Shin Don (TV series)

Shin Don
Hangul
신돈
Hanja
辛旽
Revised RomanizationSindon
McCune–ReischauerSin Ton
Genre
Based onThe Phantom Queen
by Park Jong-hwa
Developed byJung Woon-hyung
Written byJung Ha-yeon
Directed byKim Jin-min
Creative directors
  • Lee Sang-yup
  • Lee Kyung-sun
Starring
Narrated byKim Jae-gyu
Composers
  • Hwang Sang-joon
  • No Hyung-woo
  • Ryu Hyung-wook
  • Kim Chang-bum
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes61
Production
Producers
  • An Je-hyun
  • Shin Sang-yoon
CinematographySong In-hyuk
AnimatorJang Tae-joon
EditorHwang Keum-bong
Running time60 minutes
Production companySamhwa Networks
Original release
NetworkMBC
ReleaseSeptember 24, 2005 (2005-09-24) 
May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07)

Shin Don (Korean: 신돈; Hanja: 辛旽) is a South Korean television series based on the novel The Phantom Queen (Korean: 다정불심; Hanja: 多情佛心; RR: Dajeongbulsim) by Park Jong-hwa, starring Son Chang-min, Jeong Bo-seok, Seo Ji-hye, Oh Man-seok and Kang Moon-young. It aired on MBC from September 24, 2005 to May 7, 2006 every Saturday and Sunday at 21:40 (KST).

This series's first title was originally the same as the title of the novel but later was changed after Son Chang-min took the main role as Shin Don. Son also made his first appearance in a sageuk since Tale of Chunhyang (춘향전) in 1988.