Mr. Sunshine
Mr. Sunshine
During the United States expedition to Korea, Eugene Choi goes to the United States, becomes a U.S. military officer, and returns to Joseon in a time of upheaval. He meets Go Ae-shin, who is determined to protect Joseon, and, torn between his own wounds and his homeland’s fate, is swept into the turmoil of the times surrounding the righteous armies.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Inspired reconstruction
A fiction-centered narrative set amid the righteous armies of the late Korean Empire and on the eve of colonial rule
FACT / FICTION
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Fact / Fiction verification
5 records<Mr. Sunshine> is a South Korean drama/series released in 2018.
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- 미스터 션샤인 공식 프로그램tvN · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
The core factual basis of <Mr. Sunshine> is a 'fiction-centered narrative set amid the righteous armies of the late Korean Empire and on the eve of colonial rule.'
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- A fiction-centered narrative set amid the righteous armies of the late Korean Empire and on the eve of colonial rule
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- 의병한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 군대해산한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
The actual historical and period setting is verifiable, but much of the central narrative or many of the major characters should be treated as fictional or reconstructed.
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- 미스터 션샤인 공식 프로그램tvN · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 의병한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 군대해산한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
The major characters and central narrative of Mr. Sunshine are fictional, while the righteous armies of the late Joseon period and the historical circumstances of the late Korean Empire form the factual basis.
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- The official work description is compared with sources on the righteous armies and the disbandment of the army to distinguish the historical background from the fictional characters.
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- 미스터 션샤인 공식 프로그램tvN · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 의병한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 군대해산한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
The work's opening uses the 1871 event in which the U.S. Asiatic Fleet attacked Ganghwa Island, known as the United States expedition to Korea.
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- The official tvN description presents Eugene Choi's starting point: as a boy, he boards a warship during the United States expedition to Korea and goes to the United States, later returning to Joseon as a U.S. military officer.
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- The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture describes the United States expedition to Korea as the 1871 event in which the U.S. Asiatic Fleet attacked Ganghwa Island. The event itself is real, but Eugene Choi's life is distinguished as a fictional narrative presented in the official description.
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- 미스터 션샤인 공식 프로그램tvN · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 신미양요한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
고애신
Fictional character구동매
Fictional character김희성
Fictional character유진 초이
Fictional character쿠도 히나
Fictional characterSources used
- 미스터 션샤인 공식 프로그램tvN · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 의병한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 군대해산한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 신미양요한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →