Mr. Queen (2020)

Original title

철인왕후

Directed by

Yoon Sung-sik

Cast

Shin Hye Sun, Queen Cheorin, Kim Jung Hyun, Cheoljong of Joseon, Cha Chung Hwa, Chae Seo Eun, Yoo Min Kyu, Lee Jae Won

Genre

comedy television series, romance television series, fantasy television series, alternate history television series

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 20 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 495 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A modern man's soul ends up in the body of a Joseon-era queen. She must navigate court politics while the king tries to be a good ruler. The show mixes comedy and romance with a fish-out-of-water twist.

comedicfantasticalromanticbrisk-pacedfarce-likelightheartedwoozy

What happens

Mr. Queen (Korean: 철인왕후) is a 2020 South Korean television series based on the Chinese web series Go Princess Go. Directed by Yoon Sung-sik, it stars Shin Hye-sun as Queen Cheorin and Kim Jung-hyun as King Cheoljong. The drama is about Queen Cheorin finding herself with the soul of a modern-day man inside her body and King Cheoljong striving to be a king who helps his people. It aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 (KST) from December 12, 2020, to February 14, 2021. Despite its controversies, the series is the eleventh highest rated drama in Korean cable television history, with the last episode reaching a nationwide rating of 17.371% and garnering more than 4 million in viewership. It also set a record for tvN by achieving the 5th highest rating in the network's history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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