Similarities:
=> Both are stories of a romance between a woman who is supposed to be a crown princess and a man destined to be king
=> A 12 year old Kim So Hyun gives a very excellent performance as the young version of the woman who usurps the crown princess position. (In a way she's actually the one who played the usurpers, not the adult actresses, because the takeover of the crown princess position from the real crown princess is done by her character in her teen years).
=> We see the male lead (or rather the young version of the male lead in Moon Sun) attracted to a girl with a butterfly in the first episode.
=> The male lead (him or his doppelganger in Rooftop Prince) has a close relative who can be a threat for high position he has (the king position in Moon Sun, being the heir of the company in Rooftop Prince)
=> Lee Tae Ri/Lee Min Ho actor born 1993 gave excellent performances in both dramas. Both his characters in a drama is a very smart young man who helps one of the main characters.
Recommended by Sageuk Lover
Moon Embracing the Sun fans, please watch The Princess Man. Both dramas came out around the same time period (late 2011-early 2012). Both are also about romance and love stories between not just one but at least 2 couples.
Recommended by Sageuk Lover
Both are about a crown prince who loses his crown princess at the begining
Recommended by Fearless_313
Both male protagonists have lost their Crown Princess at the beginning of the drama, there is no time travel, but it is an historical romance
Recommended by asiandramafan
This drama is just...WOW!! Way better ending than Rooftop Prince and the acting is even more fanstastic! Better OSTs and everything. Plus KIM SOO HYUN *(drools)*
Recommended by Whit_eonni
Same genre different pretense but same feel.I enjoyed both in different ways but both love saheuks.
Recommended by Yixings Pet
Both drama adapted from same-author novel, set in Joseon era
Recommended by Vie_HaNeul
It is a great historical drama with an interesting plot and well-chosen actors.
Recommended by Crisstina
- Amnesia, though the genders are switched.
- The crown prince falls for a common/poor girl.
- The crown prince remains loyal to his childhood love and does not consummate their marriage to the crown princess.
- Both crown princes have enemies within the palace plotting to take them down.
- Both crown princes have a certain wit to them / really intelligent / not dumb.
Recommended by potatoes
Both have childhood connections with tragic pasts and siblings dying. Both have a similar looks and feel with a balance of heart stomping loss and grief and light comic moments. Familiar palace characters In both.
Recommended by vvn2154
Both saeguks with beautiful romances and palace intrigues that were really not that difficult to follow. Plus LMH and KSH. You're welcome.
Recommended by Deiubeloved
- Both dramas are adapted from the novels of the same author Jung Eun Gwol.
- Kim Yoo Jung had a role in both dramas (in TMETS, her role was Young Yeon Woo and here, as Hong Chung Gi).
- Both drama titles are related to the night sky.
Recommended by MightyPeanut
They are both really good drama. You will learn how to forgive and love the people around you. I highly recommend it.
Recommended by Iloveasianndrama
They both have a strong presence of supernatural stuff / dark magic intertwined into their story to enhance its grippling effect. If you were drawn in by the drama 49 days it'll most likely be the same with The Moon that Embraces the Sun and vice-versa.
Recommended by WanderingRonin
Both dramas involve a man (Kim Soo Hyun) looking for someone who presumably died years ago.
Recommended by Juniko
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