Post by 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔪𝔞𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔯 on Oct 1, 2021 4:17:51 GMT -5
Episode Count: 14
Broadcast date: April 5th, 1967~July 12th, 1967
Broadcast time: Every Wednesday at 8:45 PM
Director: Go Seong Won
Time Period: Injong to Myeongjong (under Queen Munjeong's regency it seems)
Cast:
- Ha Myeong Jung as King Myeongjong
- And Jo Hee Ja, Kim Hee Ja, Kim Min Ja (don't know their roles)
Jo Hee Ja is the lady with the whip in her hand.
Plot is mostly about King Myeongjong in his days as Crown Prince wanting to leave the suffocating life of the Palace. He's scared of the Court officials and the continuous schemes among the court ladies, and he's lonely with nobody to talk to. One day, he tries to leave the Palace by jumping the walls, and when that doesn't work he tries to dig a hole under the wall. But the Court officials catch him and he's sent back to the East Palace in tears. After that, he resigns himself to his fate and surrounds himself with evil subjects and court ladies' schemes until his own life is in danger. It seems that in the end, he becomes King and wishes he could throw off his robe and become a farmer.
From left: Kim Hee Ja, Kim Min Ja and an unknown actress
