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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September 3rd, 2012 at 6:41 pm
@ swift, i cried a bucket when i watch episode 5 and 6… my heart really ache for Hae Joo,
On the other hand, i love the part when she was with Chang Hee and Kang-san… 
September 3rd, 2012 at 6:54 pm
wow!!! the ratings for this drama is very good, the viewers must really like watching melodramas with a lot of sob sob sob scenes
September 3rd, 2012 at 6:54 pm
this drama make me cry in every episode, really graet actors and actresses, but when they will release the ost?
September 3rd, 2012 at 7:05 pm
@ raneen , maybe the OST will be released when the adult cast started, usually videos for OST come from the scene of the drama, that means they can only take some scene from the adult part when it started…
So far, this drama is wonderful, and i think viewers are started to appreciate it base on the viewers rating… 
I hope it will get better and better when the adult cast take over…
September 3rd, 2012 at 8:32 pm
feel sad watched episode 6. when Hae Joo cried feel want to cry also . hopefully loosing father will make her become stronger to face her life in future
September 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 pm
needs struggle to watch this week’s episode .. is really hard to connect to the link .. but finally it’s work !!
watch ep 5-6 brings my emotions to the top .. I can’t cry when see HJ suffering, just want to kick something .. (this my reaction if I feel so so …)
then I was stunned to see Chang Hae n Hae Joo together..
Chang Hee’s father .. it looks more evil than the Do-Hyeon … HJ’s father death would be one of the reasons for HJ to not with CH .
but I prefere HJ with KS… but I’m not sure either if they could end up together while story about KS family still not opened yet.
so I’m so curious for adult act .. but stil want watch the kids .. otoke !!
September 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 pm
EPS.6 was really sad episode but I think that was the climax of the drama and become more interesting to watch…do you think CH knew that his father murdered HJ father?…can’t imagine if HJ also knew about it. Poor Hae joo.
September 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 pm
The song at the end of each episode which begins with “Goodbye to romance..” is very wrong. The mood from the first episode to the 6th episode is somberly. The song is not even close. I hit the mute button by the 3rd beat of the first measure. That’s how pained I am by it. (shudder)
On the upside, I’m liking this drama more as it goes along. Kim Gyu Chul fits his character like a glove. By his countenance, one would not be wrong in thinking he’s a kindred spirit to Dicken’s Uriah Heep.
Great casting. Great drama!
September 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@ hny, I am more like you. the kids chemistry are awesome, specially CH and HJ, but i also prefer KS to be with HJ. HJ and CH relationship is just impossible to work out because of what CH father had done to HJ father. Even if we say CH had nothing to do with it, HJ will only face more heartache when she is with CH. As for KS, i’m so curious what’s behind his parents death and how would it affect HJ. I think it’s a dark secret that could hurt KS deeply that he will even change his personality from being easy-going and care-free kid to an indifferent person. It was mention that he won’t trust anyone when he grow up because of his parents death. I hope HJ could help him to return to his previous self and be happy again.
For sure my heart will bleed if i watch KS in pain or hurt, knowing that the role will be played by KJW, my world will surely turn upside-down… 
September 3rd, 2012 at 10:08 pm
@ Lorem, most of the drama that i watch had several OST, i think the song at the end is only one of it. And if i’m right, it is referring to HJ and CH romance. Their budding love will be cut short because of the tragic events that happen between them.
September 3rd, 2012 at 11:11 pm
By reading most comments on episode 6 make me feel sad already…so I better skip epi 6 and wait till next week to watch epi 7 with hope to see adult casts
too much tension in this drama but will try to enjoy as much as I can since I like all the casts and their acting.
September 3rd, 2012 at 11:18 pm
@ Emily, if you skip episode 6, you will miss a lot of exciting events,
…
September 4th, 2012 at 12:07 am
@gemerald : Heh…really
??? Now that you said it, i find it is hard to skip epi 6…lol..must check it out to night…thank
September 4th, 2012 at 12:53 am
@ Emily,
yes … absolutely… 
I notice that in episode 6, Chang Hee envy Kang-san in silent, maybe because he realized that KS is very smart, he didn’t expect him to be a genius kid. He was stunned when he saw KS solving a mathematics equation, and he is doing it even without looking at the book.
September 4th, 2012 at 6:11 am
EP5-6
It’s getting hard to watch. The tension is increasing and HJ is suffering more and more. Her only supporter dies and CH is not a bit useful. He is so pathetic.
I really can’t stand the step-mother. The writer needs to make her a bit more humane. She is a complete witch now.
CH’s father also is a real evil. There are lots of hateful characters in this drama. The worst thing to happen is ,CH’s father would tell Madam that HJ’s father killed her child and in result she’d also hate HJ. I hope the children part gets finished soon. Watching KJW’s smiling face can be a fresh breathe.
September 4th, 2012 at 6:18 am
Error *Breath
September 4th, 2012 at 8:06 am
@Sara 240 Haha. Yea, the stepmother character is over the top. The writer is overstating it.
One problem with overstating and reiterating Hae Joo’s good qualities is that it can lead one to thinking her compassion and forgiveness of her stepmother is normal for the average teenager. Or worse, that Hae Joo is really an incarnation of a saint…or a bodhisattva.. or something like that…haha.
September 4th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
All the wonderful ratings and comments are very frustrating to me as I cannot watch on line. I am in Singapore please tell me where to watch this drama on line………I tried all the suggested website however it said it is not available. Gosh! don’t tell me I have to wait till the show is over for the DVD to be released!
September 4th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
@ annellee, are you a Chinese? Try to check out May Queen thread at baidu.com , they uploaded MQ videos in youku and toudo.com , exclusive for all Chinese fans , i hope you can watch it from that site, videos are also uploaded in youtube but you have to type the Chinese character of MQ when you want to search for it.
Good luck… Adult part will start at episode 9, Kim Jae Won will be their by then, i know you like him a lot same as i do… 
September 4th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Is Kim Jae Won the main actor of this story with who she would end or no?
September 4th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Hi, all may Queen fans
it seem almost of you are love Kim Jae won and can’t wait to see his act !!..( don’t tell anyone cuz.. me too
)
no doubt for KJW act but for lead actress.. I didn’t know anything about her and almost all her drama I never watch it, so guys .. is she good in act ??? cuz Kim Yoo Jung portrays his role very good..
September 4th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@ hny,
i watch her drama East of Eden, she’s quite ok… 
i’m not really sure because it been a long time. But i remember , that drama gained a lot of fans when it was aired in Philippines. 
She may face a little bit pressure when she takes over on HJ character because KYJ really did it well, but we just hope for the best. 
I’m so excited to watch Kim Jae Won oppa, his character will be different from little Kang-san because of his personality change when he grow up. I know he can act well, for sure he will be love by fans and viewers…
September 4th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
I want Jae Hee end with Han Ji Hye (though i like Kim Jae Won too in Love Patzzi, Romance, Wonderful Life)
I also like Jae Hee in Sassy Girl Choon Hyang, Witch Yoohee, 1 mum 3 dads…)
I hate to see 2 good actors acting together. Two of them will get hurt fighting for 1 lead actress. I want all of them to be happy
September 4th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
@Gretz16
tq 4 answer my Q.. I hope she can handle the pressure and do the best here so we can continue admiring the character of Hae Joo . Cheers !!
@ OK OK OK
LOve Patzzi !! u right.. now I remember where I see KJW at first.. he play w Jang Nara there … I liked it though drama ends with friendship ‘
maybe this drama will end up like Love Patzzi too… no… I hope not
September 4th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I read on the website that Chang Hee (Jae Hee) will marry the character of In Hwa (Son Eun Seo), that means he can’t be with the Hae Joo ( Han Ji Hye). It’s really difficult to choose between Kim Jae Won and Jae Hee because both of them are really good.
I love them both… Kim Jae Won is really hot and absolutely good looking… while Jae Hee is very manly and attractive too… If i’m Hae Joo, i rather not to choose, than hurt one of them… 