King of Ambition

King of Ambition
Promotional poster
Also known asYawang
King of the Beast
Queen of the Night
GenreMelodrama
Romance
Action
Based onDaemul - Tale of Yawang
by Park In-kwon
Developed byLee Hyun-jik
Written byLee Hee-myung[1]
Directed byJo Young-kwang
Park Shin-woo
StarringKwon Sang-woo
Soo Ae
Jung Yun-ho
Kim Sung-ryung
Go Joon-hee
Music byLee Jae-gyu
Park Seung-jin
Choi Min -chang
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producersChoi Ji-yoon
Park San-gi
ProducersPark Yong-soon
Lee Hee-soo
Yoon Young-ha
Ha Sang-hoon
Song Jeong-woo
Production locationKorea
Running time60 minutes, Mondays and Tuesdays at 20:55 (KST)
Production companyVerdi Media
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
Release14 January (2013-01-14) –
2 April 2013 (2013-04-02)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
Korean name
Hangul
야왕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYawang
McCune–ReischauerYawang

King of Ambition (Korean야왕; Hanja野王; RRYawang) is a 2013 South Korean television series, starring Kwon Sang-woo, Soo Ae, Jung Yun-ho, Kim Sung-ryung, and Go Joon-hee.[2] It aired on SBS TV from 14 January – 2 April 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Based on Park In-kwon's manhwa of the same title, the same source material as Daemul,[3][4] the drama tells the tale of an ambitious woman born into poverty who will let nothing stand in her way as she tries to become the First Lady, and a hopeless romantic who will sacrifice anything for her. But when she betrays him, he takes his revenge.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "King of Ambition Writer Lee Hee Myung Is Expelled from Writer's Association for Copyright Infringement". Soompi. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Interview with Leading Actor and Actress of Yawang". KOFICE. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ^ Suk, Monica (12 June 2012). "Kwone Sang-woo, Soo-ae to play in SBS drama presold to Asian countries". 10Asia. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  4. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (7 December 2012). "Kwon Sang Woo and Soo Ae Show Off Teamwork at Yawang's Script Reading". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ Hong, Lucia (5 September 2012). "Kwone Sang-woo, Soo-ae's drama to begin new project in Nov". 10Asia. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ^ Jeon Su-mi (5 September 2012). "Kwon Sang Woo and Soo Ae's Yawang to Air Next January"[permanent dead link]. enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  7. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (6 September 2012). "King of the Beast will air in January"[usurped]. Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  8. ^ Ho, Stewart (20 December 2012). "Will Soo Ae, Kwon Sang Woo's Chemistry Off-Set Carry Over on Screen?". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 21 December 2012.[permanent dead link]