movies and television, reading the subtitles is completely worth the effort.

The breadth and depth of this series is phenomenal. Yes, there is some great acting, spectacular costumes, hairstyles, scenery, a plethora of strong female characters, amazing historical background, good battle & fighting scenes, a lot of treachery and Machiavellian maneuvering and scheming, murders, frame ups, twists and turns, cold heartedness, tenderness, whimsy, light humor, this has it all.

When I finish watching all of it I'll make an attempt to collect better information on some of the main and my favorite characters and a more accurate listing of their presence in episodes. Wikipedia has a helpful summary. I see this is still rising in popularity. I highly recommend it. In fact, I'm rating it ten stars, subject to the final ten episodes I'm on now.

Spend the time. This is much better than a great deal of the stuff we're getting on American television.