Jang Yeong-sil (TV series)

Jang Yeong-sil (Korean: 장영실) is a 2016 South Korean historical drama television series starring Song Il-kook, Kim Yeong-cheol, Kim Sang-kyung and Park Sun-young. It replaced The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War and aired on KBS1 from January 2, 2016 to March 26, 2016 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST) for 24 episodes.

Plot

A television series talk about Jang Yeong-sil, a popular scientist of Joseon in the 15th century. Born as a slave but with the remarkable talent and the profound passion for astronomy, he was known by King Sejong and was recommended to the court. Jang Yeong-sil had a lot of contributions for the science-technology of Joseon, he has left many great inventions such as the water clock, the sundial, the astronomical instruments, the rain gauge and also many research on weaponry.

Cast

Main characters

• Song Il-kook as Jang Yeong-sil (or Jang Young-sil)
  • Jung Yoon-seok as young Jang Yeong-sil
• Kim Sang-kyung as Yi Do, later King Sejong the Great (1397~1450)
  • Hong Hyun-taek as young Yi Do
• Kim Yeong-cheol as Yi Bang-won, later King Taejong (1367~1422)
• Park Sun-young as Princess Sohyun – King Taejong's daughter and Yi Do's older sister (fictional character)
  • Yoon Si-yeong as young Sohyun

Supporting characters

Royal household

• Kim Ki-hyeon as King Taejo
• Lee Byung-wook as Prince Yangnyeong
• Kim Bo-mi as Princess Gyeonghye
• Han Jeong-woo as King Munjong
  • Choi Seung-hoon as young Yi Hyang (later King Munjong)
• Choi Dong-ah as King Danjong
• Go Young-bin as King Sejo

Court officials

• Kim Do-hyun as Lee Cheon
• Son Byong-ho as Ha Yeon
• Jung Han-yong as Hwang Hui
• Kim Byung-ki as Maeng Sa-sung
• Lee Young-seok as Jo Mal-saeng
• Han Ki-joong as Heo Jo
• Kim Hyo-won as Jeong Cho
• Kang Shin-goo as Jeong Heum-ji
• Jeong Eui-gap as Jeong In-ji
• Park Seung-gyu as Park Eun
• Hwang Yi-geon as Kim Goo-nam
• Lee Geon-myung as Park Yeon
• Ahn Shin-woo as Choe Manri

Seoungwan people

• Lee Byung-hoon as Lee Sun-ji
• Seo Hyun-chul as Choi Bok (fictional character)
• Im Hyuk as Yoo Taek-sang
• Min Joon-hyun as Jeon Bae-cheon (fictional character)
• Lee Joo-hyun as Ji Gyeong-chan (fictional character)
• Kang Ji-hoo as Sung Sa-gook (fictional character)

Dongraehyeon people

• Lee Ji-hoon as Jang Hee-je (fictional character)
  • Kim Dan-yool as young Jang Hee-je
• Kim Myeong-soo as Jang Sung-hwi – a Goryeo's scientist, minister and Jang Yeong-sil's father
• Kim Ae-ran as Eun-wol – a Kisaeng and Jang Yeong-sil's mother (assumed character)
• Son Ho-gyun as Jang Gi-bae (fictional character)
• Kang Sung-jin as Seok-goo – Jang Yeong-sil's best friend (fictional character)
  • Lee Joon-seo as young Seok-goo
• Kim Dae-jong as Kim Hak-joo – a noble and Jang Hee-je's friend (fictional character)
  • Lee Kye-in as young Kim Hak-joo

Hanyang people

• Yoon Ah-reum as Eul-seon (Chinese: 乙善; Pinyin: Yǐ Shàn) – princess Sohyun's maid, later Seok-goo's wife
• N/A as Oh Goo-san
• Lee Geon as Han Nae-gwan
• Kim Mi-ra as Uhm Sang-goong

Ming dynasty

• Im Dong-jin as Joo Tae-kang (Chinese: 朱太江; Pinyin: Zhū Tàijiāng) – a Ming dynasty old prince (fictional character)
• Park Gyu-ri as Joo Bu-ryeong (Chinese: 朱副伶; Pinyin: Zhū Fùlíng) – Tae-kang's daughter (fictional character)
• Im Chul-hyung as Yoon Bong – a Joseon person working as a eunuch in Ming dynasty
• Kwon Bin as Zhengtong Emperor

Extended cast

• Kwak Min-ho as Go Gil-soo – a trader between Joseon and Ming dynasty (fictional character)
• Jo Sang-goo as Byun Dae-chi
• Byun Joon-seok as Choi Yool
• Jang Gwang as Jo Gwang
• Hwang Chan-ho as Moo-san
• Kim Min-hyuk as Oh Pil-gyo
• N/A as Bae Kang-choon
• Cha Ye-joon as Im Myung-deok
• Kim Ae-ran as Eun-wol
• Oh Ji-hyuk as Yoo Cheol
• Cha Bo-sung as Sung Sam-moon
• Jang Joon-nyung
• Jin Hyun-kwang
• Lee Je-kwan
• Park Dae-kyu
• Jeon Jin-ki
• Seol Chang-hee
• Choi Dong-yeob
• Kim Moon-sik
• Shin Chi-young
• Jo Shin-geun
• Jo Yeon-ho
• Hwang Bi-ho
• Lee Ho-yool
• Lee Joo-yeon

Cameo appearances

• Nam Il-woo as Jang Sung-bae – Jang Sung-hwi's oldest brother
• Chae Dong-hyun as Kim Beob-rae
• Yeo Hoe-hyun as Na Ki-soon
• Song Triplets as three little beggars

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Remark

• Episode 12, scheduled to be broadcast on the evening of February 7, was canceled because South Korea was in emergency after the North Korea's missile launch (Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4) at 9:30 am in the same day.

Original soundtrack

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Jang Yeong-sil on KBS World
• Jang Yeong-sil at HanCinema
• Jang Yeong-sil at IMDb