| Scholar Who Walks the Night | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Based on |
Scholar Who Walks the Night by Jo Joo-hee and Han Seung-hee |
| Written by | Jang Hyun-joo |
| Directed by | Lee Sung-joon |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Content K |
| Release | |
| Original network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Original release | July 8 – September 10, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Scholar Who Walks the Night (Hangul: 밤을 걷는 선비; RR: Bameul Geotneun Seonbi) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the manhwa of the same name written by Jo Joo-hee and illustrated by Han Seung-hee. Starring Lee Joon-gi, Shim Chang-min, Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Yu-bi and Kim So-eun , it aired on MBC from July 8 to September 10, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
The drama reunited Lee Joon-gi and Kim So-eun who both starred in the 2006 film, Fly, Daddy, Fly.
Set in an alternate Joseon dynasty, Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yu-bi) is the daughter of a nobleman whose family loses everything when her father is framed for treason. To make ends meet, Yang-sun begins cross-dressing as a male bookseller, and meets the handsome and mysterious scholar Kim Sung-yeol (Lee Joon-gi), who works at the Hongmungwan. Sung-yeol is a vampire, and he continues to be haunted by the long-ago death of his first love Lee Myung-hee (Kim So-eun), especially when he meets Myung-hee's present-day doppelgänger Choi Hye-ryung, an aloof nobleman's daughter. Meanwhile, the evil vampire, Gwi (Lee Soo-hyuk), resides in the royal palace and uses his powers and political machinations to prevent the Crown Prince (Shim Chang-min) from ascending to the throne.