The King's Face

5.620141 Season65mEnded

Drama

History

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.

StatusEnded

First Air Date2014-11-19

Last Air Date2015-02-11

Seasons1

Episodes24

Episode Runtime65 min

Languages한국어/조선말

CountriesSouth Korea

Keywords

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Videos

2 total

Trailer

The King's Face | 왕의 얼굴 [Trailer]

Stream

Rakuten Viki

OnDemandKorea

Kocowa Amazon Channel

Kocowa

US data via JustWatch

Seasons

Season 1

24 Episodes · 2014

Cast & Crew

Seo In-guk

as Prince Gwanghae

Jo Yoon-hee

as Kim Ga-hee

Lee Sung-jae

as King Seonjo

Shin Sung-rok

as Kim Do-chi

Ahn Suk-hwan

as Yi San-hae

Im Ji-eun

as Queen Uiin

Kim Gyu-ri

as Gwi-in Kim

Go Won-hee

as Queen Inmok

Kim Hee-jung

as Seo Jabin

Song Young-gyu

as Nurhaci

Reviews

Quantumnurse

Jun 14, 2021

10/10

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. …

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ParkMin

Dec 15, 2023

2/10

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…

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