Yi San – King Jeong Jo
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
Hwang Geum Hee 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
Jung Myung Hwan as Kim Kwi Joo
Heo In Young as Court Lady Ki Mi
Kim Jung Pal
Yoo Jae Suk as man joking with Mak Sun (cameo)
Yoo Jung Suk as Sung Song Wook (Song Yeon’s brother)
Lee Seung Ah as Mi Soo (Damo)
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
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September 19th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
i read somewhere that almost half of the cast of Jewel in the Palace were recasted in this drama…
September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
… oh and the other half is recasted for the King and I
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:32 am
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/isan/wallpaper/
October 7th, 2007 at 10:39 am
this is actually exciting….watch it….i like the main actor
October 11th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Where do I watch this with english sub? Can’t find it anywhere.
youtube and veoh have it but no sub.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
i like lee seo jin in lovers thus can’t wait to watch this. Epic drama worth watching i’m sure.
BTW, i think it’s because they’re still showing it, it takes time for those wonderful people to sub those quality HD clips.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Buuuuu I tried to find it on torrents, and i couldn’t this serie is damm good. I recommend it with 5 stars. If someone know where can I watch it please tell me… I can watch it only on TV but it’s slow i think…
November 20th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Watch on channel name LA 18. With eng subs.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:24 am
Yeah, that’s what I am doing but I only can watch it 2 days a week (Monday & Tuesday). I want to watch all !!! 😛
December 13th, 2007 at 10:57 am
go on http://www.mysoju.com
they have so many different dramas and ALL with eng subs 😀
December 14th, 2007 at 9:27 am
but they still don’t have this drama
December 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
can wait for it to be air here
December 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
http://aznv.tv/en/ has A LOT of kdrama with english sub.
just get an account and winamp (winamp.com)
all for free 🙂
December 31st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
FINALLY, you can watch Yi San with english subs at http://www.mysoju.com/yi-san/
Just added on New Year’s Eve, ongoing still and I am watching it now
December 31st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
u should go to mysoju.com they have alot of dramas and movies with english subtitles.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
pls do not make hardsub of Yi San.Can’t you just download it and download softsub yisan ?? if you’re doing this they will stop subbing!!!
and what will we do.!
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
you can download yisan sub from http://d-addicts.com/forum/ and they also have download the torrent for Yisan
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I just love LSJ from Damo i fall in love with his dimple..
January 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
OMG I LOVE this drama. Its so good cuz it shows like the historical,romace,comedy :]
The damo is so pretty.
I wish mysoju will upload ep 25 soon.
January 19th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
The chinese sub series at tudou stopped at ep 28 and the english sub one at mysoju stopped at ep 24. Will they be updating them?
January 29th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
mysoju has uploaded this drama with eng subs up to epi 30! Hooray!!!
February 5th, 2008 at 11:01 am
more, please!
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
what a great cast! Young Yi San and older Yi San – such a great similarity and good acting character acted by 2 different persons. I was charmed by the young Yi San! at such a young age acting with great royal authority and full of prince charisma! With the little boy – Park carries dimples face matches Lee Seo Jin! then i could recall him whom acted in Lovers!
Bravo Little Yi San! Great job!
Sue Ling Lee
Singapore
March 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Love the drama of Yi San! Great cast, too! I’m greatly enamoured with the acting of young Yi San and the authority, goodness and kindness of the adult Yi San. They are both soooo… cute and good looking! I’m glued to it whenever the episodes come out on Tues and Weds after being aired in Korea. Can I request for the episodes to be downloaded into Veoh.com as soon as it’s aired?… can’t wait! Also, can we have the Mysoju.com English subtitles ASAP? It’s now episode 51 and yet, mysoju.com is translated until ep 47 only! Good job but do keep up or else, we’re in suspense! I keep guessing the meaning of the conversation in Korean as I speak not a word of Korean! Kamsahamedah!
April 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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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.
December 25th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Yi San is a drama about Koreas king then kindness, intelligence and affectionate characters were shown as well in darama. The casting, dialouges and specially musics were perfect and unforgetable. Lovely relationship between King and Song yeon were shown more than other similar daram. Han Ji Min was very fit with her role as lovely woman with morals and virtues as well as Lee Seo Jin.
Indeed, the director is very good who used very simple backgorund for to sayings great his believes. Honestly, the director is trying to figure out somethings about korean history, culture and sciences as film for people in other countries.
January 16th, 2009 at 2:09 am
This is a REALLY WONDERFUL drama series. We have thoroughly enjoyed watching every episode……sometimes 3 or 4 in a row!
The actors, the sets, the music, the cinematography, and the total humanity of all the characters make this series (77 separate 1-hour episodes) absolutely addictive.
Song Hu Jung
Virginia USA
January 21st, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hey, this was a wonderful and beautiful epic historical drama. I really enjoyed watchin every episodes. The director was so great, makin it
so romantic. But toward the end, okay the second Crown Prince,
Whos son was that? Is that Song Yeon and the King’s second son???? or was that from another concumbine???? Inquiry mind wants to know,
because one of the last episode, they just showed him, but it didn’t
mentioned anything about the mom. Everything about this drama was great.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
This was one of the best dramas I’ve watched thus far. It did take a long time for Song Yeon and Yi San to be together finally, but it was worth the waiting. It was sad that she died and it hurt him so much. It’s a drama worth watching even though it was 77 episodes.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:53 am
i got hooked with this korean drama. the story’s great, the characters are well-played and the music are soulful. i’ve watched this drama twice because i fell in love with the love story of song yeon and yi san. hehehe. very inspiring. i hope to see more of korean historical drama soon.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:20 am
That drama was amazing and shows real history .
I have enjoyed watching every episode, also was laughing , crying and thinking their words ,,so on
The director had very good selection of everyones role and casting.
Everyone fits thier role and characters. Specially: Yi San ,His mom, Queen, Song yeon, Park Dae Su, his uncle, his wife, Artist YI, Tak, attendant Chobi, official NAm, Park, King’s advisor, ,,so on,,
It was really romantic and true history about korea. Also music is so memorable and soulful and forgetable,,,
Everything about this drama was great.
Bail
Virginia , USA
February 28th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I wach this huge great drama during the war in israel
in the fear and lonely long nights
when the fire rockets reach our city and house
I felt that the king yisan is like israel destiny
allways fighting
I would like to thank the Chief Producer: Lee Byung Hoon
this is the second perfect drama -the first was dae jun gum
and now yisan
and hope that i could say one word to him to Lee Seo Jin
it is like a dream
thank you lee seo jun
i will never forget you
March 5th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Yi San was so beautiful great epic historical drama. I love to watch the king & his truely love together yet she wont last long with the king. Even so sad to watch Song Yeon died. But off the records the director is so good & i relly hope to watch another korean drama like this again from you.
To all the cast member & director of Yi San, congratulation for your epic happening lovable movie. Will not going to forget this beautiful drama.
Aleya,
Brunei Darussalam.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:58 am
i want to congratulate d writer, director, cast and mbc for creating such a wonderful drama like this. Next to jewel in the palace, this is a must see series. I l0ve d excellent actng of lee seo jin hir. I love his dimples and d m0vement of his eyes. W0w!!! A very heart warming st0ry. Once u start watchng it, u cant st0p it. I l0ve park dae su hir at adviser hong, their role made a big impact to me. L0ve u b0th. Keep up d good work. I h0pe to see an0ther series like this. A sequel perhaps.hehe.
May 11th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
This is a very very very nice korean drama, I like it so much so that I have to hold myself not watching it too fast, i dont want this to be over..
I love the drama, especialy Chief Inspector Hong, smart looking !
June 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I’m almost done watching this drama series. I’m on the 76th episode rightnow. This is the best drama series that I have watched so far. Everything you want is in this story. There are some good lessons to learn from it. I often cried whenever there’s a drama scene. All of the main characters are so good. They know how to portray their roles. I like just watching them by their face expressions. Each of the characters are interesting, even the bad guy (the tall young guy)- he’s good too.
Like the others said, once you start watching it, you wouldn’t be able to stop. In the beginning I was hesitated to watch it coz it’s a long series, but I like Lee Seo- Jin, he’s a very remarkable actor. I had watched the Lovers and he’s so good from that drama. I hope he’ll have more drama series to come. He’s one of my favorites… aka Yi San…
Thanks for creating this drama series. It’s one of the BEST story out there.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I just get to this site and I am amazed for some of the comments. Didn’t these people realize that this is a film based on true story of the Greatly Loved King Jeong Jo who died in 1800. His concubine’s (Song Yeoun’s) death is also not the Director’s will. It was a true fact.
For me, watching this true drama gives me a vivid picture of Chosun times an very touched by the words King Jeong Jo mentioned.. Why he was born as a Prince and King and not a commoner where he could stay happily with the woman ahe loves and with his loved family.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I thought at first this would not be an interesting series, but I’m hooked already. Still have a long way to go, I’m still in Episode 28. But at least I know somewhat how the drama ends.
I’m just a bit frustrated why the king (LSJ’s grandfather) is blind to the attempts on the Prince’s life. Is he unfeeling? Anyway I will continue to watch.
This drama shows that to be a king or Prince requires a lot of sacrifice. I like the pro-people values that the Prince stands for and also the lessons on balancing interests of various groups in society if you are to be a leader of all. It’s a good lesson for all the politicians in our own country. The friendship and loyalty of Song Jeon and Dae Su to the Prince and vice versa is also very touching.
I also like the character of Inspector Hong. He also stands for good values but I’m afraid he will be forced to use questionable means to achieve his ends.
So it’s not just a historical romance but offers insight into governance as well and the means you go about to attain it.
August 26th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
My poor wife has been watching these on mysoju.com for weeks now and tonight she just finished episode 69 part 4. When she went to episode 70 part 1 nothing comes up. All the rest of the episodes will not show up. Not sure what is the problem. Anyone know where I can get her the episodes 70 to the end with English or Japanese subtitles? (she is Japanese but has been doing the English ones). Thanks.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Hello Phil,
Try crunchyroll.com
http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-526802/yi-san-70/
Short commercial before you get to watch, but full length episode negates the need to jump from segment to segment
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Thank you Konrad. You are a lifesaver. 🙂
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
please fix episode 70 to 77 of yisan. i want to finish watching it. its so exciting. i cant wait.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:56 pm
i am really desperate to watch episode 70 to the end. i’ve tried crunchy roll.com but to no avail. can somebody help me please. i’ve been watching it in mysoju.com. with english sub.thanks.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I believed that this drama being watched by people around the world.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Oh! It is such a lovely story that shows the History of Korean in the 18th century.
October 4th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
i love this drama n the song promise
October 12th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
After I watched that movie,something left in my heart.But I don’t know excetly what is that feeling.I cried …….. I really love so much the movie songs and all of person in that movie.King Yi San, he is a really great man.
October 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Somebody please tell me where I can watch Yi San Eps 72-76. mysoju.com doesn’t have them anymore. Crunchyroll’s collection is not available in my region. Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:39 am
I have watched this historical drama may say CONGRATULATIONS to everybody who did their best to make this movie worth watching for especially to the lead role.I am your fan from Philippines but I am working in Saudi Arabia.I have watched almost all Korean historical drama.Keep it up guys!
February 13th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
this drama is really good…even my parents like it….so do i. =) though its kinda sad..
March 8th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
i love this drama… i love LEE SEO JIN. i love the PRINCE…
http://www.loveseojin.com
April 6th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
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June 19th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
I love Korean drama! The story’s beautiful, and the casts were sooo great! The pictures were also very wonderful! well done!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
waw,, 77 episode?? ckckc
August 10th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Love this drama so very much.
September 7th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
i just loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this series it is so romantic yet dramatic at the same time kudos to the cast .they did a wonderful job i didn’t even no koreans could act this ,congrats again by the way the actor for yi san is hot [nice dimples too ] .this realationship in the drama felt almost real will i watched keep up the gud work .ican’t wait to see another drama as good as this one. lastly ji min you r pretty ,i mean u and lee seo made me cry with the way u should ur luv 4 each other wow i am realy impressed
September 10th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
iran wanna air it in persian audio
hurraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
October 19th, 2010 at 5:49 am
I wish I had know ahead of time that Lee Jae Yong was in this series. If I had, I would not have bothered watching it. Although I am sure there are a lot of people that like him, personally, I cannot stomach the man. It is a shame, that I will not be able to watch the remainder of the series, but I refuse to watch anything that has that annoying man in it. I absolutely adore Lee Seo Jin, but not enough stomach Lee Jae Yong. In future, I will check the cast more thoroughly in advance before beginning any movie/ tv series. :o(
December 6th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This drama was very interesting as long as the crown prince later the king kept the romance with the love of his life. Killing her and then continuing with the drama removes that interest that kept us all watching. Do all Korean dramas end with a sad ending? I thing it was very wrong to put this sad ending to an otherwise entertaining story. I am very disappointed that i started watching it at all.
February 12th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Hi lee Seo Jin. nice drama… very good acting.. you really played the role.. you’re such an excellent actor.. just like in lovers… i’ve watched it several times.. and everytime i”ve watched i felt in love… more dramas, more movies, more awards to come….. can’t wait for the next… God bless you always… I love you !!!!!!!
June 1st, 2011 at 5:23 am
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June 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 am
I’m not easily impreessd. . . but that’s impressing me! 🙂
July 20th, 2011 at 10:56 am
i dont like this drama..
Lee seo jin sucks..hes not a good actor!why was he given best actor for this drama??
i hate how he looks here!LOL
August 6th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
They should not kill Seong Song Yeon. It would be better to have her until the end. BTW who is the mother of the crown prince who later became the king.
August 15th, 2011 at 3:09 am
yi san love the failm
August 15th, 2011 at 3:12 am
i love yi san
August 16th, 2011 at 12:29 am
i dont like sad endings, song yeon shudn’t have died, thats the worse ending, she shud have stayed alive and the king shud have found the cure for the disease
August 28th, 2011 at 11:06 am
I like Korean drama so much and acts are very smart so I wish succed 4 all them
August 28th, 2011 at 11:13 am
i like Korean drama best wish succed 4 them in a deep my heart
August 29th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Korean drama and especially yi san is really a film in which everyone should try to see it.we as a KORD a part of IRAQ in the south west of Asia really i can say love those dramatic and historical dramas as ,yi san ,dong yi , jo mong and all other.because most of them talk about the situation which is we see now in our region.i want to thank all the actors and the director of those dramas.
August 30th, 2011 at 7:36 am
I like korean drama
September 9th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
it make you know more things about Korea , it like you are reading 5 books of korean histories.
The days of King Jeong Jo’s life, made Korea’s now .
September 25th, 2011 at 5:54 am
Let me tell you something, the entire KURDISH population of Iraq is absolutely hooked on this drama. We love it, its a fantastic Korean drama.
October 23rd, 2011 at 8:10 am
I really want to watch this drama but it seems like it’s too long. The ratings were amazing. But it was too long n oh long I don’t have the time to watch it
November 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 am
So many loopholes, twist not justified, characters appear to be stupid, very far from jumong, jewel in the palace, Dong Yi, the empress, king dae jong and others….but I still love korean novelas
November 20th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Hmm. I’m not too impressed or keen to watch this drama – too long and looking at the pictures, I may not like the actor. Give me Dong Yi anytime. Dong Yi is the best Korean drama I have ever watched. Love the king and Dong Yi characters. I bought the DVDs and keep going back to watch certain scenes. Anyone out there haven’t viewed Dong Yi MUST see it. You will love it!
November 24th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Elsie C, can you watch the YI san for before you comment like that. I think if you watch maybe you dont want to disturb.
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:09 am
Ummmm me 2, agreed with Elsie, I LOVE DONG YI & DAE GEUM too… I love the casts especially both main actor/actress in both , …. I will give 2nd thought watching Yi San maybe story might be interesting as I love Historical ones compared to modern , waiting for Dae Geum II, hopefully same both main actor/actress are acting :)…
January 10th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Jewel in the Palace + Dong Yi = Yi San.
It’s a must to watch.
January 14th, 2012 at 10:39 pm
very well acted..actually it painted in my heart one of the greatest historical kdrama watch it and difinitely you will loved by it..promise 🙂
February 6th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
You should watch Sungkyunkwan Scandal…they are related
February 11th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
anyone knows a good website to buy the DVD with eng sub. I have been looking for years and all i get are bad ones. i want the official dvd of these favorite sageuk drama of mine.
February 20th, 2012 at 10:09 am
I am from the Caribbean and have no connection to Korea or the far east. I became addicted to Korean historical drama through Jewel in the Palace shown on local TV (I bought DVDs) and have since seen Dong Yi and Yi San via streaming online. The action and stories are tremendously moving; the costuming, details of the culture, politics and religion, food, lifestyles of all levels in society from those times were so very interesting and captivating. The fact that much of the story lines are rooted in actual people and events makes it that much more compelling. I cried like a baby in episode 62 and 73 and 77 of Yi San, which Is my all-time favorite show. I congratulate the directors, actors and all involved in sharing these gems and this historical culture with the rest of the world.
February 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I love Yi San. The story is good. Lee Seo Jin is the best. I start liking all his drama after Yi San.
Who gave birth to the prince that became the king after Yi San?
February 28th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
i am agree with peter: Jewel in the palace+Dong Yi=Yi San
March 6th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
77 episodes and not one kiss?!? There was not enough romance between Song Yeon and Yi San. Dae Su was on screen twice as much as the lead actress. This was more about two best friends than a love story. I had to skip over 10 episodes because the story line just got too repetitive and frustrating. I’ve watched many dramas and there was just not enough chemistry between the lead couple. Song Yeon was just not a big enough part of the series. Least favorite drama so far. And the costumes…. Seriously yarn on the officers hats?
March 25th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
i love Dong yi very much, thats why i’m very curious about Yi San
March 29th, 2012 at 10:22 am
me too love dong yi so ill give yi san a go
May 1st, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Should watch Jumong. The best Korean period drama ever
June 14th, 2012 at 7:14 am
I will like to watch d complete season of dae joyung but I dnt knw where to,can someone help me with dat.have watched episode 1-120.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Avnt watchd it ah dnt know if i shud or not
August 13th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
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August 20th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
One of the “best” actors…and Yi San is a masterpiece…This drama is a “must watch”..
Superb acting, superb story…
August 26th, 2012 at 2:16 am
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October 10th, 2012 at 3:49 am
how can i watch it?
November 30th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
i love really love the story, love the cast too!
January 29th, 2013 at 2:20 am
I LOVE YI SAN THE BEST if you watched JUMONG DONG YI you’ll understand the story of YI SAN too! I love Sung Song Yeon very beautiful and cute! hahaha… 10/10 rating!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
March 6th, 2013 at 5:49 pm
i love yi san,infact is d movie dat make me love watching historical korean film bt i dnt always like how all korean movie ends, their end is always irritating and painful.
March 23rd, 2013 at 3:25 pm
i found my next MUST Watch drama 🙂 cant wait to download and start this. the screen writer wrote my top 1 drama which is Dong YI. maybe will be watching Horse Doctor as well… the same writer
April 6th, 2013 at 1:24 pm
I’ve tried watching yi Sam a couple of times and then give up watching it…I really liked how Lee Seo Jin played King Jeongjo…I think he did an excellent job. I especially liked most of the characters and actors that played the parts. However…one character I found that gave me the most frustration was Song Yeon. I found her character in Yi San was just wimpy unlike Dong Yis leading lady. Dong Yi had a backbone and knew how to use it wl but still manage to be sweet and endearing. However, Song Yeon was spineless and it seemed she liked the king more than he liked her. I find these situations kind of annoying because that’s not a beautiful love story…that’s tragic and annoying! SONG YEON!! Quit being so dim witted and spineless!
Anyways, I think the writer did a really good job on some of the story line of Yi San and the dialogue was intellectual and fitting for that time period. BUT the romance was really…really lacking. This was one of the reasons why I stopped watching Y San–besides Song Yeon’s annoying character–that it would get utter boring just watching politics about 3/4 of an episode. It’s nice to have some of it but not when it takes up most of 77 episodes. Also, in this day and age when people are apprehensive about watching a woman becoming a concubine and this show lacking romance with all the concubines seemingly added in well…this show could get some thumbs down. Unlike Dong Yi where the king had concubines but he only added them and his only foolish mistake was Jang-Ok–she was a witch. Dong Yibwas the last one and you could actuallyb see how much he loved her through the events that occurred. For those who have not watched either Yi San or Dong Yi and considering this one I would reccomend Dong Yi the most but if you really want to watch this one go ahead. But I DO reccomend watching this one first so you won’t get your hopes up if you watch Dong Yi first and Yi San second. That’s what happened to me and many others. However, if you don’t care for romance and like watching shows filled with corrupted douchebags trying to take hold of the government than this is for you!;)
June 8th, 2013 at 10:13 pm
I watched the full series and i love it but where can i find the special episode?
February 4th, 2014 at 4:56 am
Congratulations to all of you…We as the Turkish people like many of your tv series, Yi San is the example of these…
I especially enjoyed while watching the dialogues between the old and new secretary,Hong and Jeong.However,my favourite one was Hong , he was very interesting and different character, the scenarist mentioned him very well with the help of Han Sang Jin’s role skills. I also appreciate the beautiful voices of the professional Turkish theatre players that gave special spirit to the characters.The nature was charming and I wonder how you acted in such a cold wheather,probably using plasters. I think we feel close ourselves to your tv series especially to the historical ones, because some of the fundamental islamic ethical principals are indicated,also the Koreans are really special for us that we never forgot the friendship of them at the world cup match.Best wishes and good luck…
December 9th, 2014 at 11:34 pm
Decent
February 20th, 2015 at 11:38 pm
All played well most especially Lee Seo Jin and hAN jI mIN WEll done all of you mwaaaaaaaaaaa
December 15th, 2016 at 9:07 pm
This is a beautiful drama. People keep complaining about its lack of romance, but remember, this is a story about a king and his struggle to rule, not just his love. Actually I find his relationship with his friends and enemies more interesting and touching.