Television series

100 Days My Prince

Name: 100 Days My Prince
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Released: 2018
Cast: Do Kyung Soo, Nam Ji Hyeon, Jo Seong Ha, Jo Han Cheol, Kim Seon Ho

Historical romance

A Joseon-era romance where an amnesiac crown prince gets a second life as a commoner, married to a woman society has already written off. It's a tender, frequently funny drama about discovering who you are when you're not who everyone expects. Lush production, genuine chemistry, the kind of show that rewards your investment in its central couple.

TVMaze rating

3.7

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you want a light, giddy Joseon-set romance where the comedy lives in awkward domestic friction and the leads' banter does the heavy lifting, rather than court intrigue.

Skip it if you need your period drama dense with palace politics and slow-burn restraint; this one leans sweet, cheerful and quick to giggle, and its court scheming stays in the background.

What it asks of you: Sixteen episodes of roughly seventy minutes each, a real commitment, and it swings unevenly between giddy fluff and heavier stretches.

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