The Great Seer

The Great Seer (Korean: 대풍수; Hanja: 大風水; RR: Dae Pung Su, also known as The Great Geomancer) is a 2012 South Korean historical television series, starring Ji Sung, Ji Jin-hee, Song Chang-eui, Kim So-yeon and Lee Yoon-ji. Set during the turbulent decline of Goryeo, it is about practicers of divination and the power that they hold over the fate of the country. It aired on SBS from October 10, 2012 to February 7, 2013 on for 35 episodes.

The Great Seer
Promotional poster for The Great Seer
Also known asThe Great Geomancer
GenreHistorical
Created by
  • Choi Moon-suk (episode 1-2)
  • Kim Young-seop (episode 3-35)
Written by
  • Nam Sun-nyeo
  • Park Sang-hee
Directed byLee Yong-suk
Creative directors
  • Park Sun-ho
  • Song Min-sun
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes35
Production
Executive producersKim Young Sub
SBS Drama
ProducersLee Dong Hoon

Kyung Min Suk

Lee Young Joon
Running time65
Production companyRed Rover
Release
Original networkSBS TV
Original release10 October 2012 (2012-10-10) –
7 February 2013 (2013-02-07)
Korean name
Hangul
대풍수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDae Pung Su
McCune–ReischauerTae P'ung Su

Plot

The Great Seer begins during the reign of King Gongmin (Ryu Tae-joon). But despite being about seers, geomancers, divinators and the like, this drama is less about the fantasy and more about the political movers and shakers — people who had the power to advise, and therefore control, kings. Yi Seong-gye (Ji Jin-hee) is the general who led the overthrow of Goryeo and established the Joseon Dynasty, becoming its first king.

Mok Ji-sang (Ji Sung) is a gifted seer/geomancer, born with the ability to see into people's pasts and futures. There are those who believe falsely that he has dark supernatural powers, thinking him possessed by ghosts. When he comes of age in the late Goryeo era, he becomes a scholar of divination, and a reader of geography, faces, and the like to tell fortunes — an area with much influence at the time. He eventually becomes a "king-maker," who holds the key to a major political shift in the overthrow of Goryeo and the rise of Joseon when he backs General Yi and effectively shapes the future of Korea as we know it.

Lee Jung-geun (Song Chang-eui) is General Yi's other advisor and Ji-sang's rival. Hae-in (Kim So-yeon) is a healer whose destiny is tied to General Yi, but she falls in love with the seer. Ban-ya (Lee Yoon-ji) is a woman who was sold off as a gisaeng at a young age, but becomes a concubine to King Gongmin's advisor, and bears a son. King Gongmin takes in that son as his, and the boy becomes Woo of Goryeo (Lee Tae-ri) — the king that General Yi dethrones in a coup d'état.

Cast

Original soundtrack
  1. "Breaking Fate" - Park Gyu-ri of Kara[3]
  2. "Flower" (kids version) - Shin Ye-rim
  3. "Flower" (adult version) - Yo Ar
  4. "Tears Flow" - Min Kyu
  5. "Just Once" - Kyuhyun of Super Junior[4]
  6. "The Path to the Sky" - Chi Yeol
  7. "With You Being the Only Reason" - Ock Joo-hyun

Promotions

To promote the series cast members Ji Jin-hee, Ji Sung and Song Chang-eui guest starred on the SBS Good Sunday variety show Running Man on episodes 116 and 117, which aired on October 21 and 28, 2012, along with Suzy of miss A and Yubin of Wonder Girls.[5]

Ratings
Episode Broadcast Date TNmS ratings[6] AGB ratings[7]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 2012-10-10 6.9% 7.7% 6.5% 6.7%
2 2012-10-11 8.1% 7.0% 7.7%
3 2012-10-17 10.4% 11.7% 10.6% 11.8%
4 2012-10-18 7.8% 8.4% 7.6% 8.5%
5 2012-10-24 9.4% 11.0% 9.3% 9.8%
6 2012-10-25 9.8% 10.7% 9.7% 10.8%
7 2012-10-31 10.1% 11.9% 9.8% 10.6%
8 2012-11-01 10.3% 11.6% 10.1% 10.6%
9 2012-11-07 8.7% 10.0% 8.4% 9.4%
10 2012-11-08 9.9% 10.5% 8.7% 8.9%
11 2012-11-14 9.6% 11.2% 8.1% 8.3%
12 2012-11-15 9.8% 11.6% 9.0% 9.2%
13 2012-11-21 7.5% 8.8% 6.9% 7.6%
14 2012-11-22 8.3% 9.0% 8.8% 9.4%
15 2012-11-28 7.7% 9.3% 7.5% 7.8%
16 2012-11-29 8.0% 8.7% 8.8% 9.1%
17 2012-12-05 8.1% 8.6% 7.9% 8.1%
18 2012-12-06 10.0% 10.7% 9.0% 9.9%
19 2012-12-12 7.5% 8.5% 8.0% 9.0%
20 2012-12-13 7.8% 8.9% 9.1% 9.7%
21 2012-12-20 8.1% 9.0% 8.2% 9.1%
22 2012-12-26 9.4% 10.2% 8.5% 9.5%
23 2012-12-27 10.1% 10.6% 9.8% 10.3%
24 2013-01-02 10.4% 11.9% 8.8% 9.2%
25 2013-01-03 10.3% 11.8% 10.8% 11.3%
26 2013-01-09 9.5% 10.5% 9.4% 9.3%
27 2013-01-10 10.7% 12.2% 10.2% 9.5%
28 2013-01-16 10.3% 11.5% 9.3% 9.2%
29 2013-01-17 11.6% 12.8% 10.2% 10.3%
30 2013-01-23 9.6% 10.6% 9.6% 10.0%
31 2013-01-24 11.1% 12.6% 9.0% 9.3%
32 2013-01-30 9.3% 11.2% 9.1% 9.2%
33 2013-01-31 9.9% 11.4% 9.6% 10.4%
34 2013-02-06 10.0% 9.5% 10.0%
35 2013-02-07 10.3% 8.8% 8.9%

Notes
  1. Credited as Lee Min-ho.

References
  1. Lee, Tae-ho (September 26, 2012). "Ji Sung Says "I Felt like Falling in Love with Ji Jin-hee"". 10Asia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. "Lee Min Ho makes his first appearance in The Great Seer as King Woo" Archived 2012-12-29 at the Wayback Machine. Korea.com. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  3. Ho, Stewart (October 17, 2012). "Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Kara's Park Gyuri Lend Vocals For The Great Seer Drama OST". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  4. Jeon, Su Mi (November 11, 2012). "Super Junior Kyuhyun's OST Piece for The Great Seer to Soon Be Released". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  5. 런닝맨 광주촬영 포착 ‘국민 첫사랑’ 수지 모교방문. Newsen (in Korean). October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  6. TNmS 멀티미디어 홈페이지 Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. AGB닐슨 미디어리서치 홈페이지
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