Empress Ki

Title: 기황후 / Empress Ki
Chinese Title: 奇皇后
Previously Known as: 화투 / Hwatu (Battle of Flowers)
Genre: Historical, Politic, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-28 to 2014-April-22
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama is about the loves and battles of Empress Ki (Ha Ji Won) from Goryeo who exercises her influence in the Yuan Dynasty.

Cast

Main Cast

Ha Ji Won as Ki Seung Nyang (later Empress Ki)
Joo Jin Mo as Wang Yoo (later King Choong Hye of Goryeo)
Ji Chang Wook as Ta Hwan (later Emperor Huizong of Yuan)

People who assist Empress Ki in Goryeo

Lee Won Jong as Dok Man
Choi Moo Sung as Park Bool Hwa
Cha Kwang Soo as Go Yong Bo
Lee Moon Shik as Bang Sun Woo
Kwon Oh Joong as Choi Moo Song
Yoon Yong Hyun as Jum Park Yi

Enemies who confront Empress Ki

Cha Do Jin as Tab Ja Hae
Jun Gook Hwan as Yeon Chul
Jung Woong In as Uhm Byung Soo
Kim Jung Hyun as Dang Ki Se
Baek Jin Hee as Princess Dana Shiri
Lee Jae Yong as Wang Go

Empress Ki’s Rival

Kim Young Ho as Baek Ahn
Jin Yi Han as Tal Tal
Kim Suh Hyung as Empress Dowager

Others

Yoon Ah Jung as Princess Yeon Hwa
Kim Myung Gook as Jang Soon Yong
Jo Woo Jin as Wang Go’s solider
Hyun Seung Min
Kim Min Jung

Production Credits

Production Company: Lee Kim Production and Company
Chief Producers: Joo Sung Woo
Directors: Han Hee, Lee Sung Joon
Screenwriters: Jang Young Chul, Jung Kyung Soon

Awards

- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Popularity Actress Awards – Ha Ji Won(Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Producers’ Choice Actor of the Year – Ha Ji Won (Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year – Jang Young Chul and Jung Kyung Soon (Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Rookie Actress Award: Baek Jin Hee(Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Actor (Special Production): Ji Chang Wook (Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: : Top Excellence Actor (Special Production): Joo Jin Mo (Empress Ki)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang – Ha Ji Won (Empress Ki)