Empress Myeongseong (TV series)

Empress Myeongseong
Genre Period drama
Written by Jung Ha-yeon
Directed by Yoon Chang-bum
Shin Chang-suk
Starring Lee Mi-yeon
Choi Myung-gil
Lee Jin-woo
Yoo Dong-geun
Ending theme "If I Leave" (Na Kakeodeun)
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 124
Production
Producer(s) Yoon Yong-hoon
Location(s) Kyeongbok Palace, South Korea
Running time 60 minutes
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:50 (KST)
Broadcast
Original channel Korean Broadcasting System
Picture format 480 Analog Television480 Standard-Definition Television
Original run May 9, 2001 – July 18, 2002
External links
Website
Empress Myeongseong
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Myeongseong Hwanghu
McCune–Reischauer Myŏngsŏng Hwang-hu

Empress Myeongseong (Hangul: 명성황후; hanja: 明成皇后) is a 2001 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2.

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).

Cast

Two Empress Myeongseong Actresses

It was reported that Lee Mi-Yeon signed a contract with KBS for this drama for only 100 episodes. However, due to high viewership rates, KBS wanted to extend the episodes for more than 100 originally. Since Lee Mi-Yeon wanted to stick with the original contract, she refused to do episodes more than 100. However, KBS still extended Empress Myeongseong and had Choi Myung-Gil for the role. This will be seen as Lee Mi-Yeon's last episode was Episode 81 and Choi Myung-Gil started at Episode 82. The viewers should not be confused as Lee Mi-Yeon also had a death scene which is actually a music video for the OST.

Awards

2001 KBS Drama Awards
2002 Baeksang Arts Awards
2002 KBS Drama Awards

See also

References

  1. Formally known as "Lee Gwi-in of the Yeongbo House".
  2. Formally known as "Hanchang, Princess Consort to the Internal Prince, of the Yi clan".
  3. Formally known as "Yeoheung, Princess Consort to the Grand Internal Prince, of the Yeoheung Min clan".
  4. Formally known as "Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan".
  5. Identified as Queen Cheolin of the Andong Kim clan; Cheoljong's Queen
  6. Identified as Queen Hyohyeon of the Andong Kim clan; Heonjong's Queen Consort

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