Love story of a cold city scholar Gyeon Woo who's known as "Joseon's national treasure" and the sassy princess Hye-myung in the Joseon Dynasty era.
Cast
Main
Joo Won as Gyeon Woo
*Jeon Jin-seo as young Gyeon Woo
An eminent and respected scholar who is highly praised by the ruler of Qing. Gyeon Woo earned the title of 'National treasure of Joseon' in his childhood given by the king Hwijong. He is the son of the education minister. Gyeon Woo falls in love with Princess Hye-myeong, with whom he has a childhood connection.
Oh Yeon-seo as Princess Hye-myung
She is a strong willed, independent yet mischievous and a trouble making person with a kind heart and cannot stand the wrong doings of people. Initially she dislikes Gyeon Woo but, later falls in love with him. She is struggling to know what has happened to her mother.
Lee Jung-shin as Kang Joon-young
The inspector at the police bureau. He cherishes princess Hyemyeong and always protects her.
Kim Yoon-hye as Jung Da-yeon
She is the stubborn and spoiled daughter of the left minister Jung Ki-joon. She falls for Gyeon Woo and will do anything to get him. She is the love rival of princess Hyemyeong.
The series is one of a handful of youth sageuk set in production after the success of Love in the Moonlight starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung.
This project marked the second collaboration between actor Joo Won and director Oh Jin-seok, after working together in the 2015 hit drama Yong-pal. The first script reading took place on August 27, 2016. My Sassy Girl is a fully pre-produced TV series. Filming began on August 2016 and finished on March 7, 2017.
Actress Kim Ju-hyeon was selected to play the female lead role through auditions, but was replaced by Oh Yeon-seo after quitting.
Ratings
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NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date
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Awards and nominations
International broadcast
In Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, My Sassy Girl aired at the same time as its Korean broadcast on Sony One, In Taiwan it airs on CHOCO TV, friDay and KKTV, it also airs the day after the original date on IQiyi.
In Japan, the drama started airing on KNTV from June 3, 2017.
In Taiwan, the drama started airing on LTV from June 29, 2017.
In Sri Lanka, the drama is available to stream on-demand via Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles.
In Malaysia, the drama started airing on NTV7 from February 6, 2018, Monday - Thursday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm.
In the Philippines, the drama started airing on GMA Network from March 25, 2019, Monday - Friday, 9:20 AM, and reairs on GMA News TV from January 27, 2020, Monday - Friday, 11:00 PM.
