The Idle Mermaid
| The Idle Mermaid | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster for The Idle Mermaid | |
| Also known as | Surplus Princess The Mermaid |
| Genre | Romance Comedy Fantasy |
| Based on | "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Written by | Park Ran Kim Ji-soo |
| Directed by | Baek Seung-ryong |
| Starring | Jo Bo-ah On Joo-wan Song Jae-rim Park Ji-soo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45-50 minutes on Thursdays at 23:00 (KST) |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | August 7 – October 9, 2014 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 잉여공주 |
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| Revised Romanization | Ingyeo gongju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ingyŏ kongju |
The Idle Mermaid (Korean: 잉여공주; RR: Ingyeo gongju; lit. Surplus Princess) is a 2014 South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Jo Bo-ah, On Joo-wan, Song Jae-rim, and Park Ji-soo. A modern retelling of the 1837 fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen, it aired on tvN from August 7 to October 9, 2014 on Thursdays at 23:00. Originally slated to run for 14 episodes, the total number of episodes was reduced to 10. The series inspired an unofficial Indonesian adaptation called Mermaid in Love.