Queen for Seven Days
Queen for Seven Days (Korean: 7일의 왕비; Hanja: 7日의 王妃; RR: 7 Ileui Wangbi; lit. 7 Day Queen) is a South Korean television series starring Park Min-young as the titular Queen Dangyeong of Joseon, with Yeon Woo-jin and Lee Dong-gun. It aired on KBS2 every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) from May 31, 2017 to August 3, 2017.
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Hangul | 7일의 왕비 |
Hanja | 7日의 王妃 |
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Created by | KBS Drama Production |
Written by | Choi Jin-young |
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Composer | Lee Pil-ho |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Cinematography |
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Editor | Kim Yoo-mi |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Distributor | KBS |
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Original network | KBS2 |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | May 31 – August 3, 2017 |
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Website |
Cast
Main
- Park Min-young as Shin Chae-kyung, later Queen Dan-kyung
- Park Si-eun as young Shin Chae-kyung
- Yeon Woo-jin as Lee Yeok, also known as Prince Jinseong-daegun and "Nak-chun"; later King Jungjong
- Baek Seung-hwan as young Lee Yeok
- Lee Dong-gun as Lee Yoong, also known as King Yeonsangun
- Ahn Do-gyu as then-Crown Prince Lee Yoong
Royal family
- Do Ji-won as Dowager Queen Jasun, Lee Yeok's mother
- Song Ji-in as Queen Shin, later Deposed Queen Shin; Lee Yoong's primary wife
- Son Eun-seo as Lady Suk-won Jang Nok-soo, Lee Yoong's most favored concubine as well as confidante
Ministers
- Jang Hyun-sung as Shin Soo-geun, Queen Shin's older brother & Chae-kyung's father
- Kang Shin-il as Im Sa-hong, Lee Yoong's close confidant
- Park Won-sang as Park Won-jong
- Yoo Hyung-kwan as Yoo Soon-jung
- Yoo Seung-bong as Yoo Ja-kwang
- Lee Hwa-ryong as Sung Hee-an
Extended
- Kang Ki-young as Jo Kwang-oh, Lee Yeok's friend
- Jung Yoo-ahn as young Jo Kwang-oh
- Kim Min-ho as Baek Suk-hee, Lee Yeok's friend
- Jo Byung-gyu as young Baek Suk-hee
- Hwang Chan-sung as Seo Noh, Lee Yeok's personal bodyguard
- Choi Min-young as young Seo Noh
- Kim Ki-chun as Mak Gae, Seo Noh's father; former clerk-on-duty during Seongjong's dying moments
- Yoo Min-kyu as Ki Ryong, Lee Yoong's personal bodyguard
- Lee Jae-woo as Royal Commander
- Go Bo-gyeol as Yoon Myung-hye, Park Won-jong's niece
- Park Seo-yeon as young Yoon Myung-hye
- Kim Jung-yeong as Lady Kwon, Shin Soo-geun's wife and Chae-kyung's mother
- Yeom Hye-ran as Chae-kyung's personal nursemaid
- Choi Seung-kyung as Eunuch Kim
- Yoon In-jo as Lady Choi, the Dowager Queen's lady-in-waiting
- Kim Jung-hak as King Seongjong, the previous king (flashbacks)
- Woo Hee-jin as Queen Jeheon (Deposed Queen Yoon), Yeonsangun's biological mother (flashback)
Production
In March 2017, it was announced that Park Min-young will be re-teaming with director Lee Jung-sub on Queen for Seven Days. They previously worked together on Glory Jane (2011) and Healer (2014-15).[1][2][3] It is the first production of Monster Union, the independent content company set up by KBS in July 2016.[4]
The drama's first script reading took place on April 7, 2017 in Yeouido, Seoul.[5]
Prior to broadcast, lead actress Park stated that the audience could think of the drama "as Love in the Moonlight five years later," pertaining to KBS2's popular series starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung.[6]
Original soundtrack
Queen for Seven Days OST Album | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | 2017 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | Korean, English |
Label | Music&NEW, Hello EMC |
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "You're Brilliant" (눈부신 그대) | Lee Na-young |
| Yeonjung (Cosmic Girls) | 03:10 |
2. | "You're Brilliant" (Inst.) |
| 03:10 | ||
Total length: | 06:20 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "No Matter How Hard I Try" | Yael Meyer | Yael Meyer | Yael Meyer | 03:57 |
2. | "No Matter How Hard I Try" (Inst.) | Yael Meyer | 03:57 | ||
Total length: | 07:54 |
Part 3
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Love Again" (또한번 사랑해) | Lee Na-young |
| Dear Cloud | 03:57 |
2. | "Love Again" (Inst.) |
| 03:57 | ||
Total length: | 07:54 |
Part 4
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Miss You In My Heart" (그리고 그려도) | Lee Na-young |
| Junggigo | 03:37 |
2. | "Miss You In My Heart" (Inst.) |
| 03:37 | ||
Total length: | 07:14 |
Part 5
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "When the Moonlight Shines on You" (달빛이 내릴 때) |
| Super Sound | Fromm | 03:25 |
2. | "When the Moonlight Shines on You" (Inst.) | Super Sound | 03:25 | ||
Total length: | 06:50 |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Queen for seven days" (Opening Title) | Various Artists | 3:36 |
2. | "The King wrath" | Various Artists | 2:35 |
3. | "Dreaming" | Various Artists | 3:04 |
4. | "Brother's fight" | Various Artists | 2:25 |
5. | "The truth" | Various Artists | 3:16 |
6. | "Tragedy of blood" | Various Artists | 2:57 |
7. | "Two hands" | Various Artists | 3:33 |
8. | "Path of destiny" | Various Artists | 2:43 |
9. | "Overture" | Various Artists | 1:10 |
10. | "Burned up" | Various Artists | 2:02 |
11. | "Collapse" | Various Artists | 2:09 |
12. | "Dark sword" | Various Artists | 1:46 |
13. | "The Kingdom" | Various Artists | 3:56 |
14. | "Yoong's Anger" | Various Artists | 2:53 |
15. | "Sadness of King" | Various Artists | 3:32 |
16. | "Pretty" | Various Artists | 2:22 |
17. | "Who has started?" | Various Artists | 2:45 |
18. | "In truth" | Various Artists | 2:20 |
19. | "Waiting for you" | Various Artists | 1:45 |
20. | "Bright way" | Various Artists | 1:45 |
21. | "Hopeless love" | Various Artists | 2:20 |
22. | "Denote" | Various Artists | 1:06 |
23. | "Beyond the clouds" | Various Artists | 2:03 |
24. | "You and me" | Various Artists | 2:40 |
25. | "Your whistling" | Various Artists | 2:06 |
26. | "Spiteful" | Various Artists | 2:12 |
27. | "Yoong's Jealousy" | Various Artists | 1:01 |
28. | "Addiction" | Various Artists | 3:23 |
29. | "Secret order" | Various Artists | 4:30 |
30. | "Claw" | Various Artists | 2:00 |
31. | "Silence effection" | Various Artists | 2:20 |
32. | "Hidden pain" | Various Artists | 1:37 |
33. | "Vague fear" | Various Artists | 2:11 |
34. | "Busy child" | Various Artists | 3:p0 |
35. | "Time of plan" | Various Artists | 3:06 |
36. | "Pirates" | Various Artists | 3:07 |
37. | "Night performance" | Various Artists | 3:46 |
38. | "Childhood" | Various Artists | 2:58 |
39. | "Hold one's breath" | Various Artists | 2:46 |
40. | "Obey" | Various Artists | 3:28 |
41. | "Chomabawi Rock" | Various Artists | 1:22 |
42. | "Honey Love" | Various Artists | 2:05 |
43. | "Far from motherland" | Various Artists | 2:22 |
44. | "Trickery" | Various Artists | 3:37 |
45. | "In the forest" | Various Artists | 3:31 |
46. | "The Queen" | Various Artists | 3:14 |
47. | "What I want?" | Various Artists | 3:20 |
48. | "Run Shin Chae kyung" | Various Artists | 2:30 |
49. | "Irreparable" | Various Artists | 2:20 |
50. | "Blade toward each other" | Various Artists | 1:30 |
51. | "Conflict" | Various Artists | 1:40 |
52. | "I had a deep dream" | Various Artists | 2:30 |
Ratings
- In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep. | Broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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TNmS[7] | AGB Nielsen[8] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | May 31, 2017 | 5.4% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 6.9% (18th) | 6.7% (20th) |
2 | June 1, 2017 | 5.1% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | 5.7% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) |
3 | June 7, 2017 | 5.3% (NR) | 5.5% (NR) | 6.5% (NR) | 6.3% (NR) |
4 | June 8, 2017 | 5.3% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 6.5% (NR) | 6.8% (15th) |
5 | June 14, 2017 | 6.6% (NR) | 7.0% (NR) | 6.9% (17th) | 6.5% (NR) |
6 | June 15, 2017 | 5.4% (NR) | 5.5% (NR) | 6.1% (NR) | 6.2% (NR) |
7 | June 21, 2017 | 5.5% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) |
8 | June 22, 2017 | 5.4% (NR) | 5.7% (NR) | 5.4% (NR) | 5.8% (NR) |
9 | June 28, 2017 | 5.3% (NR) | 5.5% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) | 5.1% (NR) |
10 | June 29, 2017 | 4.3% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 5.0% (NR) |
11 | July 5, 2017 | 4.5% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 5.4% (NR) |
12 | July 6, 2017 | 4.6% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
13 | July 12, 2017 | 4.3% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
14 | July 13, 2017 | 4.5% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) | 5.4% (NR) |
15 | July 19, 2017 | 6.7% (NR) | 7.0% (NR) | 6.7% (20th) | 6.4% (NR) |
16 | July 20, 2017 | 6.3% (NR) | 6.5% (NR) | 6.3% (19th) | 6.1% (NR) |
17 | July 26, 2017 | 5.9% (NR) | 6.1% (NR) | 6.5% (19th) | 6.2% (20th) |
18 | July 27, 2017 | 7.6% (18th) | 7.3% (19th) | 7.7% (15th) | 7.2% (16th) |
19 | August 2, 2017 | 6.6% (16th) | 6.0% (19th) | 7.1% (16th) | 6.2% (20th) |
20 | August 3, 2017 | 7.6% (14th) | 6.8% (20th) | 7.6% (16th) | 7.0% (19th) |
Average | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 5.9% |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2nd Asia Artist Awards | Best Celebrity Award | Won | ||
31st KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama[9] | Won | ||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Nominated | |||
Best Young Actor | Nominated | |||
Best Young Actress | Nominated | |||
International Broadcast
- In aired starting November 23, 2017 on Now Drama Channel and FTA Live, and on ViuTV on March 27, 2018.
- In Sri Lanka, the drama is available to stream on-demand via Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles.[10] It is also available to stream on-demand via the My Galaxy app on Samsung smartphones.[11]
References
- "[공식입장] 연우진·박민영 양측 "'7일의 왕비' 출연 결정"". OSEN. 25 March 2017.
- "연우진·박민영 양측 "'7일의 왕비' 출연 예정"". My Daily. 25 March 2017.
- "'7일의 왕비' 박민영·연우진·이동건, 주연 라인업 완성". My Daily. 6 April 2017.
- KBS 콘텐츠 제작사 '몬스터 유니온', 6월 웰메이드 화제작 드라마 두 편 동시 출격 (KBS content producer 'Monster Union', two well-made drama series in June). 11 April 2017. Seoul Economic Daily.
- "'7일의왕비' 박민영X연우진X이동건 대본리딩 '최강호흡'" [Queen for Seven Days team puts in their first four hours at script read]. Sports Chosun. 20 April 2017.
- "'연예가중계' 박민영 "7일의 왕비', '구르미그린달빛' 5년 뒤 버전"". Hei. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- Lee, Kyung-ho (January 1, 2018). "김영철·천호진,KBS 연기대상 공동 수상..아버지의 힘!(종합)". Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- "Queen for 7 Days".
- "Samsung customers can binge on free K-POP & other content via My Galaxy App". 2019-05-16.