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- Title: 천추태후 (千秋太后) / Cheon Chu Taehu
- Also known as: The Iron Empress / Empress Chun Choo
- Genre: Historical
- Episodes: 78
- Broadcast network: KBS2
- Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-03 to 2009-Sep-27
- Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:30
- Chae Si Ra as Empress Chun Chu
- Kim So Eun as young Hwang Bo Soo / Chun Chu
- Kim Suk Hoon as Kim Chi Yang
- Choi Jae Sung as Gang Jo
- Lee Duk Hwa as General Kang Kam Chan
- Lee In as Mok Jong (The 7th King; the empress's son with the 5th king)
- Park Ji Bin as Wang Song / Prince Gae Ryeong
The Royal Family
- Kim Ji Hoon as King Hyeon Jong (The 8th King; Wang Wook & Hwang Bo Seol's son)
- Choi Soo Han as Wang Sun / young King Hyeon Jong
- Kim Ho Jin as Wang Wook / Prince Gyeong Joo
- Shin Ae as Hwang Bo Seol / Princess Hun Jung (the empress's younger sister)
- Park Eun Bin as young Hwang Bo Seol
- Kim Myung Soo as Seong Jong / Wang Chi (The 6th King and the empress's older brother)
- Choi Woo Hyuk as Wang Chi / young Seong Jong
- Moon Jung Hee as Empress Moon Hwa / Lady Kim (Seong Jong's 2nd wife)
- Kim Min Ji as young Lady Kim
- Park Shi Eun as Empress Won Jeong (Seong Jong & Moon Hwa's daughter; Hyeon Jong's wife)
- Lee Hyun Kyung as Empress Moon Deok / Lady Yu (Seong Jong's 1st wife)
- Lee In Hye as Empress Seon Jeong (Mok Jong's wife)
- Han Bo Bae as Yoo Sun (teen)
- Choi Chul Ho as Gyeong Jong / Wang Yu (The 5th King)
- Ban Hyo Jung as Queen mother, Shin Jung Hwang (Taejo Wang Geon's 4th wife)
- Lee Young Ah as Empress Dae Mok (Gyeong Jong's mother)
- Im Hyuk as Seo Hee (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
- Hong In Young as Cheon Hyang Bi
- Kim Ye Won as young Cheon Hyang Bi
- Lee Chae Young as Sa Il Ra/Saila
- Kim Hyung Min as Sa Ga Moon/Sagamun (Saila's older brother)
- Jun Moo Song as Lee Ji Baek
- Won Suk Yun (원석연) as Lee Kyeom Ui
- Kim Jong Kyul (김종결) as Choi Ryang
- Lee Ki Yeol as Choi Seom
- Park Ji Il as Kim Shim Eon
- Kim Byung Gi as Kim Won Soong (Empress Moon Hwa's father)
- Oh Wook Chul (오욱?*) as Jo Haeng Soo
- Jo Byung Gon (조병곤) as Lee Yang
- Lee Joon Woo (이준우) as Seol Shin Yoo
- Jun Seung Hwan (?*?승환) as Choi Ji Mong
- Maeng Ho Rim as Park Yang Yoo
- Im Byung Ki (임병기) as Han Yeon Gong
- Kim Young Sun (김영?*) as Han In Kyung
- Park Chul Ho as Kim Hoon
- Choi Wang Soon (최왕순) as Choi Jil
- Choi Dong Joon as Dae Do Soo
- Lee Won Bal (이원발) as Yoo Bang
- Choi Joon Yong as Lee Hyun Woon
- Kim Byung Choon as Lee Joo Jeong
- Jung Jin as Go Hyeon
- Ahn Hae Sook as Court lady Yoon
- Ki Jong Woon (기종운) as Court lady J
- Kim Mi Ra as Lee Seol Hwa
- Park Jin Woo as Yoo Hyung Gan
- Lee Tae Im as Kim Mil Hwa
- Park Byung Ho as Jin Gwan (Priest, young King Hyeon Jong's guardian)
- Shim Hye Jin as Empress Xiao/So Tae Hoo (Khitan Queen)
- Jang Dong Jik as Geo Ran Seongjong (adult Khitan Emperor)
- Oh Gun Woo as Geo Ran Seongjong (young Khitan Emperor)
- Lee Jin Woo as Han Duk Yang (prime minister)
- Kim Sung Hyun as Ya Yul Bun Noh (warrior)
- Kim Myung Gook as Ya Yul Juk Ryul (warrior)
- Lee Han Sol as Ya Yul Mu Ki (one eye warrior)
- Lee Eun Jung as Dok Yeon (female warrior/Sagamun's wife)
- Lee Eon Jeong as Hyeol Mae
- Ji Dae Han (지대한) as So Son Nyeong
- Jung Heung Chae as So Bae Ab
- Yoo Joo Hee as So Chal Ri
- Screenwriter: Son Young Mok, Lee Sang Min (이상민), Kang Young Ran (강영란)
- Chief Producer: Kim Won Yong
- Producer: Jin Hyung Wook
- Director: Shin Chang Suk, Hwang In Hyuk (황인혁)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Chae Si Ra)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Serial Drama Excellence Award - Actor (Kim Suk Hoon)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Choi Chul Ho)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Moon Jung Hee)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Female Newcomer Award (Kim So Eun)
- 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Female Child Award (Park Eun Bin)
