The Elegant Empire 17 filming locations
The Elegant Empire filming locations in Korea
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📍 17 filming locations
- 1
Gyeongui Line Plaza
서울특별시 마포구 백범로28길 17
In episode 4, Mo Seok-hee (Im Soo-hyang) and Heo Yoon-do (Lee Jang-woo) take a night stroll along this plaza.
- 2
State Tower Namsan
서울 중구 퇴계로 100
In episode 5, this is the room where Chairman Mo Wang-pyo (played by Jeon Guk-hwan) asks Han Je-guk (played by Bae Jong-ok) to join MC Group.
- 3
The River
서울 용산구 용산동6가 451
The place where MC Group's Ha Yeong-seo (Moon Hee-kyung) comes at night with her lover in Ep.1 and learns of the blackmail plot via a video is the yacht beside this spot.
- 4
Guesthouse Pajama Party
서울특별시 마포구 성미산로 157-6
In episode 3, Heo Yoon-do (Lee Jang-woo) visits this guesthouse to ask about Mo Seok-hee's (Im Soo-hyang) drug case.
- 5
Sowol-ro Stairs No. 3
서울특별시 용산구 소월로 168
On these stairs, the young Mo Seok-hui pleads with Han Je-guk (Bae Jong-ok) to let her stay in Korea with her grandfather.
- 6
Dongjak Bridge
서울 용산구 이촌동 385
In a flashback scene in Episode 2, TOP CEO Han Je-guk (Bae Jong-ok) drove across this bridge after retrospectively completing TOP's first mission.
- 7
ASEM Tower
서울 강남구 영동대로 517
In Episode 2, this tower appears as the headquarters of MC Group.
- 8
Nanji Hangang Park
서울 마포구 상암동 482-429
In this park, the young Heo Yun-do (Lee Jang-woo) tries to take his own life but is saved by his (now) stepfather Heo Jang-su.
- 9
Jangheung Prison Film Set
전라남도 장흥군 장흥읍 원도리 191
In Episode 3, Mo Seok-hee (Im Soo-hyang) is trapped here.
- 10
Montmartre Hill Eunhasu Dabang
서울 마포구 토정로 33-1
In episode 1, he meets Heo Yun-do (Lee Jang-woo) and proposes that they work together.
- 11
Cheonga Park Christian Hall
경기도 고양시 일산동구 은마길 129
In Episode 2, Heo Yun-do (Lee Jang-woo) comes to honor his late mother with someone, and is arrested as he steps out of the building.
- 12
Sebitseom
서울 서초구 올림픽대로 2085-14
Heo Yun-do (Lee Jang-woo) parked right in front of the Yebit headquarters so that Mo Seok-hui (Im Soo-hyang) could vent her frustration to this couple in episode 6
- 13
Location Ieum (former Royal Quest)
경기도 파주시 탄현면 새오리로286번길 48-70
In episode 5, it appears as the office of Mo Wang-pyo (Jeon Guk-hwan), the grandfather of Mo Seok-hee (Im Soo-hyang).
- 14
Yangpyeong Dumulmeori
경기도 양평군 양서면 양수리
In Episode 16, he pays his last respects to his younger brother Mo Wan-soo (Lee Kyu-han), who is buried in this park.
- 15
Seodaemun Prison History Hall
서울 서대문구 통일로 251
In Episode 16, Han Je-guk (Bae Jong-ok) spent time in this prison.
- 16
Jaehwa Square
서울특별시 마포구 독막로 311
In Episode 14, Lee Jung-in (Han Ji-min) meets Kwon Young-guk (Kim Chang-wan), the father of Kwon Ki-seok (Kim Joon-han), at a restaurant in this building.
- 17
Ungyeong Foundation
서울특별시 종로구 인왕산로 7
In episode 4, Mo Seok-hee (Im Soo-hyang) comes here with Heo Yoon-do to borrow money from a loan shark known as the "Milk Witch" who lives here.
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