Две тысячи лет народ царства Когурё ждал, когда придет истинный правитель. Он пробудит Стражей четырех стихий и с их помощью установит мир на земле. И вот, наконец, звезда, знаменующая его появление, взошла на небосклоне.

Bae Yong-joon - Damdeok / Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo
Yoo Seung-ho - young Damdeok
Lee Ji-ah - Sujini
Shim Eun-kyung - young Sujini
Moon So-ri - Seo Kiha
Park Eun-bin - teenage Kiha
Kim Eun-seo - 5-year-old Kiha
Oh Kwang-rok - Hyeon-go
Oh Seung-yoon - young Hyeon-go
Choi Min-soo - Daejangro
Yoon Tae-young - Yeon Hogae
Kim Ho-young - young Hogae
Park Sang-won - Yeon Garyo
Lee Phillip - Cheoro
Lee Hyun-woo - young Cheoro
Park Sung-woong - Jumuchi
Park Seong-min - Saryang
Park Jung-hak - General Go Woo-cheung
Jang Hang-sun - Heukgae
Kim Hyuk - Dalgu
Kim Seok - Dalgu's friend
Shin Eun-jung - Dalbi
Ha Ji-young - Personal Writer
Kim Mi-kyung - Bason
Min Ji-oh - Soidooroo
Baek Jae-jin - Buldeul
Hong Kyung-yeon - Dae Shin-kwan
Jung Yun-seok - Ahjik
Lee Da-hee - Gakdan
Song Kwi-hyun - Jo Joo-do
Woo Hyun - wheat seller
Kim Sun-kyung - Hogae's mother
Dokgo Young-jae - King Gogugyang
Bae Yong-joon - Hwan-woong
Lee Ji-ah - Sae-oh
Moon So-ri - Kajin

01. Joe Hisaishi - Opening
02. Joe Hisaishi - Crusade (Sacred War)
03. Joe Hisaishi - Damdeok's Theme (Main Theme)
04. Joe Hisaishi - Damdeok's Theme (Melodramatic Theme)
05. Joe Hisaishi - Damdeok's Pity
06. Joe Hisaishi - Damdeok's Theme Heroic (Bravery)
07. Joe Hisaishi - Damdeok's Theme Comical
08. Joe Hisaishi - Sujini's Theme (Loneliness)
09. Joe Hisaishi - Sujini's Theme (Piano solo version)
10. Joe Hisaishi - Sujini's Theme (Comical)
11. Joe Hisaishi - Sujini's Theme (Black-Red Phoenix)
12. Joe Hisaishi - Sujini's Theme (Love Theme)
13. Joe Hisaishi - Kiha's theme (Destined Meeting)
14. Joe Hisaishi - Kiha's theme (Desire)
15. Joe Hisaishi - Unity -orchestration-
16. Joe Hisaishi - Unity -string version-
17. Joe Hisaishi - Enemy Armys Attack (Hostile Attack)
18. Joe Hisaishi - Battle of the Gods (War of the Gods)
19. Joe Hisaishi - Daejangros Meeting - Hwacheon Clan
20. Joe Hisaishi - Victory
21. Joe Hisaishi - Tanya Village
22. Joe Hisaishi - Distrust - Doubt - Jealousy
23. Joe Hisaishi - Yoen Hogaes Theme
24. Joe Hisaishi - Hyeon Gos Theme
25. Joe Hisaishi - Royal Palace
26. Various Artists - First Love
27. Various Artists - Komuru Village (Geomeul Village)
28. Various Artists - Time Washes Away (Time Flows By)
29. Various Artists - Unsuitable Love (Unachievable Love)
30. Joe Hisaishi - Fate (Destiny) -original version-
31. Joe Hisaishi - Fate (Destiny) -woodwind melody version-
32. Joe Hisaishi - Fate (Destiny) -string version-
33. Joe Hisaishi - Fate (Destiny) -piano and harp version-
34. Joe Hisaishi - Fate (Destiny) -soundtrack version-
35. Jun SEO - Rocking Hero (Approval)
36. Joe Hisaishi - Ceremony
37. Joe Hisaishi - Legend
38. Joe Hisaishi - Tragedy
39. Dong Bang Sin Ki - Millenium Love Song - Oriental God Awakens

MBC Drama Awards 2007

Grand Prize (Daesang) - Bae Yong-joon
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Historical Drama - Choi Min-soo
Best New Actress - Lee Ji-ah
Viewer's Favorite Drama of the Year - The Legend
Popularity Award, Actor - Bae Yong-joon
Popularity Award, Actress - Lee Ji-ah
Best Couple Award - Bae Yong-joon and Lee Ji-ah

44th Baeksang Arts Awards 2008

Best New Actress (TV) - Lee Ji-ah

2nd Korea Drama Awards 2008

Hallyu Achievement Award - Bae Yong-joon