Jung Il-woo gets bad daddy and hostile hyung in Night Watchman

53 June 3, 2014April 8, 2017

Jung Il-woo gets bad daddy and hostile hyung in Night Watchman

by girlfriday

We’ve got more cast additions to MBC’s fantasy sageuk The Records of a Night Watchman, which stars Jung Il-woo as a bad boy prince who moonlights as a ghostbusting night watchman: Choi Won-young, aka hot dad in Heirs and evil chaebol in Three Days, will be playing the hero’s loving father and righteous king who then goes crazy because of his ghost-seeing gift-curse. *GASP* You mean the same gift-curse that our hero has? I don’t like the sound of this at all! Choi Won-young plays a king who was once a legendary hero of the people after he and his night watchmen defeated a serpent monster in Mt. Baekdu. He’s a good king and father to his sons, but the gift-curse eventually turns him into an evil tyrant.

Also joining the cast is Kim Heung-soo (President, Invincible Lee Pyeong-gang), who will be playing Jung Il-woo’s illegitimate hyung who challenges him for power. The actor is sporting a very different look lately, and javabeans had to point out that he’s actually this guy before I recognized him. He’s great at love-to-hate-you assholery, so he’ll be a fun addition to the cast as a scheming villain.

Jung Il-woo’s character is the bad boy legitimate heir to the throne who gains the power to see ghosts, and becomes a night watchman just like his father; in chasing ghosts and experiencing the plight of citizens firsthand, he eventually learns to be a good prince. We don’t know what course the court drama will take, but the illegitimate prince is described as growing more tyrannical over the course of the story. So basically, this is The Moon That Embraces the Gumiho Daddy, where the good father goes evil because of the curse which he passes onto his son, leaving the two princes caught in a political tug-of-war.

Yunho (Yawang) plays a fellow night watchman, and Go Sung-hee (Miss Korea) plays a character imbued with supernatural energy from Mt. Baekdu who can communicate with nature. Seo Ye-ji (Potato Star 2013QR3) has been cast as the second lead who will stop at nothing to become the prince’s bride. And Yoon Tae-young (King’s Daughter Soo Baek-hyang) will play the head of the night watch crew.

Night Watchman will be a fantasy romance sageuk about “those who deny that there are ghosts, those who use ghosts, and those who fight the ghosts.” It follows Triangle in July.

Via Osen 1, My Daily, Osen 2

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1 mary

June 3, 2014 at 9:13 AM

Why? Why must you tempt me with this great storyline, Show???

Just one more change.

Make this "Inspiring Generation of Moon Embracing The Gumiho Daddy", and I'm in.

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pogo

June 3, 2014 at 9:24 AM

I was waiting for the You-Know-Who (and yes, this does not refer to Voldemort) reference in your comment.......sneaky!

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2 Mama J

June 3, 2014 at 9:13 AM

You know....

I'm still looking forward to this. A lot.

(Man I crack me up. Could it be the 6 hours of sleep in the last 48+?)

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mary

June 3, 2014 at 9:46 AM

HAHA! Sneaky... VERY sneaky....

(But I had to ask JoAnne unni to explain the joke on twitter. I fail at fun......)

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3 zakin89

June 3, 2014 at 9:22 AM

Took me a second to get the joke but GOOD ONE!^^

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zakin89

June 3, 2014 at 9:24 AM

Damn it that was meant as a reply to JoAnne^^

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4 pogo

June 3, 2014 at 9:26 AM

I second mary above.....just ONE change would have me whole-heartedly enthusiastic about this drama instead of getting mildly nervous about the emoting/line delivery abilities of a certain lead.

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skelly

June 3, 2014 at 12:11 PM

More characters is good. The more characters there are, the few lines/screen time for Yunho. I am hoping he gets casted right off the screen. Or maybe they just show him stumbling around in the dark, chasing after ghosts. I think he could do that.

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pogo

June 3, 2014 at 1:04 PM

maybe he could go into a coma for most of the drama a la Shin in Big? That could work.

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5 hipployta

June 3, 2014 at 9:28 AM

The rest of the cast though...

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6 atz

June 3, 2014 at 9:34 AM

Yoon Tae-young played a deaf, mute dad in King’s Daughter Soo Baek-hyang and he was pretty good. At least there is one actor besides Jung Il woo whom I can count on.

Am I just too hopeful that their Agency will change from Yunho to Song Jae Rim??,,, I heard they have the same agency.

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mary

June 3, 2014 at 9:45 AM

From what I understand:

Yunho is under SM Town and Song Jae Rim is under SM C&C. Both are under the bigger company SM. :D

I don't mind Yunho in here, really. If the investors want him, then ohkei... :( Anyway, we have JIW as lead and a good (it seems) storyline to base on.

I'm just complaining so much because I need Song Jae Rim in a drama......... T^T

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conrad

June 3, 2014 at 6:03 PM

Song Jae Rim will be in "Secret Love" the KARA Miniseries - it'll air June 13! This is the teaser ^^ --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCmfLilijo

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mary

June 3, 2014 at 7:52 PM

OMAYGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

*crying*

Thank you conrad, Oh Most Wondrous Of All Beanies.

May your biases always be cast.
May your anticipated dramas get a timeslot.
May your subtitles be quick and accurate.
May your OTP ship never sink...

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kanz

June 4, 2014 at 1:23 AM

If I'm not mistaken it will be aired on Dramafever

7 aida

June 3, 2014 at 9:38 AM

Lets see...Jung Il woo+Moon Embracing The Gumiho Daddy(man i miss gumiho daddy) man! I'm already caught! Fingers crossed...

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8 crazedlu

June 3, 2014 at 9:46 AM

Yeah... still not over the whole Yunho casting.

Sucks. :'(

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9 missDVM

June 3, 2014 at 9:48 AM

"You know" that you really LOVE K-Dramas whenever you get inside jokes from the comment peanut-gallery that other people may NEVER understand.

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Sur

June 3, 2014 at 12:04 PM

"You know" i second your thought. That is why i love dramabeans, its a place where people get you....

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themugen123

June 3, 2014 at 12:35 PM

So true, you know.

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10 Aedyna

June 3, 2014 at 10:17 AM

Dude, Jung Il-woo as bad boy ghost hunting hottie prince?! I'm IN!!!

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11 Muenchabench

June 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM

Choi looks like he should be in a Tim Burton movie from that pic.

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12 Abbie

June 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM

I'm really looking forward to this, since I love shows with ghosts, and I love Jung Il-woo. This should be really interesting.

I like that the ghost-seeing gift is inherited from his father. Should make things more interesting. Will his hyung have the gift too?

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Tara

June 3, 2014 at 1:50 PM

Yeah, that's definitely an interesting tidbit...hereditary ghost-seeing ability, but seeing that father goes off the rails -- that does not bode well for Jung Il-woo's character.

It doesn't seem as though hyung will have that ability...although I guess it'd be interesting to have JIW fighting for the good and father/hyung fighting for the bad (if that was the case)?

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mary

June 3, 2014 at 7:53 PM

Oooh~ I want Hyung to have the gift too.

Then they can fight it out, Flame of Recca-style. ^___^

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13 Elianne

June 3, 2014 at 11:16 AM

So he gets an evil daddy and a hostile hyung but Yunho as a sidekick? And on top that, there's a chance he'll go crazy from his gift?? Talk about a curse.

I'm so excited that Seo Ye-Ji is joining this! Don't really like how the character sounds though- ambitious second lead out to marry a prince? I can already feel the eye-rolling. But she was awesome in Potato Star and her unlikely romance with Jang Ki-ha had me squealing so I'm glad she's getting more roles :)

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suzie

June 3, 2014 at 5:36 PM

Hm, if they could make Choi Won-young as one of the other lead actor and Yunho as just a side kick with no lines and minimal background scene per episode,-better written off by ep1, i am quite okay with this latest development.

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14 Tara

June 3, 2014 at 11:54 AM

I was already pretty intrigued with this drama already, but the expanding info on the plot is really piquing my interest even more :)

Choi Wo-young as Jung Il-woo's father?! He's only old enough to be his hyung in RL! (11 years) But I guess since it's dramaland (and plenty of makeup), he can look the part.

But I don't have any doubts he'll be able to pull off the good father/king-turned-crazy tyrant well, just from his performances in crazy-fest A Hundred Years' Inheritance and evilll Chairman Kim in Three Days.

But, my stars...what in the world happened to Kim Heung-soo??? He looks like he aged 20 years!! *shakes head in disbelief* When I first scrolled down to the picture, I did a double-take because he looked like Jo Yeon-woo. When he was clean-cut, he gave off vibes of Park Yong-ha, imo...his almost-unrecognizable transformation reminds me of Kim Nam-gil prior to what he looks like now.

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15 pogo

June 3, 2014 at 11:55 AM

moonlights as a ghost busting night watchman

man, if they're going to do the sageuk official-who-sees-ghosts thing, I hope they at least execute it as well as Arang and the Magistrate did, and don't muddle their worldbuilding like other fantasy sageuks that came after Arang (Gu Family Book, I'm looking at you)

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Tara

June 3, 2014 at 12:40 PM

Completely agree with you, pogo...this plot definitely has that potential --- as long as the writers don't screw it up.

Honestly, I don't think we'll ever have anything similar to the magical 'world' created by Arang's writers anytime soon. But one can hold out hope! :)

I really don't want to be disappointed with this, after all these interesting bits and pieces...even with that anomaly I'm gonna ignore :P

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pogo

June 3, 2014 at 1:09 PM

I'll settle for them not throwing gumihos, random unexplained black magic, randomly all-knowing monks, Lee Soon-shins and unexplained reincarnations into the same mix.

I hope to the Jade Emperor that this is better than Jung Il-woo's last drama, too.

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Tara

June 3, 2014 at 1:36 PM

Definitely agree with you that this better be a step up than that makjang-fest mess :/ Jung Il-woo deserves better!!

Loved all the mentions of the GFB plot devices ;P Who knows, historical characters like LSS might pop up as a ghost cameo - considering if JIW's dad was a "legendary hero king." hahaha, gosh I hope not!

But forreal though...I really do hope there's no random crap thrown in just for the sake of moving the plot a la GFB. I would hope that this writer took note of the all-over-the-place craziness and look the other way...

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yammy

June 5, 2014 at 1:17 AM

Is it bad that the first thing that pops in my head when I read "Jade Emperor" is Yoo Seung Ho with his flower-goats?

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Tara

June 5, 2014 at 9:58 AM

No no, not at all...because that's who I thought of when I saw 'Jade Emperor' too!!! :)

16 redfox

June 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM

you better be good, show. Jung Il Woo so doesn´t deserve to be part of some mediocre stew.
ah man I hope he is a sneaky winkin' body of slyness and smiles. ahh goddammit ready to surrender to the wink any moment

as for the actors added Heirs daddy was good. I hope the good actors out-act the bad ones here...

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17 Miky

June 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM

The story sounds better and better already and the cast addition is quite good...i see the arc story for pir bad boy prince into a good ruller,prepare for the angst...how cool would have been if the girl was the human reincarnation of the monstar that his dad killed aka a whole new level of you're dad killed mine,i know is horror but i like if they will explore something like that in the future fantastic stories muahaha

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18 Rou

June 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM

What this show is doing right now: Keep me tempted all tjme then ask me to wait *sigh*

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19 Marina

June 3, 2014 at 1:24 PM

Yes to to all fantasy sageuks. Would there be a ghost mom, looking like Lee Bo-young, wronged by a ghost seeing king dad? I Can Hear You Master Sun Daddy?

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20 Marina

June 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM

LOL. I just got the You-Know-Who joke. Geez, hope he becomes a ghost-with-no-lines by episode 5.

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kanz

June 3, 2014 at 4:10 PM

I hope he becomes that ghost by episode 1. Msybe after chasing some ghosts he becomes like them.

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21 redfox

June 3, 2014 at 1:37 PM

Can We Love King Of Monsters for even Two Weeks, I wonder, if it takes just Three Days of being All Surrounded by Ghosts to get him to think his Girlfriend is a gumiho and having a Secret love affair with the whole School of Flower Boys?

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kanz

June 3, 2014 at 4:11 PM

Too bad Jung Il Woo will need 49 Days :p

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22 Mini Roo

June 3, 2014 at 1:58 PM

whoa Kim Heung Soo. I was wondering what happened to him

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IZ

June 3, 2014 at 4:28 PM

Kim Heung-Soo just out of the military. He was in a drama special with Seo Young-joo "Youth" that just aired on KBSW. This is his first long project. I sure prefer his looks in "President"

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23 Iris

June 3, 2014 at 4:17 PM

So happy with the addition of Kim Heung-Soo. I have loved him since "President" drama. And I also hear that little Lee Chae-Mi -the little girl we all adored in "Two Weeks" and "Warm Words" will be added too.. yey

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24 Lilac

June 3, 2014 at 4:36 PM

ahhh..Choi Wong-Young was Eugene's first husband in a hundred years Inheritance... and he married his second wife in the drama, in real life. (Shim Yi-Young)

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25 derp

June 3, 2014 at 5:22 PM

well, good luck with the cast (i'm really disappointed with the casting of you know who) well i'm still holding for JIW and the story line..

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26 jen

June 3, 2014 at 5:50 PM

Choi Wong-Young, wow hope he gets to be the other main lead with JlW. was really disappointed when you know who was cast last week. At least now they are looking to improve that with his addition. And You know who could be the ghost instead from the curse. since ghost don't talk. They scare the hell out of you ....

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Song Song

June 3, 2014 at 7:51 PM

How about a dancing ghost ? You-know-who could pull that off right ? Hahaha.. just kidding..
I just hope the ghosts won't be so scary like Master's Sun.. I had nightmares for weeks after that.