The Tale of Nokdu
Title: 조선로코 녹두전 / The Tale of Nokdu
Also known as: Mung Bean Chronicles / The Joseon Romantic Comedy: Tale of Nok-Du
Genre: Historical, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 32 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2019-Sep-30 to 2019-Nov-19
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
This drama is based on webcomic “Nokdujeon” by Hye Jin Yang which was published from 2014-Dec-16 to 2018-July-31 via comic.naver.com.
Set in Joseon dynasty, the series is about a man who disguises as a woman to enter a mysterious women-only village; and a young woman who does not want to become a kisaeng.
Jun Nok Du (Jang Dong Yoon) is the son of a noble family. He is not happy that his family has arranged for him to marry a young girl. To avoid the marriage, Jun Nok Du runs away from home. He disguises himself as a woman and goes to a widow village. There, he meets Dong Dong Joo (Kim So Hyun) who is an apprentice to become a gisaeng. She does not want to become a gisaeng, but Dong Dong Joo doesn’t have a choice. She happens to know that Jun Nok Du is not a woman and she hears the reason why he is hiding in the widow village. Jun Nok Du saves Dong Dong Joo from a dangerous situation. She becomes Jun Nok Du’s adopted daughter and he decides to live in the widow village for 1 year.
Cast
Main Cast
Jang Dong Yoon as Jun Nok Du
Kim So Hyun as Dong Dong Joo
Song Gun Hee as Jun Hwang Tae
Jo Soo Hyang as Kim Ssook
Kang Tae Oh as Cha Yul Moo
Supporting Cast
Jung Joon Ho as King Gwanghae
Park Min Jung as Queen Inmok
– Oh Ha Nee as Queen Inmok (young)
Lee Seung Joon as Jung Yoon Jeo
Kim Tae Woo as Heo Yoon
Ko Gun Han as Yeon Geun
Yeon Woo as Mae Hwa Soo
Yoon Yoo Sun as Chun Hae Soo
Lee Moon Sik as Hwang Jang Koon
Lee Joo Bin as Mae Hwa Soo
Yang So Min as Ahn Jeong Sook
Song Chae Yoon as Min Do Rae
Han Ga Rim as Noh Yeon Hoon
Park Da Yeon as Aengdoo
Yoon Sa Bong as Kang Soon Nyeo
Hwang Mi Young as Park Bok Nyeo
Yoon Geumseona as Lee Mal Nyeon
Hwang In Yeop as Park Dan Ho
Production Credits
Director: Kim Dong Hwi
Screenwriters: Im Ye Jin, Baek So Yun
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2019-09-30 | 1 | 6.2 | - | 5.6 (14th) | 5.0 (17th) |
| 2019-09-30 | 2 | 8.0 | - | 7.1 (8th) | 6.3 (9th) |
| 2019-10-01 | 3 | 6.1 | - | 6.5 (11th) | 6.4 (11th) |
| 2019-10-01 | 4 | 7.3 | - | 8.3 (5th) | 8.2 (5th) |
| 2019-10-07 | 5 | 5.8 | - | 5.4 (17th) | 5.3 (19th) |
| 2019-10-07 | 6 | 7.3 | - | 7.1 (10th) | 6.9 (10th) |
| 2019-10-08 | 7 | 5.0 | - | 5.8 (16th) | 5.5 (16th) |
| 2019-10-08 | 8 | 6.3 | - | 6.7 (11th) | 6.5 (12th) |
| 2019-10-14 | x | 2019 | KBO | League | |
| 2019-10-14 | x | 2019 | KBO | League | |
| 2019-10-15 | 9 | - | - | 5.0 (17th) | - |
| 2019-10-15 | 10 | 5.4 | - | 6.6 (12th) | 6.5 (11th) |
| 2019-10-21 | 11 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2019-10-21 | 12 | 5.5 | - | 5.9 (14th) | 5.6 (16th) |
| 2019-10-22 | 13 | - | - | 6.0 (15th) | 6.1 (15th) |
| 2019-10-22 | 14 | 5.7 | - | 6.2 (13th) | 6.3 (12th) |
| 2019-10-28 | 15 | 4.7 | - | 4.9 | - |
| 2019-10-28 | 16 | 5.9 | - | 7.3 (11th) | 6.9 (13th) |
| 2019-10-29 | 17 | - | - | 6.0 (16th) | 5.7 (16th) |
| 2019-10-29 | 18 | 6.3 | - | 7.4 (8th) | 7.4 (8th) |
| 2019-11-04 | 19 | - | - | 4.6 | - |
| 2019-11-04 | 20 | 6.2 | - | 6.4 (14th) | 6.3 (16th) |
| 2019-11-05 | 21 | - | - | 4.7 | - |
| 2019-11-05 | 22 | 5.5 | - | 6.2 (12th) | 6.0 (15th) |
| 2019-11-11 | 23 | 5.5 | - | 5.1 (18th) | 5.1 (19th) |
| 2019-11-11 | 24 | 6.4 | - | 6.9 (11th) | 7.0 (12th) |
| 2019-11-12 | 25 | - | - | 5.4 (15th) | 5.2 (15th) |
| 2019-11-12 | 26 | - | - | 7.7 (6th) | 7.4 (5th) |
| 2019-11-18 | 27 | ||||
| 2019-11-18 | 28 | ||||
| 2019-11-19 | 29 | ||||
| 2019-11-19 | 30 | ||||
| 2019-11-19 | 31 | ||||
| 2019-11-19 | 32 |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
Poster
Related Photo
(Other Photo from Official Site)
Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
– Trailer III
– Trailer IV
– Trailer V
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September 3rd, 2019 at 7:40 pm
I’m really looking forward to it, seen lots of dramas with women pretending to be men but never the other way so it’s really interesting, I hope it’ll be good.
September 6th, 2019 at 5:30 am
Super excited for this drama. At first, I thought it was a woman in the poster but after I read the plot of this drama, I realised that it was indeed a man :p that too our Jang Dong-yoon.
And Kim So Hyun looks so cute in the poster. Really really excited for this one.
September 6th, 2019 at 6:27 pm
I too was fooled by the picture. The plot looks fun. Hope it will be good.
September 11th, 2019 at 3:19 am
From the trailers the drama looks so much fun. 🙂
September 13th, 2019 at 3:44 am
Storyline centered on Trans-genderness…
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:22 pm
Nonton sampe ep 4 dan baguss
October 11th, 2019 at 7:22 am
Mau baca sinopsis n daftar pemain, kunjungi blogku yah…
October 19th, 2019 at 8:04 pm
Going to watch this because of the fun trailers. Hope the show doesn’t disappoint.
October 28th, 2019 at 8:09 pm
this drama is good to watch
October 29th, 2019 at 9:39 pm
i like watching this series.