Moon River begins a role-reversal romance between Kang Tae-oh and Kim Se-jeong that will turn even divine punishment into a path of flowers.
On Oct. 31 MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama Moon River (written by Jo Seung-hee, directed by Lee Dong-hyun, abbreviated as "Moon River") released for the first time a Highlight video depicting the dizzying soul swap between Crown Prince I-gang (played by Kang Tae-oh) and low-ranking palace attendant Park Dal-i (played by Kim Se-jeong), heating up expectations for the first broadcast.
The released video captures I-gang suffering after losing his beloved concubine amid palace power struggles, drawing attention. Afterwards, having lived as a ruffian dreaming of revenge, I-gang one day meets Park Dal-i, a woman who looks exactly like the late concubine, and a new breeze stirs in his heart.
But unlike the late concubine, Park Dal-i is of humble rank as a palace attendant and speaks in a homespun manner with playful behavior. Her exceptional survival skills and uncommon grit produce laughter, and upon arriving in Hanyang she immediately tangles with Crown Prince I-gang, creating a teasing but delicate vibe that makes viewers' hearts flutter.
All of this is watched with a glinting eye by Left State Councilor Kim Han-cheol (played by Jin Goo), whose fierce warning amplifies the tension. To seize greater power he grasps and shakes the royal household, and the futures of I-gang and Park Dal-i, who will become increasingly imperiled because of this, as well as those of Prince Jeun I-un (played by Lee Shin-young) and Kim Han-cheol's daughter Kim Woo-hee (played by Hong Soo-joo), are also glimpsed, raising curiosity.
The moment the tangled desires of different people begin to intersect, suddenly I-gang and Park Dal-i's bodies are swapped, driving the intrigue to a peak. Overnight the Crown Prince becomes a palace attendant and the palace attendant wakes up as the Crown Prince, forecasting a chaotic partnership. Moreover, I-gang, whose body has been swapped with Park Dal-i's, tells her, "Look closely. How pretty you are, how precious you are," drawing attention to the tender feelings that will blossom between the two.
Viewers' attention is already focused on the sweet-and-dangerous meeting of Crown Prince I-gang and palace attendant Park Dal-i, which no one could have predicted. Amid the wavering fate of the royal household, curiosity grows about how these two people, so different in status and character, will overcome crises and nurture love in Moon River.
Moon River, a historical fantasy drama about a soul swap between a Crown Prince who has lost his laughter and a palace attendant who has lost her memory, will premiere on Friday, Nov. 7 at 9:50 p.m.
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