Queen for Seven Days

Queen for Seven Days (Korean: 7일의 왕비; RR: 7irui wangbi; lit. '7 Day Queen') is a South Korean television series starring Park Min-young as the titular Queen Dangyeong, with Yeon Woo-jin and Lee Dong-gun. It aired on KBS2 every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) from May 31, 2017, to August 3, 2017.

Queen for Seven Days
Promotional poster
Hangul	7일의 왕비
Hanja	7日의 王妃
RR	7irui wangbi
MR	7irŭi wangbi
Genre	Historical Romance Political Melodrama
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Choi Jin-young
Directed by	Lee Jung-sub Song Ji-won
Creative directors	Yoo Ho-joon Kim Min-joon Im Seung-hyun
Starring	Park Min-young Yeon Woo-jin Lee Dong-gun
Music by	Lee Pil-ho
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Sung Joon-hye Park Seong-hye Moon Bo-hyun Kim Joo-suk
Producers	Kim Hye-jung Jung Yeon-soo
Cinematography	Jung Hae-geun Yoon Tae-gi
Editor	Kim Yoo-mi
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Monster Union OH!BROTHERS Production
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	May 31 (2017-05-31) – August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)

Cast

Main

• Park Min-young as Shin Chae-kyung, later known as Queen Dangyeong
  • Park Si-eun as young Shin Chae-kyung
• Yeon Woo-jin as Lee Yeok, Grand Prince Jinseong/Nak-chun, later King Jungjong
  • Baek Su-ho as young Lee Yeok
  • Choi Jung-hoo as child Lee Yeok
• Lee Dong-gun as Crown Prince Lee Yung, King Yeonsangun
  • Ahn Do-gyu as young Crown Prince Lee Yung
  • Lee Seung-woo as child Crown Prince Lee Yung

Supporting

Royal family

• Do Ji-won as Queen Dowager Jasun, Lee Yeok's mother
• Song Ji-in as Queen Shin, Lee Yung's primary wife and Chae-kyung's paternal aunt
• Son Eun-seo as Jang Nok-su, Royal Consort Suk-yong of the Heungdeok Jang clan. Lee Yung's most favored concubine as well as confidante.

Ministers

• Jang Hyun-sung as Shin Soo-geun, Queen Shin's older brother and Chae-kyung's father
• Kang Shin-il as Im Sa-hong, Lee Yung's close confidant
• Park Won-sang as Park Won-jong, Myung-hye's maternal uncle
• Yoo Hyung-kwan as Yoo Soon-jung
• Yoo Seung-bong as Yoo Ja-kwang
• Lee Hwa-ryong as Sung Hee-an

Extended

• Kang Ki-young as Jo Kwang-oh, Lee Yeok's friend
  • Jung Yoo-ahn as young Jo Kwang-oh
• Kim Min-ho as Baek Suk-hee, Lee Yeok's friend
  • Jo Byeong-kyu as young Baek Suk-hee
• Hwang Chan-sung as Seo Noh, Lee Yeok's personal bodyguard and friend
  • Choi Min-young as young Seo Noh
• Go Bo-gyeol as Yoon Myung-hye, Park Won-jong's maternal niece and later known as Queen Jangkyung
  • Park Seo-yeon as young Yoon Myung-hye
• Kim Jung-young as Madam Kwon, Shin Soo-geun's wife and Chae-kyung's mother
• Yeom Hye-ran as Chae-kyung's nursemaid
• Yoo Min-kyu as Ki Ryong, Lee Yung's personal bodyguard
• Choi Seung-kyung as Eunuch Kim
• Park Yong-jin as Eunuch Song
• Kim Ki-chun as Mak Gae, Seo Noh's father; a former clerk-on-duty during King Seongjong's dying moments
• Yoon In-jo as Court Lady Choi, the Dowager Queen's lady-in-waiting

Cameo

• Kim Jung-hak as King Seongjong, the previous King (flashbacks)
• Woo Hee-jin as Deposed Queen Yoon, Yeonsangun's biological mother (flashback)
• Lee Jae-woo as a Royal Commander
• Jin Hyun-kwang as a Gatekeeper
• Park Jae-keun as an escort warrior
• Yoon Jong-won as Dae Myung
• Heo Sung-tae as a Shaman
• Kim Young-sun
• Song Kyung-hwa
• Im Jung-ok
• Jeon Sung-il
• Choi Hee-do

Production

In March 2017, it was announced that Park Min-young will be re-teaming with director Lee Jung-sub on Queen for Seven Days. They previously worked together on Glory Jane (2011) and Healer (2014-15).^[1][2][3] It is the first production of Monster Union, the independent content company set up by KBS in July 2016.^[4]

The drama's first script reading took place on April 7, 2017, in Yeouido, Seoul.^[5]

Prior to broadcast, lead actress Park stated that the audience could think of the drama "as Love in the Moonlight five years later," pertaining to KBS2's popular historical series starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung.^[6]

Original soundtrack

Queen for Seven Days OST Album
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2017
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean, English
Label	Music&NEW, Hello EMC

Part 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"You're Brilliant" (눈부신 그대)	Lee Na-young	Lovelyee The President	Yeonjung (Cosmic Girls)	03:10
2.	"You're Brilliant" (Inst.)		Lovelyee The President		03:10
Total length:					06:20

Part 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"No Matter How Hard I Try"	Yael Meyer	Yael Meyer	Yael Meyer	03:57
2.	"No Matter How Hard I Try" (Inst.)		Yael Meyer		03:57
Total length:					07:54

Part 3

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Again" (또한번 사랑해)	Lee Na-young	Dear Cloud Kim Moon-chul Park Soo-seok	Dear Cloud	03:57
2.	"Love Again" (Inst.)		Dear Cloud Kim Moon-chul Park Soo-seok		03:57
Total length:					07:54

Part 4

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Miss You In My Heart" (그리고 그려도)	Lee Na-young	Realmeee Kim Jin-hoon	Junggigo	03:37
2.	"Miss You In My Heart" (Inst.)		Realmeee Kim Jin-hoon		03:37
Total length:					07:14

Part 5

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"When the Moonlight Shines on You" (달빛이 내릴 때)	Super Sound Park So-ha	Super Sound	Fromm	03:25
2.	"When the Moonlight Shines on You" (Inst.)		Super Sound		03:25
Total length:					06:50

Disc 2:

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Queen for seven days" (Opening Title)	Various Artists	3:36
2.	"The King wrath"	Various Artists	2:35
3.	"Dreaming"	Various Artists	3:04
4.	"Brother's fight"	Various Artists	2:25
5.	"The truth"	Various Artists	3:16
6.	"Tragedy of blood"	Various Artists	2:57
7.	"Two hands"	Various Artists	3:33
8.	"Path of destiny"	Various Artists	2:43
9.	"Overture"	Various Artists	1:10
10.	"Burned up"	Various Artists	2:02
11.	"Collapse"	Various Artists	2:09
12.	"Dark sword"	Various Artists	1:46
13.	"The Kingdom"	Various Artists	3:56
14.	"Yoong's Anger"	Various Artists	2:53
15.	"Sadness of King"	Various Artists	3:32
16.	"Pretty"	Various Artists	2:22
17.	"Who has started?"	Various Artists	2:45
18.	"In truth"	Various Artists	2:20
19.	"Waiting for you"	Various Artists	1:45
20.	"Bright way"	Various Artists	1:45
21.	"Hopeless love"	Various Artists	2:20
22.	"Denote"	Various Artists	1:06
23.	"Beyond the clouds"	Various Artists	2:03
24.	"You and me"	Various Artists	2:40
25.	"Your whistling"	Various Artists	2:06
26.	"Spiteful"	Various Artists	2:12
27.	"Yoong's Jealousy"	Various Artists	1:01
28.	"Addiction"	Various Artists	3:23
29.	"Secret order"	Various Artists	4:30
30.	"Claw"	Various Artists	2:00
31.	"Silence effection"	Various Artists	2:20
32.	"Hidden pain"	Various Artists	1:37
33.	"Vague fear"	Various Artists	2:11
34.	"Busy child"	Various Artists	3:p0
35.	"Time of plan"	Various Artists	3:06
36.	"Pirates"	Various Artists	3:07
37.	"Night performance"	Various Artists	3:46
38.	"Childhood"	Various Artists	2:58
39.	"Hold one's breath"	Various Artists	2:46
40.	"Obey"	Various Artists	3:28
41.	"Chomabawi Rock"	Various Artists	1:22
42.	"Honey Love"	Various Artists	2:05
43.	"Far from motherland"	Various Artists	2:22
44.	"Trickery"	Various Artists	3:37
45.	"In the forest"	Various Artists	3:31
46.	"The Queen"	Various Artists	3:14
47.	"What I want?"	Various Artists	3:20
48.	"Run Shin Chae kyung"	Various Artists	2:30
49.	"Irreparable"	Various Artists	2:20
50.	"Blade toward each other"	Various Artists	1:30
51.	"Conflict"	Various Artists	1:40
52.	"I had a deep dream"	Various Artists	2:30

Ratings

• In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Ep.	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[7]		AGB Nielsen[8]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 31, 2017	5.4% (NR)	5.6% (NR)	6.9% (18th)	6.7% (20th)
2	June 1, 2017	5.1% (NR)	5.2% (NR)	5.7% (NR)	5.6% (NR)
3	June 7, 2017	5.3% (NR)	5.5% (NR)	6.5% (NR)	6.3% (NR)
4	June 8, 2017	5.3% (NR)	5.6% (NR)	6.5% (NR)	6.8% (15th)
5	June 14, 2017	6.6% (NR)	7.0% (NR)	6.9% (17th)	6.5% (NR)
6	June 15, 2017	5.4% (NR)	5.5% (NR)	6.1% (NR)	6.2% (NR)
7	June 21, 2017	5.5% (NR)	5.6% (NR)	5.2% (NR)	5.3% (NR)
8	June 22, 2017	5.4% (NR)	5.7% (NR)	5.4% (NR)	5.8% (NR)
9	June 28, 2017	5.3% (NR)	5.5% (NR)	4.7% (NR)	5.1% (NR)
10	June 29, 2017	4.3% (NR)	4.9% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	5.0% (NR)
11	July 5, 2017	4.5% (NR)	5.3% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	5.4% (NR)
12	July 6, 2017	4.6% (NR)	4.8% (NR)	4.6% (NR)	4.9% (NR)
13	July 12, 2017	4.3% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	4.3% (NR)	4.5% (NR)
14	July 13, 2017	4.5% (NR)	5.2% (NR)	4.7% (NR)	5.4% (NR)
15	July 19, 2017	6.7% (NR)	7.0% (NR)	6.7% (20th)	6.4% (NR)
16	July 20, 2017	6.3% (NR)	6.5% (NR)	6.3% (19th)	6.1% (NR)
17	July 26, 2017	5.9% (NR)	6.1% (NR)	6.5% (19th)	6.2% (20th)
18	July 27, 2017	7.6% (18th)	7.3% (19th)	7.7% (15th)	7.2% (16th)
19	August 2, 2017	6.6% (16th)	6.0% (19th)	7.1% (16th)	6.2% (20th)
20	August 3, 2017	7.6% (14th)	6.8% (20th)	7.6% (16th)	7.0% (19th)
Average		5.6%	5.8%	5.9%	5.9%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2017	31st KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama[9]	Lee Dong-gun	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Park Min-young	Nominated
		Best Young Actor	Baek Su-ho	Nominated
		Best Young Actress	Park Si-eun	Nominated

International Broadcast

• In aired starting November 23, 2017 on Now Drama Channel and FTA Live, and on ViuTV on March 27, 2018.
• In Sri Lanka, the drama is available to stream on-demand via Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles.^[10] It is also available to stream on-demand via the My Galaxy app on Samsung smartphones.^[11]
• In Turkey, it was aired on Kanal 7 and dubbed in Turkish known as Ömre Bedel."Ömre Bedel". Kanal7 - Kanal 7 izle, Kanal 7 canlı izle, Kanal 7 yayın akışı. 13 December 2018.