Prince Hodong is based on our cultural text and with the themes - the nations, war, love, betrayal, and death - this work is composed of 2 acts and 12 scenes which combine modern techniques and classical sentiment.
[2] The legend of Prince Hodong and Nakrang Princess is told in the Koryeo's Samguk Sagi texts that are over a thousand years old from the Three Kingdoms era.
After losing in the battle, Goguryeo's King Daemusin prays to his gods and orders his son, Prince Hodong, to attack Nakrang once again.
While exploring the countryside, Prince Hodong enters a hunting contest and catches a white deer, which is considered as a godly creature.
Torn between her husband and her father, Princess Nakrang finally decides to tear apart Jammyungo, and this leads King Choiree to kill his own daughter.