# Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Sungkyunkwan Scandal (Korean: 성균관 스캔들) is a South Korean historical drama starring Park Yoo-chun, Park Min-young, Song Joong-ki, and Yoo Ah-in. Directed by Kim Won-seok and written by Kim Tae-hee, it is based on Jung Eun-gwol's bestselling 2007 novel The Lives of Sungkyunkwan Confucian Scholars [ko]. It aired on KBS2 from August 30 to November 2, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

## Synopsis

Set during an era when society does not permit females to be either educated or employed, Kim Yoon-hee (Park Min-young) disguises herself as her brother, Kim Yoon-shik, in order to make ends meet for her family. She goes through a series of odd jobs, mainly at a local bookstore, before she gets offered a chance to increase her earnings by becoming a substitute test-taker (an illegal act) for the upcoming entrance examination for Sungkyunkwan, Joseon's highest educational institute. She gets caught by the upright Lee Sun-joon (Park Yoo-chun), who later acknowledges Yoon-hee's talents, and even encourages her to enroll in the university. There, she must bear with the endless mischief of upperclassman Gu Yong-ha (Song Joong-ki), put up with the constant mood swings of her rebel roommate Moon Jae-shin (Yoo Ah-in), avoid getting in trouble with the strict student body president Ha In-soo (Jun Tae-soo), and keep her secret from being discovered, all the while trying to hold her growing feelings for Lee Sun-joon at bay.
Together, Kim, Lee, Gu, and Moon form the "Jalgeum Quartet".
The background to the drama is the reign of King Jeongjo and his struggles in dealing with the factional politics of his time, struggles in which he enlists the quartet. The final episodes deal with the Geumdeung document [ko]. And Sungkyunkwan, that place of Confucian learning, is the place where students and teachers learn from each other, causing radical changes in their thinking, and so sacred a place is it, that even royal guards may not enter.

## Cast
### Main

* Park Yoo-chun as Yi Seon-jun, nicknamed "Ga-rang"
* Park Min-young as Kim Yun-hee (when girl)/Kim Yoon-shik (when boy), nicknamed "Dae-mul"
** Bang Jun-seo as young Kim Yunhee
* Song Joong-ki as Gu Yong-ha, nicknamed "Yeo-rim"
* Yoo Ah-in as Mun Jae-sin, nicknamed "Geol-o"

### Supporting

* Jun Tae-soo as Ha In-su
* Seo Hyo-rim as Ha Hyo-eun
* Kim Min-seo as Jo-seon
* Ahn Nae-sang as Jeong Yak-yong
* Jo Sung-ha as King Jeongjo of Joseon
* Kim Kap-soo as Yi Jeong-mu, second state councillor and Seon-jun's father
* Lee Jae-yong as Ha U-gyu, minister of military affairs and In-su's father

### Extended

* Kang Sung-pil as Im Byung-choon
* Ji Nam-hyuk as Seol Go-bong
* Chae Byung-chan as Kang-moo
* Kim Ik-tae as Chae Je-gong, chief state councillor
* Choi Dong-joon as Moon Geun-soo, minister of Saheonbu and Jae-shin's Father
* Kim Kwang-kyu as Hwang-ga
* Kim Ha-kyoon as Choi Shin-mook
* Park Geun-soo as Yoo Chang-ik
* Kim Young-bae as Go Jang-bok
* Kim Jung-kyoon as Ahn Do-hyun
* Jang Se-hyun as Kim Woo-tak
* Hwang Chan-woo as Bae Hae-won
* Im Young-pil as Ham Choon-ho
* Joo Ah-sung as Nam Myung-shik
* Kim Mi-kyung as Ms. Jo, Yoon-hee's mother
* Ha Min-jae as Kim Yoon Shik, Yoon-hee' younger brother
* Ryu Dam as Soon-dol
* Sung Hyun-joo as Beo-deul
* Im Yoon-jung as Aeng-aeng
* Jung Hye-mi as Seom-seom
* Park Dong-bin as Woo-kyu's steward
* Jo Yi-sam as Soron Yusaeng
* Bae Jae-ho as Soron Yusaeng
* Eom Bo-yong as Cheon-dong
* Kim Dan-yool as Bok-dong
* Lee Tae-ri as Bok-soo, Bok-dong's elder brother
* Oh Na-mi as Mi-hyun, Hyo-eun's friend
* Ahn Nam-hee as Jung-hyun, Hyo-eun's friend
* Nam Myung-ryul as Kim Seung-heon, Yoon-hee's Father

### Cameos

* Lee In as Park Dal-jae (episode 1)
* Lee Won-jong as Shaman (episode 8)
* Park Chul-min as Yoon Hyung-gu (episode 9, 17~18)
* Ki Im-beom as Song Yong-tae (episode 9~10)
* Lee Dal-hyung as Yong-ha's father (episode 17~18)