Seoul 1945
Seoul 1945
In the upheaval immediately after liberation, the two protagonists face different choices between love and ideology. The changes of the era, from liberation through division and war, unsettle their relationship, while the political maneuvering of figures of the time, including Lyuh Woon-hyung and Chang Taek-sang, forms the backdrop.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
A work that broadly deals with liberation, division, the Korean War, and real-life politicians, and takes the relationship between Kim Su-im and Lee Kang-guk as one of its motifs, but in which dramatic interpretation plays a substantial role in its portrayals of the protagonists’ lives and the politicians’ psychology and relationships.
August 15 Liberation
The event in which the Korean Peninsula was freed from colonial rule following Japan’s defeat.
Assassination of Yeo Woon-hyung
The event in which politician Yeo Woon-hyung was assassinated.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 6
Fact / Fiction verification
6 recordsSeoul 1945 is a 2006 KBS1 epic historical drama that covers the period from liberation through the Korean War.
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- Broadcast introductions and platform materials confirm this.
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- KBS 대하드라마 서울 1945 방송한겨레 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 서울 1945Apple TV Korea · Other · Grade BOpen source →
The broad historical background, including the August 15 Liberation and the Korean War, consists of real events.
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- The protagonists go through liberation, division, and war.
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- Historical assessment materials explain that it is set against the actual post-liberation political situation.
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- KBS 대하드라마 서울 1945 방송한겨레 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- TV속 역사보기 서울 1945한국역사연구회 · Other · Grade BOpen source →
It was introduced at the time as having based the relationship between Kim Hae-gyeong and Choi Woon-hyuk on the relationship between the real-life Kim Su-im and Lee Kang-guk.
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- The two protagonists’ love and ideological choices are central.
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- The Hankyoreh’s introduction to the KBS drama explicitly identifies the relationship as a motif.
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- KBS 대하드라마 서울 1945 방송한겨레 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The assassination of Yeo Woon-hyung itself was a real event.
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- Yeo Woon-hyung and the political situation before and after the assassination are reenacted.
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- Both historical materials and articles about the controversy at the time treat it as an actual event.
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- 서울 1945 역사적 인물 재현 논란경향신문 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- TV속 역사보기 서울 1945한국역사연구회 · Other · Grade BOpen source →
The drama’s portrayal, which seems to link Chang Taek-sang to the forces behind Yeo Woon-hyung’s assassination, sparked a historical-distortion controversy at the time and is difficult to treat as established fact.
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- It suggests a possible connection between Chang Taek-sang and Yeo Woon-hyung’s assassination.
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- The Kyunghyang Shinmun reported that the portrayal became the subject of controversy.
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- 서울 1945 역사적 인물 재현 논란경향신문 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Seoul 1945 is not a historical documentary but an epic historical drama combining real events with fictional characters.
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- Broadcast introductions and the structure of the work show this.
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- KBS 대하드라마 서울 1945 방송한겨레 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 서울 1945Apple TV Korea · Other · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
김해경
Fictionalized real person문석경
Fictional character여운형
Historical person이동우
Fictional character장택상
Historical person최운혁
Fictionalized real personSources used
- KBS 대하드라마 서울 1945 방송한겨레 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 서울 1945Apple TV Korea · Other · Grade BOpen source →
- TV속 역사보기 서울 1945한국역사연구회 · Other · Grade BOpen source →
- 서울 1945 역사적 인물 재현 논란경향신문 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →