The Three Musketeers (South Korean TV series)

*The Three Musketeers*
The Three Musketeers
	Promotional poster
Genre	Period drama ; Action ; Romance ; Drama ; Political
Based on	The Three Musketeers; by Alexandre Dumas
Written by	Song Jae-jung
Directed by	Kim Byung-soo
Starring	Jung Yong-hwa ; Lee Jin-wook ; Yang Dong-geun ; Jung Hae-in ; Seo Hyun-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean language
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production companies	Chorokbaem Media ; JS Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	August 17 –; November 2, 2014

The Three Musketeers (Korean: 삼총사; RR: Samchongsa) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Jin-wook, Yang Dong-geun, Jung Hae-in, and Seo Hyun-jin. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, the series follows three Joseon-era adventurers who serve Crown Prince Sohyeon as his warrior guards. It aired on cable channel tvN from August 17 to November 2, 2014 on Sundays at 21:00 for 12 episodes.^[1]^[2]

The Three Musketeers was originally planned for three seasons with a budget of US$10 million (12 episodes per season), with the last season to be filmed in China.^[3] But with low viewership ratings for its first season, plans for succeeding seasons have been postponed indefinitely.^[4]^[5]

Cast[edit]

Jung Yong-hwa as Park Dal-hyang^[6] (based on d'Artagnan)
- Park Chang-ik as young Dal-hyang
Lee Jin-wook as Crown Prince Sohyeon (based on Athos)
- Jung Taek-hyun as child Sohyeon
- Ji Eun-sung as young Sohyeon
Yang Dong-geun as Heo Seung-po (based on Porthos)
- Kim Joo-seung as young Seung-po
Jung Hae-in as Ahn Min-seo (based on Aramis)
- Lee Joo-chan as young Min-seo
Seo Hyun-jin as Kang Yoon-seo^[7] (based on Anne of Austria)
- Park So-young as young Yoon-seo
Yoo In-young as Jo Mi-ryung (based on Milady de Winter)
Kim Myung-soo as King Injo (based on Louis XIII)
Park Yeong-gyu as Kim Ja-jeom (based on Cardinal Richelieu)
Jeon No-min as Choe Myeong-gil (based on de Tréville)
Lee Kyun as Pansoe (based on Planchet)
Kim Sung-min as Inggūldai (based on Duke of Buckingham)
Park Sung-min as Noh Soo (based on Comte de Rochefort)
Kang Ki-young as Ba-rang
Kim Seo-kyung as Ma Boo-dae
Jung Yoo-suk as Park Ji-won
Woo Hyun as Dal-hyang's father
Byun Joo-hyun as Hong Taiji
Han Min as Princess Jeongmyeong

Ratings[edit]

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			AGB Nielsen
			Nationwide
1	August 17, 2014	First Encounter	1.820%
2	August 24, 2014	The Three Musketeers	1.386%
3	August 31, 2014	Secret Mission	1.461%
4	September 7, 2014	Protect the Neck of Enemy General Ingguldai	0.987%
5	September 14, 2014	A Duel	1.088%
6	September 21, 2014	Commander Kim Ja-jeom	1.007%
7	September 28, 2014	Mi-ryung and Hyang-sun	1.157%
8	October 5, 2014	The Crown Princess' Desire	0.794%
9	October 12, 2014	Immediate Execution	1.030%
10	October 19, 2014	One for All, All for One	1.370%
11	October 26, 2014	Kiss	1.758%
12	November 2, 2014	Letter from Mainland	1.960%
Average			1.318%

This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

References[edit]

^ "Three Musketeers Main Casting Completed, to Star Lee Jin Wook, Jung Yong Hwa, Yang Dong Geun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". Soompi. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
^ Jones, Julie (9 June 2014). "Another Musketeer Joins Lee Jin Wook And Jung Yong Hwa". KDramaStars. Archived from the original on 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
^ Park, Ji-ryun (23 May 2014). "Lee Jin Wook Finalizing Details for Big-Scale Drama The Three Musketeers". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
^ Park, Gyu-oh (9 December 2014). "Three Musketeers 2nd season postponed". K-Pop Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ "Three Musketeers nixing follow-up seasons?". Dramabeans. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ Kim, Min-jin (2 September 2014). "Jung Yong-hwa proves quality as actor in Three Musketeers". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
^ Kim, Hee-eun (27 June 2014). "Seo Hyun-jin to play Joseon princess in Three Musketeers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Korean)
The Three Musketeers at Chorokbaem Media (in Korean)
The Three Musketeers at JS Pictures (in Korean)
The Three Musketeers at HanCinema

[1] "Three Musketeers Main Casting Completed, to Star Lee Jin Wook, Jung Yong Hwa, Yang Dong Geun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". Soompi. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

[2] Jones, Julie (9 June 2014). "Another Musketeer Joins Lee Jin Wook And Jung Yong Hwa". KDramaStars. Archived from the original on 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

[3] Park, Ji-ryun (23 May 2014). "Lee Jin Wook Finalizing Details for Big-Scale Drama The Three Musketeers". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

[4] Park, Gyu-oh (9 December 2014). "Three Musketeers 2nd season postponed". K-Pop Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[5] "Three Musketeers nixing follow-up seasons?". Dramabeans. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[6] Kim, Min-jin (2 September 2014). "Jung Yong-hwa proves quality as actor in Three Musketeers". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-03.

[7] Kim, Hee-eun (27 June 2014). "Seo Hyun-jin to play Joseon princess in Three Musketeers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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