The Tale of Lady Ok: Lim Ji-yeon leads refreshing Joseon era saga
This article contains spoilers.
3.5/5 stars
Lead cast: Lim Ji-yeon, Choo Young-woo
Latest Nielsen rating: 13.58 per cent
How often do we get to see a Korean period drama that does not feature a royal family? Not often enough, if The Tale of Lady Ok is anything to go by.
In this saga set in Korea's Joseon era (1392-1897) about a slave who rises to become a noblewoman and eminent legal mind before seeing everything she has accomplished almost slip through her fingers, the king of Joseon never appears.
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