Empress Myeongseong (Korean: 명성황후; Hanja: 明成皇后) is a 2001 and 2002 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2.
Empress Myeongseong | |
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Genre | Historical |
Written by | Jung Ha-yeon |
Directed by | Yoon Chang-bum Shin Chang-suk |
Starring | Lee Mi-yeon Choi Myung-gil Lee Jin-woo Yoo Dong-geun |
Ending theme | "If I Leave" (나 가거든/Na Kakeodeun) by Jo Sumi |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 124 |
Production | |
Producer | Yoon Yong-hoon |
Production locations | Kyeongbok Palace, South Korea |
Running time | 60 minutes Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:50 (KST) |
Production companies | Samhwa Networks GM Agency |
Original release | |
Network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Release | May 9, 2001 July 18, 2002 | –
Empress Myeongseong | |
Hangul | 명성황후 |
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Hanja | 明成皇后 |
Revised Romanization | Myeongseong Hwanghu |
McCune–Reischauer | Myŏngsŏng Hwang-hu |
Empress Myeongseong is considered the last empress of Korea. She was assassinated in 1895.
Royal Family
Palace/Inner Court
Empress Myeongseong’s family/Yeoheung Min clan
Extended
Japanese Legation Group
Qing Dynasty figures
German figures
Russian figures
Britain figures
American figures
It was reported that Lee Mi-Yeon signed a contract with KBS for this drama for only 100 episodes. However, due to high viewership rates, KBS wanted to extend the episodes for more than 100 originally. Since Lee Mi-Yeon wanted to stick with the original contract, she refused to do more than 100 episodes. However, KBS said still extended Empress Myeongseong and had Choi Myung-Gil for the role. Lee Mi-Yeon's last episode was Episode 81 and Choi Myung-Gil started at Episode 82. The viewers should not be confused as Lee Mi-Yeon also had a death scene which is actually a music video for the OST.