Rooftop Prince

Rooftop Prince
Promotional poster for Rooftop Prince
Also known as	Attic Prince
Genre	Romance Comedy Drama Time travel
Written by	Lee Hee-myung
Directed by	Shin Yoon-sub
Starring	Park Yuchun Han Ji-min Jeong Yu-mi Lee Tae-sung Lee Min-ho Jung Suk-won Choi Woo-shik Lee Moon-sik
Theme music composer	Kim Ji-soo
Opening theme	"Rooftop Prince (Title)"
Ending theme	"A Happy Ending" by Jay Park "After a Long Time" by Baek Ji-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Son Jun-hyun
Producer(s)	Kim Yong-jin
Location(s)	South Korea New York City, United States
Running time	70 minutes Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s)	SBS Plus
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	2-channel stereo sound (Analog) 2-channel Dolby Digital (Digital)
Original release	21 March (2012-03-21) – 24 May 2012 (2012-05-24)
Chronology
Preceded by	Take Care of Us, Captain
Followed by	Phantom
External links
wizard2.sbs.co.kr/okprince

Rooftop Prince (Hangul: 옥탑방 왕세자; RR: Oktab-bang Wangseja) is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min,Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time travels to the future where he encounters familiar faces, modern-day devices, and corporate intrigue. It aired on SBS from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Tae-mu (Lee Tae-sung), after killing his lost cousin in the United States, returns to Korea, claiming that his cousin, Tae-yong (Park Yoochun), could not be found in New York City. Meanwhile, Tae-mu has been having a secret affair with Se-na (Jeong Yu-mi), his secretary, who, in turn, runs into her long-lost stepsister Park-ha (Han Ji-min). Park-ha has been missing for a prolonged period of time and it is revealed that she was in the US after Se-na abandoned her in a truck driving away when she was nine.

Two years after Tae-yong's disappearance, four men dressed in Joseon era garments, fall onto Park-ha's rooftop house. Hungry, homeless and having nowhere to go, the four men decide to stick with Park-ha. Their leader, Lee-gak claims to be the Crown Prince of Joseon (Park Yoochun), along with his entourage - scholar Song Man-bo (Lee Min-ho), personal bodyguard Woo Yong-sool (Jung Suk-won), and palace eunuch Do Chi-san (Choi Woo-shik). One day, Crown Prince Lee Gak sees Se-na who is the spitting image of his beloved wife, who was found drowned in the 18th century. He is convinced she is his wife's reincarnation. Meanwhile, company president Yeo (Ban Hyo-jung) mistakes Lee Gak for her grandson, Yong Tae-yong, because of their exact same appearance, and believes that her long lost grandson has finally returned. Lee Gak realizes that he has time traveled 300 years to 2012, Seoul, to search for the truth behind the mysterious death of the late Crown Princess. In order to approach Se-na, who is also President Yeo's personal assistant, Lee Gak pretends that he is Tae-yong. Tae-mu, believing that he already killed his cousin in New York, lives in constant fear of his devious act being discovered by the family and "Tae-yong" (aka Lee Gak) who claims not to have remembered the event. Tae-mu has always been jealous of Tae-yong's favored position in the family.