Dae Jo-yeong Promotional poster Hangul 대조영 Hanja 大祚榮 Revised Romanization Dae Joyeong McCune–Reischauer Tae Joyŏng Genre Historical Written by Jang Young-chul Directed by Kim Jong-sun Yoon Sung-sik Starring Choi Soo-jong Lee Deok-hwa Jeong Bo-seok Park Ye-jin Hong Soo-hyun Im Hyuk Choi Cheol-ho Kim Hak-cheol Theme music composer various artists Country of origin South Korea Original language(s) Korean No. of episodes 134 Production Executive producer(s) Lee Sung Joo (KBS) Go Young Tak Kim Myung Wook Moon Bo Hyun Producer(s) Jung Young Chul Running time 50 minutes Production company(s) KBS Self-production Distributor KBS Budget ₩ 35 billion[1] Release Original network KBS 1TV Original release September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16) – December 23, 2007 (2007-12-23) External links Website Production website