"I made these videos with a great respect for those heroes. I studied East Asian history at Cornell, and back in 2005, I found about this war but there were not many books about this subject so I learned how to read Korean and Japanese. It took a lot of time but it was worth it. I collected these clips from 5 different historical documentary dramas from S.Korea, Japan, China. I mined only historical facts and put more information I know, like what's really happened in the real battles, I had to read the real battle reports and had to put more maps and tactics, so It took over 8 months to make these videos. There were no English subtitles so I had to translate everything myself. It took a lot of time and I also had to work so I couldn't sleep more than 4 hours a day. But it was fun. Hope you guys enjoy it.
- With a great respect, Matthew.
References
The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Record, ñ¹ìÔßÒ.
The Annals of the Ming Dynasty of China
Jingbirok the Book of Corrections from prime minister Ryu Seong-ryong.
War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun Shin.
And many battle reports written in the 16th century.
Names of the documentary dramas and others sources in this episode.
ºÒ¸êÀÇ À̼ø½Å KBS (2003)
¡ºñ·Ï KBS (2015)
ÀÓÁø¿Ö¶õ 1592 KBS & Chinese CCTV (2016)
ÏÚÞÔίܲêÛ NHK (2014)
Ë°〜姫ª¿ªÁªÎ戦国 NHK (2011)
And a clip from "The Admiral : Roaring Currents (2014)"