King & I
Wangkwa Na
SBS drama (2007) - 63 episodes
For SBS homepage for this drama (in Korean), go to: 
tv.sbs.co.kr/eunuch/
Aired in Korea:  Aug 27, 2007 to April 1, 2008  on SBS Monday and Tuesday nights at 9:55 p.m. (replaced Kangnam Mom).
Aired with English subtitles on KBFD-TV in Hawaii:   Oct. 22, 2007 to May 27, 2008 Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:45; replayed next afternoon at 3:00 (replaced Kangnam Mom).

Cast:
Kim Cheo-seon:
-as a child:  Joo Min Soo
-as an adult: 
Oh Man Seok (Man in the Vineyard)
Ms. Oh (Cheo-seon's birth mom):  Yang Jung Ah
Kim Ja-myung (Cheo-seon's birth dad):  Lee Il Jae
Yoon So-hwa:
-as a child:  Park Bo Young
-as an adult: 
Goo Hye Sun (Pure in Heart)
Yoon Ki-kyun (So-hwa's dad):  Sun Woo Jae Duk (Kangnam Mom)
Ms. Shin (Ki-kyun's wife):  Choi Jung Won
Yoon Ki-hyun: Jung Eun Chan
Park Duk-hoo: Kim Hyuk
Sung Jong (King):  Go Joo Won (Bizarre Bunch)
Queen Jung Hyun (Ms. Yoon):  Lee Jin
Queen Kong Hye (Ms. Han):  ___
Jo Chi-gyeom (Senior Eunuch):  Jun Kwang Ryul (Jumong/Trap of Youth)
No Nae-si: Shin Goo (Pure in Heart)
Seol-young: Jun Hye Bin
So ____: Yeo Woon Gae (Money War)
Wol-hwa: Yoon Yoo Sun (Pure in Heart)
Gae Do-chi: Ahn Kil Kang
Choi Cham-bong: Kang Nam Kil (Farewell to Sadness/Sad Love Story)
___:  Kim Jung In
Jung Han-soo: Ahn Jae Mo (Pretty Lady)
Song Gae-nam: Lee Gun Joo
Choi Ja-chi: Kim Da Hyun
Jang Soon-woo: Kim Ha Kyoon (Bad Couple)
Eom Nae-kwan: Kim Yong Heon
Yang Sung -yoon: Kim Myung Soo
Do Geum-pyo: Han Jung Soo
Ms. Jung:  Kim So Hyun
Queen Jung-hee: 
Yang Mi Kyung (Dae Jang-geum)
Queen Mother In-soo: 
Jung In Hwa
Se-jo (7th King):  Kim Byung Se (Mr. Duke)
Ye-jong (8th King):  Yoo In Ho
Yeon San-geun (10th King):  ___
Goo Sung-koon: Park Dong Bin
Han Myung Hoe: Kim Jong Kyu.
Eol-woo-dong: Kim Sa Rang (A Love to Kill)
For more information (in Korean) on the cast from SBS,
click here.

For a summary of this drama by SBS
Global,go to: 
global.sbs.co.kr/America/
AboutSBSPro/Drama/drama.jsp?vod_id=
V0000330028
(caution:  spoiler alert).

Read about a disruption on the set of this drama caused by the famous spouse of one of the actresses, in a 1/2/08 JoongAng Daily article at:
joongangdaily.joins.com/
article/view.asp?aid=2884575
.

Read about the sayak used in this drama, in a 2/23/08 KBS World article at: 
world.kbs.
co.kr/english/culturenlife/culturenlife_hotclick_detail.
htm?No=68
(caution:  this article contains SPOILERS).
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Staff:

Screenwriter:  Yoo dong Yoon
P.D.:  Kim Jae Hyung & Song Jae Sung

Learn Korean:
wang = King
~kwa = and
na = I/me

Variations of drama name
:
King & I (title used by SBS Global)

For SBS Photos from this drama,
click here.  Spoiler alert:  The photo gallery may contain spoilers.

For SBS Videos on Demand (VODs) in Korean for this drama, go to: 
click here.

Read about the popularity of this drama, in a 9/18/07 Korea Times article by
clicking here.

Read about this drama in a 9/19/07 JoongAng Daily article at: 
joongangdaily.joins.com/article/
view.asp?aid-2880645
and a 10/2/07 Dong-A Ilbo article at:  english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?
biid=2007100213028
.

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Cheo-seon & So-hwa
as children (left) & as adults (right)
Original Sound Track (OST)
for this drama
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