Steal The Fate

Set in the Joseon Dynasty under Gwanghaegun, it depicts the change of fate of a bossam-man Ba-woo, when he mistakenly kidnaps the widowed daughter of the King. MBN's 10th anniversary special drama premiered on May 1, 2021, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 21:40 (KST) till July 4, 2021. It is available for streaming on Wavve streaming media.

Bossam: Steal the Fate
Promotional poster
Hangul	보쌈–운명을 훔치다
Hanja	洑쌈–運命을 훔치다
Revised Romanization	Bossam–Unmyeong-eul Humchida
Genre	Historical Drama Romance
Created by	Park Tae-ho (MBN) Kim Tae-hyun (Wavve)
Written by	Kim Ji-su Park Chul
Directed by	Kwon Seok-jang
Starring	Jung Il-woo Kwon Yu-ri Shin Hyun-soo Kim Tae-woo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Kim Jae-hoon (MBN)
Producers	Hong Hyuk Lee Chang-gu Kim Hyo-sung Cha Do-ri
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	JS Pictures EL Rise [ko]
Original release
Network	MBN
Release	May 1 (2021-05-01) – July 4, 2021 (2021-07-04)

Bossam: Steal the Fate ended by recording an average viewership of 9.8% nationwide in its last episode, therefore becoming the highest-rated drama in the network's history, a record which was previously held by Graceful Family.

Bossam was a custom in the Joseon period, in which a bachelor wrapped up a widow in a blanket at night and made her his wife.

This custom changes the fate of Ba-woo (Jung Il-woo), when he mistakenly kidnaps Yi Su-kyeong (Kwon Yu-ri), the King's widowed daughter.

Main

• Jung Il-woo as Ba-woo/Kim Dae-seok; Kim Je-nam's grandson and Queen Dowager Soseong's nephew.
• Kwon Yu-ri as Yi Su-kyeong, Princess Hwain; the daughter of Gwanghaegun and Royal Consort So-ui of the Papyeong Yun clan.
• Shin Hyun-soo as Yi Dae-yeob; Yi I-cheom's youngest son and Princess Hwain's brother-in-law.

Supporting

Royal Palace

• Kim Tae-woo as Gwanghaegun; the King and Princess Hwain's father.
• So Hee-jung as Royal Consort So-ui of the Papyeong Yun clan; Princess Hwain's mother.
• Yang Hyun-min as Kim Ja-jeom
• Shin Dong-mi as Court Lady Jo; Princess Hwain's lady-in-waiting.
• Song Seon-mi as Court Lady Kim Gae-shi
• Seo Beom-sik as Jung-yeong; Commander of the Royal Guards.

Yi Dae-yeob's Family

• Lee Jae-yong as Left State Councillor Yi I-cheom; Dae-yeop's father and Princess Hwain's father-in-law.
• Myung Se-bin as Lady Haeindang of the Gwangju Yi clan; Yi I-cheom's sister and Dae-yeob's aunt.
• Park Myung-shin as Lady Kim; Dae-yeop's mother and Princess Hwain's mother-in-law.
• Chu Yeon-gyu as Yi Won-yeob; Dae-yeop's oldest brother.

People around Ba-woo

• Lee Joon-hyuk as Chun-bae
• Ko Dong-ha as Cha-dol; Ba-woo's son.
• Jung Kyung-soon as Lady Jeong; Ba-woo's mother.
• Kim Joo-young as Kim Yeon-ok; Ba-woo's younger sister.

Others

• Yoon Joo-man as Dae-chul; Yi I-cheom's personal guard.
• Yoo Soon-woong as the monk
• Hong Jae-min as Hyeon-su
• Yoon Young-min as Queen Inmok
• Lee Min-Jae as Prince Neungyang

Special appearances

• Ra Mi-ran as bossam widow
• Kim Sa-kwon as groom of the bossam widow
• Jang Young-hyeon as Sungkyunkwan scholar

Casting

On June 29, 2020 Jung Il-woo was confirmed to play lead role. On August 26, 2020 Kwon Yu-ri joined the cast as the female lead. On 11 November, Shin Hyun-soo's agency reported that he was considering a proposal to appear in the new historical drama. In March 2021, the lineup was confirmed.

Filming

On November 23, 2020, it was reported that filming was stopped due to COVID-19 pandemic. An official from production of the drama quoted, "The filming was stopped due to the occurrence of a confirmed case. All the cast and staff are in self-quarantine."

Release

MBN's first historical series, the 10th anniversary special drama premiered on MBN on May 1, 2021, and streamed simultaneously on Wavve.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Part 16

Part 17

Part 18

Part 19

Part 20

Commercial performance

On its first episode, Bossam Steal Fate set a new viewership rating record for an MBN drama premiere.

As per Nielsen Korea, the 11th episode aired on June 5, 2021, logged a national average viewership of 8% with 1.61 million viewers, thereby breaking its own highest ratings.

According to Nielsen Korea, the 20th episode of Bossam: Steal the Fate, aired on July 4, scored an average nationwide rating of 9.8% with a peak of 11.2%, and has set a new record for the highest viewership ever achieved by any drama in MBN's history.

Audience viewership

Recently, on the OTT platform Viki, which is being serviced in the Americas, the Middle East, Oceania and Asia, Bossam: Steal the Fate has risen to the Top 10 US Market Content ranking, as well as scored 9.4/10 in the service user evaluation. With the enthusiastic support of overseas fans, subtitles were created in 11 languages. In Taiwan, it's available for streaming on the popular platform friDay from May 1, 2021. The viewers rating is 4.8 out of 5. It is scheduled to be broadcast on GTV, one of Taiwan's four major broadcasters and KNTV, a Japanese broadcaster specialising in Korean wave, and will be serviced in the second half of this year on terrestrial broadcasters in Vietnam, the Philippines and Singapore.