Top billed cast

1. 

   Song Il-gook

   Jang Yeong-Sil

2. 

   Park Sun-young

   Princess Sohyun

3. 

   Kim Sang-kyung

   King Sejong

4. 

   Kim Yeong-cheol

   King Taejong

5. 

   Kim Ki-hyeon

   King Taejo

6. 

   Son Byung-ho

   Ha Yeon

7. 

   Jung Han-yong

   Hwang Hee

8. 

   Jang Kwang

   Jo Gwang

9. 

   Seo Hyun-chul

   Choi Bok

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Current Season

Season 1

2016 | 24 Episodes

Reviews

A review by ParkMin

Written by ParkMin on 2023-12-11

A boring start, it certainly took some time to get going. Even then, it wasn't a smooth sailing after that. Whenever the drama managed to pick up a good momentum, they shove in a massive intervention with their palace politics. Disrupting the flow and the main attraction of the drama. Like pulling the sheets away on a cold winter night. Which is why this was its biggest problem, being wrapped around politics instead of giving it its independence. This was easier for the writers so they don't have to go into too much details and technicalities, instead auto generate some mindless palace drama t...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
Korean

Original Name
장영실

Keywords

• historical figure
• royalty
• historical fiction
• scientist
• historical drama
• 15th century
• joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
• king sejong
• daeha