The King and I
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- Title: 왕과 나 (王和我) / The King and I
- Also known as: King and Me
- Genre: Historical
- Episodes: 63
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 2007-Aug-27 to 2008-Apr-01
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
A drama about Kim Cheo Seon's life during the Joseon Dynasty. Kim Cheo Seon was a loyal and faithful eunuch for various Kings, such as the 5th King, Munjong, and the 10th King, Yeonsangun, during the Joseon era.
Cast
- Oh Man Suk as Kim Cheo Seon
- Joo Min Soo as Cheo Seon (adolescent)
- Koo Hye Sun as Yoon So Hwa
- Park Bo Young as So Hwa (adolescent)
- Go Joo Won as King Seongjong
- Yoo Seung Ho as Jaeulsangun (adolescent)
- Lee Jin as Jung Hyun
- Jun Kwang Ryul as Jo Chi Kyeom (head of the eunuchs)
- Jun In Hwa as Queen Dowager Insu (Seongjong's mother)
- Yang Mi Kyung as Queen Mother Jeonghee (Seongjong's grandmother)
- Jun Hye Bin as Seol Young (Chi Kyeom's adoptive sister)
- Ahn Jae Mo as Jung Han Soo (eunuch)
- Baek Seung Do as Han Soo (adolescent)
Extended Cast
- Shin Goo as Noh Nae Si (Chi Kyeom's adoptive father / former eunuch)
- Kim Soo Mi as Soginopa (person in charge of discipline at the eunuch training place)
- Yoon Yoo Sun as Wol Hwa (Cheo Seon's foster mother / Soginopa's daughter)
- Kang Nam Gil as Choi Cham Bong
- Jung Tae Woo as Yeon San Gun
- Jung Yoon Suk as Yi Yoong (child)
- Eunuchs
- Han Jung Soo as Do Geum Pyo (eunuch)
- Kim Ha Kyoon as Jang Soon Woo
- Kim Myung Soo as Yang Sung Yoon
- Kang In Hyung (강인형) as Moon So Woon (eunuch / Cheo Seon's friend)
- Kim Da Hyun as Choi Ja Chi
- Yoo Tae Woong as young Ja Chi
- Kim Young Joon as Hong Gwi Nam
- Shin Tae Hoon as young Gwi Nam
- Kang Jae as Kim Ja Won
- Choi Soo Han as young Ja Won
- Lee Gun Joo as Song Gye Nam (Cheo Seon's fellow eunuch)
- Lee Sang Won as Shim Ki Soo
- Other people
- Park Ha Sun as Yeon San's wife
- Ahn Kil Kang as Gae Do Chi (knifesmith)
- Kim Hyuk as Park Deok Hu (Lady Yoon's first love)
- Jung Eun Chan as Yoon Ki Hyun (Lady Yoon's older brother)
- Ho Hyo Hoon as Ki Hyun (adolescent)
- Maeng Chang Min as Song Gye Nam (adolescent)
- Kim So Hyun as Lady Jung (Chi Kyeom's wife)
- Han Da Min as Queen Kong Hye (King Seongjong's 1st queen)
- Han So Jung as Royal Lady Um
- Yang Jung Ah as Ms. Oh (Cheo Seon's mother)
- Kim Jung Min as Beodeuri
- Jo Jung Eun as Beodeuri (adolescent)
- Lee Young Eun as palace member
- Kim Yong Heon as Eom Nae Kwan
- Kim Byung Choon as Yang Seong Yun
- Kim Sa Rang as Er Yoon Chang (giseng)
- Kim Jong Kyul as Han Myung Hee (Jung Hyun's father / minister)
- Park Dong Bin as Goo Sung Gun (minister)
- Yoon Hye Kyung as Eom Gwi-in
- Yoo Min Ho as King Yejong (Seongjong's uncle)
- Jun Han Eun as young So Un
- Sun Woo Jae Duk as Yoon Ki Kyun (So Hwa's father)
- Choi Jung Won as Lady Shin (Ki Kyun's wife)
- Kim Byung Se as King Sejo
- Lee Il Jae as Kim Ja Myung (Cheo Seon's father)
- Choi Ha Na as Hong Bi
- Jun Hyun Ah as Court Lady Kam Chul
- Oh Soo Min as Jang Nok Soo
- Nam Hyun Joo as Jung Han Soo's mother
- Jung Ki Sung as Jogeobi
- Song Young Kyu as Lee Ki
- Shin Soo Jung as Hoo Koong
- Seol Ji Yoon as Court Lady Kim
- Jung So Young
- Kang Soo Han
- No Young Hak
- Jun Tae Soo
Production Credits
- Producer: Yoon Young Mook
- Director: Lee Jong Soo, Son Jae Sung
- Screenwriter: Yoo Dong Yoon
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-27 | 1 | 14.4 (7th) | 14.8 (6th) |
| 2007-08-28 | 2 | 18.8 (3rd) | 19.7 (3rd) |
| 2007-09-03 | 3 | 22.9 (2nd) | 24.9 (1st) |
| 2007-09-04 | 4 | 25.8 (1st) | 27.1 (1st) |
| 2007-09-10 | 5 | 22.3 (2nd) | 23.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-09-11 | 6 | 21.0 (2nd) | 22.0 (2nd) |
| 2007-09-17 | 7 | 25.6 (2nd) | 26.5 (1st) |
| 2007-09-18 | 8 | 23.1 (2nd) | 24.2 (2nd) |
| 2007-09-24 | 9 | 12.9 (4th) | 13.6 (4th) |
| 2007-09-24 | 10 | 19.8 (1st) | 20.1 (1st) |
| 2007-10-01 | 11 | 23.3 (2nd) | 23.4 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-02 | 12 | 24.0 (2nd) | 23.6 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-08 | 13 | 22.0 (2nd) | 22.7 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-09 | 14 | 23.3 (2nd) | 24.2 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-15 | 15 | 22.4 (2nd) | 23.4 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-16 | 16 | 23.5 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-22 | 17 | 23.1 (2nd) | 24.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-23 | 18 | 24.1 (3rd) | 25.5 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-29 | 19 | 26.0 (2nd) | 26.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-30 | 20 | 22.2 (2nd) | 22.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-05 | 21 | 21.8 (2nd) | 23.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-06 | 22 | 22.9 (2nd) | 24.4 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-12 | 23 | 20.5 (3rd) | 21.4 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-13 | 24 | 22.6 (3rd) | 23.6 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-19 | 25 | 19.7 (5th) | 20.6 (4th) |
| 2007-11-20 | 26 | 20.8 (4th) | 21.5 (4th) |
| 2007-11-26 | 27 | 21.3 (4th) | 22.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-27 | 28 | 21.0 (3rd) | 21.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-03 | 29 | 20.0 (3rd) | 19.6 (4th) |
| 2007-12-04 | 30 | 20.2 (5th) | 19.9 (4th) |
| 2007-12-10 | 31 | 19.2 (5th) | 19.2 (5th) |
| 2007-12-11 | 32 | 24.8 (1st) | 25.4 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-17 | 33 | 17.0 (6th) | 17.4 (6th) |
| 2007-12-18 | 34 | 16.1 (6th) | 15.6 (6th) |
| 2007-12-24 | 35 | 13.2 (8th) | 12.7 (8th) |
| 2007-12-25 | 36 | 16.0 (6th) | 15.7 (6th) |
| 2008-01-01 | 37 | 15.9 (7th) | 15.6 (7th) |
| 2008-01-07 | 38 | 15.1 (6th) | 14.8 (6th) |
| 2008-01-08 | 39 | 15.0 (7th) | 15.1 (7th) |
| 2008-01-14 | 40 | 15.0 (7th) | 15.0 (8th) |
| 2008-01-15 | 41 | 15.6 (6th) | 15.6 (8th) |
| 2008-01-21 | 42 | 14.5 (8th) | 13.9 (8th) |
| 2008-01-22 | 43 | 15.6 (8th) | 15.5 (8th) |
| 2008-01-28 | 44 | 14.5 (8th) | 13.5 (9th) |
| 2008-01-29 | 45 | 14.8 (8th) | 14.5 (9th) |
| 2008-02-04 | 46 | 12.9 (10th) | 11.5 (11th) |
| 2008-02-05 | 47 | 16.7 (6th) | 16.1 (6th) |
| 2008-02-11 | 48 | 15.0 (8th) | 14.5 (9th) |
| 2008-02-12 | 49 | 14.3 (8th) | 14.0 (10th) |
| 2008-02-18 | 50 | 13.6 (10th) | 12.9 (11th) |
| 2008-02-19 | 51 | 16.6 (7th) | 15.9 (8th) |
| 2008-02-25 | 52 | 14.7 (7th) | 14.3 (8th) |
| 2008-02-26 | 53 | 19.5 (5th) | 19.2 (6th) |
| 2008-03-03 | 54 | 17.0 (6th) | 16.8 (6th) |
| 2008-03-04 | 55 | 17.9 (6th) | 17.5 (6th) |
| 2008-03-10 | 56 | 15.5 (6th) | 15.2 (6th) |
| 2008-03-11 | 57 | 15.7 (6th) | 15.6 (6th) |
| 2008-03-17 | 58 | 14.9 (6th) | 14.8 (6th) |
| 2008-03-18 | 59 | 14.9 (6th) | 14.0 (7th) |
| 2008-03-24 | 60 | 13.9 (7th) | 13.0 (9th) |
| 2008-03-25 | 61 | 16.1 (6th) | 15.7 (6th) |
| 2008-03-31 | 62 | 17.2 (6th) | 16.7 (7th) |
| 2008-04-01 | 63 | 19.7 (5th) | 18.9 (6th) |
| Average | - | - | |
Source: TNS Media Korea
Notes
- Originally Park Sang Min was supposed to portray King Seongjong but he had to back out of this drama. Actor Ko Joo Won is his replacement.
- Actress Yeo Woon Kye who portrays Soginopa had to pull out due to health reasons. Her replacement is Kim Soo Mi. Yeo Woon Kye already filmed a few episodes as Soginopa.
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