The Legend of the Blue Sea

The Legend of the Blue Sea is a South Korean drama series which aired on SBS (KR). The series premiered on November 16, 2016.

The drama is a fantasy romance, taking its motif from the mermaid/merman story in Korea’s first historical (romance) storybook. In the Joseon-era storybook, it is recorded that real-life figure Kim Dam Nyeong returned mermaids/mermen that were caught fisherman back to the sea.