Queen of the Ring (TV series)

2017 South Korean television series

Queen of the Ring

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Also known as| Three Color fantasy – Queen of the Ring
Genre| Romance
Fantasy
Written by| Kim Ah-jung
Directed by| Kwon Sung-chan
Starring| Kim Seul-gi
Ahn Hyo-seop
Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of episodes| 6 (MBC)
Production
Executive producers| Park Sung-eun
Kang Tae-wook
Producer| Yoo Hyun-joong
Running time| 30 minutes (MBC)
Production companies| MBC
Naver
Original release
Network| MBC
Naver TV Cast
Release| March 9 (2017-3-9) –
March 23, 2017 (2017-3-23) (MBC)
Related
Three Color Fantasy

Queen of the Ring (Korean: 반지의 여왕; Hanja: 斑指의女王; RR: Banjiui Yeowang) is a 6-episode South Korean television drama starring Kim Seul-gi and Ahn Hyo-seop. The drama is one of the "Three Color Fantasy" drama trilogy by MBC and Naver. The drama's color is Gold, It's previously occupied by Romance Full of Life (Green). It aired on Naver TV Cast every Tuesday at 0:00 (KST) from March 7, 2017 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 (KST) from March 9, 2017.[1][2]

## Plot

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Story about a girl Nan-hee (Kim Seul-gi) who does not believe in herself because she feels she does not look as pretty as others. One day she receives a ring which holds a family secret. Due to the magical ring, she gets Se-gun (Ahn Hyo-seop) who's a handsome guy but has a cold-blooded personality to see her as his ideal type.[3][4]

## Cast

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### Main

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* Kim Seul-gi as Mo Nan-hee
* Ahn Hyo-seop as Park Se-geon

### Supporting

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* Yoon So-hee as Kang Mi-joo
* Hwang Jung-min as Moon Je-hwa
* Jeon No-min as Mo Joong-hun
* Lee Tae-sun as Byun Tae-hyun
* Choi Tae-hwan as Ma Deuk-chan
* Kim Min-young as Pi On-hwa
* Cho Soo-hyang as Girlfriend with a ring

### Cameo

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* Kim So-hye as Park Se-gun's ex-girlfriend, member of fictional girl group I.Q.I (episode 1)
* Kwak Si-yang as Professional model (episode 5)
* Song Hae-na as Professional model (episode 5)
* Kang Ki-young as Fashion show manager (episode 5)
* Lee Yeon-soo as Park Se-gun's mother

## Production

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The drama is pre-produced and a co-production between Naver and iMBC.[5]

The director Kwon Sung-chan is known for his drama One More Happy Ending, and the drama is the second work for the screenwriter Kim A-jung, after writing the scenario for Divorce Lawyer in Love drama.

First script reading took place in October, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.[6]

## Ratings

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* In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Ep. | Date  | Average audience share

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TNmS[7] | AGB Nielsen[8]
MBC
1  |

March 9, 2017

2.4% (NR)

1.9% (NR)

2  |

2.1% (NR)

1.9% (NR)

3  |

March 16, 2017

2.1% (NR)

1.6% (NR)

4  | 1.8% (NR) | 1.5% (NR)
5  |

March 23, 2017

| 2.5% (NR) |

2.4% (NR)

6  |

2.4% (NR)

| 2.5% (NR)
Average  | 2.2%  | 2.0%

## References

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1. ^ "MBC, '세가지색 판타지'로 색다른 실험…내년 초 방송 예정" (in Korean). 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
2. ^ "'퐁당퐁당LOVE' 김슬기·안효섭, '반지의 여왕' 주인공으로 재회". TV리포트 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-22.
3. ^ "김슬기-안효섭에게 직접 듣는 <반지의 여왕> 비하인드 [<세가지색 판타지> 드라마토크③]". Retrieved 2017-01-22.
4. ^ "'반지의 여왕' 김슬기, '절대반지'는 필요없다?". Retrieved 2017-01-22.
5. ^ "김슬기 "'반지의 여왕' 못난이 役..준비할 게 없더라" - 스포츠투데이 - TV보다 재밌다". stoo.asiae.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-22.
6. ^ "MBC 연예". MBC 연예 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-22.
7. ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-24.
8. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

## External links

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* Queen of the Ring at HanCinema

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*[Ep.]: Episode