King’s Dream
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Title: 대왕의 꿈 / King’s Dream
Chinese Title: 大王的夢想 / 大王之夢
Also known as: The Great King’s Dream / Dream of the Emperor
Previously known as: 태종무열왕 / King Taejong Muyeol
Genre: Historical
Episodes: 70 + 5 Special
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2012-Sep-02 to 2013-June-09
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40
Synopsis
Story about Kim Choon Choo (Choi Soo Jong), who led the unification of three ancient kingdoms – Goguryeo, Baekjae and Shilla – and achieved the restoration of Shilla Kingdom. This drama has interpreted the historical records of United Shilla founders, King Taejong Mooyeol and King Moon Moo, with dramatic imaginations. It, also, highlights the leadership of Kim Choon Choo who achieved the most glorious cultural heyday in nation’s history. It is the drama that will give you the lessons about the great cause, vision, loyalty, success and failure by looking into the lives of the politicians and the heroes of that era. It will present the virtues needed in this age of limitless competition.
Cast
Main Cast
Choi Soo Jong as Kim Choon Choo
- Chae Sang Woo as Choon Choo (young)
Kim Yoo Suk as Kim Yoo Shin
- No Young Hak as Yoo Shin (young)
Park Joo Mi as Queen Seon Duk / Princess Duk Man (Episode 1-18)
Hong Eun Hee as Queen Seon Duk / Princess Duk Man (Episode 19 onward)
- Sun Joo Ah (선주아) as Duk Man (young)
Lee Young Ah as Queen Seung Man
- Kim Hyun Soo as Seung Man (young)
Kim Choon Cho’s family
Jung Dong Hwan as Kim Yong Choon
Jo Kyung Sook (조경숙) as Princess Chun Myung
Choo So Young as Princess Bo Ra
Lina as Queen Munmyeong
Min Ji Ah as Bo Hee
Park Gri Na as Go Ta Soo
- Jung Da Bin as Go Ta Soo (young)
Lee Jong Soo as Kim Beop Min, later King Moon Moo
- Kim Jin Sung (김진성) as Beop Min (young)
Jun Kwang Jin (전광진) as Kim In Moon
Choi Kyu Hyun (최규현) as Queen Ja Eui
Kim Yoo Shin’s family
Choi Il Hwa as Kim Seo Hyun
- Kim Dong Yoon as Seo Hyun (young)
Kim Ye Ryung as Mrs. Man Myung (Yoo Shin’s mother)
- Kim Hyung Mi (김형미) as Man Myung (young)
Kim Hyun Sook (김현숙) as Lady Jae Mae
Kim Dong Yoon as Kim Sam Kwang
Ga Won as Princess Ji So
Silla Bureau Royal House
Kim Ha Kyoon as King Jin Pyung
Jung Jae Soon as Dowager Sa Do
Hong Il Kwon as Galmoonwang Gook Ban (King Jin Pyung’s brother)
Jo Yang Ja as Dowager Man Ho
Im Nan Hyung (임난형) as Queen Ma Ya
Lee Si Won (이시원) as Princess Bo Ryang
Jang Min Kyo (장민교) as Military Commander Bo Ro
Chun Bo Geun as Man Hwa
Son Yeo Eun as Princess Seung Man (later Queen Jin Duk)
Silla Noble Politicians
Im Hyuk as Al Chun
Suh In Suk as Suk Eul Jong
Lee Woo Suk as Eul Je
Park Chil Yong as Kim Hoo Jin
Yang Jae Sung as Im Jong
Lee Il Jae as Ho Rim
Bae Do Hwan as Yeom Jang
- Kim Ki Doo (김기두) as Yum Jang (young)
Choi Chul Ho as Bi Dam
Kang Ji Hoo as Yum Jong
Baek Jae Jin as Man Choon
Kim Myung Gook as Geum Kang
Lee Won Suk (이원석) as Sa Jin
Silla’s renaissance Protagonist
Park Jae Woong (박재웅) as Kim Heum Soon
Kim Hyuk as Geom Goon
Choi Wang Soon (최왕순) as Ye Won
Lee Myung Ho (이명호) as Yang Do
Jung Wook as Goon Kwan
Yoo Min Ho as Chun Kwang
Yoon Hong Bin (윤홍빈) as Kwan Chang
Kim Ji Hoon (김지훈) as Ban Gool
Lee Won Bal as Kim Poom Il
Choi Kyu Hwan as Kim Jin Joo
Jung Dong Kyu (정동규) as Kim Jin Heum
Other Silla people
Lee Dae Ro as Buddhist monk Won Kwang
Jo Jae Wan as Baek Suk
Choi Bum Ho as Chan Duk
Lee Chul Min as Chil Sook
Yum Chul Ho (염철호) as Suk Poom
Kim Hong Pyo as Kim Poom Suk
Lee Byung Wook as Gum Il
Kim Tae Hyung (김태형) as Kang Soo
Gwi Moon Dan
Jang Dong Jik as Bi Hyung
Kim Kyung Ryong as Nan Seung
Lee Jung Yong as Gil Dal
Noh Hyung Jo (노영주) as On Goon Hae
Lee Se Young as Chun Gwan Nyeo
Kim Jin Yi (김진이) as Si No
Hong Soo Ah as Yun Hwa
- Kang Ye Seo as Yun Hwa (child)
Lee Ah Yi as Cha Bi
- Lee Hye In as Cha Bi (young)
Jang Joon Nyung (장준녕) as Mo Chuk
Maya as Ho Rang
Kim Hyun Jung as Myo Rang
Goguryeo
Ahn Shin Woo (안신우) as King Bo Jang
Choi Dong Joon as Yun Gae Somoon
Baekje
Park Chul Ho as King Moo
Lee Jin Woo as King Ui Ja
Cha Gi Hwan (차기환) as Gye Roo
Choi Woo Joon (최우준) as Yoon Choong
Kim Won Bae as Sung Choong
Choi Dong Yub (최동엽) as Ui Jik
Hong In Young as Hwa Si
Choi Jae Sung as Gye Baek
Bordering Countries of Silla (Tang Dinasty)
Yoon Seung Won as Tang Tae Jong
Seo Dong Soo as Tang Go Jong
Jung Heung Chae as So Jung Bang
Bang Hyung Joo (방형주) as Dong Bo Ryang
Bordering Countries of Silla (Japan)
Kim Min Kyung as Empress Saimei
Ahn Hong Jin as Emperor Tenji
Noh Seung Jin (노승진) as Fujiwara Kamatari
Jung Jin Gak as Soga no Iruka
Production Credits
Producer: Han Joon Seo
Director: Shin Chang Suk, Kim Sang Hwi
Screenwriter: Yoo Dong Yoon, Kim Seon Duk
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-09-02 | Sp1 | 8.4 (20th) | 8.6 | 8.2 (17th) | 8.3 (16th) |
| 2012-09-08 | 1 | 12.9 (6th) | 12.5 (6th) | 12.5 (5th) | 12.2 (6th) |
| 2012-09-09 | 2 | 12.6 (9th) | 12.4 (8th) | 12.2 (8th) | 11.8 (8th) |
| 2012-09-15 | 3 | 11.6 (10th) | 11.1 (11th) | 11.5 (5th) | 11.0 (9th) |
| 2012-09-16 | 4 | 11.8 (12th) | 11.5 (10th) | 12.3 (9th) | 12.2 (9th) |
| 2012-09-22 | 5 | 13.0 (5th) | 13.1 (6th) | 12.8 (5th) | 12.9 (5th) |
| 2012-09-23 | 6 | 10.2 (13th) | 9.7 (16th) | 11.7 (8th) | 11.2 (9th) |
| 2012-09-29 | 7 | 12.3 (7th) | 11.3 (9th) | 9.6 (6th) | 9.6 (7th) |
| 2012-09-30 | 8 | 8.9 (12th) | 8.7 (14th) | 8.8 (9th) | 8.6 (11th) |
| 2012-10-06 | 9 | 13.8 (5th) | 12.9 (5th) | 13.2 (5th) | 12.9 (5th) |
| 2012-10-07 | 10 | 11.4 (11th) | 10.4 (14th) | 11.4 (7th) | 11.0 (9th) |
| 2012-10-13 | 11 | 12.2 (6th) | 11.7 (7th) | 13.1 (5th) | 12.3 (5th) |
| 2012-10-14 | 12 | 11.6 (8th) | 10.8 (10th) | 13.1 (7th) | 13.1 (7th) |
| 2012-10-20 | 13 | 12.8 (5th) | 12.0 (8th) | 13.9 (5th) | 13.4 (5th) |
| 2012-10-21 | 14 | 11.4 (8th) | 10.3 (12th) | 10.9 (7th) | 10.2 (9th) |
| 2012-10-27 | 15 | 12.3 (7th) | 11.6 (9th) | 12.2 (6th) | 11.3 (9th) |
| 2012-10-28 | 16 | 11.5 (9th) | 11.2 (10th) | 11.8 (7th) | 11.5 (8th) |
| 2012-11-03 | 17 | 11.8 (6th) | 10.9 (11th) | 12.5 (6th) | 12.1 (8th) |
| 2012-11-04 | 18 | 10.9 (13th) | 9.4 (18th) | 11.2 (10th) | 10.1 (12th) |
| 2012-11-24 | sp2 | 8.2 (20th) | 7.9 (20th) | 7.4 (18th) | (<7.2) |
| 2012-11-25 | sp3 | 7.4 | (<8.4) | 6.8 | (<7.6) |
| 2012-12-01 | sp4 | 8.5 (20th) | (<8.1) | 8.6 (17th) | 7.4 (20th) |
| 2012-12-02 | sp5 | 5.0 | (<8.1) | 4.9 | (<7.8) |
| 2012-12-08 | 19 | 12.2 (8th) | 12.3 (7th) | 10.9 (7th) | 9.5 (14th) |
| 2012-12-09 | 20 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.0 (18th) | 8.6 |
| 2012-12-15 | 21 | 9.5 (14th) | 9.2 (16th) | 10.7 (9th) | 10.5 (9th) |
| 2012-12-16 | 22 | 9.5 (15th) | 8.5 (18th) | 10.8 (10th) | 10.0 (13th) |
| 2012-12-22 | 23 | 10.5 (15th) | 10.1 (14th) | 11.2 (10th) | 10.6 (12th) |
| 2012-12-23 | 24 | 11.0 (13th) | 9.5 (16th) | 11.7 (10th) | 10.8 (12th) |
| 2012-12-29 | 25 | 14.0 (6th) | 13.3 (7th) | 13.9 (4th) | 13.1 (5th) |
| 2012-12-30 | 26 | 12.0 (12th) | 11.7 (14th) | 12.6 (10th) | 11.6 (10th) |
| 2013-01-12 | 27 | 11.8 (10th) | 11.5 (12th) | 11.7 (12th) | 10.6 (13th) |
| 2013-01-13 | 28 | 13.5 (10th) | 13.2 (11th) | 12.4 (10th) | 11.2 (11th) |
| 2013-01-19 | 29 | 11.6 (10th) | 10.9 (12th) | 12.1 (8th) | 11.1 (12th) |
| 2013-01-20 | 30 | 11.8 (12th) | 10.8 (14th) | 12.2 (10th) | 11.7 (11th) |
| 2013-01-26 | 31 | 12.4 (8th) | 11.8 (11th) | 12.6 (7th) | 11.9 (9th) |
| 2013-01-27 | 32 | 11.6 (12th) | 10.6 (15th) | 11.6 (11th) | 10.7 (13th) |
| 2013-02-02 | 33 | 12.5 (8th) | 12.0 (8th) | 12.1 (7th) | 11.4 (8th) |
| 2013-02-03 | 34 | 12.4 (8th) | 11.8 (10th) | 11.9 (9th) | 11.1 (10th) |
| 2013-02-09 | 35 | 11.5 (8th) | 11.3 (10th) | 10.5 (9th) | 9.7 (13th) |
| 2013-02-10 | 36 | 10.3 (11th) | 10.3 (12th) | 9.0 (12th) | 8.1 (14th) |
| 2013-02-16 | 37 | 12.0 (9th) | 10.7 (13th) | 12.7 (7th) | 12.4 (9th) |
| 2013-02-17 | 38 | 10.9 (14th) | 10.2 (17th) | 12.2 (9th) | 11.7 (10th) |
| 2013-02-23 | 39 | 11.1 (12th) | 10.0 (15th) | 11.5 (7th) | 10.8 (11th) |
| 2013-02-24 | 40 | 10.2 (15th) | 9.1 (17th) | 10.3 (14th) | 9.4 (18th) |
| 2013-03-02 | 41 | 10.8 (10th) | 10.0 (12th) | 10.5 (9th) | 9.7 (14th) |
| 2013-03-03 | 42 | 9.9 (15th) | 9.1 (16th) | 11.5 (10th) | 10.7 (12th) |
| 2013-03-09 | 43 | 11.4 (10th) | 10.6 (12th) | 11.7 (8th) | 10.5 (11th) |
| 2013-03-10 | 44 | 11.8 (11th) | 11.6 (13th) | 13.0 (8th) | 12.8 (10th) |
| 2013-03-16 | 45 | 11.9 (9th) | 10.4 (12th) | 12.4 (6th) | 10.5 (12th) |
| 2013-03-17 | 46 | 12.0 (12th) | 10.6 (13th) | 12.2 (11th) | 11.5 (13th) |
| 2013-03-23 | 47 | 11.3 (8th) | 9.9 (10th) | 12.7 (6th) | 11.3 (9th) |
| 2013-03-24 | 48 | 11.1 (12th) | 9.5 (17th) | 12.6 (9th) | 10.8 (12th) |
| 2013-03-30 | 49 | 11.4 (8th) | 10.2 (10th) | 11.1 (7th) | 10.5 (8th) |
| 2013-03-31 | 50 | 11.5 (11th) | 11.0 (11th) | 11.1 (9th) | 10.1 (11th) |
| 2013-04-06 | 51 | 10.1 (13th) | 8.9 (14th) | 11.4 (9th) | 10.8 (10th) |
| 2013-04-07 | 52 | 10.2 (15th) | 8.6 | 10.4 (13th) | 9.8 (15th) |
| 2013-04-13 | 53 | 10.0 (10th) | 8.1 (14th) | 10.9 (7th) | 10.1 (12th) |
| 2013-04-14 | 54 | 9.9 (11th) | 9.1 (17th) | 10.2 (12th) | 8.7 (17th) |
| 2013-04-20 | 55 | 9.5 (13th) | 8.5 (16th) | 10.3 (13th) | 10.0 (14th) |
| 2013-04-21 | 56 | 9.6 (14th) | 8.5 (19th) | 9.8 (11th) | 9.3 (15th) |
| 2013-04-27 | 57 | 9.6 (7th) | 8.7 (9th) | 10.6 (7th) | 9.5 (9th) |
| 2013-04-28 | 58 | 10.7 (8th) | 9.3 (11th) | 10.4 (7th) | 9.8 (10th) |
| 2013-05-04 | 59 | 9.8 (8th) | 9.6 (8th) | 9.9 (8th) | 8.9 (13th) |
| 2013-05-05 | 60 | 10.4 (8th) | 9.8 (10th) | 10.8 (7th) | 10.3 (11th) |
| 2013-05-11 | 61 | 9.4 (7th) | 8.3 (8th) | 9.9 (6th) | 8.8 (11th) |
| 2013-05-12 | 62 | 9.3 (9th) | 8.3 (14th) | 9.9 (9th) | 8.6 (19th) |
| 2013-05-18 | 63 | 9.1 (7th) | 8.6 (11th) | 9.6 (7th) | 9.0 (10th) |
| 2013-05-19 | 64 | 9.2 (11th) | 9.3 (12th) | 9.5 (11th) | (<8.8) |
| 2013-05-25 | 65 | 9.0 (8th) | 8.6 (10th) | 10.1 (7th) | 8.8 (12th) |
| 2013-05-26 | 66 | 9.2 (12th) | 9.1 (12th) | 9.8 (10th) | 8.6 (16th) |
| 2013-06-01 | 67 | 8.9 (10th) | 8.9 (8th) | 9.7 (7th) | 9.1 (9th) |
| 2013-06-02 | 68 | 9.2 (11th) | 8.7 (13th) | 10.6 (8th) | 9.6 (11th) |
| 2013-06-08 | 69 | 8.1 (11th) | 7.5 (17th) | 8.7 (10th) | 7.4 (18th) |
| 2013-06-09 | 70 | 8.9 (9th) | 8.3 (11th) | 9.3 (10th) | 8.1 (18th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
- a Special Episode aired on 2/Sep/2012.
- This drama took two weeks off (10,11,17,18/Nov) the air for episode 19 due to the leading actress Park Joo Mi is still not well enough from her car crash.
- After that, this drama took another two weeks off (24/Nov,25/Nov,01/Dec,02/Dec) the air for episode 19 due to leading actress Park Joo Mi is still not well enough from her car crash and the production team is searching for a replacement for her. Four(4) episode special will air in the interim, and new episodes will resume on 8/Dec/2012.
- KBS announced on 26/Nov/2012 that Hong Eun Hee is set to take over for Park Joo Mi in this drama (Source)
- Episode 27 & 28 has been cancelled on 5&6/Jan/2013 due the New Year’s Feature Documentary broadcast on that week.
- The production team confirm that this drama will be ending with 70 episodes rather than the planned 80. (Source)
Awards
2012 KBS Drama Awards: Best Child Actor Acting Awards, No Young Hak (King’s Dream)
Poster
Related Photo
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August 28th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
First comment.. That drama so long episodes until june 2013..
August 28th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
i hope this could be an excellent drama…. looking forwaard on it…
August 28th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
ya really i hope for this drama to be amazing because i need that kind of excitement
August 28th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
waw somehow dressing like that, I can see Park Joo Mi really look like the past Queen Seon Deok, Lee Yo Won unni.
August 28th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
hoho somehow gets me chill? i don’t know what
August 28th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
its too long… but hoping that the ending will be good enough that the time of watching it is worth the time.. not a waste one… agood ending i hope…
August 28th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I think this is the story after queen seon deok ’cause king chun chu is the onewho reigned after her
August 28th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
I remember yoo seung ho who played chun chu in the last queen seon duk., he’s totally cute back then ^_^
August 30th, 2012 at 1:12 am
Bonne chance acteur prefere choi soo joong
August 31st, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Looking forward im gonna watch this every epiosde. Looks like interesting!!
:) this what ive waiting for
September 2nd, 2012 at 6:53 am
very nice Tv drama in kbs 1
harajserial
September 2nd, 2012 at 9:45 am
sequel of queen seon duk
September 3rd, 2012 at 7:20 am
This drama air special episode today, the rating are quite good consider its competitor and its only special episode, the rating are 8,2%
September 6th, 2012 at 2:41 am
I`M SO HAPPRY
BECAUSE “”"”"”"”JUNSU”"”"”"”"”"”"
HE IS IN MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEPTEMBER 6H 2012
September 6th, 2012 at 10:54 am
just want to know if this drama is a sequel to queen seon deok? because the reign of king tae jeong (formerly kim choon choo, the nephew of queen seon deok) was the time when jeoson became one nation. this is the time when the two kingsdoms of baekje & goguryeo fell and jeoson became unified silla. hope you can enlighten us your followers about this drama. thank you!
September 7th, 2012 at 7:38 am
CORALOU CAN YOU READ THAT SYNOPSIS? SO MEANS TO SAY ITS RELATED… HAYSSSST!!!!! COMMONSENSE
Synopsis
A drama about the heroes of the time and Kim Yoo Sin (Kim Yoo Suk) as well as Kim Choon Choo (Choi Soo Jong) who allied with the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Baekjae and create the Golden days of the national culture.
September 7th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
admin
why is it that theres no episode ratings? just asking
(@zarima from admin: we just updated the episode ratings, please take a look.)
September 9th, 2012 at 1:24 am
Oh common admin! Where is the first episode???????????????????????/
September 14th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
I love sageuks, but it takes a LOT of commitment to watch an 80 ep drama, esp during its broadcast!
September 22nd, 2012 at 6:38 pm
No english subtitle yest! Im quiet disapponted!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
loved the drama but no mishil I guess
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October 30th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
So I guess bi Hyun is Bidam in Seon Deok..
I love Nam Gil opa better though.. 
but this 1 not bad looking either..
November 12th, 2012 at 1:57 am
admin, whats wrong with episode 19 & 20?? can someone tell me whats going on? please! Thanks
November 12th, 2012 at 4:48 am
Ja #23: there’s already a note from admin on the post above
- This drama took two weeks off the air for episode 19 due to the leading actress Park Joo Mi is still not well enough from her car crash.
November 17th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
seung mun character very goood….excellence…wow really hate her