Queen's Flower (TV series)

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Queen's Flower

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Promotional poster for Queen's Flower
Genre Melodrama
Written by Park Hyun-joo
Directed by
  • Lee Dae-young
  • Kim Min-shik
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 50
Production
Executive producer(s) Park Sung-eun
Producer(s)
  • Oh Sung-min
  • Son Gi-won
Location(s)
Running time 70 minutes
Production company(s)
  • GnG Production
  • Kim Jong-hak Productions
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Dolby Digital 2.0
Original release March 14 (2015-03-14) – August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
External links
Website

Queen's Flower (Hangul : 여왕의 꽃; RR : Yeowang-ui Kkot) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Kim Sung-ryung, Lee Sung-kyung, Lee Jong-hyuk and Yoon Park. [1] [2] [3] It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays 21:45 for 50 episodes beginning March 14, 2015.

Hangul Native alphabet of the Korean language

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great. It may also be written as Hangeul following the standard Romanization.

Revised Romanization of Korean Korean language romanization system

The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to replace the older McCune–Reischauer system. The new system eliminates diacritics and apostrophes in favor of digraphs.

South Korea Republic in East Asia

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia under Gwanggaeto the Great. Its capital, Seoul, is a major global city and half of South Korea's 51 million people live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world.

Contents

Plot

Lee Soo-jung is at the end of her rope when her boyfriend leaves her and their newborn baby due to financial problems. So Soo-jung gives up her daughter for adoption, then migrates to the United States in search of the American dream. There, she changes her name to Rena Jung and enters a culinary school. But success eludes her, forcing her to return to Korea twenty years later. Still beautiful and extremely ambitious, Rena becomes a celebrity chef who hosts her own cooking show. She has no qualms about forging her credentials, manipulating people, and stealing others' ideas. Her ultimate goal is to enter a loveless marriage for wealth and fame, and her target is Park Min-joon, eldest son of the chairman of TNC Group.

Park Min-joon lost his mother at a young age, and his father Park Tae-soo remarried, but his stepmother Ma Hee-ra drove a wedge between father and son with her scheming ways. Min-joon grows up to become a cynical, overly serious workaholic who has no interest in women and doesn't find them worth his time, but who hides a lonely soul craving for connection. Then one day, he meets Rena, who was hired to manage one of TNC Group's new restaurants. Min-joon becomes smitten with her and asks her to marry him. When he eventually finds out that Rena had orchestrated the whole ploy to seduce him so that she could someday take over TNC Group, he feels shocked and betrayed. But as Min-joon withdraws emotionally, ironically Rena's feelings of love for him become real.

Min-joon's younger half-brother is rich playboy Park Jae-joon. He is obedient to the wishes of his mother Hee-ra, who dotes on him and pressured him to enter medical school and become a plastic surgeon. She sets up a matchmaking blind date in Kaohsiung, Taiwan with her son and Seo Yoo-ra, the only daughter of doctor couple Seo In-chul and Choi Hye-jin. But instead Jae-joon meets Kang Yi-sol, who unbeknownst to him Yoo-ra had paid to take her place. He falls for Yi-sol instantly, then becomes bitter and disappointed upon learning the truth, and mistakenly assumes Yi-sol to be mercenary.

Kaohsiung Special municipality in Southern Taiwan, Republic of China

Kaohsiung is a coastal city in southern Taiwan. It is officially a special municipality with an area of 2,952 km2 (1,140 sq mi) stretching from the coastal urban centre to the rural Yushan Range. As of 2018, the municipality has a population of 2.77 million, making it the third most populous administrative division in Taiwan.

Taiwan state in East Asia

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Neighbouring states include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taiwan is the most populous state and largest economy that is not a member of the United Nations (UN).

Kang Yi-sol had a happy and loving upbringing in Taiwan despite her poverty. Nursing a broken heart after her short, failed relationship with Jae-joon, she flies to Korea to attend her grandmother's funeral. While going through her grandmother's belongings, Yi-sol learns that the woman who raised her, Gu Yang-soon, is not her biological mother. She tracks down her biological father, who turns out to be Yoo-ra's father Seo In-chul, but he wants nothing to do with her. As she does further digging into the past, Yi-sol comes ever closer to finding out that the biological mother who abandoned her is none other than Rena Jung.

Cast

Kim Sung-ryung South Korean actress

Kim Sung-ryung is a South Korean actress. After winning the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 1988, Kim began her career as a reporter on KBS's showbiz news program Entertainment Weekly. In 1991, she made a memorable film acting debut in Kang Woo-suk's Who Saw the Dragon's Claws?, though she became more active in television in the next decade. She returned to the big screen in 2007, with notable supporting roles in Shadows in the Palace, and Rainbow Eyes, followed by The Client (2011), Mr. XXX-Kisser (2012), The Fatal Encounter (2014), and The Target (2014). As she entered her forties, Kim also became known for the television dramas You're Beautiful (2009), The Chaser (2012), Yawang (2013), The Heirs (2013), and Flower of Queen (2015).

Lee Sung-kyung Model, actress

Lee Sung-kyung is a South Korean model and actress. She acted in the television dramas Cheese in the Trap (2016) and The Doctors (2016) before taking her first leading role as the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016).

Lee Jong-hyuk South Korean actor

Lee Jong-hyuk is a South Korean actor. After more than a decade of leading and supporting roles on stage, film and television, he gained newfound mainstream popularity through the 2012 romantic comedy series A Gentleman's Dignity.

Park household

Kim Mi-sook is a South Korean actress.

Jang Yong is a South Korean actor.

Sunwoo Yong-nyeo is a South Korean actress. Sunwoo originally wanted to become a classical ballerina, but when she passed TBC's open recruitment in 1965, this led to her entertainment debut as a dancer on television. She began acting in 1966, and went on to an acting career in film, TV and stage spanning five decades. In 2010, Sunwoo also became the CEO of matchmaking company Red Hills.

Seo household

Jang Young-nam South Korean actress

Jang Young-nam is a South Korean actress. She began her career as an acclaimed actress in theater, then transitioned to supporting roles on television and film, notably in works by director Jang Jin. A member of Jang Jin's Division 장진사단, she regularly appears in his films and theater company productions. She became one of the original cast members of the live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live Korea when Jang Jin brought the American show to South Korea. In addition, she was a member of the Korean theater troupe Mokhwa Repertory Company.

Lee Hyung-chul is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in television dramas, notably in Scent of Man (2003), Sisters of the Sea (2005), On Air (2008), City Hall (2009), Pasta (2010), War of the Roses (2011) and You Are the Boss! (2013). In 2008, Lee played Henry Higgins in the stage musical My Fair Lady.

Go Woo-ri South Korean singer

Go Woo-ri, better known mononym Woori or Go Na-eun is a South Korean singer, rapper and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Rainbow and its sub-group, Rainbow Blaxx.

Yi-sol's family

Song Ok-sook is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television dramas, including Winter Sonata, Beethoven Virus, More Charming by the Day, and Missing You.

Lee Hye-in is a South Korean actress.

Kang Tae-oh South Korean singer and actor

Kang Tae-oh is a South Korean actor and singer. He is a member of 5urprise.

Other characters

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015 8th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actress Lee Sung-kyung Nominated
4th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Sung-ryung Nominated
Best New Actress Lee Sung-kyung Nominated
2015 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Sung-ryung Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Lee Jong-hyuk Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Mi-sook Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Special Project Drama Jang Young-nam Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Special Project DramaJo Han-chul Nominated
Best New Actress in Special Project Drama Lee Sung-kyung Won
Best New Actor in Special Project Drama Yoon Park Nominated
2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (TV) Lee Sung-kyung Nominated

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming MBC Drama The Queen's Flower Releases Beautiful Fairy Tale-Like Posters". Soompi . March 9, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Lee, Min-ji (March 10, 2015). "Kim Sung Ryoung Says Her Son in Middle School is Only Interested in Park Shin Hye". enewsWorld. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ahn, Woorim (April 6, 2015). "Yoon Park Confesses His Heart To Lee Sung Kyung". BNTNews. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
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