Scripted series · MBC
Princess Hours
A fantasy romance between the Imperial crown prince and the crazy high school girl.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yoon Eun-hye
Shin Chae-kyeong
24 eps
Ju Ji-hoon
Crown Prince Lee Shin
24 eps
Song Ji-hyo
Min Hyo-rin
24 eps
Kim Jeong-hoon
Prince Yul
24 eps
Lee Yoon-ji
Princess Hye-myeong
24 eps
Kim Hye-ja
Queen Dowager Park
24 eps
Yun Yoo-sun
Queen Min
24 eps
Shim Hye-jin
Lady Hwa-yeong
24 eps
Park Chan-hwan
Emperor Lee Hyeon
24 eps
Im Ye-jin
Chae-kyeong's Mother
24 eps
Kang Nam-gil
Chae-kyeong's Father
24 eps
Choi Bool-am
Emperor Seong-jo
24 eps
Kim Sang-joong
Crown Prince Hyo-yeol
24 eps
Kim Seok
Shin Chae-jun
24 eps
Jeon Yeo-jin
Lee Kang-hyeon
24 eps
Choi Sung-joon
Kang-in
24 eps
Lee Yong-joo
Jang-kyeong
24 eps
Kim Dong-seok
Shin's attendant
24 eps
Ham Eun-jung
Ballet Student Eun Jeong
1 eps
Kim Kwang-kyu
Teacher at the performing arts school
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Princess Hours actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Princess Hours reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Love, tradition, and politics collide when a spirited young art student is betrothed to the crown prince of South Korea.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 24 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
1 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200624 episodes
9.5IMDbFeisty, bubbly, and no-nonsense, Shin Chae Gyeong is an ordinary high school student. Until one day when she receives some unexpected news. Because of her grandfather's will, she must marry the unendurable Crown Prince Lee Shin who also happens to attend her high school. Chae Gyeong initially resists the proposal before reluctantly agreeing to marry him to help her debt-ridden family. As she struggles to adapt herself to royal life, learning proper manners and taking on the duties of palace life while dealing with a disagreeable husband, the Crown Prince's sentimental cousin and second-in-line to the throne, Prince Lee Yul, steps into her life. She feels like she can rely on Yul for help and guidance but still finds it difficult not to worry about her haughty, cold-hearted husband. To help bridge this gap, the senior members of the royal family take some special measures to get them to spend the night together.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- In Eun-ahWriter
Direction
- Kim Do-hyungDirector
- Hwang In-roeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- OnDemandKoreaStreaming
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