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Post: #1 (ID: 92970)   PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:23 am    Karma this post: (+7 -0)   Post subject:  Who is Who Posted from: United States Reply with quote Quick Quote

**NOTE** I will be adding pics as I learn the characters. If you want to help - all the pics are located in my photobucket account HERE





This is also borrowed from ajk on the Chicago Board. I added the pics, and made some edits. The original list is constantly being updated and contains additional information as well as spoilers.

The actors' names & dates the characters lived is courtesy of Koreanwiz



ROYALS

 
King Taejong (1367-1422: Kim Young Chul)- King of Chosun. Son of King Taejo. Formerly known as Yi Bangwon.

 
Queen Wongyeong (1385-1420: Choi Myung Kil) - Queen of Chosun. From the Min family.

   
Crown prince Yangnyeong (1394-1462): adult - Park Sang Min) - Oldest son of Taejong and Wongyeong.

 
Prince Hyoryeong (1396-1486: adult - Sung Min)- Second son of Taejong and Wongyeong.

   
Prince Choongnyeong (1397-1450: adult - Kim Sang Kyung)- Third son of Taejong and Wongyeong. The future King Sejong.

Prince Seongnyeong - Fourth son of Taejong and Wongyeong.

 
Prince Kyoungnyeong - Son of Taejong and consort Hyobin.

 
Crown princess - Wife of Yangnyeong. Daughter of minister Kim Hanlo.

 
Princess Shim (1395-1446: Lee Yoon Ji)- Wife of Choongnyeong. Daughter of minister Shim On.

Princess Jeong - Although not stated explicitly, is almost certainly wife of Hyoryeong.

 
Jeongjong - Former king of Chosun. Taejong's brother. Lives in Induk Palace.

Yi Banggan - Taejong/Bangwon's brother. Seen only in the brief historical flashback of the Second Princes' Rebellion (first shown in Ep1).

Prince Bangseok - Taejong/Bangwon's half-brother.


MINISTERS

 
Ha Ryun (1347-1416: Choi Jong Won) - Prime minister. King Taejong's political mentor.

 
Hwang Hee (1363-1452: Kim Gap Soo)- Heads the Ministry of Rites.

   
Min Mugu(? - 1410: Kim Eung Soo) and Min Mujil (? - 1410: Lee Kyung Young) - Military ministers (Mugu was the head) and brothers to Queen Wongyeong.

Min Muhwe (? - 1416: Lee Woo Suk) and Min Muhyul (? - 1416: Kim Hyung Il) - Military ministers. Younger brothers to Mugu and Mujil and the queen.

 
Park Eun (1370-1422: Park Young Ji)- Capital bureaus commissioner.

 
Jo Malseng (1370-1447: Jung Dong Hwan)- Minister.

 
Kim Hanlo (1367 - ?: Choi Joo Bong)- Minister. Father of Yangnyeong's wife.

 
Shim On (1375-1418: Choi Sang Hoon) - Minister. Father of Choongnyeong's wife.

   
Yi Sookbun (1373-1440: Kim Joo Young) and Yi Jongmu (1360-1425: Park Sang Joo) - Military ministers.

Yu Jeonghyun - A regional government official

Huh Jo - A vice-minister

Meng Sasung (1360-1438) - a local official from somewhere in the countryside


EUNUCHS/ATTENDANTS/STAFF

 
Noh Huibong (Hwang Bum Sik) - King Taejong's head attendant.

Noh Boon - Yangnyeong's head attendant

 
Jang Won (Jo Jae Wan)- The young prince Choongnyeong's eunuch

 
Um Jachi (Yoon Ki Won) - Eunuch


Jeong Ogeun - Eunuch for Choongnyeong

 
Jeon Ilji (Moon Chun Sik) - Eunuch. Nephew of Foreman Jeon.

Granny Cowsears - An old woman who has some type of responsibility over the palace eunuchs.

Escort Han - Older woman who oversees the cooks at the Hall of Great Peace

Uimyoung - One of Princess Shim's attendants.

Kim Sahaeng - The former king Taejo's most trusted eunuch


OTHERS IN GOVERNMENT

 
Gang Sangin (Jung Heung Chae) - Military officer; head of the palace guards

Kim Byun - Deputy of the palace guard (dead in Ep1)

Han Younglo - A regional government official. Father of Daion.

Byun Gaeryang (1369-1430: Kim Young Ki)- Deputy Director (not sure of what yet).

 
Kim Jongsuh (1390-1453: Lee Byung Wook) - Government official in the office of the royal seal (possibly the head of it)

Choi Haesan (1380-1443: Lee Dae Yeon)- Works at the Bureau of Weaponry; his father, Choi Muson, was the first Korean to mass-produce gunpowder.

Jang Chilsang - A colleague of Choi Haesan's from the weapons bureau.

 
Gang Yu (Kim Jin Kook)- Soldier

Gu Jongsu - One of Yi Sookbun's subordinates in the military

Gu Jongji - Jongsu's brother

Yi Chun (1376-1451: Jeon Hyeon) - Bureau of Weaponry official

Choi Yundeok - Garrison commander in charge of defending northern border territory


NON-CHOSUNESE

Pyeong Dojeon - Japanese spy

 
Huang Yan - Ming envoy

Haishou - Works for envoy Huang Yan

Tongmingge - A northern Jurchen barbarian; has negotiating authority so must be a chief of some sort.

Tongfancha - A northern Jurchen barbarian; has some level of military authority in the field.


OTHERS

 
Yi Su (1374-1430: Jo Sung Ha)- Choongnyeong's teacher; a member of the Confucian Academy

 
Baron Ok Hwan (Kim Myung Gon)- A leading Chosunese merchant; one of the royal descendants of Goryeo

 
Foreman Jeon (Jeon Pansuk) - Works for Ok Hwan; uncle of eunuch Jeon Ilji.

Muby (Jung Ui Gap)- Works for Ok Hwan; seems to be a chief-agent kind of guy

Wang Ahn - A rebel leader who works for Ok Hwan

 
Consort Hyobin - Taejong's consort; mother of prince Kyoungnyeong

 
Eo-ree/Auri (Oh Yeon Seo) - Consort of Crown prince Yangnyeong; works for Ok Hwan

 
Shin Bin - Consort of Prince Choongnyeong

 
Chogungjang - Ex-king Jeongjong's consort

 
Yun Hwe (1380-1436: Lee Won Jong) - Former state councilor

 
Han Daion - Han Younglo's daughter

 
Jang Youngsil (Lee Cheon Hee) - Servant to Han's family

 
Jeong Inji (1396-1478: Lee Jin Woo )- Student body president at the Confucian Academy

 
Choi Manli (1398-1456: Lee Sung Min)- Another of the Confucian scholars.

Gwok Sun - Old man

Yi Sun - Peasant girl

Lady Ahn - Shim On's wife


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Post: #2 (ID: 92983)   PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:28 am    Karma this post: (+0 -0)   Post subject:   Posted from: United States Reply with quote Quick Quote

This is going to be super helpful! Thanks and karma!

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Post: #3 (ID: 92987)   PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:03 pm    Karma this post: (+5 -0)   Post subject:  Re: Who is Who Posted from: United States Reply with quote Quick Quote

mtlandis wrote:
**NOTE** I will be adding pics as I learn the characters.


Change this one...Or maybe your pic is him as a kid, It was 3 months ago for me...
 
Crown prince Yangnyeong - Oldest son of Taejong and Wongyeong.


 
Prince Choongnyeong - Third son of Taejong and Wongyeong. The future King Sejong.


 
Princess Shim - Wife of Choongnyeong. Daughter of minister Shim On.




I have to leave for work now...Next week when I watch, I will be able to fill in a lot more...

Where did you get the little pics from??? There are a lot of names, and only 49 pics...


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I got the pics from the KBS site - their cast list. I figured if they posted pics - these were the important people.


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Do you want us mods to post seperately or edit your first post??


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As long as you are sure, go ahead and edit my original post. For the characters that start the series as children, leave the kid pic there along with the adult pic.


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Post: #7 (ID: 93042)   PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:42 pm    Karma this post: (+0 -0)   Post subject:   Posted from: United States Reply with quote Quick Quote

thank you thank you for this!!! the first episode was SSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO complicated and there were so many characters introduced, it was a bit overwhelming. this is awesome.

and you should paste this info (minus the pics) on to the english wikipedia page for the show. there is almost NO info on the page at all. awesome awesome. thanks!

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mtlandis wrote:
I got the pics from the KBS site - their cast list. I figured if they posted pics - these were the important people.


DUH...I posted links to those pages HERE Laugh Out Loud


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Ducky wrote:
mtlandis wrote:
I got the pics from the KBS site - their cast list. I figured if they posted pics - these were the important people.


DUH...I posted links to those pages HERE Laugh Out Loud


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