The love story of a cold city scholar Gyeon Woo (Joo Won) who's known as "Joseon's national treasure" and the sassy princess Hye-myung (Oh Yeon-seo) in the Joseon Dynasty era[8] who doesn't have the best reputation among the people. She often sneaks out of the palace in search of her mother, the dethroned queen. During one such adventure, she meets Gyeon Woo; initially enemies, then friends, and they fall in love.
He was an eminent and affable scholar who returned after three years of study in Qing, where he was highly praised by its ruler. Gyeon Woo earned the title of 'National Treasure of Joseon' from King Hwijong during his childhood. He is the son of the education minister and the king appoints him as the tutor to the Heir Presumptive. Despite initial conflicts with Princess Hye-myung, he assists her, as she pursues the secrets surrounding her mother's dethronement.[9][10]
She is a strong willed, independent yet mischievous and trouble making person with a kind heart and cannot stand the wrongdoings 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.[11][12]
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 Hye-myung.[14]
Jung Da-bin as Gyeon Hee,[15] Gyeon Woo's little sister who admires Jung Da-yeon and tries to help her get together with Gyeon Woo; she also cannot keep secrets
Ministers
Jung Woong-in as Jung Ki-joon, Left Minister and Jung Da-yeon's father
Oh Hee-jung as Min Yu-hwan, Princess Hye-myung's teacher and close friend of Kang Joon-young
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.[19]My Sassy Girl is a fully pre-produced TV series. Filming began in August 2016 and finished on March 7, 2017.[20]
Actress Kim Ju-hyeon was selected to play the female lead role through auditions, but was replaced by Oh Yeon-seo after quitting.[21]
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 Hong Kong, the drama started airing on Viu starting from May 30, 2017.
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.[25]
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.
^ abThe series was originally packaged as sixteen 70-minute episodes. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35-minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two. This, following a fall in ratings and an eventual 2-episode cut in a previous drama serial Saimdang, Memoir of Colors.[1]
