Prince Hours: Goong – S
Cast:
Se7en as Lee Hoo
His blood flows in a Royal family, but Lee Hoo doesn't know it. Not knowing that he's a prince, he works at a Chinese Restaurant as a delivery boy…delivering food in the palace. He looks at everything in a positive aspect and is an optimist by nature. Though he's in poverty (poor), he lives every day freely…but one day, something happens and it's the start of his life as a royal.
Hyo Yi Jae as Yang Soon-yi
Everyone in the neighborhood knows Soon-Yi is an impracticable girl. She thinks preciously of her fraternal twin. But one day, she finds out that Lee Hoo is the boy that she grew up with as a child, and they start their life's together in the palace.
Park Shin Hye as Shin Sae-Ryung
Honor and power, Sae-Ryung grew up in a wealthy family. She has never lost first place/spot at school (meaning she's very smart)…she has skills and the looks of becoming prince's wife. She always had the ambition of becoming a royal princess. However, the prince that she has always imagined of is completely different when she sees Lee Hoo's sudden appearance. A change comes to her way.
Kang Doo as Lee Joon
To become a prince, he received training as mastery elite. He's a great candidate. Lee Hoo's appearance makes Lee Joon get farther away from becoming a prince. He's a perfectionist.
Summary:
The Queen (played by Myung se bin) is in her early 30s but still unmarried. Because of this, in a condition where there cannot be a reduction in the number of successors to the throne, the present prince (the 1st successor) suddenly leaves the world and leaves a vacancy in the line of successors. So they go out to find the secret prince and finally find Lee Hoo (played by Se7en), who has been living outside the palace. Lee Hoo is the son of a prince and his mother who died early, had departed with his father and left the palace, hiding the fact that she was already pregnant. He does not know that he possesses royal blood and has lived, working as a delivery boy at a Chinese restaurant. Although usually, he has wang ja byung (prince disease), he had never dream of entering the palace and receiving royal lessons. Lee Hoo, the unbelievable no 1 successor to the throne and the perfect Lee Joon (played by Doo) will bring tension to the drama as they fight over the position. After Lee Hoo enters the palace, an important place will be the royal academy. It is a place for members of the royal family as well as descendants of wealthy families. The drama will also be about the romance between the characters.
Credit: Cecilia at Soompi
What I Think:
Se7en as Lee Hoo – For a newbie in acting, he was good enough, now like Rain, se7en is a two-edged sword already, this guy can sing & dance and act! When I first heard of Prince Hours I was so sad because the original tandem of Joo Ji Hoon and Eun Yoon Hye will not be back, but everything turned out fine when I heard se7en is in it! He can act okay, he looks the part and he has lots of chemistry with Hyo Yi Jae! In the first parts they don't have it much going in the romance department but in the middle- latter parts, holy smokes, I realized se7en can kiss well! He holds her hand, he is jealous when she is with Joon, he makes her sit on his lap and hugs her, he kisses her—aish I am turning into puddle here! Se7en looks good in anything he wears too, prince-ly in any way, I like him best when he wears long sleeves and folds it to his arms, so debonaire-loooking! By the looks of this description, you can tell I am a big se7en fan; he is after all my site header! J
Hyo Yi Jae as Soon-yi – First time I have seen her, I did not like her, but after a few episodes I started to warm up to her. She is pretty, she can act, and she has oozing chemistry with se7en that I cannot imagine. She was not afraid to hold his hand, hug him tight and kiss him. They were better together than se7en and Park Shin Hye. She looks a lot like the lead girl in Spring Waltz! I like her character because she was intelligent, she's strong and beautiful. I like her because she trusts se7en so much, nothing can stop her from doing so, not even Sae-ryung's constant down putting. Her clothes are comfy, oversized and very girly.
Kang Doo as Lee Joon – He is nothing compared to Kim Jung Hoon of Princess Hours, he is not as charming or as good-looking as KJH. Plus I really did not dig his character, he cannot seem to decide whether he likes Soon-yi or not or whether he can let her go or not. But in the last episodes he seemed to redeem himself when he told Soon-yi that he is letting her go now and he wants her to find her happiness.
Park Shin Hye as Sae-ryung – I have never been a big fan of hers in "Stairways to Heaven" but when I saw how pretty she is here, I kinda liked her at first to end up with se7en, then I figured Hoo and Soon-yi should be together, so there goes. She is a fairly good actress you can tell, she has potential. Out of the four, she has the strogest work resume, and one of the best acting.
Watch this series if you are a major se7en fan! The soundtrack too is good, se7en's song "Promise" is wonderful but is not in the ost but was played in the episode 6 closing credits. Howl's "Miracle" is wonderful and J's track sets the romantic and sad moods in the series.
Must watch scenes:
@ When Hoo meets Soon-yi for the first time, the looks of shock in his face.
@ When Soon-yi kisses Joon, very wacky scene
@ The queen's love story
@ When Hoo got electricuted and was bedridden, Soonyi took care of him
@ Hoo kissing Soonyi the first time
@ Hoo kissing Soonyi the second time
@ Hoo giving Soonyi his mother's necklace
@ Hoo hugging Soonyi from the back
@ Soonyi working in another palace.
@ Hoo and Soonyi talking as she was sitting on his lap. So Sweet!
@ A drunk Joon sleeping over at Soonyi's
@ Dating scenes of Hoo and Soonyi
@ As redundant as it was, yes the ending is worth waiting.
Rating:
9 Korean Kimchis out of 10
Other Stuff:
* For a complete episode summary of Goong-S go here: http://fantasim.livejournal.com/
* MBC Official site: http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gungs/
* Group 8 Official site: http://www.group8tv.com
* Did you know that 3 of the 4 main cast of Goong-s were born on February? Park Shin Hye born on Feb 18, Hyo Yi Jae born Feb 19, and Kang Doo born on Feb 27. Se7en is the only one born on November.
* Kang Doo is actually a part of a group named, The Jadu.
* If you are a true blue YG Family fan, you would notice that hip-hop group and se7en's label-mate, 1tym's Song Baek Kyung is actually part of this series, playing one of se7en's close friends. Yeah 1tym for your mind! I suddenly miss Teddy Park!
* Goong –
01. 궁S/ Goong S opening song
02. Miracle – HowL (하울)
03. Jun ha ji mot hal ma/ 전하지 못할 말 – J (제이)
04. Na Moo/ 나무 – A&P
05. Remember (Drama Ver.) - TVXQ
06. Nuh wa ham gge/ 너와 함께 - Vanilla Unity (바닐라 유니티)
07. Super bike (Drama Ver.) - Yellow tail (옐로우테일)
08. Sarangbaragi/ 사랑바라기 - SOREA (소리아)
09. Choha choha/ 좋아좋아 (Drama Ver.) - Vanilla Unity (바닐라 유니티)
10. Miracle Ballad (Orc. Version) THIS ONE IS NICE J
11. Hwain/ 化仁 (화인)
12. Who?
13. Jig (gyungboggoong Jig)/ 경복궁 jig
14. Secret Waltz
15. Poong rae goon sang
16. Goong ee ya gi - 2nd Moon/ 궁 이야기
17. Secret Waltz (With Strings)
18. Bakkuro Dadhin Chang/ 밖으로 닫힌 창
19. Goo reum gat eun se sang - 2nd Moon/ 구름 같은 세상
20. Miracle Happy Run Version – 2nd Moon
Credits: goong-s.com, popcornfor2, imbc
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