Ju Ji-hoon returns as exiled Crown Prince Lee Chang for the second season of Korean zombie period drama Kingdom.
It’s been just over a year since the South Korean zombie period drama Kingdom wowed us with its masterful mix of horror, history, martial arts, and political intrigue. That all-too-short first season ended on a nail-biting cliffhanger, and we’re finally about to learn what happens next, since Netflix just dropped an action-packed trailer for the second season.
(Some spoilers for S1 below.)
The series is based on a popular South Korean webcomic Kingdom of the Gods by Kim Eun-hee, who also adapted it for television. Set in Korea’s Joseon period, a medieval dynasty that lasted some 500 years (1392-1897), Kingdom begins as the current king has succumbed to smallpox. His conniving young wife, Queen Cho (Kim Hye-jun), and her family have kept him artificially alive—via a “resurrection plant” that turns the king into a flesh-eating zombie—until her son is born. Her son would inherit the throne over the current Crown Prince, Lee Chang (Ju Ji-hoon), who was born to a concubine.
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Source: Ars Technica – An exiled prince battles zombies and a usurping queen in Kingdom S2 trailer