My Princess (TV series)

My Princess
Promotional poster for My Princess
Genre	Romance Comedy Drama
Written by	Jang Young-shil
Directed by	Kwon Seok-jang
Starring	Song Seung-heon Kim Tae-hee Park Ye-jin Ryu Soo-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	70 minutes
Production company(s)	Curtain Call Production Inc. Storm S Productions
Release
Original network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release	January 5 (2011-01-05) – February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)
External links
Website

My Princess (Hangul: 마이 프린세스) is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Song Seung-heon, Kim Tae-hee, Park Ye-jin, and Ryu Soo-young.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It aired on MBC from January 5 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

An ordinary college student, Lee Seol (Kim Tae-hee), finds out she's a princess and the great-granddaughter of the Joseon Dynasty's last Emperor, Emperor Sunjong. The grandson of the chairman of Daehan Group, Park Hae-young (Song Seung-heon), is put in charge of educating Seol on proper etiquette in order for her to fulfill her role. However, Hae-young is put in a precarious situation when he finds himself drawn to Seol, the girl who will take away his inheritance if the monarchy is restored.

Cast

Main characters

• Song Seung-heon as Park Hae-young
• Kim Tae-hee as Lee Seol
• Park Ye-jin as Oh Yoon-joo
• Ryu Soo-young as Nam Jung-woo

Supporting characters

• Lee Soon-jae as Park Dong-jae, Hae-young's grandfather and chairman of the Daehan Group
• Maeng Sang-hoon as Oh Ki-taek, Yoon-joo's father and Park Dong-jae's secretary
• Kang Ye-sol as Lee Dan, Seol's adoptive sister
• Im Ye-jin as Kim Da-bok, Seol's adoptive mother
• Lee Gi-kwang as Geon-yi, royal chef
• Son Sung-yoon as Shin Mi-so, palace maid
• Hwang Young-hee as Hong In-ae, chief palace maid
• Lee Sung-min as Lee Young-chan, President of the Republic of Korea
• Lee Dae-yeon as So Sun-woo
• Choi Yu-hwa as Kang Sun-ah, Seol's friend from school
• Baek Bong-ki as Bong-jae, bodyguard
• Jeon Min-seo as young Seol
• Choi Won-hong as young Hae-young
• Heo Tae-hee as aide
• Chu Hun-yub as Yoo Ki-kwang, reporter
• Min Joon-hyun as reporter
• Park Hyuk-kwon as Lee Han, Seol's father
• Park Jung-woo as Park Hae-young's father
• Ahn Nae-sang as Emperor Sunjong (cameo)
• Jo Sung-ha as Park Dong-jae's father (cameo)
• Cha Hwa-yeon as fashion designer (cameo)
• Jung Suk-yong as priest (cameo, episode 4)
• Joo Sang-wook as Hyun-woo (cameo, episode 9)
• Park Min-woo

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Music

The My Princess original soundtrack was released as two 7-track albums by Pony Canyon Korea. Part 1 was released on January 13, 2011 and Part 2 on February 15, 2011. The soundtrack contained a number of songs used in the series, including those by Lee Sang-eun, Taru and Every Single Day.

International broadcast

• It aired in the Philippines on ABS-CBN from March 28 to May 6, 2011.
• It aired in Japan on Fuji TV in September 2011.
• It aired in Vietnam on VTV6 beginning August 15, 2012.
• It aired in the Middle East on MBC 4 beginning April 27, 2014.
• It aired in Malaysia on 8TV.
• It aired in Thailand on Channel 7 beginning August 3, 2013.

Home media

My Princess was released in two DVD box sets in Japan. The first set containing volumes 1-4 was released on July 6, 2011 and the second with volumes 5-8 was released on August 3, 2011.^[10] Both were released under Curtain Call Production Inc., Storm S Productions and Geneon Universal Entertainment.

References

External links

• My Princess official MBC website (Korean)
• My Princess at MBC Global Media
• My Princess at HanCinema
• My Princess at the Internet Movie Database