Capital Scandal (2007)

Original title

경성스캔들

Directed by

Han Joon Seo

Cast

Kang Ji Hwan, Kim Hwan Young, Han Ji Min, Ryu Jin, Han Go Eun, Kang Nam Gil, Kim Hye Ok, Ahn Suk Hwan

Genre

sageuk

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Seoul under Japanese rule, a young man becomes involved with independence fighters and a woman from a traditional family. The story mixes romance, comedy, and tragedy as it shows the clash between old and new values.

romantichumoroustragicnostalgiclightheartedperiodbittersweet

What happens

Capital Scandal (Korean: 경성 스캔들; RR: Gyeongseong seukaendeul; lit. 'Scandal in Gyeongseong') is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Kang Ji-hwan, Han Ji-min, Ryu Jin, and Han Go-eun. It aired on KBS2 from June 6 to August 2, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Based on Lee Sun-mi's novel Love Story in the Capital, the story juxtaposes the heroic anti-Japanese movement with young romance by depicting the capital Seoul of the 1930s during colonial rule, at that time called "Keijō" ("Gyeongseong" in Korean; hence its alternate title Scandal in Old Seoul). It was a time when the nation's independence fighters fought against pro-Japanese traitors, while traditional Joseon-era Confucian values clashed and coexisted with a more modern way of life. The series portrays one of the darkest periods of Korean history with a mixture of tragedy, comedy and romance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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