The Pirates

Why tonight?

• ◆In Korean — subtitles on.

The story

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

• whale
• thief
• period drama
• bandit
• lost island
• maritime
• joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
• korean live action
• pirate captain
• bandits