Season 1 • Episode 37
LatestA period drama about Korean politics and financials situation in the 1970-1990s through the life of a woman. After a traumatic past of witnessed her mother's death, Seo In Ae grows up as ambitious woman with sharp mind who knows how to grab people's hearts, while still holding hope to avenge her mother someday. Since childhood, her life has been entangled with two opposite-personalities brothers from poor fisherman family, Han Kwang Hoon and Kwang Chul.
Acting
Hwang Jung-eum transforms from broken girl to political mastermind flawlessly.
Production
Meticulous 1970s-90s Korea recreation — fashion, cars, economic desperation on point.
Writing
Brother rivalry spanning decades hits different when you're rooting for both.
Hwang Jung-eum
Seo In-ae
Ryu Soo-young
Han Gwang-hoon
Jung Kyung-ho
Han Gwang-cheol
Cha In-pyo
Cheon Tae-woong
Jung Woong-in
Park Young-tae
Jeong Dong-hwan
Kim Geon-pyo
Shim Hye-jin
Min Hye-rin
Choi Ji-na
Jin Yang-ja
Kim Joon
Kim Tae-gyeong
Jeon So-min
Kim Sae-gyeong
Shin Eun-jung
Gyeong-ja
Choi Sung-kook
Jo Won-gyu
Ham Eun-jung
Tae Cho-ae
Seo Hyo-rim
Cheon Hye-jin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series dramatizes Korea's actual 1970s economic miracle and its brutal human cost, including real government crackdowns on labor movements.
Jung Kyung-ho and Hwang Jung-eum reunited here after 'High Kick Through the Roof' — wildly different energy, same devastating chemistry.
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