Profile

• Drama: Mirror of the Witch (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Manyeobogam
• Hangul: 마녀보감
• Director: Jo Hyun-Tak
• Writer: Yang Hyuk-Moon
• Network: JTBC
• Episodes:
• Release Date: May 13, 2016 —
• Runtime: Fridays & Saturdays 20:30
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Notes

1. “Mirror of the Witch” takes over the JTBC Fridays & Saturdays 20:30 time slot previously occupied by “Ms. Temper & Nam Jung-Gi“
2. Story for the drama series is inspired by the book “Dongui Bogam,” compiled and written by royal physician Heo Jun.
3. First script reading took place March 11, 2016 at JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.
4. Choi Sung-Won, cast to play supporting character Dong-Rae, has dropped out of the drama series. He was diagnosed with leukemia on May 4, 2016 after suffering light bruising during filming of the drama series. His leukemia was caught in the early stages and there is a high chance of curing his illness through treatment.

Cast

Kim Sae-Ron	Yoon Si-Yoon	Kwak Si-Yang	Yum Jung-Ah	Lee Sung-Jae
Yeon-Hee / Seo-Ri	Heo Jun	Poong-Yeon	Hong-Joo	Choi Hyun-Seo

Jang Hee-Jin	Kim Young-Ae	Jung In-Sun	Lee Yi-Kyung	Jo Dal-Hwan
Queen Sim	Queen Yoon	Hae-Ran	Yo-Gwang	Heo Ok

Mun Ka-Young	Yoon Bok-In	Choi Sung-Won
Sol-Gae	Poong-Yeon’s mother	Dong-Rae

• Lee Ji-Hoon – King Sunjo
• David Lee – King Myungjong
• Yeo Hoi-Hyeon – Crown Prince Soonhwe
• Jeon Mi-Sun – Heo Ok’s mother
• Kim Hee-Jung – Heo Jun’s mother