Mirror of the Witch

Details

 * Title: 마녀보감 / Manyeo Bogam
 * Also known as: Witch Exemplar / Secret Healer
 * Genre: Horror, fantasy, historical, romance, drama
 * Episodes: 20
 * Broadcast network: JTBC
 * Broadcast period: 2016-May-13 to 2016-Jul-16
 * Air time: Friday & Saturday 20:30
 * Original Soundtrack: Mirror of the Witch OST

Synopsis
Story follows unfortunate princess Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron), whose mother, Queen Sim was unable to have a child and searched the aid of a shaman to help her have a child. With the shaman Hong Joo's black magic, Queen Sim was able to have a boy and girl twins. But the girl, princess Seo Ri was put under a curse that turned her heart as cold as ice and was abandoned deep in the mountains, where she becomes a witch. Until she meets a young man, the royal physician Heo Joon (Yoon Shi Yoon), who wrote the book Mirror of Eastern Medicine.

Cast

 * Main Cast
 * Yoon Shi Yoon as Heo Joon
 * Kim Gab Soo as 40 years later Heo Joon (ep 20)
 * Kim Sae Ron as Princess Yun Hee / Seo Ri
 * Yum Jung Ah as Shaman Hong Joo
 * Lee Sung Jae as Choi Hyun Suh
 * Kwak Shi Yang as Poong Yun


 * Palace
 * Jang Hee Jin as Queen Shim
 * Lee Ji Hoon as King Seonjo
 * Yeo Hoe Hyun as Crown Prince Soonhwae (Yun Hee's twin brother)


 * Sogyukseo
 * Lee Yi Kyung as Yo Kwang
 * ??? as Chun Choo
 * ??? as Chun Kwon
 * ??? as Kae Yang
 * ??? as Ok Hyung


 * Heo Joon's family
 * Jo Dal Hwan as Heo Ok (Heo Joon's older half-brother)
 * ??? as Heo Yoon (Heo Ok and Heo Joon's father)
 * Jun Mi Sun as Mrs. Son (Heo Ok's mother)
 * Kim Hee Jung as Mrs. Kim (Heo Joon's mother)


 * Others
 * Moon Ga Young as Sol Kae
 * Yoon Bok In as Mrs. Ok (Choi Hyun Suh's wife, Poong Yun's mother)
 * Choi Sung Won as Dong Rae
 * Min Do Hee as Soon Deuk
 * Jung Yoo Min as Hwa Jin
 * Song Jae In (송재인) as gisaeng
 * Kim So Hye as Mi Hyang
 * Kim Jong Hoon (김종훈)
 * Kim Chae Eun
 * Son Young Soon
 * Ko Eun Min


 * Special appearances
 * Kim Young Ae as Queen Yoon (Myung Jong's mother) (ep 1-4)
 * Lee David as King Myung Jong (ep 1-4)
 * Jung In Sun as Hae Ran (ep 1-2, 17-18)
 * Lee Cho Hee as Man Wol (ep 5)
 * Im Hyun Sung as a gambler (ep 5)
 * Park Chul Min as a business man (ep 6)
 * Kang Han Na as Queen Park
 * Ahn Kil Kang as a suspicious man (ep 20)
 * Nam Da Reum as Heo Joon's disciple (ep 20)

Production Credits

 * Production Company: Dramahouse
 * Director: Jo Hyun Tak, Shim Na Yun (심나연)
 * Screenwriter: Yang Hyuk Moon (양혁문), No Sun Jae (노선재)

Episode Ratings
See Mirror of the Witch/Episode Ratings