Dae Wang Sejong

Details[]

Title: 대왕 세종 (大王世宗) / Dae Wang Sejong
Also known as: The Great King Sejong / King Sejong / Sejong the Great
Genre: Historical
Episodes: 86
Broadcast network: KBS1 (ep.1-26), KBS2 (ep.27-86)
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-05 to 2008-Nov-16
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:30
Original Soundtrack: Dae Wang Sejong OST

Synopsis[]

This drama is about the life of the fourth king of the Choson Dynasty, King Sejong. He is best remembered for creating the native Korean alphabet, Hangul.

User/Viewer Ratings[]

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Kim Sang Kyung as King Sejong
- Lee Hyun Woo as Prince Choong Nyeong (later Sejong)
Lee Yoon Ji as Queen So Heon
- Nam Ji Hyun as young Princess Shim (later Queen So Heon)

Joseon Royal Family

Kim Sung Ryung as Hyo Bin
Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Hyang / Prince Moon Jong
- Kang Bit (강빛) as child Lee Hyang / Prince Moon Jong
Yoon Young Joon as Prince Kyung Nyung (Hyo Bin's son)
Choi Myung Gil as Queen Won Kyeong (Sejong's mother)
Park Sang Min as Prince Yang Nyeong
- Lee Joon as teenage Prince Yang Nyeong
- Jung Chan Woo as young Prince Yang Nyeong
Ahn Shin Woo as Prince Hyo Ryung (Queen Won Kyung's second son)
- Yoo Tae Woong as young Prince Hyo Ryung
Yu Seo Jin as Se Ja Bin (Prince Yang Nyeong's wife)
Kang Kyung Hun as Cho Koong Jang (King Ahn's consort)
Joo Da Young as Princess Jung So
- Kim Ji Won as younger Princess Jung So
Lee Joo Hyun (이주현) as Princess Jung Eeh
Suh Joon Young as King Sejo / Prince Soo Yang
- Choi Min Ho (최민호) as young Prince Soo Yang
Han Shi Hoon (한시훈) as Prince An Pyeong
- Kang Han Byul as young Prince An Pyeong
Baek Seung Do as Prince Seong Nyeong
Yeo Min Joo as Crown Princess Bang / Lady Bang

Kings of Joseon

Sejong's ministers and supporters[]

Lee Chun Hee as Jang Yeong Sil
Jun Hyun as Lee Chun
Lee Dae Yeon as Choi Hae San
Kim Gab Soo as Hwang Hee
Ahn Dae Yong as Maeng Sa Sung
Jo Sung Ha as Lee Soo (Choong Nyeong's teacher)
Lee Won Jong as Yoon Hwa
Lee Jin Woo as Jung In Ji
Lee Sung Min as Choi Man Ri
Yoon Gi Won as Eom Ja Chi
Lee Byung Wook as Kim Jong Suh
Kwon Se In as Shin Sook Joo
Kim Young Ki as Byun Kye Ryang
Lee Dal Hyung as Shin Jang
Sun Dong Hyuk as Choi Yoon Duk

Ministers

Choi Jong Won as Ha Ryoon
Park Young Ji as Park Eun
Choi Sang Hoon as Shim Ohn
Jung Heung Chae as Kang Sang In
Choi Joo Bong as Kim Han Ro
Hwang Bum Sik as No Hee Bong
Kim Eung Soo as Min Moo Goo
Lee Kyung Young as Min Moo Jil
Kim Hyung Il as Min Moo Hyul
Lee Woo Suk as Min Moo Hoe
Kim Joo Young as Lee Seok Boon
Park Sang Jo as Lee Jong Moo

Former king's ministers

Jung Dong Hwan as Jo Mal Saeng
Kim Ki Hyun as Yoo Jung Hyun
Kim Ha Kyoon as Heo Jo
Kim Jung Hak as Kim Moon

Goryeo[]

Kim Myung Gon (김명곤) as Ok Hwan
Kim Seung Wook as Leader Jun
Jung Ui Gap as Moo Bi
Moon Chun Sik as Jeon Il Ji
Choi Sang Kil as Jang Chil Sang
Kim Yong Soo (김용수) as Wang Ahn
Park Yong Soo as Han Yeong Ro

Ming Dynasty

Go In Bum as Hwang Eom (ambassador from Ming China)
Ha Yong Jin as Hae Soo / Chinese envoy
Jung Yoo Mi as Da Yeon
Oh Seung Yoon as Emperor Yingzong

Japanese people

Jang Se Jin as Sō Sadamori

Other people

Lee Jung Hyun as Yi Sun
Oh Yeon Seo as Eori
Jo Jae Wan as Jang Won
Min Ji as Dam Eeh
- Hwang Jung Won (황정원) as young Dam Eeh
Kim Ji Young as old lady
Kim Bo Mi as court lady
Seol Ji Yoon as retired gisaeng, Choon Wol
Ahn Hae Sook as Shim Ohn's wife

More Extended Cast & Guests

Episode Ratings[]

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2008-01-05	1	20.1 (4th)	19.0 (4th)
2008-01-06	2	22.4 (3rd)	22.0 (3rd)
2008-01-12	3	21.5 (4th)	20.9 (5th)
2008-01-13	4	21.9 (3rd)	20.8 (4th)
2008-01-19	5	19.7 (5th)	19.2 (5th)
2008-01-20	6	21.2 (4th)	20.4 (5th)
2008-01-26	7	18.0 (5th)	16.9 (5th)
2008-01-27	8	20.0 (4th)	19.1 (5th)
2008-02-02	9	18.5 (5th)	17.8 (5th)
2008-02-03	10	20.2 (4th)	19.4 (5th)
2008-02-09	11	21.8 (3rd)	21.2 (4th)
2008-02-10	12	21.9 (4th)	21.9 (5th)
2008-02-16	13	20.4 (4th)	20.1 (4th)
2008-02-17	14	20.7 (3rd)	19.4 (4th)
2008-02-23	15	17.2 (6th)	16.2 (7th)
2008-02-24	16	20.9 (4th)	19.8 (4th)
2008-03-01	17	17.8 (5th)	16.9 (6th)
2008-03-02	18	21.1 (4th)	20.4 (4th)
2008-03-08	19	17.4 (5th)	16.1 (6th)
2008-03-09	20	18.5 (4th)	17.5 (4th)
2008-03-15	21	17.0 (5th)	15.9 (6th)
2008-03-16	22	19.2 (4th)	18.7 (5th)
2008-03-22	23	16.0 (6th)	15.0 (6th)
2008-03-23	24	17.4 (5th)	16.0 (7th)
2008-03-29	25	18.2 (5th)	16.7 (5th)
2008-03-30	26	19.3 (4th)	18.6 (4th)
2008-04-05	27	13.8 (8th)	13.5 (8th)
2008-04-06	28	18.8 (5th)	18.4 (5th)
2008-04-12	29	14.9 (7th)	14.4 (7th)
2008-04-13	30	17.0 (6th)	16.8 (6th)
2008-04-19	31	14.2 (7th)	14.2 (7th)
2008-04-20	32	17.3 (4th)	16.5 (5th)
2008-04-26	33	13.8 (7th)	13.0 (8th)
2008-04-27	34	17.1 (6th)	16.6 (7th)
2008-05-03	35	14.4 (5th)	13.5 (6th)
2008-05-04	36	15.7 (4th)	15.3 (5th)
2008-05-10	37	15.0 (5th)	14.8 (5th)
2008-05-11	38	16.3 (4th)	15.7 (4th)
2008-05-17	39	15.4 (5th)	15.0 (6th)
2008-05-18	40	17.2 (6th)	16.5 (8th)
2008-05-24	41	13.8 (5th)	14.1 (5th)
2008-05-25	42	17.0 (5th)	17.1 (5th)
2008-06-01	43	15.7 (7th)	15.6 (7th)
2008-06-07	44	13.4 (8th)	13.1 (8th)
2008-06-08	45	15.9 (7th)	15.8 (7th)
2008-06-14	46	12.4 (7th)	11.8 (8th)
2008-06-15	47	15.3 (7th)	15.6 (7th)
2008-06-21	48	14.1 (8th)	13.9 (8th)
2008-06-22	49	10.0 (17th)	9.3 (17th)
2008-06-28	50	13.9 (6th)	13.3 (6th)
2008-06-29	51	13.8 (8th)	14.0 (7th)
2008-07-05	52	12.1 (8th)	11.8 (8th)
2008-07-06	53	14.2 (7th)	14.1 (7th)
2008-07-12	54	12.0 (6th)	12.9 (6th)
2008-07-13	55	14.8 (6th)	14.6 (6th)
2008-07-19	56	11.9 (8th)	11.7 (8th)
2008-07-20	57	15.5 (7th)	15.6 (7th)
2008-07-26	58	13.4 (5th)	13.7 (5th)
2008-07-27	59	13.2 (8th)	13.1 (8th)
2008-08-02	60	13.0 (5th)	12.9 (6th)
2008-08-03	61	12.2 (9th)	12.5 (8th)
2008-08-09	62	8.8 (18th)	8.4 (20th)
2008-08-24	63	9.5 (20th)	9.9 (17th)
2008-08-30	64	11.2 (6th)	11.0 (7th)
2008-08-31	65	11.4 (9th)	11.3 (9th)
2008-09-06	66	13.3 (5th)	13.4 (5th)
2008-09-07	67	16.0 (6th)	16.4 (6th)
2008-09-13	68	9.5 (7th)	8.9 (13th)
2008-09-14	69	9.1 (12th)	8.4 (16th)
2008-09-20	70	13.7 (5th)	13.5 (5th)
2008-09-21	71	16.1 (6th)	16.3 (6th)
2008-09-27	72	12.0 (5th)	11.9 (5th)
2008-09-28	73	14.1 (6th)	13.9 (6th)
2008-10-04	74	11.9 (7th)	11.5 (7th)
2008-10-05	75	14.7 (6th)	14.4 (6th)
2008-10-12	76	12.5 (8th)	12.1 (8th)
2008-10-18	77	10.5 (11th)	10.0 (12th)
2008-10-19	78	12.5 (8th)	12.5 (9th)
2008-10-25	79	8.8 (15th)	(<8.4)
2008-10-26	80	12.4 (8th)	12.1 (8th)
2008-11-01	81	10.1 (12th)	10.1 (11th)
2008-11-02	82	11.8 (9th)	11.4 (8th)
2008-11-08	83	10.9 (10th)	10.7 (10th)
2008-11-09	84	12.3 (9th)	12.1 (9th)
2008-11-15	85	11.7 (7th)	11.6 (8th)
2008-11-16	86	13.6 (8th)	13.7 (9th)
Average		15.3%	-

Source: TNS Media Korea

Recognitions[]

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Weekly Drama - Actor (Lee Won Jong)
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Weekly Drama - Actress (Lee Yoon Ji)
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Best Young Actor Award (Lee Hyun Woo)

Production Credits[]

Producer: Jung Young Chul
Director: Kim Sung Geun, Kim Won Suk
Assistant Director: Cha Young Hoon, Jun Woo Sung
Screenwriter: Yoon Sun Joo, Kim Tae Hee

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