The King’s Affection
Title: 연모 / The King’s Affection
Genre: Historical, Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2021-Oct-11 to 2021-Dec-14
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:30
Synopsis
This drama is based on comic “Yeonmo” by Lee So Young which was published from 2011 to 2014 by Daewon C.I.
It’s a secret story about an unlucky king who has to live in hiding that he is a woman.
Cast
Main Cast
Park Eun Bin as Lee Hwi
– Choi Myung Bin as Lee Hwi (young)
Ro Woon as Jung Ji Woon
– Go Woo Rim as Jung Ji Woon (young)
Nam Yoon Soo as Lee Hyun
Choi Byung Chan as Kim Ga On
Bae Yoon Kyung as Shin So Eun
Supporting Cast
Lee Pil Mo as King Yejong
Bae Soo Bin as Jung Seok Jo
Jung Chae Yeon as No Ha Kyung
Yoon Je Moon as Han Ki Jae
Kim In Kwon as Yang Moon Soo
Park Eun Hye as Ji Woon’s mother
Jang Se Hyun as Jil Geum
Kim Seo Ha as Prince Changwoon
Lee Il Hwa as King Yejong’s mother
Kim Jae Chul
Go Kyu Pil
Cameo
Production Credits
Production Companies: KBS Drama Production, Monster Union, Story Hunter Production
Directors: Song Hyun Wook, Lee Hyun Suk
Screenwriter: Han Hee Jung
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2021-10-11 | 1 | 6.8 | - | 6.2 (12th) | 6.2 (10th) |
| 2021-10-12 | 2 | 6.7 | - | 6.7 (9th) | 5.9 (9th) |
| 2021-10-18 | 3 | 6.5 | - | 6.5 (11th) | 6.4 (9th) |
| 2021-10-19 | 4 | 6.2 | - | 5.9 (13th) | 5.6 (12th) |
| 2021-10-25 | 5 | 5.6 | - | 5.7 (13th) | 4.9 (16th) |
| 2021-10-26 | 6 | 5.9 | - | 5.5 (14th) | 4.8 (16th) |
| 2021-11-01 | 7 | 7.2 | - | 7.0 (9th) | 6.3 (10th) |
| 2021-11-02 | 8 | 7.1 | - | 7.6 (6th) | 7.2 (6th) |
| 2021-11-08 | 9 | 6.8 | - | 7.8 (8th) | 7.8 (7th) |
| 2021-11-09 | 10 | 6.5 | - | 7.2 (7th) | 7.0 (7th) |
| 2021-11-15 | 11 | 6.7 | - | 7.1 (10th) | 6.4 (12th) |
| 2021-11-16 | 12 | 7.3 | - | 8.8 (4th) | 8.7 (4th) |
| 2021-11-22 | 13 | 8.5 | - | 10.0 (4th) | 9.4 (4th) |
| 2021-11-23 | 14 | 9.3 | - | 9.6 (4th) | 8.7 (4th) |
| 2021-11-29 | 15 | 8.4 | - | 9.9 (4th) | 9.4 (4th) |
| 2021-11-30 | 16 | 7.7 | - | 8.8 (7th) | 8.1 (6th) |
| 2021-12-06 | 17 | 7.4 | - | 8.4 (7th) | 8.0 (6th) |
| 2021-12-07 | 18 | - | - | 9.4 (4th) | 8.6 (3rd) |
| 2021-12-13 | 19 | 7.8 | - | 9.3 (5th) | 8.8 (4th) |
| 2021-12-14 | 20 | - | - | 12.1 (3rd) | 11.4 (2nd) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
Poster
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Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
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October 10th, 2021 at 4:32 am
Watch All Episode of The King’s Affection On ThiS Site I have Seen.
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October 13th, 2021 at 12:08 pm
Episode 2. Wow!!
October 16th, 2021 at 12:57 am
HOW SAD IT IS TO LIVE LIKE HER DEAD BROTHER, JUST BECAUSE THE GRANDFATHER BELIEVES AND THE OLD KING ABOUT HAVING TWIN KIDS, HE KILL HIS OWN GRANDSON, HE WILL BE SO BUT SO MAD WHEN HE REALIZE HE DID KILL HIM. I JUST STRT WATCHING THIS DRAMA AND LOVE IT
October 17th, 2021 at 4:00 pm
They couldn’t have cast a better actress to play the young Lee Hwi than the cute Choi Myung Bin who is also currently in “Young Lady and Gentleman” as the daughter Lee Jae Ni.
October 21st, 2021 at 12:32 am
And… I agreed she is a perfect forte for the role. Both romantic male roles are also a vision of masculinity but handsomeness. I have noticed on a lots of interchanging roles coming from South Korea; and sometimes innuendos on sexuality issues on drama
series. Hopefully one day, South Korea society will come to terms in the matters of gay and lesbian issues rather than cover up with pretenses. Love the series overall.
November 2nd, 2021 at 6:33 am
“Hopefully one day, South Korea society come to terms in the matters of gay and lesbian issues rather than cover up with pretenses.”
I think they have come to terms with it and I don’t think it is ‘pretense’, rather a conscious choice based on their values and traditions. You’re framing it as if they are denying the existence of same sex. Have you not noticed there are no overt acts of sexual intercourse in their dramas? It isn’t that they’re denying it exists rather they are promoting the importance of relationship and family over sex. The nuclear family is necessary for a good economy.
FWIW, I think the influence of western liberal/progressives values will probably win out. Meantime, let us enjoy kdramas without the liberal/progressives agenda for however long it lasts.
November 3rd, 2021 at 7:09 am
Bro they never mentioned sex ever they were talking about how the two leads are male ik the prince is a girl in hiding but she’s acting as if she’s a man and jung ji woon fall in love with her when she was pretending to be a guy and yet the fact that he probably likes guys but Ppl in SK won’t admit it cuz they’ll say stuff like “well he is a girl in reality so he doesn’t like guys”
There is no “liberal” agenda or nothing ur just a homophobic
November 5th, 2021 at 2:23 am
@Jisoo Kim — Of course there is an ideological agenda; liberalism is an ideology. The Joseon courts were divided in part by ideology and in part by clan/tribe. Liberalism today is essentially cultural marxism. During the Joseon era the equivalent to liberalism were the factions that opposed those that held to traditional values. That isn’t always obvious in these period dramas, but it is there if you drill down and examine the ideology of the political factions.
‘Homophobic’ is one of those words liberals use as a cudgel to bludgeon others who hold to a different point of view. Nothing I have said would suggest I fear homosexuals, nor do I hate them. What I object to is the politicisation of sexuality—homo or otherwise. Take your ad hominem crap and shove it.
November 9th, 2021 at 2:15 am
Oh my God. The male lead just admitted he loved the prince even though the prince is a man. So romantic
November 22nd, 2021 at 10:49 pm
Nice nice 🙂
November 24th, 2021 at 1:27 am
I’m so in love with this drama!
November 28th, 2021 at 7:39 am
Wow
November 28th, 2021 at 10:52 pm
it’s getting better and better! <3
December 15th, 2021 at 6:42 am
Beautiful story!
Good ending.