Lee Jung Shin is a South Korean musician and actor who was born in Ilsan, South Korea, on September 15, 1991. He made his entertainment industry debut as the bassist of the all-male pop band CNBLUE in January 2010. He has also appeared in a number of TV drama titles, making his acting bow in the 2012 series “My Husband Got a Family.” He was the co-host of long-running music show “M Countdown” from 2015 to 2016, and more recently has starred in the dramas “Cinderella and Four Knights” (2016), the small screen adaptation of “My Sassy Girl” (2017), and “My First Love” (2018).

Lee Jung Shin

Shi Woo

Kim Ok Bin is an award-winning South Korean actress. Born on January 3, 1987, she participated in an online beauty contest hosted by the web portal Naver in 2004, and that helped to launch her acting career. She made her acting debut in the 2005 horror film “Voice,” which garnered her two Best New Actress nominations. Many more critically acclaimed roles followed in both film, including “Dasepo Naughty Girls” (2006), “Thirst” (2009) and “Over My Dead Body” (2012), and on television, including the popular dramas “Over the Rainbow” (2006), “The Blade and Petal” (2013) and “Yoo Na’s Secret” (2014).

Kim Ok Bin

Uhm Tae Woong is a South Korean actor. Born on April 5, 1974, he made his acting debut in the 1998 film “The Happenings.” He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “The Great Queen Seondeok” (2009), “Dr. Champ” (2010), “7th Grade Civil Servant” (2013), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “Can We Love?” (2014) and “Valid Love” (2014). Uhm Tae Woong’s older sister is Uhm Jung Hwa, a popular singer and actress. He married ballerina Yoon Hye Jin in 2013, and they have one daughter, Ji On. Since 2015, father and daughter have starred in the popular reality series “The Return of Superman.”

Uhm Tae Woong

Yeon Choong

On Joo Wan is the stage name of Song Jeong Sik, a South Korean actor. Born on December 11, 1983, he made his acting debut with a minor role in the 2002 television drama “Rustic Period.” He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent dramas “Twelve Men in a Year” (2012), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “Surplus Princess” (2014), “Punch” (2014) and “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015), “Dear Fair Lady Kong Shim” (2016) and “Man Who Sets the Table” (2017-2018).

On Joo Wan

Choi Min Soo is an award-winning, veteran South Korean actor who comes from a family of celebrated actors. He was born on March 27, 1962, to Choi Moo Ryong, a popular actor, and Kang Hyo Shil, an actress. His maternal grandparents are Jeon Ok, a celebrated actress, and Kang Hong Sik, an actor, film director and singer during the Japanese occupation. His grandparents were the first married couple in Korean entertainment history. Kang Hong Sik and his daughter, Kang Hyo Son, moved to North Korea, where Kang Hyo Son also became a famous actress. Choi Min Soo made his acting debut in the 1985 short film “Eye.” He won Best New Actor at the 11th Golden Cinematography Awards in 1987 for his work in “Long Journey & Tunnel,” the first of many acting awards of his prolific career. Some of his award-winning roles include the television dramas “Sandglass” (1995) and “Pride and Prejudice” (2014) and the films “Terrorist” (1995) and “Libera Me” (2000). He also has appeared in the recent popular dramas “The Man Who Dies to Live” (2017) and “Lawless Lawyer” (2018). Choi Min Soo met June Elizabeth Kang in 1993 at the international Miss Korea Beauty Pageant, where Kang competed as Miss Canada. Choi Min Soo proposed to her within three hours of meeting her, and they were married in 1994.

Choi Min Soo

No Min Woo is a South Korean actor and musician. He was born on May 29, 1986, in Japan while his mother was trying to become an enka singer there. No Min Woo debuted as a drummer for the rock band TRAX in 2004 but left the band two years later and was briefly the guitarist for The Romantist before that band disbanded. In 2009, he formed the project group 24/7 with Lee Jang Woo and Hyun Woo. No Min Woo made his acting debut in the 2008 and is best known for his roles in the television dramas “Pasta” (2010), “My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho” (2010), “Midas” (2011), “Full House Take 2” (2012), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “God's Gift – 14 Days,” (2014) and “My Unfortunate Boyfriend” (2015).

No Min Woo

Yeon Nam-Saeng

Lee Yi Kyung is a South Korean actor. Born on January 8, 1989, he made his acting debut in the 2011 television drama “Heartstrings.” He has since appeared in both independent and commercial films and in popular television dramas, including “School 2013” (2012), “Nine: 9 Times Time Travel” (2013), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “My Love From the Star” (2013), “Trot Lovers” (2014), “You’re All Surrounded” (2014), “Because It’s the First Time” (2015), “Descendants of the Sun” (2016) and “Mirror of the Witch” (2016). Lee Yi Kyung also has appeared on many popular variety shows, including as a cast member of “Law of the Jungle in Yap Islands” (2015) and “Real Men” (2015). Lee Yi Kyung’s father is Lee Ung Beom, the CEO of LG Innotek.

Lee Yi Kyung

Jo Jae Yoon is a South Korean actor known for playing memorable supporting roles in films, television and theater productions. Born in Cheongju on September 15, 1974, he made his acting debut in the 2003 film “Please Teach Me English” and has since starred in many popular films and television dramas. Some of his recent credits include “Gu Family Book” (2013), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “Empress Ki” (2013), “Liar Game” (2014), “Blood” (2015), “Last” (2015), “Descendants of the Sun” (2016), “Pied Piper” (2016) and “SKY Castle” (2018-2019). Jo Jae Yoon has also appeared in variety TV shows, including “Animals” (2015) and “Urban Cops” (2019).

Jo Jae Yoon

Goo Won is a South Korean actor who was born on February 5, 1988. He studied Film and Drama at Chung Ang University and went on to make his acting debut in the drama series “Cheongdam-dong Alice” in 2012. The following year, he made his big-screen debut in the film “Fists of Legend.” He followed up with a role in the movie “The Youth” in 2014. More recently, he has appeared in drama series titles such as “Legal High” (2019) and “Love with Flaws” (2019).

Goo Won

Lee Dae Yeon is a South Korean actor. He was born on November 13, 1964 and made his acting debut in 1996. Since then, he has been in numerous films and television dramas, including “My Princess” (2011), “Flower Boy Next Door” (2013), “The Pirates” (2014), and “The Throne” (2015).

Lee Dae Yeon

Kim Dong Suk is a South Korean model and actor born on April 7, 1990. He studied at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, majoring in Chinese Language and Literature. He made his modeling debut in 2011, and followed up with his acting debut in the 2012-2013 series “School 2013.” He went on to make his movie bow in the comedy title “Miss Granny” (2014). He has also starred in hit drama series including “The Blade and Petal” (2013) and “Noble, My Love” (2015).

Kim Dong Suk

Jun Jin Gi

Kim Sang Ho is a South Korean character actor who is instantly recognizable from his signature bald head and side curls. Born on July 24, 1970, he began his acting career in theater in 1996 before branching into films and television dramas. Some of his recent roles include “Wonderful Days” (2014), “Doctor Stranger” (2014) and “D-Day” (2015), as well as the film “Proof of Innocence” (2016).

Kim Sang Ho

Yoo Seung Mok is a South Korean actor who was born on September 14, 1969, in Seoul, South Korea. He studied at Dankook University and first made a name for himself when he appeared in the 2000 movie “Peppermint Candy.” He has since gone on to appear in scores of his movies – such as “Welcome to Dongmakgol” (2005), “The Host” (2006,) and “Moodori” (2006) – as well as drama series titles such as “Kingdom” (2019).

Yoo Seung Mok

Kim Young Chul

Lee Dae Ro

Lee Won Jong is a prolific, award-winning South Korean character actor with an instantly recognizable face. Born on January 1, 1966, he made his acting debut in the 2001 television drama “School of Love.” He has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent “Secret Door” (2014), “The Girl Who Sees Smells” (2015), “Hidden Identity” (2015), “Remember” (2015-2016) and “Goodbye Mr. Black” (2016).

Lee Won Jong

Joo Jin Mo is a Korean actor born in Seoul on February 26, 1958. He attended Korea University, and debuted in the 1996 movie “Farewell My Darling.” He then went on to star in movies such as “The Big Swindle” (2004) and “Romance Town” (2011). He made his first notable drama appearance in “Resurrection” (2005), which he followed up the next year with “Goodbye Solo.” More recently, he has appeared in “Partners for Justice 2” (2019) and “Watcher” (2019).

Joo Jin Mo (1958)

Hyejeong, or Shin Hye Jeong, as she’s also known, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was born in Seoul on August 10, 1993 and made her debut in the entertainment world in 2012 as a member of FNC Entertainment’s girl group, AOA. That same year she began acting, taking a small role in her first television drama. Since then, she has appeared in both film and television dramas, including “Cheongdam-dong Alice” (2012), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), and “The Good Witch” (2018).

Hyejeong

Park Soo Jin

Mo Seol

Lee Tae Ri is a South Korean actor. Born on June 28, 1993, he is best known for his roles in the popular 2012 television dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Rooftop Prince.” Lee Tae Ri began his career as a child actor under the name Lee Min Ho, debuting at the age of 5 in the 1998 television drama “Soonpoong Clinic,” which aired for two years. He has since starred in many popular films, including “Howling” (2012), and television dramas, including “Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho” (2010), “The Thorn Birds” (2011), “The Great Seer” (2012), “The Blade and Petal” (2013), “The Prime Minister Is Dating” (2013) and “Splendid Politics” (2015). Lee Tae Ri officially adopted his new stage name in June 2018.

Lee Tae Ri

Crown Prince

Yoon So Hee is a South Korean actress. Born on May 7, 1993, she made her entertainment debut after she appeared in “Hit the S Style,” a variety show that features campus style icons. After appearing in a few music videos, Yoon So Hee made her acting debut in the 2013 historical drama “The Blade and Petal.” She has since starred in the popular dramas “Let’s Eat” (2013), “Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion” (2014), “Big Man” (2014), “Marriage, Not Dating” (2014), “Secret Door” (2014), “My Love Eun Dong” (2015), “Memory” (2016) and “Witch's Love” (2018).

Yoon So Hee

Kwak Jung Wook

Kim Hyo Sun

Kim Joo Young

Chae Sang Woo

Moon Hyuk

Jun Hyun

Ahn Dae Yong

KBS, Kocowa

In this Romeo and Juliet story set during Korea’s historical Goguryeo Dynasty, King Yeongnyu (Kim Yeong Cheol) is assassinated by the powerful military general, Yeon Gaesomun (Choi Min Soo). Princess Moo Young (Kim Ok Bin) loses everything when she loses her father, and years later, she plots revenge against the military dictator by becoming a spy who infiltrates the general’s camp. But what happens when the princess falls in love with Yeon Choong (Uhm Tae Woong), the illegitimate son of General Gaesomun? 

Will Princess Moo Young chose revenge over love? 

“The Blade and Petal,” also known as “Sword and Flower” and “Knife and Flower,” is a 2013 South Korean historical drama series directed by Kim Yong Soo.

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