The Scholar Who Walks the Night

The Scholar Who Walks the Night
Genre
Based on Scholar Who Walks the Night
by Jo Joo-hee and Han Seung-hee
Written by Jang Hyun-joo
Directed by Lee Sung-joon
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Content K
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release July 8 (2015-07-08) – September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
External links
Website

The Scholar Who Walks the Night[1][2] (Hangul: 밤을 걷는 선비; RR: Bameul Geotneun Seonbi) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the manhwa of the same name written by Jo Joo-hee and illustrated by Han Seung-hee.[3][4][5] Starring Lee Joon-gi, Shim Chang-min, Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Yu-bi and Kim So-eun, it aired on MBC from July 8 to September 10, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

The drama reunited Lee Joon-gi and Kim So-eun who both starred in the 2006 film, Fly, Daddy, Fly.[12]

Synopsis

Set in an alternate Joseon dynasty, Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yu-bi) is the daughter of a nobleman whose family loses everything when her father is framed for treason. To make ends meet, Yang-sun begins cross-dressing as a male bookseller and meets the handsome and mysterious scholar Kim Sung-yeol (Lee Joon-gi), who works at the Hongmungwan. Kim Sung-Yeol have spend 120 years as a Guardian Vampire who is responsible to get rid of any vampire who disobeyed rule. As a guardian vampire, he was able to go out in sunlight as long as he wears his special back robe. Sung-Yeol continues to be haunted by the long-ago death of his first love Lee Myung-hee (Kim So-eun), who has sacrificed herself for him 120 years ago. Sung-Yeol decided to paid Yang-Sun for high price if she able to find his best friend memorandum,the late crown prince Jonghyun which contain the secret to kill Gwi (Lee Soo-hyuk)in order to revenge for the death of his family, and lover. After the second meeting with Yang-sun, Sung-yeol find out that Yang-sun is a girl. However he decided to keep it as a secret to avoid awkwardness with Yang-sun. Yang-sun tried very hard to find the memorandum as she promised as she also needed money to cure her sister's leg. On a trip to find the old book seller from Yuan with Yang-sun, Sung-yeol met Choi Hye-ryung , Myung-hee's present-day doppelgänger who is an aloof nobleman's daughter. Hye-Ryung's father is a right minister of the king. He has the highest authorities in the king's court compared to other minister. He also have been loyally serve Gwi for long time. In order to prove his loyalty, he even sacrificed Hye-ryung to Gwi since she is 10 years old as Gwi's food toy. However, due to her loyalty and gentle treatment to Gwi, he has unconciously falls in love with Hye-rung and secretly plan to change her to vampire when he already had 100% control of the royal court. Gwi resides in the underground royal palace and uses his powers and political machinations to prevent the Crown Prince (Shim Chang-min) from ascending to the throne as he knows that the crown prince Lee Yoon secretly plan to get rid of him like his late ancestor Crown Prince Jonghyun. Gwi is also aware of Sung-yeol plan to kill him. He became furious when he know that Sung-yeol have been closed to find the secret to kill him. Gwi trid to harm Yang-sun several time but Yang-sun is saved by Sung-yeol as Sung-yeol also has the ability to sense Gwi's presence. Gwi become anxious after he smells Yang-sun blood and decided to get rid of Yang-sun as a precaution. After a while, Seung-yeol secretly fall in love with Yang-sun after he discovered that Hye-Ryung is one of Gwi follower. Jo Seung, Yang-sun adopted father is the secret keeper of the Crown Prince JongHyun memorandum. Jo Seung is a former servant of Yang-sun's biological father who is the right minister who served the late crown prince (Lee-Yoon's father). He was changed to vampire by Gwi as a punishment and try to harm Yang-sun. Unknown to Sung-yeol, Yang-sun was saved by him 10 years ago and Sung-Yeol kill Yang-sun father to save her. Although she has been bitten by her father, Yang-sun/Seo-jin did not changed into vampire as she has the blood of Gwi. Yang-sun biological mother is the direct descendant of Gwi from mother's relation. Her biological has raised her as a boy in order to protect her because she know that her daughter needed to be sacrificed as a weapon to kill Gwi. What is the secret plan in the Crown prince Jonghyun memorandum? How can Sung-yeol saved Yang-sun from being sacrificed? Will Lee Yoon become a puppet king controlled by Gwi like his ancestor? Will Sang-yeol and Yang-sun lived happily ever after?

Cast

Main

A loyal and courageous scholar who is a close friend of Crown Prince Junghyun. He turns into a vengeful vampire following the deaths of his family and friend.
The son of Crown Prince Sadong. He seeks to take revenge on Gwi, who was responsible for the death of his father.
A bloodthirsty and evil vampire who wishes to rule over humans.
A cheerful and kind bookseller, who goes around dressed as a man in order to earn money for her family.The direct descendent of Gwi from her mother's relation.
Sung-yeol's first love and fiancée. / Daughter of the prime minister, who serves Gwi. She secretly falls in love with Prince Lee Yoon as she striving to become Joseon Queen to revenge his father.

Supporting

People around Sung-yeol

The head of Hwayang-gak and one of Sung-yeol's confidant. She has a one-sided love for him since he was her saviour.
Sung-yeol's confidant and head of the household.

People around Lee Yoon

  • Yeo Eui-joo as Noh Hak-yong
A Sungkyunkwan scholar and close friend of Lee Yoon.
Lee Yoon's martial arts teacher and personal guard. He is also a best friend of Crown Prince Sadong and Yang-sun's biological father.
Lee Yoon's grandfather
  • Jang Seung-jo as Crown Prince Sadong
Lee Yoon's father. He was killed by Gwi when he attempted to find the secret to kill Gwi to stop the Gwi's puppet king monarchy

People around Yang-sun

  • Jung Gyu-soo as Jo-saeng
Yang-sun's foster father. He is sick and unable to work to support his family. Keeper of Crown Prince Jonghyun Memorandum.
  • Oh Yoon-hong as Kkot-boon
Yang-sun's foster mother
  • Park So-young as Dam-yi
Yang Sun's sister. She is unable to walk.

Court officials

  • Son Jong-hak as Choi Chul-joong
The prime minister who is the main opposer of the King and Crown Prince. He is the father of Hye-ryeong.
The chief left minister who supports the King and is one of his close confidants. He is the grandfather of Hak-yong.
  • Kim Jong-goo
The defense minister who is the prime minister's associate.

Special appearances

The original "Lustful Student", who wanted to get rid of Gwi but was killed in the process.
The Guardian Gwi.
  • Han Ji-woo as Royal Concubine Kim (cameo, episode 1)
  • Park Ji-il as Kim Sung-yeol's father (cameo, episode 1)
  • Kim Ye-ryeong as Kim Sung-yeol's mother (cameo, episode 1)
  • Lee Ho-jae as King Moonjo, Crown Prince Junghyun's father. (cameo, episode 1)

Production

An accident while filming on set (simply described by producers as "a fall") on June 10, 2015 caused both Lee Joon-gi and Lee Yu-bi to be hospitalized, for a nasal fracture and a herniated lumbar disc, respectively.[13][14]

Original soundtrack

Ratings

Episode Broadcast date TNmS ratings[15] AGB Nielsen ratings[16]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide Seoul Capital Area
1 July 8, 2015 7.4% 9.1% 7.7% 8.1%
2 July 9, 2015 6.8% 8.9% 6.8% 7.3%
3 July 15, 2015 7.2% 9.1% 7.7% 7.8%
4 July 16, 2015 7.1% 8.2% 7.7% 8.5%
5 July 22, 2015 7.3% 9.0% 7.8% 8.9%
6 July 23, 2015 6.4% 7.5% 7.9% 8.7%
7 July 29, 2015 6.9% 8.0% 7.9% 8.3%
8 July 30, 2015 7.3% 7.9% 7.4% 7.8%
9 August 5, 2015 7.4% 8.7% 8.5% 8.6%
10 August 6, 2015 6.5% 7.5% 7.4% 7.4%
11 August 12, 2015 6.5% 7.7% 6.9% 6.8%
12 August 13, 2015 6.3% 7.1% 7.4% 7.1%
13 August 19, 2015 7.3% 7.9% 7.6% 7.3%
14 August 20, 2015 6.6% 7.2% 7.0% 7.5%
15 August 26, 2015 6.5% 7.1% 6.5% 6.5%
16 August 27, 2015 5.9% 6.6% 6.8% 6.9%
17 September 2, 2015 7.2% 7.9% 8.0% 7.8%
18 September 3, 2015 7.1% 7.8% 7.9% 8.0%
19 September 9, 2015 7.3% 8.3% 6.2% 9.3%
20 September 10, 2015 7.2% 8.0% 7.7% 7.9%
Average ratings 6.9% 8.0% 7.4% 7.8%
Key
  • Blue-lowest rating episode
  • Red-highest rating episode
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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015
MBC Drama Awards
 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Lee Joon-gi Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Lee Yu-bi Nominated
Best New Actor in a Miniseries Lee Soo-hyuk Won
Best New Actress in a Miniseries Lee Yu-bi Won
Top 10 Stars Award Lee Joon-gi Won
2016
4th Annual DramaFever Awards
 Best Historical Drama The Scholar Who Walks the Night Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Scholar Who Walks the Night". MBC Global Media. MCB. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Scholar Who Walks the Night". MBC America. MBC America. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ 밤을 걷는 선비 [Scholar Who Walks the Night]. Webtoon Daum (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Choi, He-suk (May 6, 2015). "MBC confirms new Joseon vampire drama". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ Yoon, Sarah (May 18, 2015). "Scholar Who Walks the Night gears up with first script reading". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Shin, Ji-hye (March 25, 2015). "Changmin to star in Scholar Who Walks the Night". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Hong, Hye-jin (April 2, 2015). "Lee Joon-gi lands role in new drama". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Ghim, Sora (May 11, 2015). "Lee Soo Hyuk And Kim So Eun Cast In Scholar Who Walks the Night". BNTNews. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lee Yoo Bi Transforms into a Boy for Scholar Who Walks the Night". Soompi. May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ Yoon, Sarah (May 26, 2015). "Lee Joon-gi features in Elle, talks about Scholar Who Walks the Night". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ Doo, Rumy (July 7, 2015). "Lee Joon-gi, TVXQ Changmin turn vampire, prince in new TV drama". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ Julie Jones (June 26, 2015). "Kim So Eun Can Now Call Lee Jun Ki 'Oppa'". KDrama Stars. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ Yoon, Sarah (June 10, 2015). "Lee Joon-gi fractures nose while shooting new drama". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  14. ↑ Yoon, Sarah (June 11, 2015). "Lee Yu-bi, Lee Joon-gi admitted to hospital for injuries while shooting TV drama". K-pop Herald. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  15. ↑ TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu in Korean
  16. ↑ AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu in Korean
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