The Three Musketeers

Details

The Three Musketeers

• Title: 삼총사 / Samchongsa / The Three Musketeers
• Genre: Period, action, romance, melodrama, political
• Episodes: 12
• Broadcast period: 2014-Aug-17 to 2014-Nov-02
• Air time: Sunday 21:20
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Original Soundtrack: The Three Musketeers OST

Synopsis

Based on the original novel of the same title written by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers will be re-produced by setting Joseon dynasty as the background. It will put together the story of Prince So Hyun of Joseon dynasty from the 17th century with the story of The Three Musketeers, which sets 17th century France as the background. This three seasons drama is a fushion sageuk about the story of Park Dal Hyang and the Three Musketeers (Crown Prince So Hyun, Heo Seung Po, and Ahn Min Seo) who travel through China during the Joseon era.

Cast

Correlation Chart - click to enlarge Park Dal Hyang's Home Jung Yong Hwa as Park Dal Hyang Lee Kyun as Pan Soi The Three Musketeers Lee Jin Wook as Crown Prince So Hyun Yang Dong Geun as Heo Seung Po Jung Hae In as Ahn Min Seo Royal Palace Seo Hyun Jin as Yoon Seo, later Kang Bin Kim Myung Soo as King In Jo Ministers of Joseon Park Young Kyu as Kim Ja Jum Jun Noh Min as Choi Myung Gil Threats of Joseon Yoo In Young as Mi Ryung / Hyang Sun Kim Sung Min as Yong Gol Dae Park Sung Min as No Soo

Others Kim Seo Kyung as Ma Poo Dae Woo Hyun as Dal Hyang's father Kim Sun Young as Dal Hyang's mother Kim Ki Moo (김기무) as Eunuch Goo Jo Hang Geun (조항근) as Moo Dong Yi Kang Ki Young (강기영) as Ba Rang Kim Bup Rae as Yoon Jung Gook Son Kwang Up as Park Seo Min Han Min as Princess Jung Myung Choo Ye Jin as Tan Yi Bong Eun Sun (봉은선) as Seung Po's wife Jung Hyun Jung (정현정) as Seung Po's child Park Sun Joo (박선주) as Seung Po's child Kwon Ji Min (권지민) as Seung Po's child Jung Young Min (정영민) as Seung Po's child Jung Yoo Suk as Yeonam Park Ji Won Lee Joon Hyuk

Production Credits

• Production Company: Chorokbaem Media, JS Pictures
• Director: Kim Byung Soo
• Original writing: Novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• Screenwriter: Song Jae Jung

Episode Ratings

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

Date	Episode	Subtitle	Nationwide (%)
2014-08-17	01	First encounter	1.82
2014-08-24	02	The Three Musketeers	1.39
2014-08-31	03	Secret mission	1.46
2014-09-07	04	Protect the enemy general Ingguldai	0.99
2014-09-14	05	A Duel	1.09
2014-09-21	06	Commander Kim Ja-jeom	1.01
2014-09-28	07	Mi Ryung and Hyang Sun	1.16
2014-10-05	08	The Crown Princess' Wish	0.79
2014-10-12	09	Immediate Execution	1.03
2014-10-19	10	One For All, All For One	1.37
2014-10-26	11	A Kiss	1.76
2014-11-02	12	A Letter from the Mainland	1.96
Average			1.32%

Source: AGB Nielsen Korea (cable standard rating)

Notes

• The first episode of this drama aired on nine cable channels: tvN, OCN, Mnet, On Style, Story On, Channel CGV, Ongamenet, Baduk TV and Zhtv simultaneously. The combined viewership rating of those nine channels was 2.8% with the highest peak 5.1%.--Source

External Links

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4)