Genre: Historical, Romance
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast Period: 2021-Feb-15 to 2021-Apr-20
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:30 (2 episodes back-to-back)
The drama is based on the 2010 novel “평강공주/Princess Pyung Kang” by a film director and screenwriter, Choi Sagyu and Based on the webtoon “낮에 뜨는 달/The Moon That Rises in the Day” by “헤윰/ Yoom”.
It retells the love story between Princess Pyung Kang and On Dal, who are characters in a classic Goguryeo folktale. Princess Pyung Kang (Kim So Hyun) who was born as a princess but raised to be a person who killed a sinner also known as Yeom Ga Jin, an ambitious woman who dreams to re-establish the status of Goguryeo and be the first female Taewang of Goguryeo. However, she uses On Dal’s (Ji Soo) feelings for her to achieve her goals.
Cast
Kim So Hyun as Princess Pyung Kang / Yeom Ga Jin
– Heo Jung Eun as Princess Pyung Kang (young)
Ji Soo as On Dal
– Seo Dong Hyun as On Dal (young)
Lee Ji Hoon as Ko Kun
– Park Min Sang (박민상) as Ko Kun (young)
Choi Yoo Hwa as Hae Mo Yong
Kim Bup Rae as King Pyeongwon
Cha Kwang Soo as Jin Pil
Kim Jung Young as Gong Son
Kim So Hyun as Queen Yeon
Son Woo Hyuk as chief eunuch
Ahn Shin Woo as Kim Pyung Ji
Wang Bit Na as Jin Bi
Ki Eun Se as Hyun Bi
Kang Ha Neul as General On Hyup (On Dal’s father)
Hwang Young Hee as Madame Sa
Jung Wook as Sa Woon Am
Kim Dong Young as Sa Poong Gae
Oh Ah Rin as Wol Yi
Lee Sang Chan (이상찬) as Suk Goo
Won U (원우) as Pil Goo
Yoon Ah Jung as Hong Mae
Lee Hae Young as Go Won Pyo
Yoon Joo Man as Ko Sang Chul
Jung In Kyum as Hae Ji Wol
Han Jae Young as Doo Joong Seo
Ryu Ui Hyun as Tara San
Kim Hee Jung as Tara Jin
Moon Jin Seung (문진승) as Ma Tae Mo
Jung Eun Pyo as Yeom Deuk
River Where the Moon Rises – 낮에 뜨는 달 Official Site
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