Title: 야경꾼일지 / The Night Watchman
Chinese Title: 更夫日志
Also known as: Night Watchman’s Journal
Genre: Period, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2014-Aug-04 to 2014-Oct-21
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
Synopsis
Based in the Joseon Times, This drama is about the crime prevention squad that used to patrol the streets from 9pm to 5am to catch ghosts.
This drama is about Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo), a prince who lives a lonely life outside the palace since childhood, even though he is born in the direct line of descent. Lee Rin has wealth and good looks but lives as a rebel to overcome internal struggles. Due to the fact that he can see ghosts, Lee Rin hides his secret and pain from childhood with a smiling face and playful behavior. After meeting Do Ha (Go Sung Hee), Lee Rin will be joining the team of night watchmen and becomes a true prince after seeing the lives of the citizens as he helps get rid of the ghosts.
Cast
Main Cast
Jung Il Woo as Lee Rin
– Kim Hwi Soo as Lee Rin (young)
Go Sung Hee as Do Ha
– Lee Chae Mi as Do Ha (child)
Jung Yoon Ho as Moo Suk
Seo Ye Ji as Park Soo Ryun
– Kang Joo Eun as Park Soo Ryun (young)
Supporting Cast
Kim Heung Soo as Prince Ki San
– Lee Tae Woo as Prince Ki San (Child)
Choi Won Young as King Hae Jong
Seo Yi Sook as Queen Dowager Chung Soo
Song Yi Woo as Queen Min
Go Chang Suk as Ddoong Jung Seung
Lee Se Chang as Eunuch Song
Lee Jae Yong as Park Soo Jong
Kim Sung Oh as Sa Dam
Yoon Tae Young as Jo Sang Hun
Kang Ji Woo as Rang Yi
Yoo Da In as Yun Ha
Moon Bo Ryung as Mo Yun Wol
Hwang Suk Jung as Dang Kol Uh-Mi
Ah Young as Hong Cho Hee
Shim Eun Jin as Ok Mae
Ahn Jung Hoon as Mr. Chun
Jo Dal Hwan as Maeng Sa Kong
Jung Woo Shik as Sadam’s right hand man
Kim So Yun as Kang In Hwa
Alice as Mae Hyang
Lee Joon Suk (이준석) as Uk Kwi
Kim Kyul as Ghost
Jo Seung Hee as Young Geun
Jun Hye Young (전혜영) as Sa Wol
Jung Woo Shik (정우식) as Ho Jo
Lee Ha Yool as Dae Ho
Kim Ye Joon
Production Credits
Production Company: RaemongRaein
Chief Producer: Lee Chang Sub
Producer: Kim Dong Rae
Director: Lee Joo Hwan, Yoon Ji Hoon
Screenwriter: Yoo Dong Yoon, Bang Ji Young, Kim Sun Hee
Note
Episode 9 which should be aired on 2014-Sep-01 postponed to 2014-Sep-02 and aired together with Episode 10.
Awards
2014 MBC Drama Awards – Rookie Actress: Go Sung Hee (Miss Korea, The Night Watchman)
2014 MBC Drama Awards – Top Excellence Actor (Special Production): Jung Il Woo (The Night Watchman)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2014-08-04 | 1 | 11.8 (7th) | 14.4 (5th) | 10.9 (9th) | 12.1 (5th) |
| 2014-08-05 | 2 | 11.5 (7th) | 14.3 (5th) | 10.8 (10th) | 11.7 (6th) |
| 2014-08-11 | 3 | 11.2 (8th) | 13.3 (5th) | 11.0 (7th) | 11.7 (5th) |
| 2014-08-12 | 4 | 12.1 (7th) | 14.8 (4th) | 11.3 (7th) | 12.1 (6th) |
| 2014-08-18 | 5 | 12.0 (11th) | 14.3 (5th) | 12.1 (8th) | 13.4 (5th) |
| 2014-08-19 | 6 | 13.3 (6th) | 16.7 (4th) | 12.7 (7th) | 14.3 (5th) |
| 2014-08-25 | 7 | 12.3 (11th) | 15.1 (4th) | 12.2 (8th) | 13.2 (5th) |
| 2014-08-26 | 8 | 12.6 (6th) | 15.0 (5th) | 12.1 (6th) | 13.0 (5th) |
| 2014-09-02 | 9 | 11.3 (9th) | 13.7 (6th) | 12.1 (6th) | 13.9 (5th) |
| 2014-09-02 | 10 | 8.5 (19th) | 10.5 (13th) | 8.6 (18th) | 9.8 (13th) |
| 2014-09-08 | 11 | 10.3 (6th) | 12.8 (3rd) | 9.6 (5th) | 10.4 (4th) |
| 2014-09-09 | 12 | 12.1 (4th) | 14.7 (2nd) | 11.6 (5th) | 12.9 (5th) |
| 2014-09-15 | 13 | 10.9 (10th) | 13.3 (6th) | 11.3 (9th) | 13.5 (6th) |
| 2014-09-16 | 14 | 12.1 (7th) | 14.6 (6th) | 12.2 (9th) | 14.2 (5th) |
| 2014-09-22 | 15 | 10.4 (10th) | 12.5 (7th) | 10.3 (10th) | 11.3 (7th) |
| 2014-09-23 | 16 | 10.3 (10th) | 12.2 (7th) | 9.5 (12th) | 10.0 (10th) |
| 2014-09-29 | 17 | 10.1 (15th) | 13.6 (6th) | 10.5 (12th) | 11.9 (8th) |
| 2014-09-30 | 18 | 9.7 (12th) | 12.2 (7th) | 10.2 (10th) | 10.9 (8th) |
| 2014-10-06 | 19 | 9.9 (13th) | 12.6 (7th) | 9.3 (15th) | 10.3 (10th) |
| 2014-10-07 | 20 | 10.5 (11th) | 13.4 (6th) | 9.7 (10th) | 10.6 (9th) |
| 2014-10-13 | 21 | 9.9 (14th) | 12.6 (6th) | 9.3 (14th) | 10.2 (10th) |
| 2014-10-14 | 22 | 10.8 (12th) | 13.2 (7th) | 11.5 (10th) | 12.2 (9th) |
| 2014-10-20 | 23 | 9.1 (16th) | 11.0 (11th) | 11.5 (10th) | 12.8 (8th) |
| 2014-10-21 | 24 | 11.7 (10th) | 14.6 (6th) | 12.5 (8th) | 14.2 (4th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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November 2nd, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Just finished watching this drama, really love it…good acting Il woo & Yunho, waiting for your next drama….thank you..
November 11th, 2014 at 7:30 am
By Logic, this is a good drama. Exciting, thrilling, romantic and in many ways I think it is one of the best Historical drama this year, regardless whoever the actor is. All actors & actresses were excellent and a bit of comedian in it, every drama has its own kind of gimmick, the ghostly part is good too, and I think I enjoy the drama and will also rate it as one of the best historical this year.
And also the best love story this year is She is Lovable, Fated to Love and You are all surrounded. Congrats to all these drama writers and producers. Ganbate!! Omedeto!
November 17th, 2014 at 12:17 pm
I Like it♡
November 23rd, 2014 at 11:57 am
its a a gOOD STORY BUT I GUESS THE main actress lacks emotions in her role……
and for me i go for LEE RIN and SONG RYUN…..
November 26th, 2014 at 1:30 pm
I like Jung IL woo since i first watched him in “take kare of the lady” and i so love all his dramas. While i so like him, i think his chemistry with Go sung hee is not good. I wished to see him, in a new drama with a better actress.
November 27th, 2014 at 6:52 pm
I just saw Ep 12 on the 25th. I like the story line and have been enjoying the ghosts that are around Lee Rin. I wish they would have been more involved in the story though.
I thought it was funny when Sa Dam told the Prime Minister about the dragon that was to come. The Prime Minister had NO idea what Sa Dam was talking about. I thought wait till he sees the dragon in action.
November 30th, 2014 at 6:14 am
Luv u Yunho 🙂 Only finished this show to see you on my screen. Cassiopeia loves Jung Yunho
November 30th, 2014 at 8:18 am
sometimes the episodes are dragging and a bit confusing,its ok nothing fabulous or extra ordinary about it.
December 7th, 2014 at 1:30 am
love it <3
December 20th, 2014 at 6:09 am
Superpab…….wow i really enjoyed it, keep it up Jung il woo
December 23rd, 2014 at 11:13 am
Very bad drama but still went thru whole thing because of TVXQ’s YUNHO Good job leader sshi. Cassies from Europe always supporting you 🙂
December 23rd, 2014 at 11:17 am
Te amo Yunho. El es muy guapo y ahora un actor mejor <3
Buena suerte. ur fans en Argentina. Yunho!!!
December 24th, 2014 at 1:11 am
Thank you Yunho oppa 😉
Luv your acting as Moo Seok.
I survived this show just becuz of you Yunho <3
January 2nd, 2015 at 9:13 pm
i love dis movie… Especially Do Ha
January 6th, 2015 at 11:52 pm
Yes! YUNHO is the only 2nd lead actor nominated for Excellence Award Male Actor at MBC Drama Awards 2014 😉
Yunho’s Moo Seok is the only character from Night Watchman who is among the Top Trending Kdrama characters on Twitter in 2014 🙂
http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/12/top-trending-korean-drama-characters-of-2014-on-twitter-revealed
February 1st, 2015 at 1:35 am
Enjoy watching this drama, Jung Il woo act very well, his acting is very great.
Love Jung Il Woo. Waiting for his next project as soon as possible.
February 11th, 2015 at 1:04 am
YunHO!!!!! Ur fans in countries in Arab World and Africa support u all time
We Luv Yunho 🙂 😉 🙂
February 11th, 2015 at 1:06 am
I forgot. Here’s message to Yunho from Arab and Africa. Ur acting is good!
We luv Kpop singer & actor Yunho!…xoxoxo
March 2nd, 2015 at 7:26 pm
if not for Jung Il Woo, I wont be starting to watch the Night watchmen.
I also like 2nd male lead Jung Yoon Ho (TVXQ) lead actress Go Sung Hee.
But 24 episodes is too long and draggy. I keep falling asleep @ ep 22,23.24 because the story keep repeating and repeating until i find it very bored & it takes me a few weeks to finish.
20 episodes will be good – cut off those repeating scenes…………..
Finally i manage to finish & luckily its a good ending drama 🙂
Now going to watch 2nd episode of SPY 🙂
April 22nd, 2015 at 2:51 am
I only started watching this because of DBSK’s Yunho. He has so many fans in Germany. We love you ^_^
The male lead is okay.
Go sung hee is a horrible actress!! blank dead eyes, poor sageuk dialect, fake crying scene, wooden and stiff….she’s so bad that she can’t act her way out of a barrel.
April 22nd, 2015 at 2:56 am
YUNHOOOO!! Please come to France and Italy and Lithuania So many fangirls waiting for you. We really like Moo Seok in Night Watchman ~ we watched the drama just for you, Yunho 🙂
April 22nd, 2015 at 2:57 am
tsk tsk, this Go Sung Hee girl is such a shitty crappy actress. she’s so bad to the bone. they chose wrong girl for female lead..tsk tsk
April 22nd, 2015 at 3:11 am
sory not sorry i drop this show bcuz of main lead girl >_< Aw man, her acting is TERRIBLE = she sticks out like a sore thumb of suck.
rlly painful to watch her stink up the whole show w/ her poor acting, smh
May 8th, 2015 at 3:14 pm
The actresses is soooo jaw clenchingly painful to watch. So frustrating!!! They could’ve done better. And the story…. Omg!!! Spell TERRIBLE!!! So sorry for jung il woo…
May 9th, 2015 at 6:51 am
Yunho is the only reason why so many people in my country watch this drama.
May 9th, 2015 at 6:53 am
Uknow Yunho we ladies in Latin America only hav eyes on you for this whole drama. Moo Seok muy guapo y valiante. Luv Yunho 🙂
May 9th, 2015 at 10:54 pm
My bae Yunho (yunnie) luv him as moo Seok swordsman bodyguard. Women even fanboys in my country support yunho. We luv DBSK!
August 21st, 2015 at 3:39 am
nice KDrama, i like it
January 12th, 2016 at 8:30 pm
BAD BAD BAD. It was really boring and we just couldn’t wait for it to end. I read some of the reviews of this drama and they were really bad and I have to agree. The storyline was BAD! Bad acting, bad story (writer’s fault), bad direction and production. It’s like anything goes with this drama – can transport from this world to the underworld – no need to seek out how to find a portal to go there. Sadam has dark powers but how come only selectively used vs. using it to full extent to control and eliminate. Really crappy drama. The lead actress Go Sung Hee cannot act. Kim Sung Oh aka Sadam – his character as well as his acting was bad!! Wasted our time watching this!!!
October 11th, 2016 at 10:16 am
Very very good…enjoyed watching this, good acting jung il woo…i love all his movies…