:: Lovely Rain ::: The King 2hearts(korean drama)

Title: 더킹투허츠 / The King 2hearts
Previously known as: 더 킹 (The King) / 킹2hearts (King 2 Hearts)
Genre: Romance, Black Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-21 to 2012-May-24
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
This drama is set in modern day where South Korea is governed by a constitutional monarchy. Lee Jae Ha (Lee Seung Ki) is a handsome and materialistic crown prince that doesn’t care about politics. He falls in love with Kim Hyang Ah (Ha Ji Won), a North Korean special forces agent.
Cast
Main Cast
Lee Seung Ki as Lee Jae Ha
- Kang Han Byul as Jae Ha (young)
Ha Ji Won as Kim Hang Ah
Jo Jung Suk as Eun Shi Kyung
Lee Yoon Ji as Lee Jae Shin
Yoon Je Moon as Kim Bong Goo/John Mayer
The Royal Family
Lee Sung Min as King Lee Jae Gang
- Park Gun Tae as Jae Kang (young)
Yoon Yeo Jung as Bang Young Sun (King’s mother)
Lee Soon Jae as Eun Gyu Tak
WOC Members
Jung Man Sik as Lee Kang Suk
Kwon Hyun Sang as Yeom Dong Ha
Choi Kwon as Kwon Young Bae
Supporting Cast
Lee Do Kyung as Kim Nam Il (Hang Ah’s father)
Jun Gook Hwan as Hyun Myung Ho
Samanda Daniel as Bon Bon
Yum Dong Hyun (염동현) as Park Ho Chul
Lee Yun Kyung as Park Hyun Joo (King Lee Jae Gang’s wife)
Lee Shi Un as Hang Ah’s first love
Ra Mi Ran (라미란)

Production Credits
Director: Lee Jae Kyu
Screenwriter: Hong Jin Ah, Hong Ja Ram
Episode Title & Episode Preview

Epsiode	Title	Preview
1	And you want me... What do you want me to do?	Preview
2	You're completely.... Get out of here	Preview
3	Be prepared... I will kill you all today!	Preview
4	Did you know? This is already a war	Preview
5	I love Kim Hang Ah	Preview
6	Do you like me, or not?	Preview
7	From now on, you are a South Korean	Preview
8	The demise of his Majesty, the King	NA
9	Kim Hang Ah takes a stand at a public hearing	Preview
10	Just go, to North Korea. Right now...	Preview
11	I want to take responsibility for the woman I love	Preview
12	A training like a real battle, you don’t want to do it?	Preview
13	My real revenge… is to not be like you.	Preview
14	Only if we win fair and square… Then we’ll get engaged.	Preview
15	Believe in me, and I……will believe in you.	Preview
16	Your Highness… Please don’t forgive me.	Preview
17	Now we ... Live in peace.	Preview
18	The late king Lee Jae Kang His Highness… was killed.	Preview
19	If we lose more ground here… it’ll be over.	Preview
20	We’ll live together… North and South, all together…	Preview

Episode Ratings (TNmS Media Korea)

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2012-03-21	1	16.5 (5th)	19.3 (1st)
2012-03-22	2	16.6 (5th)	19.3 (2nd)
2012-03-28	3	14.2 (6th)	16.2 (3rd)
2012-03-29	4	15.6 (5th)	17.9 (2nd)
2012-04-04	5	12.1 (7th)	14.1 (3rd)
2012-04-05	6	12.2 (12th)	14.7 (6th)
2012-04-12	7	10.7 (16th)	13.1 (10th)
2012-04-12	8	12.3 (10th)	14.8 (5th)
2012-04-18	9	9.7 (14th)	11.2 (8th)
2012-04-19	10	10.5 (16th)	12.3 (10th)
2012-04-25	11	11.2 (13th)	13.7 (7th)
2012-04-26	12	10.0 (12th)	11.8 (10th)
2012-05-02	13	10.5 (11th)	13.3 (6th)
2012-05-03	14	11.1 (11th)	14.2 (5th)
2012-05-09	15	11.2 (10th)	13.3 (5th)
2012-05-10	16	10.2 (13th)	12.6 (9th)
2012-05-16	17	10.8 (9th)	14.0 (6th)
2012-05-17	18	11.2 (9th)	14.2 (8th)
2012-05-23	19	12.5 (5th)	15.9 (4th)
2012-05-24	20	10.4 (9th)	13.6 (6th)

Episode Ratings (AGB Nielson)

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2012-03-21	1	16.2 (4th)	18.8 (3rd)
2012-03-22	2	16.5 (4th)	18.3 (2nd)
2012-03-28	3	14.5 (5th)	17.1 (3rd)
2012-03-29	4	14.6 (5th)	17.4 (4th)
2012-04-04	5	13.5 (5th)	15.8 (3rd)
2012-04-05	6	12.1 (10th)	14.3 (5th)
2012-04-12	7	11.0 (14th)	12.6 (11th)
2012-04-12	8	12.5 (9th)	14.4 (5th)
2012-04-18	9	10.8 (10th)	12.6 (5th)
2012-04-19	10	10.5 (12th)	11.9 (10th)
2012-04-25	11	11.3 (11th)	12.9 (6th)
2012-04-26	12	10.7 (11th)	12.5 (8th)
2012-05-02	13	11.3 (9th)	13.3 (6th)
2012-05-03	14	11.1 (10th)	13.0 (6th)
2012-05-09	15	11.1 (8th)	12.5 (6th)
2012-05-10	16	10.5 (13th)	11.9 (10th)
2012-05-16	17	10.2 (10th)	11.7 (8th)
2012-05-17	18	11.2 (9th)	13.0 (6th)
2012-05-23	19	12.1 (5th)	13.9 (4th)
2012-05-24	20	11.8 (8th)	14.3 (6th)

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Note
- Actor Lee Byung Hun, Jo In Sung and Lee Je Hoon was offered to cast in this drama, but all of them dropped out of this drama due to their own reason.
- This drama previously known as “The King/King 2hearts”. On 28/Feb/2012, the Production Company announced that the official title to be changed to “더킹투허츠/The King 2hearts”.
- The drama previously set to air on 14/March/2012 but delay to 21/March/2012 due to the 2 additional special episode of previous drama The Moon That Embraces the Sun
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