Empress Ki
A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.
Director(s)
Han Hee
Kang Sook
Where to watch
Netflix
Subscription
Cast & crew
Choi Moo-seong
Park Bul-hwa
Seo Yi-sook
Lady Seo
Jo Jae-yun
Kolta
Jung Woong-in
Yeom Byung-soo
Kang Sook
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Jeon Kuk-hwan
El Temur
Shin Seung-hwan
Kkoe Bo
Lee Jae-yong
Wang Go
Oh Kwang-rok
Heuk Soo [Merchant/Slave Trader]
Lee Won-jong
Dokman
Ryu Hyun-kyung
Princess Kyeong-hwa - The Queen of King Chung-sook
Ha Ji-won
Ki Seung Nyang (Empress Ki)
Kim Hyo Myung
[Man]
Park Hae-mi
[Shaman] (Ep. 34-35)
Jung Zi-so
Ki Seung Nyang (young)
Lee Eung-kyung
Court Lady Noh
Kim Young-ho
Bayan
Baek Jin-hee
Tanashiri (Empress Tanashiri)
Jeon Jin-gi
[Yuan Envoy]
Ji Chang-wook
Ta Hwan (Emperor Huizong of Yuan)
Shim Yi Young
[Fortune teller] (Ep. 28)
Ju Jin-mo
Wang Yoo (King Choong Hye of Goryeo)
Jin Yi-han
Tal Tal
Im Joo-eun
Bayan Khutugh
Han Hye-rin
Lady Park
Choi Hyun
Palla Chubmokah [Ta Hwan’s cousin]
Kim Seo-hyung
Budashiri (Empress Dowager)
Yoo In-young
Yeon Bisu
Kim Jeong-hyeon
Tangqishi
Kwon Oh-joong
Choi Moo-song
Lee Ji-hyun
Hong Dan
Kim Moo-young
Na Mu [Ta Hwan's escort warrior]
Kim Jin-sung
Prince Ma Ha
Shim Min
Court Lady
Lee Yang-hee
Bang Jin
Son Kwang-Eop
Mak Son [Assassin]
Lee Jung-sung
Kim Soon Jo [The penitentiary of Goryeo]
Kim Min-Seo
Ha Yool
Jang Soon Gook
Seol Do Gan
Kwon Tae-won
Chung Suk [former king of Goryeo / Wang Yoo's father]
Ahn Do-gyu
Wang Yu [Young]
Kim Ye-ryeong
Lady Lee [Seung Nyang's mother]
Kim Myung-soo
Ki Ja Oh [Seung-nyang's father, the head of a full-time army]
Jeong Jae Min
[Dying prince]
Jung Byung Ho
Joo Gook Cheong [Court Minister]
Kim Jin Woo
Imperial Prince Ayushiridara
Seo Beom-sik
[Buddhist monk]
Kim Jin Ho
[Inju Branch]
Park Sun-woo
[Maebak Column Head]
Son Jin-ho
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Go Jin Myung
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Han Seo-yeon
[Gisaeng]
Han Hee
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Reviews
ParkMin
It started off on a fast pace with big cuts, jumps and gaps. We were thrown right into it with little to no explanation or a breathing room. Sure thing that was attractive enough to hold onto the viewers' attention but that was only for a brief period before the drama hit the brakes at full force yanking the viewers from the realm of existence. Halting its momentum to an irrecoverable state which affected the set up we were given, negatively. Not only the momentum but the story as a whole took a shift for the worse. That shift happened to early to be forgiven, after 7-9 episodes I think? If the writers intent was to write Ta Hwan as an unbearably pathetic whimp then they have achieved an outstanding success! Upon a second look, there were too many males to count who were obsessed with the female lead, this drama was a complicated reverse harem in disguise. Some characters had cool story arcs, while others were just stuck being one-dimensional, making it hard to care about them while the drama kept giving them more screen time. Even worse, most of the characters that died were given a cheap death, even important ones. Anyway, the drama had an enjoyable start despite the chaos but it never managed to recover after slamming the brakes.