Shin Don (TV series)

Shin Don
Hangul	신돈
Hanja	辛旽
Revised Romanization	Sindon
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Ton
Genre	Historical Political
Based on	The Phantom Queen by Park Jong-hwa[1]^[unreliable source]
Developed by	Jung Woon-hyung
Written by	Jung Ha-yeon[a][2]
Directed by	Kim Jin-min
Creative directors	Lee Sang-yup Lee Kyung-sun
Starring	Son Chang-min Jeong Bo-seok Seo Ji-hye Oh Man-seok Kang Moon-young
Narrated by	Kim Jae-gyu
Composers	Hwang Sang-joon No Hyung-woo Ryu Hyung-wook Kim Chang-bum
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	61
Production
Producers	An Je-hyun Shin Sang-yoon
Cinematography	Song In-hyuk
Animator	Jang Tae-joon
Editor	Hwang Keum-bong
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Samhwa Networks[3]
Original release
Network	MBC
Release	September 24, 2005 (2005-September-24)[4] – May 7, 2006 (2006-May-07)[5]

Shin Don (Korean: 신돈; Hanja: 辛旽) is a South Korean television series based on the novel The Phantom Queen (Korean: 다정불심; Hanja: 多情佛心; RR: Dajeongbulsim) by Park Jong-hwa,^[6] starring Son Chang-min, Jeong Bo-seok, Seo Ji-hye, Oh Man-seok and Kang Moon-young. It aired on MBC from September 24, 2005 to May 7, 2006 every Saturday and Sunday at 21:40 (KST).^[7]

This series's first title was originally the same as the title of the novel but later was changed after Son Chang-min took the main role as Shin Don.^[8] Son also made his first appearance in a sageuk since Tale of Chunhyang (춘향전) in 1988.^[9]

Cast

Main

• Son Chang-min as Shin Don^[10][11][12]
  • Kim Kyung-hwan as young Shin Don
• Jeong Bo-seok as King Gongmin^[13][14]
• Seo Ji-hye^[14][15][16] as
  • Princess Noguk, King Gongmin's first wife and a Yuan Princess.
  • Banya, King Gongmin's concubine and Shin Don's maid.
    • Bang Joon-seo as young Banya^{[17][unreliable source]}
    • Jeon Ha-eun as child Banya^[17]
• Oh Man-seok as Won Hyung^{[18][unreliable source][19][20]}
• Kang Moon-young as Cho Sun^[21][22][23]

Extended cast

• Hwang Geum-hee^[b] as Lady Yoon Hee-bi
• Lee Bong-kyoo as Ra Ma-seung
• Kim Jong-ho as a fisherman
• Lee Jin-hwa as Woo Dae-un
• Lee Chang-hwan as Shin Won-kyung
• Yang Eun-yong as a maid-servant in Okcheon Temple
• Jeon Su-ji as Ban Ya's birth mother
• Guk Jung-hwan as Ki-Chul's head servant
• Han Young-soo as Cho-Sun's head servant
• Choi Eun-sook as Lee Je-hyun's wife

OST

Shin Don OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	January 19, 2006 (2006-January-19)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	56-57 minutes
Language	Korean
Label	Samhwa Production

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shin Don (신돈)" (Opening Theme Song)	04:47
2.	"Shin Don (신돈)" (Inst.)	03:39
3.	"King Gongmin (공민왕)"	02:57
4.	"Jajangga (자장가)" (Voice ver.)	03:21
5.	"Yeomhwamiso (염화미소)"	02:45
6.	"Young Shin Don (어린신돈)" (Vn ver.)	02:33
7.	"Buddha (부다)"	02:23
8.	"A Mongol's Woman, Dotapsilli (몽골의 여인 도탑실리)"	02:23
9.	"The Dragon's Shadow (용상의 그림자)"	02:29
10.	"Shin Don (신돈)" (Ver. 2)	02:16
11.	"Princess of No State (노국공주)"	03:12
12.	"For 民樂"	02:04
13.	"Young Shin Don (어린신돈)" (Voice ver.)	02:32
14.	"Joins (가담, 街談)"	01:45
15.	"Jajangga (자장가)" (Inst.)	03:21
16.	"On Saemiro (온새미로)"	04:19
Total length:		56:36

Airing cancel reasons

• October 15, 2005: canceled due to MBC University Organization.^{[citation needed]}
• December 31, 2005: canceled due to the airing of MBC Gayo Daejejeon.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1, 2006: canceled due to the New Year's Special Event.^[24]
• January 28–29, 2006: canceled due to the formation of Lunar New Year special film Another Public Enemy and Innocent Steps.^[25]

Notes

1. He is famous for his work in historical series such as Empress Myeongseong (2001), Jo Gwang-jo (1996) and The King and the Queen (1998–2000).
2. Credited as Ji Sung-won.

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