Yi San – King Jeong Jo
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Title: 이산-정조대왕 / Yi San – King Jeong Jo
Chinese title : 李祘-正祖大王 / 李算
Genre: Historical
Episodes: 77 + 2 Special
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2007-Sept-17 to 2008-June-17
Air time: Mondays and Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Synopsis
King Jeong-Jo is Joseon’s 22nd Monarch who is remembered in Korean history as one of Korea’s greatest Kings who loved the people and reigned for the commoner.
Cast
Lee Seo Jin as Yi San / King Jeong Jo
Han Ji Min as Seong Song Yeon
Park Eun Hye as Queen Hyo Eui
Lee Jong Soo as Park Dae Su
Extended Xast
Lee Soon Jae as King Yeong Jo
Kyun Mi Ri as Lady Hye Kyeong
Sung Hyun Ah as Hwa Wan Ong Ju
Kim Yeo Jin as Queen Jeong Sun
Lee Ip Sae (이잎새) as Cho Bi
Ji Sang Ryul as Kim In Gwon
Song Chang Ui as Jung Yak Yong
Han Sang Jin as Hong Guk Young (Jeong Jo’s right hand man)
Jo Yeon Woo (조연우) as Jeong Hu Kyeom
Han In Soo as Chae Je Gong
Lee Hui Do as Uncle Park
Ji Sung Won as Won Bin (Guk Young’s sister)
Yoo Yun Ji as Hwa Bin
Lee Chang Hun as Prince Sado (Jeong Jo’s father)
Jo Kyung Hwan as Choi Seok Ju
Maeng Sang Hun
Shin Choong Shik as Hong Bong Han
Choi Bum Ho as Jeongjo’s eunuch
Production Credits
Chief Producer: Lee Byung Hoon
Script writers: Kim Yi Yeong (김이영)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-17 | 1 | 14.0 (6th) | 14.2 (6th) |
| 2007-09-18 | 2 | 14.3 (5th) | 14.7 (5th) |
| 2007-09-24 | 3 | 11.2 (8th) | 11.4 (8th) |
| 2007-09-25 | 4 | 15.4 (4th) | 15.0 (4th) |
| 2007-10-01 | 5 | 17.6 (4th) | 18.4 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-02 | 6 | 17.6 (5th) | 18.4 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-08 | 7 | 20.4 (3rd) | 21.7 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-09 | 8 | 20.6 (3rd) | 22.4 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-15 | 9 | 19.0 (5th) | 20.3 (4th) |
| 2007-10-16 | 10 | 19.4 (3rd) | 20.9 (4th) |
| 2007-10-22 | 11 | 18.2 (5th) | 18.5 (5th) |
| 2007-10-23 | 12 | 24.6 (2nd) | 26.1 (2nd) |
| 2007-10-29 | 13 | 22.1 (3rd) | 23.9 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-30 | 14 | 22.1 (3rd) | 23.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-05 | 15 | 21.5 (3rd) | 23.2 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-06 | 16 | 22.2 (3rd) | 23.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-12 | 17 | 22.3 (2nd) | 24.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-13 | 18 | 23.5 (2nd) | 24.9 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-19 | 19 | 23.1 (2nd) | 24.7 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-20 | 20 | 22.6 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-26 | 21 | 23.8 (2nd) | 25.8 (2nd) |
| 2007-11-27 | 22 | 22.2 (2nd) | 24.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-03 | 23 | 21.4 (2nd) | 23.9 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-04 | 24 | 23.0 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-10 | 25 | 22.6 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-11 | 26 | 24.4 (2nd) | 25.7 (1st) |
| 2007-12-17 | 27 | 22.2 (3rd) | 24.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-18 | 28 | 23.1 (2nd) | 25.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-24 | 29 | 23.6 (2nd) | 26.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-25 | 30 | 28.9 (2nd) | 31.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-12-31 | 31 | 26.8 (3rd) | 29.2 (3rd) |
| 2008-01-01 | 32 | 28.0 (2nd) | 30.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-07 | 33 | 25.9 (2nd) | 28.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-08 | 34 | 26.9 (2nd) | 29.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-14 | 35 | 28.8 (2nd) | 31.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-15 | 36 | 27.3 (2nd) | 29.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-21 | 37 | 27.0 (2nd) | 28.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-22 | 38 | 28.7 (2nd) | 30.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-28 | 39 | 29.8 (2nd) | 32.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-29 | 40 | 32.9 (2nd) | 35.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-04 | 41 | 33.6 (2nd) | 36.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-11 | 42 | 35.3 (2nd) | 38.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-12 | 43 | 34.7 (2nd) | 38.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-18 | 44 | 34.2 (2nd) | 37.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-19 | 45 | 33.0 (2nd) | 35.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-25 | 46 | 35.4 (2nd) | 38.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-02-26 | 47 | 32.8 (2nd) | 35.5 (1st) |
| 2008-03-03 | 48 | 30.8 (2nd) | 33.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-04 | 49 | 30.2 (2nd) | 32.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-10 | 50 | 29.6 (2nd) | 32.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-11 | 51 | 28.2 (2nd) | 30.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-17 | 52 | 29.7 (2nd) | 32.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-18 | 53 | 28.6 (2nd) | 30.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-24 | 54 | 28.7 (2nd) | 31.7 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-25 | 55 | 27.3 (2nd) | 30.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-03-31 | 56 | 23.9 (3rd) | 26.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-01 | 57 | 26.3 (2nd) | 29.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-07 | 58 | 32.2 (2nd) | 34.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-08 | 59 | 31.1 (2nd) | 33.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-14 | 60 | 27.9 (2nd) | 30.7 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-15 | 61 | 29.2 (2nd) | 31.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-21 | 62 | 30.2 (2nd) | 32.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-22 | 63 | 30.1 (2nd) | 32.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-28 | 64 | 28.3 (2nd) | 31.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-04-29 | 65 | 29.4 (2nd) | 32.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-05-05 | 66 | 30.0 (1st) | 32.6 (1st) |
| 2008-05-06 | 67 | 30.9 (1st) | 33.5 (1st) |
| 2008-05-12 | 68 | 31.2 (1st) | 33.7 (1st) |
| 2008-05-13 | 69 | 31.4 (1st) | 34.4 (1st) |
| 2008-05-19 | 70 | 32.1 (1st) | 35.6 (1st) |
| 2008-05-20 | 71 | 30.3 (1st) | 32.8 (1st) |
| 2008-05-26 | 72 | 29.8 (1st) | 32.0 (1st) |
| 2008-05-27 | 73 | 28.8 (1st) | 30.4 (1st) |
| 2008-06-02 | 74 | 29.8 (1st) | 32.0 (1st) |
| 2008-06-03 | 75 | 28.6 (1st) | 30.9 (1st) |
| 2008-06-09 | 76 | 32.7 (1st) | 35.3 (1st) |
| 2008-06-10 | Special | 24.6 (1st) | 26.1 (1st) |
| 2008-06-16 | 77 | 28.6 (1st) | 31.1 (1st) |
| 2008-06-17 | Special | 10.7 (9th) | 11.7 (7th) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
April 18th, 2008 at 10:43 am
my soju.com has up to 59 episodes uploaded and yet the chart only shows up to 51 episodes aired in korea. anyways i’m still pondering on whether or not i should watch this drama. i’ve never been a fan of historic dramas before but i’ll try to give this a shot.
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
I was wondering.. who plays the young Yi San?
April 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Really really great drama, really like LSJ’s performance in Lovers. This drama has a very interesting plot, got hook to it on the first episode.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:31 am
hi…
just wanna ask where can i buy a copy of this series?
i really wanted to watch this
im a big big fan of lee seo jin
here in PHILIPPINES
i hope i can have a copy of this series
please……
please…..
please…
kindly let me know by mailing me in my email add
thank you
salamat po
April 29th, 2008 at 2:03 am
this drama is freaken fun drama…………. i love songhyun she is very pretty and nice……………
May 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
hello all … You Can Watch Yi San in http://www.Mysoju.com xD
Good Drama Really ;d
May 5th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
What happened to the Endlish Subtitles of Ep 64 & 65? This series of the good king is soooooo…. good! Thanks you Mrs Korea & Milly for taking on such a great Job for the whole world to understand Yi San, a great Korean drama!
May 7th, 2008 at 8:56 am
i am addicted to this movie i am in usa and i watch it on voeh without the subtitles can pick up the language
May 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I was never interested to watch historical drama but this drama attracted my attention due to actor Lee Seo Jin and actress Han Ji Min. This drama is so interesting that I have been watching them non stop. I hope for the good ending otherwise I will be very disappointed.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 am
for those who wants to be updated with yi-san go to this site http://nhatkyviet.com/2007/09/27/yi-san-k-drama-lee-seo-jin-han-ji-min/ – there you will see all the episodes of yi-san, all you have to do is to download.. first you have to download the following:
megaupload (http://www.megaupload.com/),
hjsplit (http://www.treepad.net/download/hjsplit.zip)
vlc mediaplayer (http://www.videolan.org/) then follow the instructions made by “auto_host on January 29th, 2008 4:34 am” (you can find it on the comments/forum – just scroll down) and to get the english subtitle go to this site (http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_53638.htm) provided by mrs. korea, just look for the episodes and then download.. enjoy watching.. hope you can be updated also just like me..^.^ thank you for all those people behind these project – especially mrs. korea & her co. (providing the engl sub) and to viet & his co. (for all the episodes of yi-san).. thanks to you guys for making yi-san more enjoyable to watch..
May 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
This Drama is very interesting, casting , dialouges, acting alll beautifull…and thanks for provding eng.subtitile
May 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Yi San is one of the best drams i am watching..casting, acting, dialouges..all wonderful…thankx for provinding eng.sub titles
May 31st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Episode 74 and 75 Preview
Next week’s story will revolve around Yi San and Dae Su trying their best to save Song Yeon and the love between Song Yeon and Yi San. Others also include Jung Yak Yung’s new policies, the shifting of capital and Queen Jeong Sun’s struggle to topple Yi San.
Queen Jeong Sun and Choi Seok Ju were making the final plans for a rebellion. To cure Song Yeon’s illness, King Jeong Jo searched through all the medical books. But he couldn’t find a cure. He then asked Song Yeon’s little brother who belonged to a christian group to get him a western doctor to cure Song Yeon. At the same time, Song Yeon knew that she couldn’t last much longer and requested to draw a portrait of the king as her last wish. Griping on to a belt that the king gave to her when she was a child, she eventually died.
Determined to shift his capital, Yi San tries to persuade his officials to agree to his idea of shifting the capital. King Jeong Jo sent his personal guards to wipe out Queen Jeong Sun’s hidden base. On the other side, Queen Jeong Sun also intends to use her men to disrupt the vision of King Jeong Jo’s personal guards.
Episode 74 and 75 Preview
June 6th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Yi San Episode 76 and 77 Preview
June 18th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Hate to say it is very disappointed that actress Han Ji Min died of liver cancer. The story did not mention pregnancy that she had. I think the author must be very crazy that main actress die and just want to make more tears. I believe the ending become so so. Most of the time we like good ending so that at least this drama give a lots of satisfaction to audience. This one is become more dull and boring. I do not know why the writer write a very bad ending. It was pretty good from episode 1 to 72 and after that no good.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I can’t believe the writer made Han Ji Min died! She’s the main supported character which made the drama so great. Lee Seo Jin is my favorite actor but since they made Han Ji Min died, I will not watch the rest of this drama. The story has bad ending. Sometimes characters die at the end of a story for a meaningful reason except this one. Study shows that young people are usually in excellent health, older people are the ones with health problems. The majority of liver cancer patients are usually older people not a young girl. I regret I wasted my time for this drama.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
what is the ending of this drama?
July 19th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Historically, Lady Song died while she was pregnant with the 2nd child due to the grief of losing the first child. Therefore ,to keep historical accuracy, the writers have to kill her. If you read Chinese, here’s the link
July 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
i’ve been waiting for ep 76 & 77 from mysoju for a veryyyyyy long time.. where can i get to watch online these 2 ep with english subtitles?
July 26th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Hey, I love this drama….how many episodes are there…now its
up to 95 episodes….how many more left….
August 26th, 2008 at 1:06 am
You can find this series ” Yi San ” complete series, excellent picture, English subtitle. Now available at http://www.kimook.com
October 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
can someone send me the link to download the songs in this drama. I can’t find it anywhere.
October 19th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
i love htis film! it’s so romantic!i cried during both deaths
October 19th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
i love this film! it’s so romantic! i cried when li san and song yeon were dead . one question: at the end there is a boy who is the new king. who is the mother of him? and does he survive? it is so sad that da shou has to say goodbye to his friends and leave him behind.
i do not like this bad ending
December 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Hi Diana
The prince is the son of another concubine of Yisan. According to the history this King has 4 wives (1 queen, 2 consorts and 2 concubine) And it is true that the queen did not bear him any heir, and one of the consort (Song Yeon) son, the crown prince, died at a very young age. The future king is the son of the last concubine which they did not show in the drama.