Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers (Korean: 궁중잔혹사 – 꽃들의 전쟁; Hanja: 宮中殘酷史 – 꽃들의 戰爭; RR: Gungjungjanhoksa – Ggotdeul-ui Jeonjaeng; lit. Cruel Palace – War of Flowers) is a 2013 South Korean historical television series starring Kim Hyun-joo,[1] Lee Deok-hwa, Song Seon-mi, Jung Sung-mo, Jung Sung-woon, Kim Joo-young, Go Won-hee, and Jun Tae-soo. It aired on jTBC from March 23 to September 8, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 (KST) for 50 episodes.

The series was streamed online on YouTube.[2]

Synopsis

It depicts a cruel hidden story within the royal court. Royal concubine Gwi-in Jo (Kim Hyun-joo) wants to make her son the king. In order to accomplish her goal, she holds the hand of Kim Ja-jeom and uses King Injo. She also attempts to get rid of Crown Prince Sohyeon.

Cast

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen
Nationwide
1 March 23, 2013 2.5%
2 March 24, 2013 2.0%
3 March 30, 2013 1.8%
4 March 31, 2013 2.1%
5 April 6, 2013 2.4%
6 April 7, 2013 2.6%
7 April 13, 2013 2.1%
8 April 14, 2013 2.8%
9 April 20, 2013 2.0%
10 April 21, 2013 2.8%
11 April 27, 2013 1.8%
12 April 28, 2013 2.3%
13 May 4, 2013 2.1%
14 May 5, 2013 2.4%
15 May 11, 2013 1.9%
16 May 12, 2013 2.5%
17 May 18, 2013 1.8%
18 May 19, 2013 1.9%
19 May 25, 2013 1.7%
20 May 26, 2013 2.1%
21 June 1, 2013 1.9%
22 June 2, 2013 1.8%
23 June 8, 2013 2.1%
24 June 9, 2013 2.1%
25 June 15, 2013 1.6%
26 June 16, 2013 2.0%
27 June 22, 2013 1.9%
28 June 23, 2013 2.0%
29 June 29, 2013 1.7%
30 June 30, 2013 1.8%
31 July 6, 2013 1.8%
32 July 7, 2013 2.3%
33 July 13, 2013 1.9%
34 July 14, 2013 2.4%
35 July 20, 2013 2.6%
36 July 21, 2013 3.1%
37 July 27, 2013 1.9%
38 July 28, 2013 2.9%
39 August 3, 2013 1.9%
40 August 4, 2013 2.1%
41 August 10, 2013 1.8%
42 August 11, 2013 2.2%
43 August 17, 2013 2.0%
44 August 18, 2013 2.5%
45 August 24, 2013 2.3%
46 August 25, 2013 3.1%
47 August 31, 2013 2.4%
48 September 1, 2013 3.7%
49 September 7, 2013 3.0%
50 September 8, 2013 4.3%
Average 2.2%
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2013 2nd APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress Kim Hyun-joo Nominated

References

  1. ^ Lee, So-dam (5 March 2013). "JTBC drama Cruel Palace - War of Flowers reveals photos of female lead Kim Hyun Joo". Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  2. ^ Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers playlist on YouTube
  3. ^ Lee, Jin-ho; Erika Kim (translation) (20 March 2013). "Jun Tae Su Makes His Return Following Assault Incident Through Cruel Palace". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2013-04-17.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Choi, Eun-hwa; Erika Kim (translation) (26 March 2013). "Jun Tae Su Injured While Shooting Cruel Palace". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

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