Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, originated in South Korea directed by

Mr. Kim Kyu Tae and written by Tong Hua and Jo Yoon-Young, a well-
known Korean Drama with Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance and Tragedy genres.
Moon
When a total eclipse of the sun happens, Hae Soo (IU) travels back in time
to Goryeo Era. From then, She falls in love with Wang So (Lee Joon Gi) the
Lovers:
fourth prince who is a well-known warrior in their territory. The
outstanding performance of the Korean Drama, it received a lot of Scarlet
rewards in 2016 SBS Drama Awards. (Angela Buenvenida)

The story of a modern-day woman, Go Ha Jin, loses everything she had Heart Ryeo
because her boyfriend and best friend betrayed her. She transported to
the time of Goryeo Dynasty Korea in another person’s body belonging to
16-year-old named Hae Soo because she tries to save a boy from
drowning and total solar eclipse happened that caused her to travel back.

She encounters many Royal princes of the ruling family. She was courted
by several people including some of the princes. Hae Soo falls in love with
Prince Wang So, the formidable 4th Prince who hides his face behind a
mask because he has a scar in his left eye that symbolized misfortune and
is given an offensive label “dog-wolf” by people. Rivalry, politics,
friendship, and love among princes that results in a fight for the throne,
friendship, and love. (Iris Marigondon)

Moreover, Korean Dramas that was release lately has the story line that
was related on being reincarnated, death, and characters going back to the
past. With these scenes it bring the audiences to sadness and somehow
regret, depending on the plot of the story. With ‘Scarlet Heart: Ryeo’, some
of the characters died in the story that shows a heavy emotion to the
series. This is to be connected to “Han” that defines sorrow and sadness.
(Karla Molato)

Han is said to be a cultural characteristic of the Korean culture that

perceived as an emotion describing regret, sorrow, grief and as an overall
definition a deep sad emotion. Moreover, in association with the
television series ‘Scarlet Heart: Ryeo’ it describes or exhibits the emotion
or the characteristics of Han. From the unfortunate scenes where the
protagonists experienced pain and sorrow emotionally, to battling and
weighing out decisions. It was supported by the death of some of the
characters and turn of events that truly made the main

Character experienced great sadness. It was evident that the story was
about a love and tragedy as it showed romantic moments between the
lovers and the tragic moments that they have experienced. The ending
would be the great definition of Han, it was an unhappy ending causing
the protagonists to be no more and end up the antagonists succeeding and
getting away from their wrong doings. (Mark Ilano)

During the Goryeo Dynasty, women in those days who were mostly quiet
and reserved. People show respect to the royalty, they believe in sincerity
and loyalty and follow certain codes of conduct in every actions they do. Life is like a dream. Right
In the service and love of kingdom, hwarangs came to fight against the and wrong. Love and hate.
They all get buried with the
conquerers and the enemies. They are mostly clashing in several
passing of time and leave
relatively small but intense and bloody battles. Wars may cause a quietly with no trace. Do you
devastating result for the kingdom, hwarangs experience war differently still think that you don’t have
than civilians, although either suffer in times of war, and women and my whole heart and resent
children suffer unspeakable atrocities in particular. (Lei Anne Cruzado) me? I’m always worried that
I may have left you with
In the series of Scarlet Heart, it evidently shows the Korean Keyword hatred instead of love, not
"han" where it is characterized by sadness, frustration, pain and sorrow. allowing you to rest in peace.
Koreans view "han" as a hostile feeling that one is being perceived and I still love you.
also is a collective feeling among Koreans. Alike with the Drama Series, When you gave up
"Han" is being act out as "Won-Han", as this side of "han" is about revenge everything and stood by me
in the rain.. When you threw
or justice transformation-oriented han, where in the movie series it
your body in the way of a
shows conflicts and death of a certain cast, which particularly leads to flying arrow to protect me…
revenge because of "han" or deepest pain or sorrow being experienced of You became someone I could
oneself. (Mary Angel Tabinas) never forget in my life. I came
to realize that the opposite of
Sometimes love is fleeting just like how short life is, it is a reminder that loving is not hating, but
we better keep as much as happy memories as we can with our love ones leaving. I’m afraid that you
to keep us look back in those moments when we yearn to be with them in may think that I left you and
the future, even though they can’t stay by our side anymore. We can learn that you left me. I yearn for
and realize that love doesn’t cover all the goods, I mean love is not only you so much, but I can’t be
near you. I hope and wait to
consist of happiness, pleasure, or a fairy tale-like story, but it as well
see you again inside these
includes pain, there can still be love even though that love hurts us
fences, I’ll be waiting for
(Bianca Lugo) you… every day.
This drama tells us on how real life works on, not everything we want will
be given, and we will always have to choose between what we had to do -Hae Soo’s
and what we want to do. In real life, we should sacrifice something in last letter to Wang So
order to succeed on the other things. Just like in the drama, the
protagonist was not able to fulfil what she wanted because she is thinking
of what would be the best for all of them. Even though it is hard for her to
leave the person she loves, she will still do it because she thinks that it is
the right thing to do. (Lou Pamela Rabi)