The King in Love [ 8] Korean : 왕은 사랑한다 RR : Wangeun Saranghanda lit. The King Loves 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 ).[ 9] [ 10]
The King in Love Promotional poster
Also known as The King Is in Love [ 1] Hangul 왕은 사랑한다
Literal meaning The King Loves Revised Romanization Wangeun Saranghanda
Genre Based on The King Loves [ 2] Developed by Lim Hwa-min Written by Song Ji-na [ 3] Directed by Kim Sang-hyeop [ko ] [ 4] Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes40 Executive producer Cho Eun-young[ 5] Producers Jang Jae-hoon Kim Sang-woo Camera setup Single-camera Running time 35 minutes Production company U-Story9[ a] Network MBC Release July 17 (2017-07-17 ) – (2017-09-19 )
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.
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. Won's childhood friend; an elegant and refined man with an upright nature. He started to fall in love with Eun-san. Kim Jeong-wook as Eunuch Kim, Wang Won's attending eunuch
Bang Jae-ho as Jin-kwan, Wang Won's bodyguard[ 14] Ki Do-hoon as Jang Ui, Wang Won's bodyguardChoi 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.
Ahn Se-ha as Gae-wonMoon Won-joo as Senior guard ShikKim 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[ 17]
Released on July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Starlight" December 32nd Taebong Roy Kim 03:27 2. "Starlight" (Inst.) Taebong 03:27 Total length: 06:54
Released on July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "But" Lee Hae-ri (Davichi )04:15 2. "But" (Inst.) 04:15 Total length: 08:30
Released on August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01 ) Title Artist 1. "Do You Know" Kim Yeon-ji 04:15 2. "Do You Know" (Inst.) 04:15 Total length: 08:30
Released on August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08 ) Title Artist 1. "My Heart" Im Si-wan 04:11 2. "My Heart" (Inst.) 04:11 Total length: 08:22
Released on August 15, 2017 (2017-08-15 ) Title Artist 1. "Could You Tell Me" Luna (f(x) )04:01 2. "Could You Tell Me" (Inst.) 04:01 Total length: 08:02
Released on August 22, 2017 (2017-08-22 ) Title Artist 1. "Stay" Jung Joon-young 04:14 2. "Stay" (Inst.) 04:14 Total length: 08:28
Released on August 22, 2017 (2017-08-22 ) Title Artist 1. "Hidden Time" SE O (세오) 03:51 2. "Hidden Time" (Inst.) 03:51 Total length: 07:42
Released on September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05 ) Title Artist 1. "I Miss You" Oliver 4:43 2. "I Miss You" (Inst.) 4:43 Total length: 9:26
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[ 26]
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%
In the table above, the blue numbers red numbers NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Awards and nominations
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^ Also referred to as U-Story 9 International[ 6] [ 7]
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