The Princess Has Returned on KBS

10 September 14, 2009September 14, 2009

by javabeans

This hasn’t really been on my “to-watch” radar, but KBS has just launched a new Monday-Tuesday series, The Princess Has Returned [공주가 돌아왔다], which follows the disappointing revival of last year’s popular ghost-story series Hometown of Legends.

The Princess Has Returned kicked off today and stars veteran film actress Hwang Shin-hye in her drama comeback. The 46-year-old Hwang (Family, Destiny) plays a luxury “gold miss” (single and lovin’ it) ballerina, who in the first episode meets up with “typical ajumma” Oh Yeon-soo (La Dolce Vita) for the first time in seventeen years.

…and, I presume from the above picture, their relationship isn’t exactly smooth sailing. Their dynamic is described as being a peculiar rivalry, tracing back to (what else?) a man. The one in question is Tak Jae-hoon (Daytime Drinking, Little Prince), a poor aspiring singer. Once the boyfriend of ballerina Hwang Shin-hye, he is now the husband to Oh Yeon-soo. The drama flashes back to high school and university scenes as well as the present.

Reports of the first episode paint Princess as comic and fast-paced (which, combined with its plot, may make it a nice companion to Queen of Housewives). Alas, it has a steep hill to climb, because it goes up against MBC’s Queen Seon-deok, and I suspect there are relatively low expectations for the performance of this drama. But if epic historical series or flawed sports shows like Dream aren’t your bag, looks like The Princess Has Returned may be a refreshing alternative, with its mature cast of solid actors and fun comic sensibility.

Via Newsen

Tags: Hwang Shin-hye, Oh Yeon-soo

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1 Cyoon

September 14, 2009 at 4:06 PM

First!
I love the picture of them fighting in the mud. lol

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2 sue

September 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM

woahhh i had no idea tak jae hoon was an actor! i just knew him as shinjunghwan's buddy from country kkokko and as an mc.

how is he as an actor? makes me wanna check out his movies!

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3 Sonam

September 14, 2009 at 5:01 PM

I loved La Dolce Vita but I got bored of OYS quite quickly. All she did was this "eyes thing" where she would look sideways every time she had to act emotional and it got so predictable. I also hated the way they dressed her. More butch Julie Andrews than chic Audrey Hepburn.
It looks like they are giving her another Julie Andrews hairstyle for this drama.

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4 ar_arguably romantic

September 14, 2009 at 5:13 PM

looks like a really fun drama-how many episodes is it going to be?

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5 Sakura

September 14, 2009 at 6:44 PM

Wow ! the mud sling is kdramas fashion nowadays including

the taiwanese drama.

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6 nike

September 14, 2009 at 7:31 PM

she looks quite young in the ballerina outfit. Wouldn't have thought she was 46. It would be great to age like that.

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7 Erica

September 14, 2009 at 9:02 PM

I was going to take a break from kdramas after trying to regularly watch 3 at once (Triple, Queen of Housewives, Man Who Can't Married). But this is so tempting and right up my alley...

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8 peanut butter

September 15, 2009 at 9:22 AM

haha, this looks like a fun, easy-going drama. i might give it a thought.

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9 Lauren

September 15, 2009 at 11:13 AM

I watched episode one and it's booooorrrrrringggg. The drama is over-acted, even though Oh Yeon Soo is pretty entertaining to watch as a catty, Korean ahjumma (what's up with the hair). Hwang Shin Hye's acting is wooden at best!!!! How disappointing. I wanted her comeback to rock ... oh well... it's a major sleeper.