Goong
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Title: 궁 (宮) / Goong (Gung)
Chines title : 宮
Also known as: Palace / Princess Hours (MBC Global Media) / Imperial Household
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-11 to 2006-Mar-30
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Songs: “Perhaps Love” by HowL & J. , “You & I Are Fools” by Stay, “Parrot” by HowL
Inserts “Ice Pond”, “Give Me A little Try” by Leigh Nash
Synopsis
Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae Kyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae Kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin’s grandfather.
After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul appears all of a sudden. He is Shin’s cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae Kyung’s optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae Kyung’s relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?
Cast
Main cast
Yoon Eun Hye as Shin Chae Kyung
Joo Ji Hoon as Lee Shin
Kim Jeong Hoon as Lee Yul
Song Ji Hyo as Min Hyo Rin
Chae Kyung’s family
Im Ye Jin as Chae Kyung’s mother
Kang Nam Gil as Chae Kyung’s father
Kim Suk as Shin Chae Joon (younger brother)
Shin’s friends
Choi Sung Joon as Kang In
Lee Yong Joo as Jang Kyung
Uhm Sung Mo as Ryu Wan
Chae kyung’s friends
Jun Ji Ae as Lee Kang Hyun
Lee Eun as Kim Soon Young
Dan Ji as Yoon Hee Soong
Palace
Kim Hye Ja as the Queen Mother
Yoon Yoo Sun as the Queen
Park Chan Hwan as the King
Lee Yoon Ji as Princess Hye Myung (Shin’s sister)
Shim Hye Jin as Lady Hwa Yong (Yul’s mother)
Choi Bool Am as Emperor Seongjo
Yoon Hee Joo
Production Credits
Original Work: Manhwa 「궁」 by Park So-hee
Production Company: Eight Peaks
Director: Hwang In Roe
Writer: In Eun Ah
Awards
- 1st Seoul Drama Awards: Best Art Director
- 42nd Baeksang Awards: nominated for Best New Actor (Joo Ji Hoon) and Best New Actress (Yoon Eun Hye)
- 2006 MBC Drama Awards: won New Actor Award (Joo Ji Hoon) and New Actress Award (Yoon Eun Hye)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-11 | 1 | 16.2% (5th) | 16.6% (5th) |
| 2006-01-12 | 2 | 16.0% (6th) | 16.5% (7th) |
| 2006-01-18 | 3 | 14.3% (9th) | 14.3% (8th) |
| 2006-01-19 | 4 | 15.1% (9th) | 15.3% (8th) |
| 2006-01-25 | 5 | 19.7% (5th) | 20.5% (4th) |
| 2006-01-26 | 6 | 16.5% (8th) | 16.5% (7th) |
| 2006-02-01 | 7 | 13.7% (11th) | 14.0% (10th) |
| 2006-02-02 | 8 | 18.6% (6th) | 19.1% (6th) |
| 2006-02-08 | 9 | 24.0% (2nd) | 25.2% (2nd) |
| 2006-02-09 | 10 | 25.2% (2nd) | 26.3% (2nd) |
| 2006-02-15 | 11 | 24.5% (2nd) | 25.7% (2nd) |
| 2006-02-16 | 12 | 25.6% (2nd) | 27.2% (2nd) |
| 2006-02-22 | 13 | 25.0% (2nd) | 25.8% (2nd) |
| 2006-02-23 | 14 | 26.7% (2nd) | 28.4% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-02 | 15 | 27.9% (2nd) | 28.8% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-03 | 16 | 24.3% (3rd) | 25.0% (3rd) |
| 2006-03-08 | 17 | 25.8% (2nd) | 26.1% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-09 | 18 | 26.6% (2nd) | 27.1% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-15 | 19 | 27.0% (2nd) | 27.3% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-16 | 20 | 27.1% (2nd) | 26.9% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-22 | 21 | 24.6% (2nd) | 25.2% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-23 | 22 | 24.4% (2nd) | 25.5% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-29 | 23 | 25.4% (2nd) | 26.9% (2nd) |
| 2006-03-30 | 24 | 28.3% (2nd) | 28.8% (2nd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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March 15th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
WONDERFUL STORY and OST too…i love this drama…
March 18th, 2011 at 2:05 am
ahhhhh
this drama is the best drama ever!!
love,friendship,family life,intrigue,emotions,tears,laugh etc….
so dramatic and gorgeous…
cool…
i love this drama, eventhough i have been watching this drama for hundred times..i”ll never feel bored T..T..T.
March 19th, 2011 at 10:14 am
I’ve watched this soooo many times! i’ve even dreamt about prince shin and prince yul! haha! Love Goong soooo much!! and the OST Sarangingayo is much better than the Tagalog version (just my opinion..
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March 28th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Very unique drama expressing a lot of thing through story love relation family etc have been reflected throughout story.the story has not only shown love after marriage between them but also relation of son and parents a prince who always waited to get love from his parents .the story makes u laugh in first early episode through princess and her familys childish behaviour but also makes u sad in its mid episodes and reaching the end story gets very sad as tears flow out in uncontrolled way hence this drama is fantastic although start was a bit weak but still it cover ups and raise story to other level till the end . Brilliant work is done by whole team actors actress director as well as whole technical team have done good music is fantastic songs are very touching and impressive all and all it is one of best deserving dramas of all time excellent work
April 15th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
[...] aku gila dengan drama Korea. Bermula dengan drama My Girl, kemudian diikuti dengan drama Princess Hour dan sehinggalah ke hari ini. Memang sentiasa dengan drama [...]
April 17th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
i becoming her fans since i watch first episode,,,lov YEH n can’t wait for her new drama Lie To Me,,
April 22nd, 2011 at 1:05 am
ji hoon i’ll be waiting ur next drama wiki :*
hope ji hoon and eun hye can back on the scene together !!!
sarang hae
April 30th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
love you YEH!
May 1st, 2011 at 1:35 am
YEH miss you so much!
May 1st, 2011 at 1:44 am
WAAAAAAAAAAH .. YEH.. is so adorable :>>
May 1st, 2011 at 1:50 am
till pretty!!!!!!! ^^
I love Yoon Eun Hye-noona!
May 15th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
I love this drama very muuuuch !! Funny and also touchy ..
May 17th, 2011 at 1:14 am
I like this drama very very much..I’ve seen it many times.
And I never got bored about it.
I like YEH and JJH.
I hope someday they I will got the next Goong.
I believe not only me will like it, but all of Goong’s fan.
Go GOONG..go GOONG..
May 31st, 2011 at 10:13 pm
im still waiting for goong season 2! ju ji hoon and eun hye forever!
June 3rd, 2011 at 5:37 pm
i love this drama
i spent 3 days for watching
ha3….
June 3rd, 2011 at 11:26 pm
This film is very romantic and most memorable…
I really want to watch it again…
lee shin and fitter players shin chae-kyung, princess hours if there are two then they act it…film..
i like it and the best
June 5th, 2011 at 10:30 am
mmm… i dont get their quarrel and make up cycle. it irritated me a lot and it spoiled the whole series. i think they overdid it. i enjoyed maybe 60% of the whole series and the remaining was just a waste. would i recommend this drama? uhm… yes if you dont have any drama to watch. this is not that bad because the viewers got to have a glipse of the korean monarchy even though it is just a make believe situation.
June 5th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I was loving this drama so much , i felt why people love this drama actually, Love it !
June 17th, 2011 at 12:13 am
this is a very nice drama!! love it >u
June 18th, 2011 at 4:50 am
sck character remind me of lady diana but this princess life end with happy ending.what if goong 2 storyline base on princess kate middleton story
July 6th, 2011 at 2:16 am
LOVE IT.. IT WAS REALLY ROMANTIC!!!
July 14th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
the best korean drama ever
saranghae prince lee shin ^^
July 15th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Glad I’ve fianlly found something I agree with!
July 15th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
You keep it up now, uednrtsand? Really good to know.
July 30th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
super love this drama..i watch it 100X or more than…