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Set in 1258 Goryeo, the JTBC drama sends a royal commander and a battle-hardened warrior after the same sacred relic, and neither wants the other's help.
JTBC's Sacred Jewel has a new teaser, and it pairs Ahn Bo Hyun and Lee Sung Min as two fighters forced into an alliance neither of them wants, Soompi reports.
The drama is set in 1258, during the Goryeo Dynasty, with the kingdom on the edge of defeat after 30 years of war with Mongolia.
What drives the plot is an expedition unit sent onto the battlefield to find the Avalokitesvara Bead, a sacred relic said to carry divine power that can protect the nation, along with a princess who sets out to save that unit.
Ahn plays Baek Gyeol, a young commander in the royal guard unit that protects the emperor. A decree puts him in charge of the escort team hunting the bead, which means working alongside the special military unit Yabyeolcho, a group he has long despised.
Lee's Choi Gu, the Yabyeolcho's top warrior, clashes with Baek Gyeol from their very first meeting. In the teaser, he sizes up the royal guard with a jab: "The royal guards aren't warriors. They're like dolls that are pretty to look at."
Choi Gu eventually tries to bury the hatchet and proposes they work together. Baek Gyeol's answer is brief: "Should we give it a go, then?"
Sacred Jewel premieres December 5 at 10:40 p.m. KST, which is 8:40 a.m. ET that morning.
Online, @primevideomy posted on X that Ahn, Lee Sung Min and Claudia Kim star in the drama, streaming on Prime Video from December 5. @TheAsaDiary posted that new stills of Ahn Bo Hyun and Claudia Kim have been released, and noted the December 5, 10:40 p.m. KST premiere.
They are ready to take control of their destiny. #AhnBohyun, #LeeSungmin and #ClaudiaKim star in #SacredJewelOnPrime, streaming 5 December on Prime Video.
New stills of Ahn Bo Hyun and Claudia Kim from JTBC’s upcoming drama #SacredJewel. Sacred Jewel is set to premiere on December 5 at 10:40 p.m. KST.
In the meantime, Soompi points viewers to Ahn's film Pretty Crazy and Lee Sung Min's film Boss, both on Viki.
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