May Queen
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Title: 메이퀸 / May Queen
Genre: Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 38
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2012-Aug-18 to 2012-Dec-23
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50
Synopsis
A story about characters related to ships.
Chun Hae Joo (Han Ji Hye) is a woman who pulls herself up from a harsh life and makes a name for herself in the shipbuilding industry.
Park Chang Hee (Jae Hee) and Kang San (Kim Jae Won) are the two men who war for her love.
Cast
Main Cast
Han Ji Hye as Chun Hae Joo
- Kim Yoo Jung as Chun Hae Joo (Young)
Jae Hee as Park Chang Hee
- Park Gun Tae as Chang Hee (Young)
Kim Jae Won as Kang San
- Park Ji Bin as Kang San (Young)
Son Eun Seo as Jang In Hwa
- Hyun Seung Min as In Hwa (Young)
Hae Joo’s family
Ahn Nae Sang as Chun Hong Chul
Geum Bo Ra as Jo Dal Soon
Moon Ji Yoon as Chun Sang Tae
- Kim Dong Hyun as Sang Tae (Young)
Jung Hye Won as Chun Young Joo
- Kang Ji Woo (강지우) as Young Joo (Young)
Yoon Jung Eun as Chun Jin Joo
Chun Ji Group
Lee Duk Hwa as Jang Do Hyeon
Yang Mi Kyung as Lee Geum Hee
Yoon Jong Hwa as Jang Il Moon
- Seo Young Joo as Jang Il Moon (Young)
Kim Gyu Chul as Park Gi Chul
Hae Poong Group
Go In Bum as Kang Dae Pyung
Lee Hoon as Yoon Jeong Woo
Kim Ji Young as Lee Bong Hee
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Yoon Hak Soo
Baek Seung Hee as Jo Min Kyung
Production Credits
Producer: Jung Min Woo (정민우)
Director: Baek Ho Min
Screenwriter: Son Young Mok
Episode Preview
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 29
Episode 30
Episode 31
Episode 32
Episode 33
Episode 34
Episode 35
Episode 36
Episode 37
Episode 38
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-08-18 | 1 | 11.3 (7th) | 12.1 (8th) | 11.3 (6th) | 12.5 (6th) |
| 2012-08-19 | 2 | 11.6 (10th) | 12.6 (7th) | 10.8 (10th) | 12.3 (8th) |
| 2012-08-25 | 3 | 13.9 (5th) | 15.4 (4th) | 12.0 (7th) | 13.1 (6th) |
| 2012-08-26 | 4 | 14.2 (6th) | 16.6 (5th) | 12.7 (7th) | 13.9 (7th) |
| 2012-09-01 | 5 | 14.5 (4th) | 15.6 (3rd) | 13.7 (3rd) | 14.7 (2nd) |
| 2012-09-02 | 6 | 16.6 (4th) | 19.0 (4th) | 14.6 (4th) | 15.6 (4th) |
| 2012-09-08 | 7 | 17.4 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) | 14.6 (3rd) | 15.5 (4th) |
| 2012-09-09 | 8 | 16.2 (4th) | 18.8 (4th) | 15.7 (5th) | 17.5 (4th) |
| 2012-09-15 | 9 | 17.9 (2nd) | 19.6 (2nd) | 16.8 (2nd) | 17.6 (2nd) |
| 2012-09-16 | 10 | 17.4 (5th) | 19.1 (4th) | 17.7 (4th) | 18.7 (4th) |
| 2012-09-22 | 11 | 20.0 (2nd) | 22.5 (2nd) | 18.6 (2nd) | 19.7 (2nd) |
| 2012-09-23 | 12 | 18.7 (3rd) | 21.2 (3rd) | 17.1 (3rd) | 18.7 (3rd) |
| 2012-09-29 | 13 | 17.7 (3rd) | 20.5 (2nd) | 14.6 (4th) | 15.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-09-30 | 14 | 15.3 (4th) | 16.4 (4th) | 13.1 (5th) | 14.5 (4th) |
| 2012-10-06 | 15 | 20.8 (2nd) | 23.1 (2nd) | 17.7 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-10-07 | 16 | 18.7 (3rd) | 21.5 (3rd) | 17.4 (3rd) | 18.7 (3rd) |
| 2012-10-13 | 17 | 19.2 (2nd) | 21.3 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) | 20.1 (2nd) |
| 2012-10-14 | 18 | 19.1 (4th) | 21.8 (4th) | 17.6 (3rd) | 18.8 (4th) |
| 2012-10-20 | 19 | 19.4 (2nd) | 22.1 (2nd) | 18.7 (2nd) | 19.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-10-21 | 20 | 19.8 (3rd) | 22.9 (3rd) | 18.0 (3rd) | 19.3 (3rd) |
| 2012-10-27 | 21 | 19.5 (2nd) | 21.6 (3rd) | 18.2 (2nd) | 19.4 (2nd) |
| 2012-10-28 | 22 | 19.6 (3rd) | 21.9 (3rd) | 17.8 (3rd) | 18.5 (3rd) |
| 2012-11-03 | 23 | 18.9 (2nd) | 21.3 (2nd) | 18.5 (2nd) | 20.0 (2nd) |
| 2012-11-04 | 24 | 19.6 (4th) | 22.0 (3rd) | 17.8 (3rd) | 19.3 (3rd) |
| 2012-11-10 | 25 | 19.8 (2nd) | 21.6 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) | 20.4 (2nd) |
| 2012-11-11 | 26 | 19.2 (4th) | 21.4 (4th) | 18.0 (3rd) | 19.0 (4th) |
| 2012-11-17 | 27 | 19.2 (2nd) | 21.5 (2nd) | 19.1 (2nd) | 21.3 (2nd) |
| 2012-11-18 | 28 | 19.3 (3rd) | 21.7 (3rd) | 19.3 (3rd) | 20.3 (3rd) |
| 2012-11-24 | 29 | 21.5 (2nd) | 25.4 (2nd) | 20.0 (2nd) | 21.1 (2nd) |
| 2012-11-25 | 30 | 22.0 (2nd) | 24.8 (2nd) | 21.0 (2nd) | 22.6 (3rd) |
| 2012-12-01 | 31 | 24.2 (2nd) | 24.8 (2nd) | 22.7 (2nd) | 23.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-02 | 32 | 24.5 (2nd) | 25.5 (2nd) | 23.6 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-08 | 33 | 24.3 (2nd) | 26.2 (2nd) | 23.3 (2nd) | 24.4 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-09 | 34 | 24.4 (2nd) | 27.6 (2nd) | 23.5 (2nd) | 24.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-15 | 35 | 23.0 (2nd) | 25.3 (2nd) | 21.7 (2nd) | 22.1 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-16 | 36 | 19.4 (3rd) | 21.1 (4th) | 20.6 (3rd) | 21.8 (3rd) |
| 2012-12-22 | 37 | 22.4 (2nd) | 23.8 (2nd) | 20.2 (2nd) | 21.7 (2nd) |
| 2012-12-23 | 38 | 25.9 (2nd) | 29.4 (2nd) | 26.4 (2nd) | 27.5 (2nd) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
The total episode extended from 32 to 38 due to the high rating of this drama.
Awards
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Actress Acting Awards, Yang Mi Kyung
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Actor Acting Awards, Lee Duk Hwa
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Best Child Actress Acting Awards, Kim Yoo Jung
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Actor Awards (Soap Opera): Jae Hee (May Queen)
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor Award (Soap Opera): Kim Jae Won (May Queen)
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress Awards (Soap Opera): Han Ji Hye (May Queen)
2012 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year, Son Young Mok (May Queen)
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August 7th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Here is A new drama for Jae Hee, Kim Jae Won and Han Ji Hye fans.
Two beautiful guys fighting for a woman, again. Is there a twist of some sort? Be nice if there is.
August 7th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
It’s a long time not see them in drama except Kim Jae Won at CYHMH. I’ll waiting for it.
August 7th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
yay, jae hee,,,, cannot wait,,,
and that little girl kim yoo jung, she did great job in dong yi and moon that embraces the sun,,, so looking forwad for her acting in this drama….
August 7th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Loved Jae Hee, but not much with Han Ji Hye. She not really can act. Never really like her drama except I Hate You But It’s Fine with Kim Ji Suk.
August 7th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Really loved Kim Yoo Jung. I don’t know if Han Ji Hye can acts better than her child actress. We’ll see. ^.^
August 7th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Oh, Smiling angel is back. I missed him so much. I can’t imagine him as a bad guy.
COW was really disappointing. I’m happy JH is back soon. I hope he can shine again with this drama. He’s been a wasted talent after Delightful girl.
I don’t like the female lead. She was super boring in Dou and very stiff in EOE. Anyway, I will watch because of two men, specially White Sweet prince KJW.
August 7th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
@Sara,
It’s boring because she didn’t acted well. Hopefully in this drama she can improves her acting and the men leads could bring good tone in this drama. I think JH could do so, because in his previous drama (color of women & delightful girl) the lead actress has mediocre acting too, but JH little bit helpful to bring nice tone with the drama. ^^’
August 7th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
I miss Kim Jae Won…
August 7th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
So we have two leading men whom everybody adore and a leading lady whom no one really cares for (not a fan of hers at all!). I was looking forward to seeing Kim Jae Won again in Me Too Flower when he had to bow out after an accident. Looks like he has fully recovered
but with Han JH? Has to be third priority after Five Fingers and Nice Guy, where the cast and script are more interesting 
August 7th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
@Jennie (9),
Agree with you. If not for the men lead, maybe nobody will watch this drama. ^^. But I do have expectations with this drama, and I’m really waiting to watch Kim Yoo Jung.
August 7th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Forever Kim Jae Won…
miss him so much … we are so happy to see him back looking good and healthy. Good luck oppa… We always support you… fighting…
August 8th, 2012 at 12:49 am
I am so happy can watch Kim Jaewon Oppa in drama again. I hope May Queen can be as successfully Drama as CYHMH even more. Jaewon Oppa….Fighting !!
August 8th, 2012 at 1:07 am
@jedi Oh yes, most of us will probably give this drama a shot because of Kim Yoo Jung. She was such a darling in The Moon/Sun and I hope we get to see her in a couple of episodes at least. As for the adults, not much info is out there but looking at the poster, I suppose KJW has a more prominent role than Jae Hee?
August 8th, 2012 at 6:10 am
@jedi
Agreed. She is really beautiful and talented. I wish she was old enough to play the lead. But her being so good is a problem itself coz HJH is not as good as her and you would be disappointed unknowingly. It happened to me when i was watching METS. She was great but HGI was just so-so.
August 8th, 2012 at 7:59 am
wow wow wow..miss them so much…all of them!!!!
i luv Han Ji Hye …Kim Jae won..jae hee soooooooooo much..
so happy find them play together.
@jedi, agree w u, i like kim yoo jung too..she was the first kids actress who make me fall with her act. so great..i think at MES she play better than better tan Han ga in ( even she (HGI) my fav , sorry ..
can’t wait !!!!
August 8th, 2012 at 9:52 am
I love Kim Jae Won more than anyone in the adult cast… he improves a lot and really get better in every drama he made, and his simplicity and humble personality is also a big plus. His fans love him and very loyal to him because of his good attitude. Jae Hee did well too,
… as for Han Ji Hye, i can’t say mush because i didn’t get to watch her drama, but i hope she will have a good chemistry with KJW. Her role is very important because she is the main subject . The child cast is amazing, they very talented. Good luck to everyone… I definitely watch this…
August 8th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
@Jennie-13,
I think both of them are the lead actors. I guessed and hopefully the writter will gives us the story about how 2 leading actors with their different characters to deal with their life plus with love interest. For me it’s more interesting than focus on the leading actress and her love interest (just said she only be the candy on this drama, although it’s not sweet). But if HJH can do acts well in this drama, I guessed there would be shipping war again from the fans liked FOtG ^.^
August 8th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@Sara-14 and @tey-15,
We must waiting maybe for 4-5 years later to watch KYJ as the lead actress ^^”
KYJ part in this drama have a good and bad sides. The good sides she would bolster up this drama, and the bad sides the adult actress could be overshadowed by her, liked TMTETS, it’s not interesting anymore with the adult casts. The best episodes of TMETS are 1-5 with the child casts, I only liked KSH’s acting, the others, sorry, NO.
August 8th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
@jedi Haha your comment about the candy was really funny. However, the drama IS about the leading lady, from the synopsis above so it’s highly impossible to hope that she’s just eye candy. Question is who wins the girl? Guess we just have to see how it goes and whether it’s worth going thru the whole 32 episodes. One thing though, I noticed that Han JH looks prettier in the posters. Marriage must agree with her
Meanwhile I’m just going to give all my attention in the drama to Kim JW from ‘the top of his head to the tips of his toes” 
And yes, it’ll be fun if we have another rock the boat situation as in FoTG 
August 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
@taraluvjj-3,
If u hadn’t mentioned it, I almost missed the fact that KYJ is here.
Love Kim Yoo Jung. I’ll tune in to watch her. And will miss her when she disappears fr the show.
August 8th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
love Kim Jaewon
August 8th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Han Ji Hye looks like Han Hyo Joo so much in the teaser that I mistaken them… ><
The teaser makes me curious about the real storyline..
Will wait for this drama ^^
August 8th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Just saying, no offence intented and sorry to fans. But who you guys would cast as the female role?
August 8th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
The 2Nd teaser already out. I feel more curious about the drama now…so so excited. Yeeyyy..I can watch Kim jaewon oppa in drama soon
August 8th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
@Sara-23,
PARK HA SUN, beautiful and talented.