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KBS Drama "Seven Day Queen" Yeon Woo Jin & Park Min Young ~The End~


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Preview to Episode 20 (Dialogue)

Park Won Jong: For the sake of the Court & Royal Household.....we will have to deposed the Queen

Queen Dangyeong: Did we not had spoke of this before...even though we may not be together...we will continue to be steadfast together in love in each other hearts 

Jungjong: Do you really wish to want me to leave in this manner?

Queen Dangyeong: Seobangnim?...Daegun Mama?.....Seobangnim?.....

Yeonsangun: You definitely must convey this words

Jungjong: Whom!....Why!

Jungjong: The crime for being insolence/insubordination to Gwa In (literally means "I" ê³¼ì¸,寡人 is the formal address for the King to address himself), for the treasonous punishment it will be 3 familial extermination (Samchok, ì‚¼ì¡±, ä¸‰æ— or known as  ì‚¼ì¡±ë©¸ë¬¸ì§€í™”(ä¸‰æ—æ»…é–€ä¹‹ç¦ -  when someone committed a serious or treasonous crime, the three sets of relatives or generations were annihilated for the principle of guilt by association)

Queen Dangyeong: I had prior known that we are fated not suppose to meet each other but then we had meet & had loved...even if in death...I will safeguard that person

 

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  • Seven Day Queen: Episode 19sevendayqueen19-00130.jpg

 

Is it really almost over? The amazing feat is that this drama somehow made me enjoy the experience of having my heart ripped out of my chest twice a week and kept me coming back for more. I’m terrified about what’s around the bend, but that’s why we’re in it together right? This is a finale week that’s going to require the moral support of Beanies. And maybe a tub of ice cream.

 

=== << Read full:: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/seven-day-queen-episode-19/>> ===

 

COMMENTS

Augh, is there no other way? Why can’t we just kill Deputy Commander Park and feed his body to wild beasts? Who would miss him? I knew Chae-kyung would sacrifice herself, and hell, I even felt relief for her in the moment, but I hate hate hate with the fire of a thousand suns that Deputy Commander Park and Myung-hye are getting what they want. It makes me sick to think that he just stood there smugly while Chae-kyung and Yeok had their entire world torn apart, and that he’ll continue to be respected as a virtuous man by everyone else. Even Secretary Im wasn’t that two-faced!

Narratively, I thought the show did a great job of building up the sense of dread and unease as soon as our couple entered the palace, because it actually made me feel a twinge of relief (amidst all the anger), like Chae-kyung was choosing freedom in her own way. How horrible that these are her choices in life. I just felt suffocated for her from the moment she went there as Yeonsangun’s hostage, and it didn’t get that much better once Yeok became king. She seems broken and sad inside that place, and the way she and Yeok both struggled to put on brave faces for each other made it even sadder.

How tragically ironic that keeping Chae-kyung by his side was such a huge part of why Yeok ultimately chose to become king, and the second he did, he began to lose her. The glimpses of their relatively upbeat moments inside the palace today made me think that there was no chance for them to be truly happy here, because what they really wanted was that quiet life in the countryside that they had already lost. It was so apt when Chae-kyung noted how much happier Yeok seemed while facing death outside the palace than as the king who should be able to do anything, and in turn his anxiety about her staying by his side shows how well he knows and senses her unhappiness.

 

It’s so interesting that in the outside world, Yeok was fearless and reckless, but now he seems so lost and unsure. Yeonsangun may have been crazy and made all the wrong choices, but he didn’t let his court rule him, and I seriously doubt that he would’ve let his ministers pull one over on him like this. Heads would’ve been rolling if anyone dared to speak to Chae-kyung that way. It pains me to think that Yeok’s boyish idealism and virtue are what keep him from being ruthless as a leader, but I think there’s something to be said for the efficacy of a cutthroat king. But yunno, one that maybe doesn’t murder the staff on a nightly basis! Why are these the choices?

The thing that this show has done consistently well from the start is avoid frustrating misunderstandings between the couple, so that even when our heroine is throwing herself under the bus and saying all of those terrible lies to rip out Yeok’s heart and paint herself the villain, he sees right through her noble idiocy to the truth—that she’s doing this to save him because she loves him. It’s that difference that keeps me from tearing out all of my hair, because these characters trust each other before anyone else, and their sacrifices mean something in this world.

I’m mad at Yeok for not having the political clout to protect his queen, but I also understand how he is utterly powerless and at the mercy of the people who made him king. I’m mad at Chae-kyung for bending to threats of rumors and lies, but I believe the threat and how damning it would be to her and to Yeok. And more importantly, I believe that she wouldn’t want to become a political liability and Yeok’s weakness, to be exploited at every opportunity. It’s fascinating that on paper, these plot turns might drive me crazy, but our characters’ motivations and the circumstances are made so crystal clear that the tragedy moves me, because this isn’t a story about missed timing or star-crossed intentions—it’s about people making the best choices that they can and struggling for some happiness in a society that’s rigid and harsh and not built for them. If only they had known what a hefty price they would pay for the throne. The saddest part is, Yeok would give it all up in a heartbeat, but that ship has sailed, hasn’t it?

 

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  • Seven Day Queen: Episode 20 (Final)7dayqueen20-01134.jpg

 

Wow, that was perfect. I wasn’t sure what to expect of the finale, which felt predictable in a way but still ended up producing something surprisingly lovely and poignant. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that it ended beautifully given that it’s been so strong all the way through, but it’s such a rare thing to feel like a show got an ending pitch-perfect, and especially so when we’re dealing with a historical piece whose characters’ endings are well-known.

I cried buckets watching the finale but feel really good about it; they weren’t tears of sadness or misery, but the kind that hit you for being so emotionally resonant, so thoughtful and fitting while also honoring the trajectories of these characters. I’m not sure when we’ll get another show this good, but I feel really satisfied and fulfilled having lived with this one for the past couple months.

 

=== << Read Full recaps:: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/seven-day-queen-episode-20-final/>> ===

 

 

JAVABEANS’ COMMENTS

That has to be the most beautiful depiction of a death scene I’ve seen in a long time, maybe ever. I had a brief moment of anger at the fantasy dream sequence that could have been seen as teasing us with what could have been, and that really hurt. But I’m also recalling previous moments when I’d yelled at a withholding drama, “C’mon, throw me a bone here! Can’t I just get a crumb of satisfaction?†And I feel like that wistful what-we-could-have-had moment was something of a crumb, as well as a stark reminder of what Yeok’s life would have been like for the next forty years, and how long that time was for him to hold on.

Historically we know Jungjong (Yeok’s posthumous name) was not considered a strong king, but I find it touching that in this version, it didn’t matter so much that he wasn’t the best king ever—it was enough that he did his best with what he had. We know he never really wanted to be king but felt it was his duty to do so and rescue the people from a terrible tyrant, so he couldn’t abdicate his position and subject the country to more turmoil. Nor could he be an iron-willed dictator like his brother, which is both a strength and a flaw, because while he didn’t have his brother’s violent rages, he would always be beholden to the powerful politicians who put him on the throne. He was caught between a rock and a hard place for forty years and did his best to live with it. There’s a really bittersweet, realistic beauty in that, and I was surprised by my tears when Chae-kyung praised him not for being a good king or a powerful leader, but for enduring.

 

 

I did wonder whether Yeonsangun would be made too sympathetic, too late in the game—it’s not something I would have felt too comfortable with, after he’d been shown going on murder sprees and abdicating all his responsibility as ruler, if not the position outright. I think what feels appropriate is that he acknowledged himself that he hadn’t met his full punishment, and would take it on willingly in whatever came next. There’s something dissatisfying about delivering a punishment to an unrepentant evildoer (Minister Park can die in a hundred fires and it wouldn’t be enough), but once they feel true remorse, it changes things. It shifts from a matter of meting out punishment onto someone else to that person locking themselves up in their own prison of guilt, and that, at least, seems enough to me.

I found the queen dowager’s response to Yeonsangun’s death a fitting reaction, even if it doesn’t make me warm up to her all that much. It’s just that in her world, showing love is a weakness that could be exploited, so for her viewing Yeonsangun as an enemy was an act of self-defense. It’s only in his death that she allowed herself to feel that grief over him—and even so, I would be that she wouldn’t have done anything differently toward him in this life.

The irony is that Yeok and Chae-kyung may have been the only two people who would not have wielded love as a weapon or seen it as a liability, but they didn’t get a chance to prove that through living the example—or maybe it’s not ironic at all, because they were the exceptions to the rule, and they couldn’t stop other people from using their love against them.

 

One of the things that make Seven Day Queen such a compelling love story is in the way that it isn’t a passionate, romance-wins-all story. It’s about love, certainly, but I found it particularly powerful that these two had a bond that transcended romance—in this love story, it’s the mundane, everyday touches that lent the relationship power, not the grand gestures. All they really ever wanted was a situation that allowed them to be in the same space at the same time, and the drama did a fantastic job in weaving its plot so as to make that feel impossible. Who knew that such a simple conflict could be such a driving force?

It’s like Chae-kyung said toward the end regarding the concept of home, that she isn’t the queen, she is just Chae-kyung. And you get the sense that the throne wasn’t what Yeok was, either—it was just his necessary work that took him away from home until he could return to it in the end. It makes the time spent apart feel both astonishingly long (39 years! More time apart than they spent knowing each other!) and also, in the long run, inconsequential. How cuttingly poignant to have created a scenario in which the cause of your pain—separation—also becomes the thing that proves your love. By their metric, the longer they’re apart, the longer they have spent loving each other, and then it all ends peacefully by returning “home.†I mean, I didn’t even know there was that much silver lining to be mined out of their miserable predicament, but it makes it all the more admirable that they found a way to love no matter the circumstance, rather than give up in despair. An example to aspire to!

 

 

 

GIRLFRIDAY’S COMMENTS

I think this drama may have been perfect. I didn’t even know there WAS such a thing! At some point during the hour I thought maybe I had cried all there was to cry, but then that fantasy sequence hit and I turned into a sobbing, wailing mess, screaming at my screen, “I know you’re a fantasy! Stop telling me lies!†That glimpse of a happy life that couldn’t be just broke me.

I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better finale, because I was worried that they’d mess with history too much to fake a happy ending that I would know in my heart was false. That would’ve ruined what this drama worked so hard to build. Instead we got the loveliest possible version of bittersweet love and lifelong devotion that will linger in my memory ten times longer than a simple happy ending would have. That final sequence with the three generations of actors portraying our couple was a thing of beauty, and I loved how the drama began with the queen leaving the palace, and ended with the perfect bookend of her return.

 

I was so impressed by the heroine of this story, and for the way that she was consistently written as a strong and dignified woman who chooses her own fate. While political machinations and enemies were directly responsible for tearing our lovers apart, it’s so important to me that at every step of the way, they weren’t torn apart by powers outside of their control or moved around like pawns in some larger game; in the telling of this story, they were individuals who chose to love and sacrifice and fight, in whatever way they could. That made me so appreciative of the writing, especially when it came to the heroine and the way she acted on her love. And I’m such a fan of the fact that in our story, Chae-kyung is the hero who saves Yeok and finds a way for them to live and love.

I’ve never really had this thought before after finishing a drama, but I wish this director, writer, and cast would stay together forever and just make show after show. They could do a modern rom-com next, and then an action thriller after that, and then a fantasy sageuk, and then a melo… Maybe they should wait a few years on the melodrama. I think I’ve spent all my tears for the next five years on this one.

 

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I'm late af but I just watched the whole drama in 2 days.

I cried like a baby.

 

Honestly everything about this drama is 100% so good.

SO PERFECTLY CHOSEN AND MADE FROM ACTORS, ACTRESSES, PLOT TO DIRECTING. FREAKING A +

 

I NEVER, I repeat, NEVER watch Kdramas but the plot to this one made me curious cause I didnt know why she was crying on her wedding lol and I'm glad I gave it a chance.

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I'm late af but I just watched the whole drama in 2 days.

I cried like a baby.

 

Honestly everything about this drama is 100% so good.

SO PERFECTLY CHOSEN AND MADE FROM ACTORS, ACTRESSES, PLOT TO DIRECTING. FREAKING A +

 

I NEVER, I repeat, NEVER watch Kdramas but the plot to this one made me curious cause I didnt know why she was crying on her wedding lol and I'm glad I gave it a chance.

 

are you cried for real? loool hurrplz.png

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haha yea i was an emotional wreck when it comes to their separation

how'd u like the drama?

 

I like it so much I downloaded the whole thing down to my computer LOL

 

well i didnt downloaded it, just watch it stream on Dfire lol

 

i guess im so happy with the ending hurrplz.png

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[interview] Park Min-young, "I experienced the worst of emotions"

 

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"Queen for 7 Days" is based on a Josun historical tragedy about an unfortunate queen who was on the throne for 7 days before she was dethroned. "Queen for 7 Days" deals with Queen Dan Kyeong (Park Min-young), Joong Jong (Yeon Woo-jin) and Yeon San (Lee Dong-gun).

 

Park Min-young played the key role in this drama. She cried all throughout the drama and poured out her emotions. We met Park Min-young for an interview last week.

"I knew I was going to go through pressure and stress from the very beginning. I have never played such a sad role before. In "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" a girl cried because she faced hardships and just because she was a girl but in "Queen for 7 Days", the queen cried for her country and her family. I saw it as a big challenge because I've never been through depths like this".

 

There was a lot of work to do. The connection between Chae-kyeong and her childhood had to be there for her to fall in love 'by destiny'. Park Min-young held onto the script until the end of the drama and she had some outstandingly long lines to memorize.

 

"I had a few difficult scenes and one of them was when Lee Yeok (Jong Jong) was restored and explained to me what I had to do. Then Lee Yoong (Yeon San) appeared suddenly and I had to stall for time. I had to come up with an 8-page line then by myself. It may have looked like a lie but too much of Chae-kyeong's emotions were mixed in the lines to be a lie. It was also a way to overcome a crisis. I couldn't sleep all the way to Buyeo where we filmed it and memorized the lines. Thankfully, there was no NG while the cameras rolled. I almost broke down because the most stressful scene was out of the way".

 

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Park Min-young's standard of choosing a drama is the script. She then pictures how the script would look visually and she imagines what her character must be like. Then she wonders if there is something she can put out there as an actress and achieve something in return. She doesn't check who her co-stars are or care for her image. She claims she wants to do something more fun in her next drama.

 

"I think I've cried 3 years worth of tears in "Queen for 7 Days". Now I want to do something that'll make me laugh 3 years worth. I love comedy, but I've mostly been in serious roles so I forget that I used to do comedy. I think it'll be alright now to be in another comedy. I feel more comfortable that way".

 

Park Min-young claims "Queen for 7 Days" was like acting class. The viewing percentage wasn't that great but as an actress it was a difficult challenge and she achieved a lot from it. She also claims she gave it her best shot.

 

"I feel like I've been through hard-training. I told the writer I felt like I was in acting camp. "Queen for 7 Days" fermented my acting skills and I am grateful. I can also say that I did my best; I slept one or two hours a day and held onto my script and never once overlooked anything. The catharsis I feel is bigger than the physical and mental exhaustion I've experienced. I would love to show this to my daughter one day".

 

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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching???

 

 

With all the new premieres, ongoing series, and backlogged shows on my plate, I sort of feel like it’s closet-cleaning time and I’m sorting through a big pile of possessions, figuring out what to keep and what to toss, and wondering how I amassed such a collection in such a short period of time. I could’ve sworn I was all caught up a moment ago! It’s like hoarding, the K-drama version. Is the cure… just watching them all? â€“javabeans

 

 

LollyPip

  • Seven Day Queen: Lately I’ve been taking a little break from dramas I wasn’t recapping, and I’m a little surprised that this is the show that’s re-sparked my drama watching. But I was hooked from the first few minutes, and though I’ve only seen the first few episodes, I can already tell that this is going to be a masterpiece. Yeon Woo-jin and Park Min-young are adorable and heart-wrenching as the young star-crossed lovers, and Lee Dong-gun is absolute perfection as Yeongsangun. I love nothing more than a sympathetic villain, and he couldn’t possibly be better as the tormented king who just wants to be loved.

 

tipsymocha

  • Seven Day Queen: Since I’d been traveling, I couldn’t catch the last 6 episodes live, so I made the rather stupid decision of watching them all in one go. I am now a mess of goo on the floor and someone will need to peel me out of the lake of tears I made for myself. This show really brought out the masochist in me, in that I knew the pain (and there was a lot of it) was coming, but I didn’t run for the hills like someone with better self-preservation instincts would have. Instead, I loyally followed our main couple as they fought tooth and nail to stay together and love as they were born to do. I relished the rare moments of happiness they had together, which sustained me through some really painful stretches of smug, evil ministers and the deaths of our couple’s loved ones. In the end, I’m just grateful to this cast and crew for giving us such a beautiful, heartrending romance that proves noble sacrifice can be devoid of idiocy, and that love really can grow stronger in the face of adversity. So. Much. Adversity.
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  • love changed the title to KBS Drama "Seven Day Queen" Yeon Woo Jin & Park Min Young ~The End~

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