A game of secrets and spies in tvN’s Captivating the King

by tccolb

The first teaser has landed for tvN’s upcoming fictional sageuk Captivating the King (previously Sejak, the Enchanted), where our title’s king Jo Jung-seok (Hospital Playlist 2) battles baduk and love against our heroine Shin Se-kyung (Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun).

Opening on the baduk board, the video begins when Lee In (Jo Jung-seok) was still a prince and had found a friend in a person who called themselves Kang Mong-woo (Shin Se-kyung). Sitting across from each other, an intense Lee In places his tile to begin the baduk match. But as we learn through the teaser, Mong-woo – a.k.a. Kang Hee-soo – isn’t the only one with secrets and a tangled game of deceit was set into motion as well.

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The trailer then jumps ahead to the future where we re-meet our newly bearded and smexy hero, who now commands the throne as Joseon’s king. Not to be outdone, Hee-soo dons pretty new garbs as well and enters the palace with a revenge plan to fulfill. However, as the continuing captions and voiceovers reveal, we’re in for a cruel mess of fate as our pair both become more captivated by the other.

With the promos focusing on our two leads thus far, hopefully we’ll soon be seeing the rest of the main cast, which includes Lee Shin-young (CEO-dol Mart) and Park Ye-young (Summer Strike). The sageuk romance also stars Sohn Hyun-joo (The Good Detective 2), Jo Sung-ha (Our Blooming Youth), Jang Young-nam (High Cookie), and Choi Dae-hoon (Curtain Call).

Directed by PD Jo Nam-gook (The Good Detective) with Kim Sun-deok (The Crowned Clown) writing, Captivating the King is slated to air in tvN’s weekend slot, kicking off with Episodes 1 and 2 releasing back-to-back on Sunday, January 21.