Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me

Did You Know?

• The series was the first television production of n.CH Entertainment, a new company set up by former S.M. C&C CEO Jung Chang-hwan.
• The first script reading was held on October 8, 2017.
• The writer and director previously worked together on Unkind Ladies (2015).

Cast

Kim Rae-won portrays Moon Soo-ho, also known as Lee Myung-so (the Black Knight). As a successful CEO, he is strict with himself and never reveals his true colors, yet in love he is a pure romanticist. After his parents died, a friend of his father became his guardian, and Soo-ho grew up with the guardian's daughter, developing feelings for her. Feeling betrayed and hurt by them, he is on the verge of despair when a delivery woman tells him a big fortune awaits. Her words become a prophecy, and his subsequent luck frightens him, as he worries he may have to repay it all. He later meets the guardian's daughter again, who makes his heart flutter despite the past hurt; she is his first love. Sung Yoo-bin plays the young Moon Soo-ho and young Lee Myung-so. Shin Se-kyung plays Jung Hae-ra, also called Boon-yi, a travel agency worker who remains cheerful despite poverty and caring for her aunt. As a child she was well-off, but after her parents died and her family went bankrupt, her life turned upside down. She remembers a wine-colored coat ordered from Sharon's Boutique that she never picked up, and after unexpectedly finding it, strange things begin to happen. She meets the man who calls himself her black knight. Park Ga-ram portrays the young Jung Hae-ra and young Boon-yi. Seo Ji-hye plays Sharon, also known as Choi Seo-rin, with Lee Ji-eun as the young Choi Seo-rin.