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The Tale of Lady Ok

2024–2025 · 1 season

A lush historical romance with a tense undercurrent of secrets, where a woman's hard-won new life keeps threatening to unravel.

Created by
Jin Hyuk, Park Ji-sook
Genres
Drama
Starring
Im Ji-yeon, Choo Young-woo, Yeon Woo
Overview
The fierce survival and success of a female slave in the Joseon Dynasty, and the story of a woman whose name, identity, and even her husband were all fake.

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Stream in the UK
  • Kocowa
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Jin Hyuk, Park Ji-sook
Genres
Drama
Starring
Im Ji-yeon, Choo Young-woo, Yeon Woo
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • love
  • survival
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jin Hyuk, Park Ji-sook
Written by
Park Ji-sook
Starring
Im Ji-yeon, Choo Young-woo, Yeon Woo, Kim Jae-won, Sung Dong-il, Kim Mi-sook, Lee Jae-won, Kim Jae-hwa
Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 70 min each
Network
JTBC
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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