TV series
The Moon Embracing the Sun
Overview
Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen.
Details
- First air date
- 2012-01-04
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 20 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- MBC
- Production
- Pan Entertainment
- Country
- KR
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Kim Soo-hyun as King Lee Hwon
- Yeo Jin-goo as Lee Hwon (young)
- Han Ga-in as Heo Yeon-woo / shaman Wol
- Kim You-jung as Heo Yeon-woo (young)
- Jung Il-woo as Prince Yang-myung
- Lee Tae-ri as Yang-myung (young)
- Kim Min-seo as Yoon Bo-kyung
- Kim So-hyun as Yoon Bo-kyung (young)
- Sunwoo Jae-duk as Heo Young-jae
- Song Jae-hee as Heo Yeom
- Yim Si-wan as Heo Yeom (young)
- Yoon Seung-ah as Seol
Creators and crew
- Lee Kyung-shik - Producer
- Kim Do-hoon - Director
- Lee Sung Joon - Director
- Jin Soo-wan - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: Two Suns and a Moon
Young Yeon Woo, the daughter of a noble family, attends a ceremony honoring her brother at the palace, where she runs into Crown Prince Hweon.
Episode 2: Two Moons and a Sun
Yeon Woo's brother, Heo Yeom, is appointed to teach the Crown Prince, who does not welcome the new teacher. Meanwhile, Queen Yoon plots a conspiracy.
Episode 3: Like Petals, Like Fireworks
Nok Yeong senses an aura from the two girls at the palace; Queen Yoon orders her to read their fate to see whether one will marry the crown prince.
Episode 4: One Sun, One Moon
Yoon Dae Hyeong's clan begins its plan to make Bo Kyung the owner of Kyo Tae Palace. Hweon asks Yeon Woo to submit her name to be the prince’s wife.
Episode 5: Fallen Moon
As Yeon Woo begins the training she will need as the crown prince's wife, Queen Yoon orders Nok Yeong to put a debilitating spell on Yeon Woo.
Episode 6: Hidden Moon
Having accepted a great god to become a shaman, Yeon Woo loses memories of her past due to the shock. Meanwhile, Bo Kyung becomes the crown princess.
Episode 7: Shaman Wol - Moon
Despite Nok Yeong's warning that she avoid strangers, Yeon Woo heads out to the streets when she learns that the king will be visiting the village.
Episode 8: Shaman Who Absorbs Adversity
After nearly being rescued by a disguised Yang Myung, a captive Weol is dragged to the palace to act as a human talisman for Hweon.
Episode 9: Moon That Is Hidden Beside the Sun
Hweon wakes up and furiously commands Weol to name the person who ordered her to spy on him. Bo Kyung is uneasy that a shaman serves the king in bed.
Episode 10: Correspondence of the Dead
Hweon orders Hyung Sun to bring in the royal doctor to treat Weol. Bo Kyung is distraught by the relationship between Hweon and the shaman.
Episode 11: Secret Love
Yang Myung stops Weol going to the king's quarters and confronts Nok Yeong. Her warning to not become closer to Weol leads to an argument.
Episode 12: Road of Tears
Yoon Dae Hyung tries to find out the reason of Hweon's secret inspection. Bo Kyung learns that the date of consummation is only three days away.
Episode 13: Witch Hunts
After Hweon faints before consummation with his queen, a humiliated Bo Kyung conspires to charge Weol for practicing witchcraft and defame Hweon.
Episode 14: Why Am I Dead?
Weol is sentenced to exile, while Hweon loses his leadership to bureaucrats. He visits Weol in jail and, hiding his heart, commands her to leave him.
Episode 15: Once Again, Two Suns and Two Moons
Yeon Woo asks Seol about the situation when she was blessed to become a shaman. Woon dismisses the army keeping Yang Myung at his house.
Episode 16: True Identity of the Moon
After meeting shaman Weol, Bo Kyung becomes terrified thinking that Yeon Woo has been resurrected. Later, some news from her past shocks Yeon Woo.
Episode 17: The Sun Embracing the Moon
When burglars come to the Infirmary and attack Yeon Woo and Yang Myung, Woon and Hweon guard her. Yang Myung flees from the burglars with Yeon Woo.
Episode 18: Bloody Precursor
Princess Min Hwa is pregnant after a long wait and goes to the palace to give Hweon the happy news. Hweon speaks to the queen of his final decision.
Episode 19: Rebellion
Street posters convict the king for having a shaman in his bedroom and the clan of Yoon for having murdered the previous crown princess.
Episode 20: The Moon That Embraces the Sun
When Yoon Dae Hyung's private army surrounds Hweon and his retinue, Yang Myung finds himself on the verge of killing his brother.
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