The Three Musketeers

Details[]

Title: 삼총사 / Samchongsa / The Three Musketeers
Genre: Period, action, romance, melodrama, political
Episodes: 12
Broadcast period: 2014-Aug-17 to 2014-Nov-02
Air time: Sunday 21:20
Broadcast network: tvN
Original Soundtrack: The Three Musketeers OST

Synopsis[]

Based on the original novel of the same title written by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers will be re-produced by setting Joseon dynasty as the background. It will put together the story of Prince So Hyun of Joseon dynasty from the 17th century with the story of The Three Musketeers, which sets 17th century France as the background. This three seasons drama is a fushion sageuk about the story of Park Dal Hyang and the Three Musketeers (Crown Prince So Hyun, Heo Seung Po, and Ahn Min Seo) who travel through China during the Joseon era.

User/Viewer Ratings[]

Cast[]

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Park Dal Hyang's Home

Jung Yong Hwa as Park Dal Hyang
Lee Kyun as Pan Soi

The Three Musketeers

Lee Jin Wook as Crown Prince So Hyun
Yang Dong Geun as Heo Seung Po
Jung Hae In as Ahn Min Seo

Royal Palace

Seo Hyun Jin as Yoon Seo, later Kang Bin
Kim Myung Soo as King In Jo

Ministers of Joseon

Park Young Kyu as Kim Ja Jum
Jun Noh Min as Choi Myung Gil

Threats of Joseon

Yoo In Young as Mi Ryung / Hyang Sun
Kim Sung Min as Yong Gol Dae
Park Sung Min as No Soo

Others

Kim Seo Kyung as Ma Poo Dae
Woo Hyun as Dal Hyang's father
Kim Sun Young as Dal Hyang's mother
Kim Ki Moo as Eunuch Goo
Jo Hang Geun (조항근) as Moo Dong Yi
Kang Ki Young as Ba Rang
Kim Bup Rae as Yoon Jung Gook
Son Kwang Up as Park Seo Min
Han Min as Princess Jung Myung
Choo Ye Jin as Tan Yi
Bong Eun Sun (봉은선) as Seung Po's wife
Jung Hyun Jung (정현정) as Seung Po's child
Park Sun Joo (박선주) as Seung Po's child
Kwon Ji Min (권지민) as Seung Po's child
Jung Young Min (정영민) as Seung Po's child
Jung Yoo Suk as Yeonam Park Ji Won
Lee Joon Hyuk
Ri Min
Jung Dong Kyu
Kim Kwang In
Yoo Sang Jae
Ahn Se Ho

Production Credits[]

Production Companies: Chorokbaem Media, JS Pictures
Director: Kim Byung Soo
Original writing: Novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Screenwriter: Song Jae Jung

Episode Ratings[]

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

Date	Episode	Subtitle	Nationwide (%)
2014-08-17	01	First encounter	1.82
2014-08-24	02	The Three Musketeers	1.39
2014-08-31	03	Secret mission	1.46
2014-09-07	04	Protect the enemy general Ingguldai	0.99
2014-09-14	05	A Duel	1.09
2014-09-21	06	Commander Kim Ja-jeom	1.01
2014-09-28	07	Mi Ryung and Hyang Sun	1.16
2014-10-05	08	The Crown Princess' Wish	0.79
2014-10-12	09	Immediate Execution	1.03
2014-10-19	10	One For All, All For One	1.37
2014-10-26	11	A Kiss	1.76
2014-11-02	12	A Letter from the Mainland	1.96
Average			1.32%

Source: AGB Nielsen Korea (cable standard rating)

Notes[]

The first episode of this drama aired on nine cable channels: tvN, OCN, Mnet, On Style, Story On, Channel CGV, Ongamenet, Baduk TV and Zhtv simultaneously. The combined viewership rating of those nine channels was 2.8% with the highest peak 5.1%.--Source