The King 2hearts
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Title: 더킹투허츠 / The King 2hearts
Previously known as: 더 킹 (The King) / 킹2hearts (King 2 Hearts)
Genre: Romance, Black Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-21 to 2012-May-24
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
This drama is set in modern day where South Korea is governed by a constitutional monarchy. Lee Jae Ha (Lee Seung Ki) is a handsome and materialistic crown prince that doesn’t care about politics. He falls in love with Kim Hyang Ah (Ha Ji Won), a North Korean special forces agent.
Cast
Main Cast
Lee Seung Ki as Lee Jae Ha
- Kang Han Byul as Jae Ha (young)
Ha Ji Won as Kim Hang Ah
Jo Jung Suk as Eun Shi Kyung
Lee Yoon Ji as Lee Jae Shin
Yoon Je Moon as Kim Bong Goo/John Mayer
The Royal Family
Lee Sung Min as King Lee Jae Gang
- Park Gun Tae as Jae Kang (young)
Yoon Yeo Jung as Bang Young Sun (King’s mother)
Lee Soon Jae as Eun Gyu Tak
WOC Members
Jung Man Sik as Lee Kang Suk
Kwon Hyun Sang as Yeom Dong Ha
Choi Kwon as Kwon Young Bae
Supporting Cast
Lee Do Kyung as Kim Nam Il (Hang Ah’s father)
Jun Gook Hwan as Hyun Myung Ho
Samanda Daniel as Bon Bon
Yum Dong Hyun (염동현) as Park Ho Chul
Lee Yun Kyung as Park Hyun Joo (King Lee Jae Gang’s wife)
Lee Shi Un as Hang Ah’s first love
Kim Jung Do
Ra Mi Ran (라미란)
Production Credits
Director: Lee Jae Kyu
Screenwriter: Hong Jin Ah, Hong Ja Ram
Episode Title & Episode Preview
| Epsiode | Title | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | And you want me... What do you want me to do? | Preview |
| 2 | You're completely.... Get out of here | Preview |
| 3 | Be prepared... I will kill you all today! | Preview |
| 4 | Did you know? This is already a war | Preview |
| 5 | I love Kim Hang Ah | Preview |
| 6 | Do you like me, or not? | Preview |
| 7 | From now on, you are a South Korean | Preview |
| 8 | The demise of his Majesty, the King | NA |
| 9 | Kim Hang Ah takes a stand at a public hearing | Preview |
| 10 | Just go, to North Korea. Right now... | Preview |
| 11 | I want to take responsibility for the woman I love | Preview |
| 12 | A training like a real battle, you don’t want to do it? | Preview |
| 13 | My real revenge… is to not be like you. | Preview |
| 14 | Only if we win fair and square… Then we’ll get engaged. | Preview |
| 15 | Believe in me, and I……will believe in you. | Preview |
| 16 | Your Highness… Please don’t forgive me. | Preview |
| 17 | Now we ... Live in peace. | Preview |
| 18 | The late king Lee Jae Kang His Highness… was killed. | Preview |
| 19 | If we lose more ground here… it’ll be over. | Preview |
| 20 | We’ll live together… North and South, all together… | Preview |
Episode Ratings (TNmS Media Korea)
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-21 | 1 | 16.5 (5th) | 19.3 (1st) |
| 2012-03-22 | 2 | 16.6 (5th) | 19.3 (2nd) |
| 2012-03-28 | 3 | 14.2 (6th) | 16.2 (3rd) |
| 2012-03-29 | 4 | 15.6 (5th) | 17.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-04-04 | 5 | 12.1 (7th) | 14.1 (3rd) |
| 2012-04-05 | 6 | 12.2 (12th) | 14.7 (6th) |
| 2012-04-12 | 7 | 10.7 (16th) | 13.1 (10th) |
| 2012-04-12 | 8 | 12.3 (10th) | 14.8 (5th) |
| 2012-04-18 | 9 | 9.7 (14th) | 11.2 (8th) |
| 2012-04-19 | 10 | 10.5 (16th) | 12.3 (10th) |
| 2012-04-25 | 11 | 11.2 (13th) | 13.7 (7th) |
| 2012-04-26 | 12 | 10.0 (12th) | 11.8 (10th) |
| 2012-05-02 | 13 | 10.5 (11th) | 13.3 (6th) |
| 2012-05-03 | 14 | 11.1 (11th) | 14.2 (5th) |
| 2012-05-09 | 15 | 11.2 (10th) | 13.3 (5th) |
| 2012-05-10 | 16 | 10.2 (13th) | 12.6 (9th) |
| 2012-05-16 | 17 | 10.8 (9th) | 14.0 (6th) |
| 2012-05-17 | 18 | 11.2 (9th) | 14.2 (8th) |
| 2012-05-23 | 19 | 12.5 (5th) | 15.9 (4th) |
| 2012-05-24 | 20 | 10.4 (9th) | 13.6 (6th) |
Episode Ratings (AGB Nielson)
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-21 | 1 | 16.2 (4th) | 18.8 (3rd) |
| 2012-03-22 | 2 | 16.5 (4th) | 18.3 (2nd) |
| 2012-03-28 | 3 | 14.5 (5th) | 17.1 (3rd) |
| 2012-03-29 | 4 | 14.6 (5th) | 17.4 (4th) |
| 2012-04-04 | 5 | 13.5 (5th) | 15.8 (3rd) |
| 2012-04-05 | 6 | 12.1 (10th) | 14.3 (5th) |
| 2012-04-12 | 7 | 11.0 (14th) | 12.6 (11th) |
| 2012-04-12 | 8 | 12.5 (9th) | 14.4 (5th) |
| 2012-04-18 | 9 | 10.8 (10th) | 12.6 (5th) |
| 2012-04-19 | 10 | 10.5 (12th) | 11.9 (10th) |
| 2012-04-25 | 11 | 11.3 (11th) | 12.9 (6th) |
| 2012-04-26 | 12 | 10.7 (11th) | 12.5 (8th) |
| 2012-05-02 | 13 | 11.3 (9th) | 13.3 (6th) |
| 2012-05-03 | 14 | 11.1 (10th) | 13.0 (6th) |
| 2012-05-09 | 15 | 11.1 (8th) | 12.5 (6th) |
| 2012-05-10 | 16 | 10.5 (13th) | 11.9 (10th) |
| 2012-05-16 | 17 | 10.2 (10th) | 11.7 (8th) |
| 2012-05-17 | 18 | 11.2 (9th) | 13.0 (6th) |
| 2012-05-23 | 19 | 12.1 (5th) | 13.9 (4th) |
| 2012-05-24 | 20 | 11.8 (8th) | 14.3 (6th) |
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
- Actor Lee Byung Hun, Jo In Sung and Lee Je Hoon was offered to cast in this drama, but all of them dropped out of this drama due to their own reason.
- This drama previously known as “The King/King 2hearts”. On 28/Feb/2012, the Production Company announced that the official title to be changed to “더킹투허츠/The King 2hearts”.
- The drama previously set to air on 14/March/2012 but delay to 21/March/2012 due to the 2 additional special episode of previous drama The Moon That Embraces the Sun
Awards
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Actress Award (Mini Series): Lee Yoon Ji (The King 2hearts)
2012 7th Seoul International Drama Awards: Outstanding Korean Drama
2012 7th Seoul International Drama Awards: Outstanding Korean Drama OST – “Missing You Like Crazy” by Taeyeon
Poster
Wallpaper
Related Photo
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Trailer I & Trailer II & Trailer III





















June 14th, 2012 at 1:35 am
One of the BEST drama ever!.. I really love this!.. The story is so great!..
June 14th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
I WANT THE KING 2 HEARTS SEASON 2 !!!!
June 15th, 2012 at 12:04 am
This drama is SO COOL !!!!! I love Lee Seung Gi & Ha Jiwon. The story is great …..
June 15th, 2012 at 12:13 am
one of the BEST DRAMA IN 2012 so far.. same with Rooftop Prince.. K2H and RP is the best for me..
June 15th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
I love this drama so much. The story is really not unexpected!!! Lee Seung Ki and Ha ji Won is the best couple, i think. <3 <3 <3
June 15th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
This is for sure high up on my list of favorite dramas of all time! Me and my Mom watched this drama while it was airing in Korea and every week the wait for a new episode sucked! I’ve seen so many Korean Dramas so it was getting hard to find a drama that was different then all the others but this drama is. The plot line is so original not cliche in any way shape or form! The actors were amazing, every member of the cast made an amazing contribution to the production. I laughed and cried on every episode. Me and my Mom also think this drama had a pretty good ending! Good endings are not something you find often in KDramas so we were suprised! I went into this drama familiar with the entire cast except Eun Shi Kyung, Bong Goo, and some of the North Korean and 1 South Korean guard! Well let’s just say I’ll remember them now! Amazing drama!!
June 16th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
this drama become one of my favourite drama all time
June 17th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
@ Sabrina
“The plot line is so original not cliche in any way shape or form!”
So agree.
This drama set my standard for kdramas high. I tried to get over my withdrawal after this drama ended by watching other drama (I only watch TK2H when it’s aired). I lost my interest once I found some cliches. old cliches, in that other drama. Sigh. The cliches and other things make me immediately put it in my to-continue-watching-once-I-have-the-interest list. Some other dramas even already in my to-or-not-to-watch list. Hehe.
TK2H, how I love you.
June 18th, 2012 at 12:37 am
@Si
Try watching A Gentleman’s Dignity, Ghost, Bridal Mask, if you do not want to watch dramas that has “cliche”.
Personally, I found TK2H was over dramatised on the plots of the political events, I understand that it is only a drama but the writers was actually caught a few times in unfolding the political plots that would be considered ‘not possible’ in a realistic situation.
Otherwise the romantic plots was okay with the twists of life saving situations that involved all the main characters, with exception of the deatch of the lead actor’s brother and wife and ESK.
June 18th, 2012 at 1:06 am
why eun shi kyung must died? Why,,,,why
June 18th, 2012 at 1:40 am
@dian
The death of ESK was an anti-climax that I found out that most KDramas fan did not finish watching this drama due to this.
June 18th, 2012 at 3:13 am
@Si
Lol…i understand your feelings my dear
bec i really really love TK2H!!!
June 18th, 2012 at 10:02 am
I love this drama the story line is unique and exciting to watch no dull moments and I’m a big fan of Ha Ji Won, a very talented actress and Lee Seung Ki also a versatile actross all the casts are all good!
June 18th, 2012 at 10:38 am
@ swift
I’m sorry, dear.
The drama I can’t stand watching I wrote in my comment is none other than Bridal Mask. I really didn’t want to say the title here in TK2H thread, but since you brought it, I dare to say it. Hehe.
Do you think bridal mask has no cliches? I’m sorry to tell you my dear, that drama has almost all old cliches I watched in kdramas. The writer gave us the cliches right from ep 1, and because I’ve watched many those kind of cliches in many (if not a lot of) kdramas, I can predict what happen next, and yes, all my predictions are proven right. Let me name a few of them: fated first love, something to reunite the OTP (in in this case it’s the knife), and love triangle/rectangle/n-angle, and a super nice second lead who will never get the girl.
And those cliches are not the only things that make me put this drama into my to-continue-watching-once-I-have-the-interest list.
I don’t want to make this comment gets any longer, so I just want to say that a gentleman’s dignity and ghost, for me and for different reasons, are already in the same list of bridal mask.
June 18th, 2012 at 11:07 am
@ dian
Here’s my opinion about Shi Kyung death.
First, he depicted a soldier in real life who’s ready to give his life for the country. He’s the one who’s willing to be the bait for Bong Gu. So I think he’s ready for all the consequences. Second, his death is to give Jae Ha a chance to be the real king. He always gets Hang Ah and/or Shi Kyung at his back. In the last battle when he has to stop the war, he has to do it himself since Shi Kyung was dead and Hang Ah is in North Korea. So it’s to shape Jae Ha to be the real king. What the point of this drama is IF until the last minute, King Jae Ha, the main character of this drama, the center of the story, the main plot, were helped by Shi Kyung.
Many fans wrote many great analysis about it. Check out the comments in the episode 20 recaps in dramabeans.com. One of my favorites is comment #364. She, the commentator, differentiates between justice and revenge, and Shi Kyung death. FYI, if you check the comments of some episodes recaps in dramabeans, they are 2000+ and full of smart discussion and funny comments. If you are willing to read them all, good luck. Peace. ^^
So, @ swift 1836
Where did you find that most kdrama fans didn’t finish watching this drama because of Shi Kyung death? Because from the comments in dramabeans, this thread, and some other blogs I follow, most of the fans finished this drama, and even rewatch it.
June 18th, 2012 at 11:21 am
@ SEGACRAZE
Hi… *waving hand. Nice to ‘see’ you again. It’s been a while we didn’t talk here.
Yeah, I love this drama so much. As @Jeanette 1838 said, never dull moments. It sees us as smart viewers and makes us think of it and analyse the details. It didn’t give us a story which was ready to swallow without much thought. This drama also shows us that life isn’t all happily ever after. How you have to move on even in the hardest time of your life and try to utilize all your strength even there’s only 1% chance to succeed. Well, that’s the meaning of this drama for me. Hmm, I think I should change all the ‘us’ above with ‘me’. Hehe.
June 18th, 2012 at 11:54 am
@si
I have been various threads and exchange comments on many KDramas with the regulars, the ‘die-hard fans’ of KDramas admitted they could not bear to watch the drama to the end when ESK died.
June 18th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
@ swift
Really, dear? Me too, I do the same thing. I’ve been in various threads (dramabeans, a koala’s playground, and this thread, to name few of them) and exchange/read comments with kdrama fans or ‘die-hard’ fans as you said. I can’t say most of them didn’t finish this drama, because based on what I read, almost all of them finished this drama and even, as I said before, rewatch it.
Please don’t be offended by my comment, dear. I just want to know where you found that you come to a conclusion that most, you said most, kdrama fans didn’t finish this drama because of SK death, because no real evidence about it, and we can’t make a conclusion, in my opinion, based on your opinion in # 1842. If we can make conclusion based on that, it means my conclusion will be different from you even though we use the same benchmark.
Love and peace. ^^
June 19th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
one of my favourite drama ever, all the actor n actres was so great in their acting
hanjiwon looks like still under 30th, LOL
seung gi ur so amazing as always
June 19th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Another blockbuster from Ha Ji Won. A versatile actress as she is, I just love watching her. Lee Seung Ki just fits for the role. A very touching drama, showing no matter what’s our political affiliation and status in life we’re still humans with compassion, rationale, and volition. I’m sure this will be the next top rated movie/drama of the year!!! Vote for it.
June 21st, 2012 at 3:02 am
Vote for seung gi oppa , i heard that kim sohyun fans are playing tricks, may be it is true or not
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:27 am
Great Drama!!! Daebak!!! Two thumbs up for Ha Ji Won, she is the best actress that i’d ever seen…Seung Gi Oppa act as well too…^^
June 22nd, 2012 at 7:30 pm
a great drama. all the actor and actress did a very good job. It feels so real. This drama is among the best drama I’ve watched. It full of emotional. King 2 Hearts JJANG!
June 23rd, 2012 at 2:55 am
2 thumb…!!!! if i have more, i’ll give them to this drama…….
June 23rd, 2012 at 9:46 am
I cant resist not to comment on this drama, every episode is excellent and unpredictable, good acting and not a cliche story..thumbs up to the whole cast and the director..highly recommended