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Goong

Title: 궁 (宮) / Goong (Gung)
Also known as: Palace / Princess Hours (MBC Global Media) / Imperial Household
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-11 to 2006-Mar-30
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Songs: "Perhaps Love" by HowL & J. , "You & I Are Fools" by Stay, "Parrot" by HowL
Inserts "Ice Pond", "Give Me A little Try" by Leigh Nash
Related TV shows: Goong S

Synopsis

Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae Kyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae Kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather.

After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul appears all of a sudden. He is Shin's cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae Kyung's optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae Kyung's relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?

Cast

Goong character correlation chart

Main cast

Yoon Eun Hye as Shin Chae Kyung
Joo Ji Hoon as Lee Shin
Kim Jung Hoon as Lee Yul
Song Ji Hyo as Min Hyo Rin

Chae Kyung's family

Im Ye Jin as Chae Kyung's mother
Kang Nam Gil as Chae Kyung's father
Kim Suk as Shin Chae Joon (younger brother)

Shin's friends

Choi Sung Joon as Kang In
Lee Yong Joo as Jang Kyung
Uhm Sung Mo as Ryu Wan

Chae kyung's friends

Jun Ji Ae as Lee Kang Hyun
Lee Eun as Kim Soon Young
Dan Ji as Yoon Hee Soong

Palace

Kim Hye Ja as the Queen Mother
Yoon Yoo Sun as Queen Min
Park Chan Hwan as King Hwang
Lee Yoon Ji as Princess Hye Myung (Shin's sister)
Shim Hye Jin as Lady Hwa Yong (Yul's mother)
Kim Sang Joong as Lee Soo (Yul's late father)
Choi Bool Am as Emperor Seongjo
Lee Ho Jae as the Head butler
Jun Soo Yeon as Escort Choi
Won Mi Won as Attendant Suh (Lee Yul's former nanny)
Yoon Hee Joo as Attendant #1
Lee So Won as Attendant #3

Other people

Production Credits

Production Company: Eight Peaks
Director: Hwang In Roe
Original Work: Manhwa 「궁」 by Park So-hee
Screenwriter: In Eun Ah

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul Area
2006-01-11	1	16.2 (5th)	16.6 (5th)
2006-01-12	2	16.0 (6th)	16.5 (7th)
2006-01-18	3	14.3 (9th)	14.3 (8th)
2006-01-19	4	15.1 (9th)	15.3 (8th)
2006-01-25	5	19.7 (5th)	20.5 (4th)
2006-01-26	6	16.5 (8th)	16.5 (7th)
2006-02-01	7	13.7 (11th)	14.0 (10th)
2006-02-02	8	18.6 (6th)	19.1 (6th)
2006-02-08	9	24.0 (2nd)	25.2 (2nd)
2006-02-09	10	25.2 (2nd)	26.3 (2nd)
2006-02-15	11	24.5 (2nd)	25.7 (2nd)
2006-02-16	12	25.6 (2nd)	27.2 (2nd)
2006-02-22	13	25.0 (2nd)	25.8 (2nd)
2006-02-23	14	26.7 (2nd)	28.4 (2nd)
2006-03-02	15	27.9 (2nd)	28.8 (2nd)
2006-03-02	16	24.3 (3rd)	25.0 (3rd)
2006-03-08	17	25.8 (2nd)	26.1 (2nd)
2006-03-09	18	26.6 (2nd)	27.1 (2nd)
2006-03-15	19	27.0 (2nd)	27.3 (2nd)
2006-03-16	20	27.1 (2nd)	26.9 (2nd)
2006-03-22	21	24.6 (2nd)	25.2 (2nd)
2006-03-23	22	24.4 (2nd)	25.5 (2nd)
2006-03-29	23	25.4 (2nd)	26.9 (2nd)
2006-03-30	24	28.3 (2nd)	28.8 (2nd)
Average		22.6%	23.2%

Source: TNS Media Korea

Recognitions

1st Seoul Drama Awards: Best Art Director
2006 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards: nominated for Best New Actor (Joo Ji Hoon) and Best New Actress (Yoon Eun Hye)
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actor Award (Joo Ji Hoon)
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actress Award (Yoon Eun Hye)

Trivia

Goong is based on the same titled manhwa by Park So Hee.
The production company Eight Peaks stated in 2007 their wish to make a sequel. But due to management conflicts and the resulting withdrawal of the main cast this is unlikely to be happen.
The spin-off series Goong S was produced by a separate production company, Group Eight, and is not an official sequel. Both, cast and storyline are different.

External Links

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