Flowers of the Prison () is a 2016 South Korean drama television series starring Jin Se-yeon, Go Soo, Kim Mi-sook, Jung Joon-ho, Park Joo-mi, Yoon Joo-hee, , Jun Kwang-ryul and Choi Tae-joon. It is MBC's special project drama to commemorate the network's 55th-founding anniversary. The drama also marks the 3rd time collaboration between director Lee Byung-hoon and writer Choi Wan-kyu, after Hur Jun and Sangdo. It replaced Marriage Contract and aired on MBC every Saturday and Sunday at 22:00 (KST) for 51 episodes from April 30 to November 6, 2016.
Plot
Set during the Joseon period, the series details the story of Ok-nyeo (Jin Se-yeon), a girl who was born and raised in prison, and her adventures with the mysterious Yun Tae-won (Go Soo). She later becomes an advocate for the poor and is unfairly accused through the Waeji-bu, the private litigation system in Joseon.
Lim Kkeok-jeong and Hwang Jin-yi were only mentioned, but they were not helping roles, and there was no appearance of Dae Jang Geum. Rather, it was Yoon Tae-won, Sung Ji-heon, and Myeongjong who helped the most.
Cast
Main cast Jin Se-yeon as Ok-nyeo/Lee Seo-won Jung Da-bin as young Ok-nyeo Go Soo as Yun Tae-won Jung Yoon-seok as young Yun Tae-won Kim Mi-sook as Queen Munjeong Jung Joon-ho as Yun Won-hyeong Park Joo-mi as Jeong Nan-jeong Yoon Joo-hee as Yi So-jeong as Yun Shin-hye Roh Jeong-eui as young Yun Shin-hye Jun Kwang-ryul as Park Tae-su Choi Tae-joon as Seong Ji-heon, Podocheong's Captain (); then key person at Ministry of Personnel 이조장랑.
People of Jeonokseo Jeonokseo (전옥서, 典獄暑): Royal Prison
Jung Eun-pyo as Ji Cheon-deuk, Jeonokseo's scribe (), Ok-nyeo's adoptive father Kim Eung-soo, special appearance, as Jeonokseo's director E01 Choi Min-chul as Jeong Dae-sik (Jeonokseo's director, 전옥서 주부, rank 6) as Lee Hyo-sung (Jeonokseo's curator, 봉사 rk8) as Yoo Jong-hoe (Jeonokseo's assistant curator, 참봉 rk9) Ahn Yeo-jin as Yu-geum, kitchen damo as Deok-boon, jail damo as Jae-deok (Jeonokseo's jailer) Shorry J as Cheon-doong, pickpocket. as Jeon Woo-chi Joo Jin-mo as Tojeong Yi Ji-ham, philosophy and strategy teacher of Ok-nyeo. as Go Dae-gil
Mapo-Songpa merchants as Gong Jae-myung as Do-chi as Jak-doo as Seong Hwan-ok
People around Jeong Nan-jeong and Yun Won-hyung Yoon Yoo-sun, special appearance as Lady Kim, Yun Won-hyeong's legal wife (김씨 부인, 정실). Exiled at Anggukdong 앙국동, then poisoned. Maeng Sang-hoon as Jeong Mak-gae, brother of Jeong Nan-jeong. as Min Dong-joo, head merchant, wife of Jeong Mak-gae. as Oh Jong-geum, lady in waiting then 'Second Madam' of Yun Won-hyeong as Cheon Sun-geum, as Dong Chang, henchman of Jeong Nan-jeong. as Jeong Man-ho (Jeong Nan-jeong's younger cousin)
People of gisaeng house Sosoru Oh Na-ra as Hwang Gyo-ha, Head Gisaeng as Seong Cha-heum, administrator Yoon Joo-hee as Yi So-jeong, main cast, 2nd Head Gisaeng, from Songdo Lee Ji-seon as Chae-seon as Da-jeong Kim Ji-eun as Myo-hyang Son Na-rae as Shin-bi , cameo, as Tae-won's mother ***
People in the Palace Seo Ha-joon as King Myeongjong Lee Seung-ah as Court Lady Han (상궁, Myeongjong's palace), former friend of late Ga-bi. Ryu Seung-gook as Han Jae-seo (Naegeumwi's Captain, 내금위 종사관, Myeongjong's palace) as Chief Eunuch (Myeongjong's palace) Kim Mi-sook as Queen Munjeong, main cast as Gi Chun-su (Naegeumwi's Captain, 내금위 종사관, Queen Dowager's palace) Kim Min-kyung as Court Lady Kim, (상궁, Queen Dowager's palace) as King Jungjong (Ok-nyeo's biological father) Bae Geu-rin as Ga-bi (Ok-nyeo's mother) as Lee Myung-heon (former Naegeumwi's Captain, Jungjong's reign) as Prince Deokheung (son of King Jungjong) as Prince Haseong (later King Seonjo, third son of Prince Deokheung)
Naegeumwi (내금위; 內禁衛): the Palace Guards
Special Service (chetamin, 체탐인) Jun Kwang-ryul, special appearance, as Park Tae-su, former head of chetamin, then teacher of Chinese and martial arts of Ok-nyeo. Im Ho as Gang Seon-ho, current head of chetamin. Undercover as Podocheong's lieutenant, then secretary of the War Minister (Daeyun). as Ju Cheol-gi, instructor. Kills Park Tae-su by order of Yun Won-hyeong. Soyun faction. as Yun Tae-gyu as Min Su-ok, former Court Lady (Jungjong's reign) Go Eun-soo as Cho-hee, Ok-nyeo's escort warrior
People of Podocheong Podocheong (포도청, 捕盜廳): Agency to Arrest the Thieves as Podocheong's Chief () Choi Tae-joon as Seong Ji-heon, main cast, Podocheong's Captain () until E22 as Podocheong's Captain () until E37 as Podocheong's Captain () from E44 as Yang Dong-gu (lieutenant, 포도부장) as Song Seok-wu (lieutenant, 포도부장)
People of Pyeongsiseo Pyeongsiseo (평시서, 平市署): Marketing Control Office
as Yi Young-shin, Pyeongsiseo's Superintendent 평시서 제조. Yeonggam ranked. E18, E36sqq as Pyeongsiseo's Superintendent (interim E23) Go Soo, as Yun Tae-won, main cast, Pyeongsiseo's Administrator 평시서 주부, rank 6a (E23-E40). as Oh Dal-joong, former Pyeongsiseo's Administrator 평시서 주부 Yi Jae-jun () as Jo Se-Oh, Pyeongsiseo's assistant Gang Jun-yeong () as Hwang Myeong-geol Pyeongsiseo's assistant
Extended cast as Lee Jeong-myung, Minister of War Kim Jin-ho as Jung Sang-ho, Ministry of Rites, then Minister of Taxation
Hyeongjo (형조, 刑曹): Board of Punishments (Ministry of Justice) as Kim Tae-jeong, Ministry of Justice's secretary, 형조참의, rank 3a
Sogyeokseo (소격서): A government office which handled the ritual aspect of Taoism of heaven, earth and stars as Sogyeokseo's assistant commissioner
Gamyeong (감영): Provincial Governor's Office Cha Geon-woo as Hwanghae Province's governor as Jang Seon-poong (Haeju Provincial Governor's Office's clerk) as Lee Jeong-gook (interpreter)
Others
Kim Ji-eun as Myu-hyang as Seon-hwa Song Young-woong as Oh Jang-hyun, Ming's Eunuch, Joseon-born
Kim Jeong-seok
Yang Jae-young
Ra Yoon-chan Ahn Soo-ho Kim Tae-beom Min Byung-wook
Baek Min as Kim Moon-chang
as Atayi (Jurchen tribe) Jang Moon-gyu
Yoon Jong-goo
as Lee Myung-woo as Yeo Joo-daek Sung Chan-ho Choi Gyo-sik Lee Yoon-sang
Jung Eun-sung as Myung-seon
Seo Ha-joon as Man-ok
Baek Seung-cheol
Choi Yoon-joon
Song Jin-woo
as bandit boss
Jeon Hae-ryong Seol In-ah as young Court Lady Han Sung Hyun-mi Kim Mi-so as Mong-shil
as Ma Chang-do
Ahn Min-sang
Moon Cheol-hoon Yoon Sung-hyun Kim Kwang-tae
Jo Jeong-moon Kang Hak-soo Go Han-min Uhm Tae-ok Park Ik-joon Lee Taek-geun
Yoon Hyuk-jin Jang Gyeok-soo
Ratings In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. Episode #Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB Nielsen RatingsNationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Special April 27, 2016 8.3% (18th) 8.9% (14th) 8.7% (17th) 10.5% (7th) 1 April 30, 2016 16.2% (2nd) 17.3% (3rd) 17.3% (2nd) 18.8% (2nd) 2 May 1, 2016 18.4% (2nd) 20.1% (2nd) 20.0% (2nd) 21.9% (2nd) 3 May 7, 2016 16.6% (2nd) 19.2% (2nd) 16.9% (2nd) 19.2% (2nd) 4 May 8, 2016 17.6% (2nd) 20.7% (2nd) 19.5% (2nd) 21.7% (2nd) 5 May 14, 2016 18.7% (2nd) 20.9% (2nd) 20.3% (2nd) 22.1% (2nd) 6 May 15, 2016 17.9% (2nd) 20.6% (2nd) 19.8% (2nd) 21.7% (2nd) 7 May 21, 2016 15.9% (2nd) 18.5% (2nd) (2nd) (2nd) 8 May 22, 2016 15.8% (3rd) 16.9% (2nd) 17.7% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 9 May 28, 2016 15.4% (2nd) 16.5% (2nd) 17.2% (2nd) 18.5% (2nd) 10 May 29, 2016 16.4% (2nd) 17.9% (2nd) 18.7% (2nd) 19.7% (2nd) 11 June 4, 2016 15.9% (2nd) 16.3% (2nd) 16.8% (2nd) (2nd) 12 June 11, 2016 15.2% (2nd) 16.7% (2nd) 16.9% (2nd) 17.9% (2nd) 13 June 12, 2016 15.2% (3rd) 16.7% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 20.6% (2nd) 14 June 18, 2016 (2nd) 16.1% (3rd) 17.3% (2nd) 17.8% (2nd) 15 June 19, 2016 16.0% (3rd) 17.2% (3rd) 18.7% (2nd) 19.1% (2nd) 16 June 25, 2016 (2nd) 16.4% (2nd) 17.2% (2nd) 18.2% (2nd) 17 June 26, 2016 15.9% (3rd) 17.8% (2nd) 18.3% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 18 July 2, 2016 15.8% (2nd) 16.2% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 20.1% (2nd) 19 July 3, 2016 16.7% (3rd) 17.7% (2nd) 18.7% (3rd) 19.9% (3rd) 20 July 9, 2016 15.4% (3rd) 16.4% (2nd) 18.4% (2nd) 20.1% (2nd) 21 July 10, 2016 16.7% (3rd) 17.6% (2nd) 18.9% (2nd) 20.6% (2nd) 22 July 16, 2016 15.8% (3rd) 17.2% (3rd) 19.6% (2nd) 21.3% (2nd) 23 July 17, 2016 15.8% (3rd) (4th) 19.9% (2nd) 21.5% (2nd) 24 July 23, 2016 18.1% (2nd) 18.9% (2nd) 19.7% (2nd) 21.9% (2nd) 25 July 24, 2016 18.5% (2nd) 18.6% (2nd) 19.8% (2nd) 20.7% (2nd) 26 July 30, 2016 18.7% (2nd) 21.2% (2nd) 19.6% (2nd) 21.0% (2nd) 27 July 31, 2016 18.9% (2nd) 19.7% (2nd) 21.1% (2nd) 21.8% (2nd) 28 August 7, 2016 17.7% (2nd) 17.1% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 19.6% (2nd) 29 August 21, 2016 16.7% (4th) 16.7% (4th) 19.4% (3rd) 20.7% (3rd) 30 August 27, 2016 15.5% (2nd) (3rd) 18.5% (2nd) 20.2% (2nd) 31 August 28, 2016 17.6% (3rd) 17.5% (3rd) 19.9% (2nd) 21.5% (2nd) 32 September 3, 2016 17.0% (2nd) 17.9% (3rd) 18.3% (2nd) 19.8% (2nd) 33 September 4, 2016 17.5% (2nd) 18.5% (2nd) 20.0% (2nd) 21.1% (2nd) 34 September 10, 2016 16.9% (2nd) 17.7% (3rd) 20.0% (2nd) 21.0% (2nd) 35 September 11, 2016 18.0% (2nd) 18.6% (2nd) 21.3% (2nd) 22.9% (2nd) 36 September 17, 2016 15.0% (3rd) 15.4% (3rd) 18.0% (2nd) 18.2% (2nd) 37 September 18, 2016 19.3% (2nd) 17.8% (2nd) 22.0% (2nd) 22.6% (2nd) 38 September 24, 2016 17.4% (2nd) 17.1% (2nd) 20.6% (2nd) 21.7% (2nd) 39 September 25, 2016 19.6% (2nd) 19.5% (2nd) 20.8% (2nd) 21.6% (2nd) 40 October 1, 2016 18.0% (2nd) 19.0% (2nd) 19.9% (2nd) 21.4% (2nd) 41 October 2, 2016 20.1% (2nd) 20.9% (2nd) 21.4% (2nd) 22.3% (2nd) 42 October 8, 2016 18.9% (2nd) 19.3% (2nd) 21.0% (2nd) 21.6% (1st) 43 October 9, 2016 19.4% (2nd) 18.5% (2nd) 21.7% (2nd) 22.0% (2nd) 44 October 15, 2016 18.7% (2nd) 18.8% (2nd) 21.4% (2nd) 22.3% (2nd) 45 October 16, 2016 19.7% (2nd) (2nd) 21.7% (2nd) 22.6% (2nd) 46 October 22, 2016 17.6% (2nd) 17.9% (2nd) 21.0% (2nd) 22.3% (2nd) 47 October 23, 2016 18.9% (2nd) 19.5% (2nd) 21.2% (2nd) 21.4% (2nd) 48 October 29, 2016 18.8% (2nd) 20.0% (2nd) 20.8% (2nd) 21.8% (2nd) 49 October 30, 2016 (2nd) 20.6% (2nd) (2nd) (2nd) 50 November 5, 2016 17.5% (2nd) 17.8% (2nd) 20.3% (2nd) 21.4% (2nd) 51 November 6, 2016 19.5% (2nd) 20.0% (2nd) (2nd) 23.2% (2nd)Average
Remarks Episode 12 wasn't aired on Sunday June 5 due to broadcast of the football friendly match between Czech Republic and South Korea. This episode was aired on Saturday June 11, 2016. Episode 28 wasn't aired on Saturday August 6 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Sunday August 7, 2016. Episode 29 wasn't aired on August 13, August 14 and August 20 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Sunday, August 21, 2016.
Original soundtrack
OST Part 1
OST Part 2
OST Part 3
Full album
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2016 11th Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Drama The Flower in Prison 5th APAN Star Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Go Soo Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama 9th Korea Drama Awards Best Production Director Lee Byung-hoon, Choi Jeong-kyu Excellence Award, Actress Jin Se-yeon Best New Actor Seo Ha-joon MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Jin Se-yeon Drama of the Year The Flower in Prison Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Go Soo Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Mi-sook Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Seo Ha-joon Choi Tae-joon Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Jin Se-yeon Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Jung Joon-ho Best Young Actress Jung Da-bin Best Couple Award Seo Ha-joon and Jin Se-yeon
References
External links
The Flower in Prison at MBC Global Media
The Flower in Prison at Daum