Season 1 • Episode 38
LatestA woman overcomes the hardships in her life and experiences growth as an expert of the seas.
Acting
Han Ji-hye ages 20 years convincingly; villain performances are *chef's kiss* unhinged.
Production
Actual shipyard shoots—kdrama budget went HARD for 2012.
Han Ji-hye
Chun Hae-joo
Kim Jae-won
Kang San
Jae Hee
Park Chang-hee
Son Eun-seo
Jang In-hwa
Ahn Nae-sang
Chun Hong-chul
Geum Bo-ra
Jo Dal-soon
Lee Duck-hwa
Jang Do-hyun
Yang Mi-kyung
Lee Geum-hee
Kim Kyu-chul
Park Gi-chool
Kim Ji-young
Lee Bong-hee
Sunwoo Jae-duk
Yoon Hak-soo
Kim Yoo-jung
Chun Hae-joo (young)
Park Ji-bin
Kang San (young)
Park Gun-tae
Park Chang-hee (young)
Kang Ji-woo
Cheon Young-Joo (young)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Korea's traditional May Queen festival celebrating female divers (haenyeo), connecting Hae-joo to a lineage of working-class ocean women rarely centered in prestige dramas.
Han Ji-hye performed many of her own shipyard scenes, acquiring actual welding certification that she apparently still has. Method acting for the extremely specific.
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