My Princess (TV series)

My Princess
Promotional poster
Also known as	마이 프린세스
Genre	Comedy Romance
Format	Television series
Written by	Kim Eun Sook Jang Young Shil
Directed by	Kwon Suk Jang
Starring	Kim Tae-hee Song Seung-hun Park Ye-jin Ryu Soo-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Location(s)	Korea
Running time	Wednesday & Thursday at 21:55
Broadcast
Original channel	MBC
Original run	5 January 2011 (2011-01-05) – 24 February 2011 (2011-02-24)
External links
Official site

My Princess (마이 프린세스) is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by MBC in 2011, starring Kim Tae-hee and Song Seung-hun.

Synopsis

An ordinary college student, Lee Seol, finds out she's a princess and the great grand daughter of the Joseon Dynasty's last Emperor, Emperor Sunjong.The grandson of the Daehan Group, Park Hae-young, is put in charge of educating Seol on proper etiquette. However, Hae-young is put in a precarious situation when he finds himself drawn to Seol, the girl who will take away his inheritance if the monarchy is restored.

Cast

• Kim Tae-hee as Lee Seol
  • Jun Min Seo as young Seol
• Song Seung-hun as Park Hae-young
  • Choi Won Hong as young Hae-young
• Park Ye-jin as Oh Yoon-joo
• Ryu Soo-young as Nam Jung-woo

Supporting cast

• Lee Soon-jae as Park Dong-jae, Hae-young's grandfather and Chairman of Daehan Group
• Maeng Sang-hoon as Oh Ki-taek, Yoon-joo's father and Park Dong-jae's secretary
• Kang Ye-sol as Lee Dan, Seol's adoptive sister
• Im Ye Jin as Kim Da-bok, Seol's adoptive mother
• Lee Ki Kwang as Geon Lee, royal chef
• Son Sung-yoon as Shin Mi-so, palace maid
• Hwang Young-hee as Hong In-ae, chief palace maid
• Lee Sung Min as Lee Young-chan, president of Korea
• Lee Dae-yeon as So Sun Woo
• Choi Yoo Hwa as Kang Sun-ah, Seol's friend from school
• Baek Bong-ki as Bong Jae, bodyguard
• Heo Tae Hee as Bo Jwa Gwan
• Chu Hun-yub as Yoo Ki-kwang, reporter
• Min Joon-hyun as Ki Ja
• Park Hyuk Kwon as Lee Han, Seol's father
• Park Jung Woo as Park Hae-young's father
• Ahn Nae Sang as Emperor Sunjong (cameo)
• Jo Sung Ha as Park Dong Jae's father (cameo)
• Cha Hwa-yun as fashion designer (cameo)
• Jung Suk-yong as priest (cameo, Episode 4)
• Joo Sang Wook as Hyun Woo (cameo, Episode 9)
• Park Min Woo

Episode ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2011-01-05	1	13.0 (5th)	17.1 (5th)
2011-01-06	2	14.3 (5th)	17.2 (5th)
2011-01-12	3	16.2 (3rd)	20.0 (3rd)
2011-01-13	4	17.0 (3rd)	22.7 (2nd)
2011-01-19	5	16.9 (3rd)	21.9 (2nd)
2011-01-20	6	14.0 (3rd)	18.4 (3rd)
2011-01-26	7	14.1 (4th)	18.2 (4th)
2011-01-27	8	14.5 (4th)	18.0 (3rd)
2011-02-02	9	9.9 (7th)	11.8 (5th)
2011-02-03	10	8.4 (13th)	10.1 (9th)
2011-02-09	11	12.0 (5th)	14.7 (5th)
2011-02-10	12	12.4 (6th)	15.8 (4th)
2011-02-16	13	12.6 (5th)	15.5 (5th)
2011-02-17	14	12.3 (5th)	15.5 (4th)
2011-02-23	15	12.0 (6th)	15.6 (5th)
2011-02-24	16	12.3 (5th)	15.4 (3rd)
Average		13.2%	16.7%

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Music

My Princess Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album
Released	13 January, 2011 15 February, 2011
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	Pony Canyon Korea, Inc.[2]

The My Princess original soundtrack was released as two 7-track albums. Part 1 was released on 13 January, 2011 and Part 2 on 15 February, 2011. The soundtrack contained a number of the vocal themes used in the series, including those by Lee Sang-eun, Taru and Every Single Day.

My Princess OST Part 1[3]
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Falling"	Lee Sang-eun	2:40
2.	"Because of You (너 때문인걸)"	BEAST	3:25
3.	"Wind Blow (바람 불어라)"	Ga-yoon (4minute)	4:14
4.	"Sunset (노을)"	Every Single Day	3:49
5.	"Change"	Every Single Day	2:37
6.	"Kasio"	Taru	4:04
7.	"The Last Song (마지막 노래)"	Lucite Tokki	4:04

My Princess OST Part 2[4]
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Cherish That Person (그 사람을 아껴요)"	Yo Seob (BEAST)	3:56
2.	"Bears (곰인형)"	Dalmoon	3:44
3.	"Oasis (오아시스)"	Jeon Ji-yoon (4minute)	2:48
4.	"U.F.O"	Ok Yo han (Pia)	3:18
5.	"Young Princess"	Carl Kanowsky, 문성남(Moon Changmin)	2:46
6.	"Heart (마음)"	Every Single Day	2:53
7.	"Falling (Original Ver.)"	Every Single Day	2:42

Home media

My Princess will be released in two DVD-box sets in Japan. The first set containing volumes 1-4 will be released on 6 July, 2011 and the second with volumes 5-8 will be released on 3 August, 2011.^[5] Both will be released under Curtaincall Production Inc., Storm S Productions and Geneon Universal Entertainment.

International Release

Philippines

It began airing in the Philippines on ABS-CBN and debuted on March 25, 2011 on its Afternoon Block airing at 4:45-5:45pm. It ended on May 6, 2011.

Japan

It will begin airing in Japan on Discover Asia-ental TV (DATV) (itscom TV channel 311, SKY PerfecTV! channel 750) on June 8, 2011 at 10:00 pm.

References

1. ^ TNS Media Korea
2. ^ My Princess OST on ponycanyon.co.kr
3. ^ http://www.yesasia.com/global/my-princess-ost-part-1-mbc-tv-drama/1023925356-0-0-0-en/info.html
4. ^ http://www.yesasia.com/global/my-princess-ost-part-2-mbc-tv-drama/1024019736-0-0-0-en/info.html
5. ^ http://myprincess-dvd.jp/oadvd/

External links

• Official site
• News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4)