Sung Dong-il and Kim Mi-sook to join Lady Ok's family

11 October 12, 2024October 12, 2024

Sung Dong-il and Kim Mi-sook to join Lady Ok’s family

by Jenzy

Sung Dong-il, Kim Mi-sook

The production behind JTBC’s historical drama The Story of Lady Ok has announced veteran heavyweights Sung Dong-il (Han River Police) and Kim Mi-sook (The Whirlwind) will be joining our leads Im Ji-yeon (The Killing Vote) and Choo Young-woo (Oasis) as they swindle the public, practice law, and fall in love.

The plot follows the story of Lady Ok Tae-young (Im Ji-yeon), a talented and compassionate attorney in Joseon. She’s someone who has it all — looks, noble connections (her father-in-law is the magistrate), and talent — she’s the envy of the town. Except one of those things is not like the others.

As it turns out, Tae-young is not the highborn lady everyone thinks she is: she’s a runaway slave. So she’s been careful not to let people get too close. That includes people like her adoring and very eligible brother-in-law Kim Jae-won (Hierarchy), and her protege Yeonwoo (Dog Knows Everything), with a secret of her own.

But that goal becomes complicated once she runs into the traveling storyteller Cheon Seung-hwi (Choo Young-woo). At first sight, he falls in love with her and loudly declares his undying loyalty, which might not be something you want when you’re a) pretending to be a widower of a husband you never married and b) trying to keep a low dating profile in case people discover point A.

Should her secret get out, Tae-young could lose everything. Like her newfound family, for example. Sung Dong-il plays Tae-young’s father-in-law, the magistrate, who believed in her before anyone else, and Kim Mi-sook plays the warm matriarch of the Ok clan. While we don’t yet know if they’re in on her secret, it would be devastating to their reputation if word got out. In Joseon, status is everything, and Tae-young is not about to let her life get snatched away.

Written by Park Ji-sook (Uncle) and directed by Jin Hyuk (Sisyphus: The Myth), JTBC’s The Story of Lady Ok is set to premiere on November 30th.

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1 peiyeelai

October 12, 2024 at 7:13 PM

The leads for this saeguk are awesome. Hopefully, the story will do them justice.

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2 🌸 Seeker 🌸

October 13, 2024 at 9:33 AM

Premise is interesting. While it is not billed as a fusion drama but if they can lean that way and double down on the comedy we may get an interesting drama. But secrets are sure to be revealed leading to much angst. As we know only HE can be if they elope together. 😂

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bong-soo

October 13, 2024 at 3:45 PM

Bossam!

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

October 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM

That too!! 🙃😂 While the character description tells us the FL is interested in maintaining status quo we all know how long that would last. Especially in the face of a ML who professes their love at first sight. 😍

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3 bong-soo

October 13, 2024 at 3:26 PM

@kiara, What do you think of the plot as described above?
Based on your reading and knowledge of Joseon history is there ANY possibility in Joseon for a woman to have operated as described above?
I am passing on the upcoming WON GYEONG. At the beginning of the year I enjoyed MBC’s KNIGHT FLOWER so I guess I am capable of suspending disbelief.

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bong-soo

October 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM

The writer Park Ji-sook does not appear to have any sageuk writing experience. I do like the cast.

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kiara

October 13, 2024 at 4:24 PM

I haven't seen any of this writer's work. Other than these two veterans, I'm unfamiliar with the younger cast. I'm happy Im Ji Yeon's career is going well, but I'm not a fan. I guess I won't be heartbroken if I skip it.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

October 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM

It has been a hot minute since we got to see a classic sageuk.

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kiara

October 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Any sageuks titled "The story of, The Tale of, The Legend of... are usually works of fiction even if the historical figure existed. The first female attorney in Korea was born after the Joseon Dynasty.