Queen Seondeok (TV series)
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| Queen Seon Deok | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama Historical Drama Romance Tragedy |
| Starring | Lee Yo Won Ko Hyeon-jeong Park Ye-Jin Uhm Tae Woong Kim Nam Gil |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 62 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yi Chang-Su (이창수) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Monday & Tuesday 9:55 P.M. (In Korean time) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MBC |
| Original run | May 25, 2009 – December 22, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Queen Seondeok (TV series) | |
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| Hangul | 선덕여왕 |
| Hanja | 善德女王 |
| Revised Romanization | Seondeok Yeowang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏndŏk Yŏwang |
Queen Seondeok is a South Korean historical drama aired on MBC. It chronicles the life of Queen Seondeok of Silla.
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[edit] MBC official synopsis
Deokman (Queen Seondeok’s childhood name) was born as Princess Cheonmyeong's twin and a member of the Silla royal family, but a prophecy leads to her abandonment as a baby. She was later brought back to the Silla palace, where she joined forces with her twin sister to oppose Seju Mi-shil, a royal concubine, court lady and high ranking official second to the King who wanted to seize power. Mi-shil devised sinister plans to have the two Silla princesses exiled from the kingdom. In a secretive battle she assassinated Princess Cheonmyeong, but Princess Deokman shrewdly enlisted the help of General Kim Yushin and eliminated Mi-shil, who had been planning to conduct a coup d'état. After that, Princess Deokman thus became the first female ruler of the Silla kingdom as Queen Seondeok.
[edit] Cast
- Lee Yo Won as Deokman, then Queen Seondeok of Silla
- Nam Ji Hyeon as young Deokman
- Ko Hyun Jung as Mishil (the Keeper of the Seals)
- UEE as young Mishil
- Uhm Tae Woong (Tae-woong Eom) as Kim Yushin
- Lee Hyun Woo as young Kim Yushin
- Park Ye-Jin as Princess Cheonmyeong (Deokman's twin sister)
- Shin Se-Kyung as young Princess Cheonmyeong
- Kim Nam Gil as Bidam
- Park Ji Bin as young Bidam
[edit] Extended cast
- Yu Seung-ho as Kim Chun Chu
- Jeon No Min as Seolwon
- Lee Seung Hyo as Kim Alcheon
- Jo Min Ki as King Jinpyeong
- Baek Jong Min as young King Jinpyeong / Crown Prince Baekjeong
- Yoon Yoo Sun as Queen Maya
- Park Soo Jin as young Queen Maya
- Seo Young Hee as Sohwa
- An Gil Gang as Chilsuk
- Hong Gyeong In as Seokpum
- Do Yi Seong as Kim Yongchun
- Jeong Ho Bin as Munno
- Joo Sang Wook as Wolya
- Lee Soon-jae as King Jinheung
- Im Ho as King Jinji
- Ryu Sang Wook as Daenambo
[edit] International broadcast
- In Taiwan the main Korean drama channel Videoland broadcast in 2009.And also, the HD version was broadcasted in ELTA TV on MOD of Taiwan
- In most parts of the United States, the drama aired on MBC America during the summer of 2009 through February 2010.
- As of May 2010, The Great Queen Seondeok, along with other Korean dramas such as Iris, My Lovely Sam Soon, and Pasta, have been added to Hulu.
- In the Philippines, GMA Network acquired the rights to broadcast the show outside Korea, and aired on the said network.
- In Hong Kong, the series started to air on 22 June 2010 on TVB Pay Vision. A second broadcast on TVB's HD channel has started on 18 November 2011.
- In Hungary the series started to air in October 2010 on m1.
- In Turkey the general TV channel TRT broadcast Queen Seondeok starting from 7 December 2009. A second broadcast of the whole drama has started on 13 June 2011.
- In New Zealand on VoiceTV Network from September 2010 to March 2011. Re-run again from June 2011.
- It is currently being aired in Singapore's Channel U.
[edit] International Movie Release
According to the production team of the successful hit drama series Queen Seon Deok which depicts the story of the first female ruler of Korea during the ancient times. The movie has been approved by the Korean Movie Industry Team for an International release with English Subtitle in selec cinemas in the world. The film has a working title of Queen Seondeok Of Silla which will be filmed on November 2011 and to be released on August 2012. The movie will be released all around the world.
[edit] Awards
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: Daesang Grand Prize TV Section (Ko Hyun Jung)
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: New Actor TV Section (Kim Nam Gil)
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: Best Drama nomination (Queen Seon Deok)
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: Popularity Award Female TV Section nomination (Lee Yo Won)
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: Popularity Award Female TV Section nomination (Ko Hyun Jung)
- 2010 46th Baeksang Art Awards: Popularity Award Male TV Section nomination (Kim Nam Gil)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang-Grand Prize (Ko Hyun Jung)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Female Top Excellence Award (Lee Yo Won)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Male Top Excellence Award (Uhm Tae Woong)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Male Excellence Award (Kim Nam Gil)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Male Newcomer Award (Yoo Seung Ho, Lee Seung Hyo)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Drama of the Year Award
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Kim Nam Gil & Lee Yo Won)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award (Shin Goo)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Special Child Actor Award (Nam Ji Hyun)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Ahn Kil Kang, Seo Young Hee)
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Kim Young Hyun & Park Sang Yun)
