The Bandits’ Song: synopsis, cast and where to watch it

The Bandits’ Song: synopsis, cast and where to watch it

The k-drama Song of the Bandits has found favor with audiences who like historical series. A Netflix original, it entered the top 10 of newly released series, obtaining a good score on review sites such as IMDb, where it has a score of 7.2 with more than 1.5 thousand reviews, and on Rotten Tomatoes, which does not. they still have a critical rating, but have received 89% audience acceptance.

The screenplay for Song of the Bandits was written by Han Jeong-hoo and the series was directed by Hwang Jun-hyeok. It has 9 episodes in total and is classified as a western, action and adventure drama series, but what attracts the most attention is that the story takes place in a real historical context, although the characters and plot are fictional .

Synopsis of The Song of the Bandits

The plot is set in 1920, at the time of the colonization of Korea by Japan, more precisely in Gando, where the Chinese province was inhabited by South Koreans. At the time, resistance movements were born that fought for local independence and for the safety of the population, who began to be attacked by Japanese soldiers.

Historical context

Although The Bandits’ Song is a fictional story, it is set in a real historical context. Korea was colonized by Japan between 1910 and 1945, which implemented a series of laws that oppressed and compromised the lives of the Korean people, such as deportations, sexual exploitation, forced labor for the construction of railways and ports, receiving mediocre wages, even going so far as to prohibit speaking Korean on the peninsula, which until then had been transformed into a colony by the Japanese Empire.

Launch

Song of the Bandits stars Kim Nam-gil (A Man of Reason) as Lee Yoon; Seohyun (Love with Fetish) as Nam Hee-shin; Yoo Jae-myung (Kingmaker: The Election Fox) as Choi Choong-soo; Lee Hyun-wook (VIP Match) as Lee Gwang-il; Lee Ho-jung (Despite Everything, Love) as Unnyeon-yi; and Cha Chung-hwa (Landing in Love) as Kim Seong-bok.

Source: Rotten tomatoes | IMDb

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