100 Days My Prince (2018) is a historical period K-drama, with 16 episodes, currently available on popular streaming sites such as Netflix, Viki, and Amazon Prime.
"100 Days My Prince Series season 2nd not a secret now. We're expecting it to land on Saturday, May 11, 2024 almost same time as previous. Here's all we know about the upcoming part of the history." (Source)
For those who have not watched Season 1, below is a recap.
Plot Summary
In the beginning episode, we meet the young boy who will become the prince and the young girl that he falls in love with and promises to marry. Like typical historical Korean dramas, it is loaded with political power struggles between ruthless court officials and of course, there's a touching love story.
Childhood Trauma
From that day forward, he not only hates his father, HE HATES EVERYBODY!
Everybody except his close friend from childhood. Everybody should have at least one true friend in this world.
Two Marriages of Convenience?
The prince is forced into a marriage of convenience. His wife, the princess, becomes pregnant by another man. In an effort to cover up her infidelity, the father-in-law (the father of the princess) attempts to kill the prince. The assassination attempt fails. However, while trying to escape his assassins, the prince falls down a slope and hits his head. A poor man finds him and takes care of him as best he can while he is unconscious.
When he regains his consciousness, he does not remember who he is. When he was the prince he had given an order that all spinsters get married. The poor man's daughter has not yet obeyed this command and time is running out. The poor man is desperate to save his daughter from being punished for disobeying the law. She is in peril and could be flogged to dearth. So he the prince that he is his daughter's husband-to-be and that they must marry immediately. Another marriage of convenience?
What Happened During 100 Days
For 100 days, he lives the simple life of a commoner and falls in love. He is found by his father-in-law and brought back to the palace. His memory has not returned. But slowly bits and pieces of incidents from his past, like puzzle pieces, begin to fit together. His story begins … AGAIN!
Gradually he realizes who he is and what he needs to do, i.e. fight against those who want him dead. But he also knows what he wants to do, i.e. marry the woman he fell in love with as a commoner. Eventually, he'll discover that she is the little girl he met when he was a child and had promised he would marry anyway. Sadly, along the timeline from their childhood to young adults, many many unhappy and tragic events have occurred.
Will the prince overcome his opponents and will he and the woman he loves be able to live happily ever after?
- Do Kyung Soo stars as Prince Yul; and
- Nam Ji Hyun plays Yi Seo, the woman he truly loves.
RATING
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