Series Cast
Song Il-gook
Jang Yeong-Sil
Park Sun-young
Princess Sohyun
Kim Sang-kyung
King Sejong
Kim Yeong-cheol
King Taejong
Kim Ki-hyeon
King Taejo
Son Byung-ho
Ha Yeon
Jung Han-yong
Hwang Hee
Jang Gwang
Jo Gwang
Seo Hyun-chul
Choi Bok
Kim Byeong-gi
Maeng Sa-sung
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Season 1
2016 | 24 Episodes
Season 1 of Jang Yeong Sil premiered on Jan 02 2016
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A review by ParkMin
5
Written by ParkMin on Mon Dec 11 2023
A boring start, it certainly took some time to get going. Even then, it wasn't a smooth sailing after that. Whenever the drama managed to pick up a good momentum, they shove in a massive intervention with their palace politics. Disrupting the flow and the main attraction of the drama. Like pulling the sheets away on a cold winter night. Which is why this was its biggest problem, being wrapped around politics instead of giving it its independence. This was easier for the writers so they don't have to go into too much details and technicalities, instead auto generate some mindless palace drama to...
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Status
Ended
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Type
Scripted
Original Language
English
Keywords
- historical figure
- royalty
- historical fiction
- scientist
- historical drama
- 15th century
- joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- king sejong
- daeha