King of Ambition | |
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Also known as | Yawang King of the Beast Queen of the Night |
Genre | Melodrama Romance Action |
Based on | Daemul - Tale of Yawang by Park In-kwon |
Developed by | Lee Hyun-jik |
Written by | Lee Hee-myung[1] |
Directed by | Jo Young-kwang Park Shin-woo |
Starring | Kwon Sang-woo Soo Ae Jung Yun-ho Kim Sung-ryung Go Joon-hee |
Music by | Lee Jae-gyu Park Seung-jin Choi Min -chang |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Choi Ji-yoon Park San-gi |
Producers | Park Yong-soon Lee Hee-soo Yoon Young-ha Ha Sang-hoon Song Jeong-woo |
Production location | Korea |
Running time | 60 minutes, Mondays and Tuesdays at 20:55 (KST) |
Production company | Verdi Media |
Original release | |
Network | SBS TV |
Release | 14 January 2 April 2013 | –
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 야왕 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yawang |
McCune–Reischauer | Yawang |
King of Ambition (Korean: 야왕; Hanja: 野王; RR: Yawang) 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]