The King: Eternal Monarch
더 킹 : 영원의 군주
“A king crosses between two parallel Koreas to find her”
Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.
Lee Min-ho
as Lee Gon · LEAD
Lee Min-ho
Lee Gon
Kim Go-eun
as Jung Tae-eul / Luna · LEAD
Kim Go-eun
Jung Tae-eul / Luna
Woo Do-hwan
as Jo Eun-sup / Jo-young · SUPPORTING
Woo Do-hwan
Jo Eun-sup / Jo-young
Kim Kyung-nam
as Kang Shin-jae · SUPPORTING
Kim Kyung-nam
Kang Shin-jae
Jung Eun-chae
as Goo Seo-ryung / Goo Eun-ah · SUPPORTING
Jung Eun-chae
Goo Seo-ryung / Goo Eun-ah
Lee Jung-jin
as Lee Rim · SUPPORTING
Lee Jung-jin
Lee Rim
Jeon Moo-song
as Lee Jong-in / Prince Boo-young · SUPPORTING
Jeon Moo-song
Lee Jong-in / Prince Boo-young
Kim Yeong-ok
as Noh Ok-nam · SUPPORTING
Kim Yeong-ok
Noh Ok-nam
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Should you watch?
A lavish, divisive parallel-worlds fantasy from Kim Eun-sook.
✓Fans of high-concept fantasy romance and Lee Min-ho and Kim Go-eun
✗You dislike convoluted timelines and dense parallel-world rules
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What is it really about
The emperor of a constitutional-monarchy Korea slips through a portal into our world's Republic of Korea, chasing a detective and a decades-old crime that links both realms. An ambitious parallel-worlds fantasy romance.
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