Joseon Survival
Title: 조선 생존기 / Joseon Survival
Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Time-travel
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: CSTV
Broadcast period: 2019-June-08 to 2019-Aug-17
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 22:50
Synopsis
This drama is about Han Jung Rok (Kang Ji Hwan), a former national archer and current deliveryman from 2019. He ends up traveling to the past with his first love, Lee Hae Deun (Kyung Soo Jin) and meets Im Kku Jung (Song Won Suk), a famous thief from the Joseon dynasty. Together, they struggle to survive, put their lives at stake for the people they love, and share a strong friendship.
Cast
Present
Kang Ji Hwan as Han Jung Rok (Ep. 1-10)
– Seo Ji Suk as Han Jung Rok (Ep. 11-16)
Kyung Soo Jin as Lee Hye Jin
Park Se Wan as Han Seul Ki
Lee Jae Yoon as Jung Ka Ik
Others
Kim Kwang Sik as Oh Yong Jin
Joseon Era 16th Century
Song Won Suk as Im Kkuk Jung
Palace
Han Jae Suk as Yoon Won Hyung
Yoon Ji Min as Jung Nan Jung
Lee Kyung Jin as Queen Moon Jung
People in Sanchae
Wi Yang Ho as Wang Chi
Others
Shin Yi as gisaeng
Jung Han Hun
Kang Ji Sub
Choi Jung Hun
Jang Jung Yun
Production Credits
Production Companies: Huayi Brothers Entertainment, Lotte Cultureworks, HIGROUND
Director: Jang Yong Woo
Screenwriters: Kim Sol Ji, Park Min Woo
Note
- Actor Kang Ji Hwan has dropped out of this series. The production company are currently looking for an actor to replace the main character of Han Jung Rok who was played by Kang Ji Hwan. Korean media reported yesterday, July 10, 2019, that Kang Ji Hwan was arrested at his house in Gwangju on July 9, 2019 for rape and sexual molestation of 2 women. During the investigation, Kang Ji Hwan stated that he drank alcohol with 2 female staff members at his house, but he doesn’t remember what happened afterwards. He woke up and found himself in a room with the 2 women sleeping. Due to Kang Ji Hwan’s exit from the drama series, the two episodes scheduled to air on Saturday, July 13th & Sunday, July 14th have been postponed.
On 15/July, it has confirmed that Seo Ji Suk will be taking on Kang Ji Hwan’s role in the drama. After finalizing the casting, this series will begin filming as soon as possible, and we will resume airing episode 11 starting 27/July.
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | AGB | TNmS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-08 | 1 | 1.288 | - |
| 2019-06-09 | 2 | 1.255 | - |
| 2019-06-15 | 3 | 1.740 | - |
| 2019-06-16 | 4 | 1.399 | - |
| 2019-06-22 | 5 | 1.459 | - |
| 2019-06-23 | 6 | 1.256 | - |
| 2019-06-29 | 7 | 1.447 | - |
| 2019-06-30 | 8 | 1.439 | - |
| 2019-07-06 | 9 | 1.214 | - |
| 2019-07-07 | 10 | 1.428 | - |
| 2019-07-27 | 11 | 1.204 | - |
| 2019-07-28 | 12 | 1.050 | - |
| 2019-08-03 | 13 | 1.038 | - |
| 2019-08-04 | x | - | - |
| 2019-08-10 | 14 | 0.948 | - |
| 2019-08-11 | 15 | 0.921 | - |
| 2019-08-17 | 16 | 0.852 | - |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea (Nationwide)
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
*** Note: This drama is aired on Pay-TV channel which has fewer viewers than Free-TV channels. So, please don’t be surprised with the low rating. ***
Poster
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Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
– Trailer III
– Trailer IV
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May 16th, 2019 at 1:45 am
Kang ji hwan is back… 😍😍😍
May 21st, 2019 at 1:58 pm
How can she be first love; she’d be a 10 year-old when he was a 20 year-old. She’d be 15 when he’s a 25 year-old. First love usually happens during those early years.
I’ll watch cos I like Soo Jin in any drama. Ji Hwan . . . meh. Too gay for my kind of leading man.
May 21st, 2019 at 11:42 pm
hope the drama is interesting and exciting with happy ending.
May 26th, 2019 at 5:09 pm
Yay! Kang Ji Hwan hwaiting 🤗
June 9th, 2019 at 6:55 pm
Where can i watch / download it?
June 18th, 2019 at 12:16 pm
On Demand Korea has the drama available for residents of the USA.
June 22nd, 2019 at 7:08 pm
it’s an interesting series, will follow through. not much of viewers because the leads are older? tsk, tsk!
June 25th, 2019 at 1:32 am
Seul Ki is a cliche. Can’t writers come up with something original?
June 25th, 2019 at 6:47 pm
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p.s. i have been this drama and so far I like it. I like time travel drama for some reason
June 30th, 2019 at 4:23 am
I really love time travel dramas as well as historicals, so Joseon Survival sounds like a fun mix 🙂
July 1st, 2019 at 8:24 pm
Shakespear was read in Joseon society? Lol!
July 1st, 2019 at 8:37 pm
Lee Jae Yoon (Jung Ka Ik) was well cast as the perfect asshole and slime bucket. He is the perfect villain; I’m perturbed that all that sleaze might take hours of scrubbing to remove from Hae Deun’s (Soo Jin) body. I bet he smells worse than the boys locker-room at a high school gymnasium . . . Lol!!!
July 2nd, 2019 at 7:21 am
The Queen Dowger asks Ka Ik who his teacher is. Ka Ik named the late Italian Umberto Eco. However, unless Ka Ik is an academic or a student studying semiotics, or enjoys medieval murder mysteries, he probably isn’t likely to know the name Umberto Eco.
Ka Ik is a psychopath with a penchant for chopping up the bodies of his murder victims. His material success it seems is entirely due to his thug approach to life. He has no problem disposing of people who get in his way. The body parts in the boot of his car are proof enough.
My main beef with the drama is whoever wrote the story watched one too many Disney/Netflix flicks because the character of Seul Ki is horrible . . . bloody awful typical of Disney pandering ti a young audience of a bygone era.
Me thinks Gen Zs will hate Seul Ki while Millennials won’t mind because they are on the whole the brainwashed generation (shudder).
July 10th, 2019 at 9:18 am
I hope the rumors concerning kang ji hwan is false .
July 11th, 2019 at 11:42 am
I also hoped it not true.
July 13th, 2019 at 8:25 am
I pray things will turn out fine for Kang Ji Hwan.
July 17th, 2019 at 2:19 pm
just read the bad news about kang ji hwan. too bad, i thought he was doing a good job in his role here. i hate to say this but in s.k., they should cut down on drinking alcohol, and yes, they should not depict it in a lot of dramas. high school kids drinking soju! tsk, tsk. not that it is not happening where i am, but depicting it in dramas is, in a sense, saying that it’s okay, everybody does it! one drama should also depict that too much alcohol can cause cirrhosis. just saying. by the way, you might wonder why i am mentioning alcohol? read the news about kjh.
July 21st, 2019 at 1:31 am
Episodes are reduced to 16 episodes instead of 20.
July 29th, 2019 at 12:09 pm
Seo Ji Suk do great work here.. thank you Seo Ji Suk , it not easy to replace other… but you do it,,,,
July 29th, 2019 at 9:02 pm
this drama became bad atfer change the actor why i wish his back again seo ji suk dont give up 🙂 😉
July 29th, 2019 at 9:20 pm
this drama became bad atfer change the actor why i wish his back again kang ji hwan dont give up 🙂 😉
July 31st, 2019 at 10:52 am
Rima did you drink alcohol, you commented 2 times with 2 different actors.
August 1st, 2019 at 2:46 am
If Kang Ju Hwan is not returning i don’t look anymore to this drama, I don’t like the replacement
August 1st, 2019 at 7:45 pm
i write worng names for frist commet and i dont drink i am muslime girl 😉 🙂
August 11th, 2019 at 11:30 pm
anyone knows where i can watch episodes 11 onwards, english subbed? much obliged.
August 16th, 2019 at 11:13 am
looking forward for english sub of lst 6 episodes (Seo Ji Suk take over)
August 20th, 2019 at 7:14 am
I am curious as to why the English subtitles stopped from Episode 11 onward.
August 21st, 2019 at 8:52 pm
my guess is the translator is a fan of kjh and since kjh is out, that person does not feel like translating it anymore! too bad! hope that person changes mind and will do us the favor so we know the rest of the story.
August 22nd, 2019 at 11:27 am
i really want to watch this drama to the end, but no subs. I’ve been searching everywhere for subs.
August 22nd, 2019 at 9:32 pm
@happyfriday#29: guess you can’t be as happy anymore without the subs! just joking! i’ve been looking for subs too, and coming to this page to find any clues. well, we are in the same boat. if i do find the subbed episodes, i’ll let you know here.
September 5th, 2019 at 11:29 pm
‘anyone who had a heart’ could let me know where i can find the subs, please!
September 6th, 2019 at 5:44 pm
Tigerb….. try subscene.com…… type the name and search
September 6th, 2019 at 5:47 pm
https://subscene.com/subtitles/joseon-survival-joseonsaengjongi
September 6th, 2019 at 11:07 pm
@Nishamani #32, 33: thanks so much for helping and the link, but that web site has episodes 1 to 10 only. am looking for eps. 11-16.
September 30th, 2019 at 4:19 pm
Subtitle ep 11 to ep 16 plz….