The King in Love
2017 South Korean television series
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The King in Love[7] (Korean: 왕은 사랑한다; lit. 'The King Loves') is a 2017 South Korean historical drama directed by Kim Sang-hyeop with screenplay by Song Ji-na, Park Chan-kyung and No Sun-jae, based on the novel of the same name by Kim Yi-ryung. It starred Im Si-wan, Im Yoon-ah and Hong Jong-hyun. The pre-produced drama aired on MBC from July 17 to September 19, 2017, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST).[8][9]
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| The King in Love | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | The King Is in Love[1] |
| Hangul | 왕은 사랑한다 |
| Lit. | The King Loves |
| RR | Wangeun saranghanda |
| MR | Wangŭn saranghanda |
| Genre | |
| Based on | The King Loves by Kim Yi-ryung[2] |
| Developed by | Lim Hwa-min |
| Written by | Song Ji-na[citation needed] Park Chan-kyung No Sun-jae |
| Directed by | Kim Sang-hyeop[3] |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Cho Eun-young[4] |
| Producers |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Production company | U-Story9[a] |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC |
| Release | July 17 – September 19, 2017 |
Synopsis
Set in the Goryeo dynasty, it tells the story of a young and ambitious monarch named Wang Won (Im Si-wan) with a desire to conquer, and two people who shape his destiny; childhood friend Wang Rin (Hong Jong-hyun) and a beautiful young woman named Eun San (Im Yoon-ah). These three get to know each other and become the closest of friends but feelings of affection and love arise between these three. The young Crown Prince, falls in love with the young woman Eun San and would do anything to save her. He comes to love her more than himself. But on the other hand, his childhood friend Wang Rin also fell in love with Eun San at first sight. Even though he loves her so much, he still hid his affection for her because of his duty to his Crown Prince and because he doesn't want to hurt his best friend's feelings. But the time came when Eun San realizes her feelings for Rin and vice versa.
Cast
Main
- Im Si-wan as Crown Prince Wang Won[2]
- Nam Da-reum as young Wang Won
- Moon Woo-jin as child Wang Won
- Song Min-jae as child Wang Won
- The crown prince of Goryeo; Korea's first royalty of mixed heritage; grandson of Kublai Khan.
- Im Yoon-ah as Eun San, Princess Hyeonae / So-hwa[2]
- Lee Seo-yeon as young Eun-san
- The strong-willed daughter of a wealthy nobleman, who possesses striking beauty and deadly charm. She hides her identity in order to survive. She started to return Wang Rin's feelings.
- Hong Jong-hyun as Wang Rin[3]
- Yoon Chan-young as young Wang Rin, Marquess Sujeong
- Won's childhood friend; an elegant and refined man with an upright nature. He started to fall in love with Eun-san.
- Oh Min-suk as Song In[citation needed]
Supporting
Royal Family
- Jeong Bo-seok as King Chungnyeol,[10] 25th king of Goryeo, Wang Won's father
- Jang Young-nam as Princess Wonseong (Qutlugh Kelmysh Beki),[11] Kublai Khan's daughter; Chungnyeol's wife & Wang Won's mother
- Kim Bo-ra as young Princess Wonseong
- Kim Byung-chun as Choi Se-yeon, Princess Wonseong's eunuch
- Kim Jae-woon as In-hu / Hulatai
- Min Young-won as Court Lady Jo, Princess Wonseong's court lady
- Baek Song-yi as Princess Wonseong's female bodyguard
Wang Won's side
- Kim Jeong-wook as Eunuch Kim, Wang Won's attending eunuch
- Bang Jae-ho as Jin-kwan, Wang Won's bodyguard[citation needed]
- Ki Do-hoon as Jang Ui, Wang Won's bodyguard
Wang Rin's side
- Kim Ho-jin as Wang Young, Marquess Seowon; Wang Rin's father
- Park Hwan-hee as Wang-Dan, Wang Rin's younger sister who has a crush on Wang Won[citation needed]
- Yoon Jong-hoon as Wang Jeon, Marquess Seoheung; Wang Rin's elder brother
Eun San's side
- Lee Ki-young as Eun Young-baek, Eun San's father
- Um Hyo-sup as Lee Seung-hyu, Eun San's teacher
- Park Ji-hyun as Bi-Yeon, Eun San's personal maid[citation needed]
- Song Soo-hyun as young Bi-yeon
- Kim Jung-hak as Goo Hyung
Song In's side
- Choi Jong-hwan as Song Bang-young, Song In's cousin.
- Choo Soo-hyun as Shi Moo-bi / Ok Boo-yong, a doctor who is also Song In's girlfriend who spies the king after seducing him.
- Park Young-woon as Moo-suk, the man with the snake tattoo.
Others
- Ahn Se-ha as Gae-won
- Moon Won-joo as Senior guard Shik
- Kim Kyung-jin as Yum-bok
- Moon Jung-soo as Dol-bae
- Kang Ye-sol as Princess Jeonghwa, King Chungnyeol's first wife
- Kim Sung-jae as Duke Gangyang
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Lady Kim
- Cha-yeop as Byung-soo
- Kang-hee as Sung-jae
- Oh Ki-hwan as Kwan-gun
- Lee Dae-seung as Jang-in
- Kim-Young as Hak-ja
- Park Jong-hyun as General Im
- Ha-min as Ahn San-daek
- Park Won-ho as Chul-koo
- Seo Beom-sik
- Jeon Heon-tae
- Yeom Jae-wook
- Kim Hwa-yeon
- Lee Han-wi
- Yeom Jae-wook
- Jeong Ji-hoon
- Kim Ki-tak
- Park Hye-jin[12]
Production
- The series is one of a handful of youth sageuk set in production after the success of Love in the Moonlight (2016) starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung.[13][14][15]
- Its first script reading took place on December 21, 2016 at MBC in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.[16] Filming commenced in late 2016 and concluded in June 2017.[17][18][citation needed] It is invested by Chinese company Tencent.[19]
Original soundtrack
| The King in Love OST Album | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2017 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | Korean |
| Label | U-Story9, CJ E&M Music |
Part 1
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" | December 32nd | Taebong | Roy Kim | 03:27 |
| 2. | "Starlight" (Inst.) | Taebong | 03:27 | ||
| Total length: | 06:54 | ||||
Part 2
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "But" |
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| Lee Hae-ri (Davichi) | 04:15 |
| 2. | "But" (Inst.) |
| 04:15 | ||
| Total length: | 08:30 | ||||
Part 3
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Do You Know" | Kim Yeon-ji | 04:15 |
| 2. | "Do You Know" (Inst.) | 04:15 | |
| Total length: | 08:30 | ||
Part 4
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Heart" | Im Si-wan | 04:11 |
| 2. | "My Heart" (Inst.) | 04:11 | |
| Total length: | 08:22 | ||
Part 5
Part 6
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stay" | Jung Joon-young | 04:14 |
| 2. | "Stay" (Inst.) | 04:14 | |
| Total length: | 08:28 | ||
Part 7
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hidden Time" | SE O (세오) | 03:51 |
| 2. | "Hidden Time" (Inst.) | 03:51 | |
| Total length: | 07:42 | ||
Part 8
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Miss You" | Oliver | 4:43 |
| 2. | "I Miss You" (Inst.) | 4:43 | |
| Total length: | 9:26 | ||
Ratings
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[20] | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | July 17, 2017 | 7.8% (20th) | 9.0% (10th) | 8.0% (18th) | 9.2% (16th) |
| 2 | 8.1% (18th) | 9.1% (9th) | 8.6% (16th) | 9.5% (10th) | |
| 3 | July 18, 2017 | 5.1% (25th) | 5.5% (NR) | 6.0% (NR) | 6.4% (NR) |
| 4 | 6.0% (22nd) | 6.3% (NR) | 6.5% (20th) | 6.8% (NR) | |
| 5 | July 24, 2017 | 6.2% (26th) | 6.9% (NR) | 6.9% (NR) | 7.6% (NR) |
| 6 | 7.0% (22nd) | 7.3% (18th) | 7.0% (NR) | 7.2% (NR) | |
| 7 | July 25, 2017 | 7.0% (19th) | 7.5% (13th) | 6.9% (NR) | 7.4% (19th) |
| 8 | 7.2% (17th) | 7.6% (12th) | 7.6% (17th) | 8.0% (16th) | |
| 9 | July 31, 2017 | 5.9% (27th) | 6.1% (NR) | 6.5% (NR) | 6.7% (NR) |
| 10 | 6.8% (23rd) | 7.3% (19th) | 7.3% (18th) | 7.8% (NR) | |
| 11 | August 1, 2017 | 6.3% (20th) | 6.1% (19th) | 6.5% (20th) | 6.7% (NR) |
| 12 | 6.9% (17th) | 7.1% (16th) | 6.7% (19th) | 6.9% (20th) | |
| 13 | August 7, 2017 | 5.6% (26th) | 5.7% (NR) | 6.6% (NR) | 6.7% (20th) |
| 14 | 6.3% (24th) | 6.9% (17th) | 7.0% (19th) | 7.6% (NR) | |
| 15 | August 8, 2017 | 6.2% (20th) | 6.4% (18th) | 7.0% (18th) | 7.2% (19th) |
| 16 | 7.2% (15th) | 7.5% (13th) | 7.5% (17th) | 7.8% (15th) | |
| 17 | August 14, 2017 | 6.5% (23rd) | 6.6% (15th) | 7.0% (NR) | 7.1% (13th) |
| 18 | 6.6% (22nd) | 6.7% (15th) | 7.0% (19th) | 7.2% (13th) | |
| 19 | August 15, 2017 | 6.5% (26th) | 7.3% (19th) | 6.6% (NR) | 7.4% (20th) |
| 20 | 7.4% (17th) | 7.5% (19th) | 6.5% (NR) | 6.6% (13th) | |
| 21 | August 21, 2017 | 6.2% (24th) | 6.8% (NR) | 6.5% (19th) | 7.1% (13th) |
| 22 | 7.0% (21st) | 7.4% (16th) | 7.1% (17th) | 7.5% (11th) | |
| 23 | August 22, 2017 | 7.2% (16th) | 7.1% (15th) | 7.5% (18th) | 7.6% (17th) |
| 24 | 7.7% (12th) | 7.6% (10th) | 8.1% (17th) | 8.2% (11th) | |
| 25 | August 28, 2017 | 6.4% (22nd) | 6.5% (20th) | 6.4% (18th) | 6.5% (15th) |
| 26 | 6.4% (22nd) | 6.6% (20th) | 6.3% (17th) | 6.4% (NR) | |
| 27 | August 29, 2017 | 6.9% (18th) | 6.9% (17th) | 7.3% (18th) | 7.0% (10th) |
| 28 | 7.1% (15th) | 7.2% (15th) | 7.4% (15th) | 6.9% (18th) | |
| 29 | September 4, 2017 | 5.7% (25th) | 6.4% (20th) | 6.3% (18th) | 7.0% (14th) |
| 30 | 6.0% (24th) | 6.7% (15th) | 5.6% (NR) | 6.3% (18th) | |
| 31 | September 5, 2017 | 6.6% (20th) | 6.8% (19th) | 5.7% (15th) | 5.9% (13th) |
| 32 | 7.3% (17th) | 7.7% (14th) | 6.3% (18th) | 6.6% (14th) | |
| 33 | September 11, 2017 | 5.8% (26th) | 6.0% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 5.8% (NR) |
| 34 | 6.4% (22nd) | 6.8% (NR) | 6.3% (NR) | 6.7% (NR) | |
| 35 | September 12, 2017 | 6.6% (15th) | 7.0% (15th) | 6.6% (18th) | 6.9% (19th) |
| 36 | 7.2% (12th) | 7.4% (14th) | 6.2% (NR) | 6.3% (20th) | |
| 37 | September 18, 2017 | 5.8% (24th) | 6.6% (NR) | 6.1% (NR) | 6.9% (NR) |
| 38 | 6.8% (21st) | 6.9% (19th) | 6.2% (NR) | 6.3% (NR) | |
| 39 | September 19, 2017 | 7.2% (16th) | 7.4% (14th) | 7.3% (18th) | 7.5% (16th) |
| 40 | 7.6% (14th) | 7.7% (12th) | 7.6% (17th) | 7.8% (14th) | |
| Average | 6.7% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.1% | |
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Im Yoon-ah | Nominated | [21] |
| MBC Drama Awards | Popularity Award, Actress | Nominated | |||
| Drama of the Year | The King in Love | Nominated | |||
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama | Jeong Bo-seok | Won | |||
| Best Young Actor | Nam Da-reum | Won | |||
| Yoon Chan-young | Nominated | ||||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Im Si-wan | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Im Yoon-ah | Nominated | |||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Hong Jong-hyun | Nominated | |||
| Oh Min-suk | Nominated | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Jang Young-nam | Nominated |