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Jang Hee Bin

1981

1 season

60 episodes

Drama

The first season of the Women of Legend Series tells the story of a young lady-in-waiting whose beauty catches the eye of the King and becomes his concubine. Quickly rising in the ranks and eventually giving birth to a son, her hunger for power drives her not only to maintain her position, but to become Queen.

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Trailer

MBC 여인열전-장희빈 타이틀

Cast

Lee Mi-sook

Lee Hye-sook

Yu In-chon

Ban Hyo-jung

Kim Yong-sun

Jeong Ae-ran

Na Moon-hee

Lee Su-na

Nam Neung-mi

Oh Mi-yeon

Kim Dong-hyun

Kil Yong-woo

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Episode 1
05-10-1981
Ep 2
2.Episode 2
06-10-1981
Ep 3
3.Episode 3
12-10-1981
Ep 4
4.Episode 4
13-10-1981
Ep 5
5.Episode 5
19-10-1981
Ep 6
6.Episode 6
20-10-1981
Ep 7
7.Episode 7
26-10-1981
Ep 8
8.Episode 8
27-10-1981
The King stops visiting Jang Suk Won. Nam Gu Man impeaches Heo Gyeon.
Ep 9
9.Episode 9
02-11-1981
Ep 10
10.Episode 10
03-11-1981
Ep 11
11.Episode 11
09-11-1981
Ep 12
12.Episode 12
10-11-1981
Ep 13
13.Episode 13
16-11-1981
Ep 14
14.Episode 14
17-11-1981
Ep 15
15.Episode 15
23-11-1981
Sukjong takes in a new Queen but has no feelings for her. One night, he goes to Prince Dongpyeong's house...
Ep 16
16.Episode 16
24-11-1981
Ep 17
17.Episode 17
30-11-1981
Ep 18
18.Episode 18
01-12-1981
Ep 19
19.Episode 19
07-12-1981
Ep 20
20.Episode 20
08-12-1981
Ep 21
21.Episode 21
14-12-1981
Ep 22
22.Episode 22
15-12-1981
Ep 23
23.Episode 23
21-12-1981
Ep 24
24.Episode 24
22-12-1981
Ep 25
25.Episode 25
28-12-1981
Ep 26
26.Episode 26
29-12-1981
Ep 27
27.Episode 27
04-01-1982
Ep 28
28.Episode 28
05-01-1982
Ep 29
29.Episode 29
11-01-1982
Ep 30
30.Episode 30
12-01-1982
Ep 31
31.Episode 31
18-01-1982
Ep 32
32.Episode 32
19-01-1982
Ep 33
33.Episode 33
25-01-1982
Ep 34
34.Episode 34
26-01-1982
Ep 35
35.Episode 35
01-02-1982
Ep 36
36.Episode 36
02-02-1982
Ep 37
37.Episode 37
08-02-1982
Ep 38
38.Episode 38
09-02-1982
Ep 39
39.Episode 39
18-02-1982
The Former Ministers advise not to hurry as the Queen is young...
Ep 40
40.Episode 40
19-02-1982
Ep 41
41.Episode 41
25-02-1982
The First Prince's illness gets worse, while a strange letter to one's family...
Ep 42
42.Episode 42
26-02-1982
Sukjong tries to order that Queen Min be deposed...
Ep 43
43.Episode 43
04-03-1982
Sukjong forbids Queen Min from eating while cracking down on the future Deposed Queen...
Ep 44
44.Episode 44
05-03-1982
Queen Min's been deposed and kicked out of the Palace, but can't even take a palanquin to leave...
Ep 45
45.Episode 45
11-03-1982
Sukjong says that the seat of Queen can't be empty for too long, and tells the State Council to hurry and prepare for Jang Hee Bin's promotion to Queen.
Ep 46
46.Episode 46
12-03-1982
The King delays Jang Hee Bin's promotion to Queen as the nation is still in mourning...
Ep 47
47.Episode 47
18-03-1982
Ep 48
48.Episode 48
19-03-1982
Ep 49
49.Episode 49
25-03-1982
Queen Jang feels tense after hearing that Sukjong secretly left the Palace incognito, but the Deposed Queen...
Ep 50
50.Episode 50
26-03-1982
Ep 51
51.Episode 51
01-04-1982
Queen Jang tries to throw out Water Maid Choi by interrogating her about "Lady Sa's Journey to the South", even using hot irons...
Ep 52
52.Episode 52
02-04-1982
Court Lady Nam is careful with Choi Suk Won's prenatal care, and dreams of...
Ep 53
53.Episode 53
08-04-1982
Ep 54
54.Episode 54
09-04-1982
Ep 55
55.Episode 55
15-04-1982
The reinstated Queen Min brings Kim Gwi In back into the Palace, and consoles the hurt Crown Prince with benevolence. But...
Ep 56
56.Episode 56
16-04-1982
Ep 57
57.Episode 57
22-04-1982
Ep 58
58.Episode 58
23-04-1982
Sukjong has ancestral rites offered at Buddhist temples throughout the nation...
Ep 59
59.Episode 59
29-04-1982
When Queen Min dies, Jang Hee Bin dreams of being reinstated and prepares to get rid of the cursed shrine...
Ep 60
60.Episode 60
30-04-1982

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