Empress Myeongseong (TV series)
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| Genre | Historical |
| Presented by | KBS 2TV |
| Starring | Lee Mi-yeon Yoo Dong-Geun Lee Jin-woo Jeong Seon-Kyeong Kim Yong-Rim |
| Ending theme | Na Kakeodeun (If I Leave) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
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| Location(s) | Kyeongbok Palace, South Korea |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
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| Original channel | KBS 2TV |
| Picture format | 480 Analog Television → 480 Standard-Definition Television |
| Original run | May 9, 2001 – July 18, 2002 |
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| Hangul | 명성황후 |
| Hanja | 明成皇后 |
| Revised Romanization | Myeongseong Hwanghu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Myŏngsŏng Hwang-hu |
Empress Myeongseong (Hangul: 명성황후; Hanja: 明成皇后) is a 2001 TV Series produced by Korean TV channel KBS.
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[edit] Historical connection
Main article: Empress Myeongseong
Empress Myeongseong was considered as the last empress of Korea because of the Eulmi Incident (also called Operation Fox Hunt).
[edit] Cast
- Choi Myeong-gil - Empress Myeongseong (Episodes 82-124)
- Lee Mi-yeon - Empress Myeongseong (Episodes 1, 10-81)
- Moon Geun-yeong - Min Ja-Yeong (young Empress Myeongseong)
- Lee Jin-woo - King Gojong
- Lee Jun - young Gojong
- Yoo Dong-geun - Heungseon Daewon-gun
- Jeong Seon-gyeong - Lady Yeongbodang[1]
- Seonwoo Eun-sook - Yi Kamgodang (Ja-yeong's mother; Min Chi-rok's wife)[2]
- Lee Deok-hui - Min, the Consort Princess to the Prince of the Great Court (Heungseon Daewon-gun's wife; Gojong's mother)[3]
- Kim Yong-rim - Grand Royal Dowager Queen Jo[4]
- Lee Yeong-hu - Prince Heungin
- Eom Yoo-shin - Prince Heungin's wife (Gojong's chief female servant)
- Park Yeong-ji - Kim Byeong-hak
- Kim Hyo-weon - Min Seung-ho
- Kim Joo-yeong - Yi Gyeong-ha
- Yoo Hye-yeong - the Queen[5]
- Kim Jeong-ha - the Royal Dowager Queen[6]
- Kim Sang-soo - Jo Doo-seon
- Song Jae-ho - Kim Jwa-geun
- Han Beom-hui - Yi Jae-myeon
- Kim Seong-han - Min Gyeom-ho
- Hyeon Seok - Min Tae-ho
- Lee Jae-eun - Lady Jang
- Kim Bo-mi - Court Lady Hong
- Hong Il-gwon - Hong Gye-hun (Court Lady Hong's elder brother)
[edit] Awards
- 2001 KBS: Top Excellence in Acting (Lee Mi Yeon)
- 2001 KBS: Best Supporting Actor (Kim Sung Hwan)
- 2001 KBS: Best Supporting Actress (Kim Bo Mi)
- 2001 KBS: This Year's PD Award (Yoon Chang Bum)
[edit] See also
- Empress Myeongseong (Historical figure)
- The Last Empress (Broadway musical)
[edit] References
- ^ Formally known as "Lee Gwi-in of the Yeongbo House".
- ^ Formally known as "Hanchang, Princess Consort to the Internal Prince, of the Yi clan".
- ^ Formally known as "Yeoheung, Princess Consort to the Grand Internal Prince, of the Yeoheung Min clan".
- ^ Formally known as "Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan".
- ^ Identified as Queen Cheolin of the Andong Kim clan; Cheoljong's Queen
- ^ Identified as Queen Hyohyeon of the Andong Kim clan; Heonjong's Queen Consort
[edit] External links
- KBS 특별기획 드라마 명성황후 (Korean), official website
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