Empress Chun Choo

Details

• Title: 천추태후 (千秋太后) / Cheon Chu Taehu
• Also known as: The Iron Empress / Empress Chun Choo
• Genre: Historical
• Episodes: 78
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-03 to 2009-Sep-27
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:30

Synopsis

The drama is about the third empress of the Goryeo era who fought against the Tungusic people of Manchuria in order to achieve their dream of reclaiming their old land.

Cast

• Chae Si Ra as Empress Chun Chu
  • Kim So Eun as young Hwang Bo Soo / Chun Chu
• Kim Suk Hoon as Kim Chi Yang
• Choi Jae Sung as Gang Jo
• Lee Duk Hwa as General Kang Kam Chan
• Lee In as Mok Jong (The 7th King; the empress's son with the 5th king)
  • Park Ji Bin as Wang Song / Prince Gae Ryeong

Extended Cast

The Royal Family

• Kim Ji Hoon as King Hyeon Jong (The 8th King; Wang Wook & Hwang Bo Seol's son)
  • Choi Soo Han as Wang Sun / young King Hyeon Jong
• Kim Ho Jin as Wang Wook / Prince Gyeong Joo
• Shin Ae as Hwang Bo Seol / Princess Hun Jung (the empress's younger sister)
  • Park Eun Bin as young Hwang Bo Seol
• Kim Myung Soo as Seong Jong / Wang Chi (The 6th King and the empress's older brother)
  • Choi Woo Hyuk as Wang Chi / young Seong Jong
• Moon Jung Hee as Empress Moon Hwa / Lady Kim (Seong Jong's 2nd wife)
  • Kim Min Ji as young Lady Kim
• Park Shi Eun as Empress Won Jeong (Seong Jong & Moon Hwa's daughter; Hyeon Jong's wife)
• Lee Hyun Kyung as Empress Moon Deok / Lady Yu (Seong Jong's 1st wife)
• Lee In Hye as Empress Seon Jeong (Mok Jong's wife)
  • Han Bo Bae as Yoo Sun (teen)
• Choi Chul Ho as Gyeong Jong / Wang Yu (The 5th King)
• Ban Hyo Jung as Queen mother, Shin Jung Hwang (Taejo Wang Geon's 4th wife)
• Lee Young Ah as Empress Dae Mok (Gyeong Jong's mother)

Other people

• Im Hyuk as Seo Hee (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
• Hong In Young as Cheon Hyang Bi
  • Kim Ye Won as young Cheon Hyang Bi
• Lee Chae Young as Sa Il Ra/Saila
• Kim Hyung Min as Sa Ga Moon/Sagamun (Saila's older brother)
• Jun Moo Song as Lee Ji Baek
• Won Suk Yun (원석연) as Lee Kyeom Ui
• Kim Jong Kyul as Choi Ryang
• Lee Ki Yeol as Choi Seom
• Park Ji Il as Kim Shim Eon
• Kim Byung Gi as Kim Won Soong (Empress Moon Hwa's father)
• Oh Wook Chul as Jo Haeng Soo
• Jo Byung Gon (조병곤) as Lee Yang
• Lee Joon Woo (이준우) as Seol Shin Yoo
• Jun Seung Hwan (전승환) as Choi Ji Mong
• Maeng Ho Rim as Park Yang Yoo
• Im Byung Ki (임병기) as Han Yeon Gong
• Kim Young Sun (김영선) as Han In Kyung
• Park Chul Ho as Kim Hoon
• Choi Wang Soon (최왕순) as Choi Jil
• Choi Dong Joon as Dae Do Soo
• Lee Won Bal (이원발) as Yoo Bang
• Choi Joon Yong as Lee Hyun Woon
• Kim Byung Choon as Lee Joo Jeong
• Jung Jin as Go Hyeon
• Ahn Hae Sook as Court lady Yoon
• Ki Jong Woon (기종운) as Court lady J
• Kim Mi Ra as Lee Seol Hwa
• Park Jin Woo as Yoo Hyung Gan
• Lee Tae Im as Kim Mil Hwa
• Park Byung Ho as Jin Gwan (Priest, young King Hyeon Jong's guardian)
• Kang Soo Han as Wang Soon

Khitans

• Shim Hye Jin as Empress Xiao/So Tae Hoo (Khitan Queen)
• Jang Dong Jik as Geo Ran Seongjong (adult Khitan Emperor)
  • Oh Gun Woo as Geo Ran Seongjong (young Khitan Emperor)
• Lee Jin Woo as Han Duk Yang (prime minister)
• Kim Sung Hyun as Ya Yul Bun Noh (warrior)
• Kim Myung Gook as Ya Yul Juk Ryul (warrior)
• Lee Han Sol as Ya Yul Mu Ki (one eye warrior)
• Lee Eun Jung as Dok Yeon (female warrior/Sagamun's wife)
• Lee Eon Jeong as Hyeol Mae
• Ji Dae Han as So Son Nyeong
• Jung Heung Chae as So Bae Ab
• Yoo Joo Hee as So Chal Ri
• Cha Jae Dol
• Jung Han Bi
• Baek Min Hyun

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Son Young Mok, Lee Sang Min (이상민), Kang Young Ran (강영란)
• Chief Producer: Kim Won Yong
• Producer: Jin Hyung Wook
• Director: Shin Chang Suk, Hwang In Hyuk (황인혁)

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