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Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019)

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung poster
Original title
신입사관 구해령
Directed by
Kang Il Soo, Han Hyun Hee
Cast
Shin Se Kyung, Cha Eun Woo, Park Ki Woong, Lee Ji Hoon, Gong Jung Hwan, Yang Jo Ah, Lee Kwan Hoon, Kim Min Sang
Genre
drama television series, comedy television series
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 40 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 77 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A free-spirited young woman becomes one of the first female historians in the Joseon court. She works alongside a prince who secretly writes romance novels, and together they uncover truths about the official court records.

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What happens

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (Korean: 신입사관 구해령) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Shin Se-kyung, in the title role as a free-spirited female historian, and Cha Eun-woo, as a prince working underground as a romance novelist. It is also a fictionalisation of part of the story of the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty and their right to be considered a true history. The series aired on MBC's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:00 KST from July 17 to September 26, 2019, with Netflix carrying the series internationally. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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