Second Manchu Invasion of Korea - in Literature

In Literature

  • Novel: Namhan sanseong by South Korean novelist Kim Hoon. It is based on the second invasion.
  • 2009: musical, Namhansanseong, based on the novel of the same name, but focuses on the lives of common people and their spirit of survival during harsh situations. It stars Yesung of boy band Super Junior as villain "Jung Myung-soo", a servant-turned-interpreter. It was showed from 9 October to 14 November at Seongnam Arts Center Opera House.
  • 2011 South Korean movie War of the Arrows is based on event which Choi Nam-yi risked to saved his sister

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