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The King's Face

The King's Face

5,6 /10 (15 Votes)
2014 KO 1 Seasons

Overview

Since Kwanghae was born from a concubine and only appointed as Crown Prince in a desperate measure, many dissatisfied officials from Northerner faction often plotted for his assassination and dethronement for 16 years. He also often quarreled with his father, King Seonjo, especially regarding Kim Ga Hee. Both son and father will fight against each other in favor of her. However, he eventually managed to overcome the obstacles by the help of Physiognomist, Kim Do Chi and become the next king. Meanwhile, Gwiin Kim is King Seonjo’s royal concubine.

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First air date

19/11/2014

Votes

15

Popularity

4.7

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Networks

KBS2

Original title

왕의 얼굴

Language

KO

Last air date

2015-02-11

Episodes

24

Episode runtime

65 min

Website

www.kbs.co.kr
Season 1

Season 1

24 episodes • 2014

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Quantumnurse

2021-06-14

⭐ 10

A beautiful but heartbreaking historical drama. I really like watching “The King’s Face”, a historical drama based on the actual historical figure and life of Prince GwangHae that became King GwangHae (1608-1623). “The King’s Face” has romance, palace intrigues and political issues interwoven that make the story is so engaging and entertaining. The actor Seo In Guk and actress Jo Yoon Hee are both so attractive and fun to watch in portraying teenage Prince GwangHae and Kim Ga Hee. Both make the beginning of the story so interesting, and their interpretation of adolescent compassionate Princ…

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ParkMin

ParkMin

2023-12-15

⭐ 2

A snoozefest by definition. It felt like an endless, meandering road leading absolutely nowhere, like a book with no chapters, just pages and pages of the same old, same old. This what an AI is capable of generating when giving it the prompts "power, struggle, palace" in no particular order. It would have been less tiresome if it were only half its length. They were so desperate to prolong the drama that they added a war in the middle despite being outside the theme and scoop of this drama. The writing was abysmal and shameful, they made the characters like clowns. Although we were introduced …

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