Series2019·35m·7.6

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung

Drama

The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.

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Cast

Shin Sae-kyeong

Goo Hae-Ryung / Hui Yeon

Cha Eun-woo

Prince Yi Rim / Maehwa / Prince Dowon

Park Ki-woong

Lee Jin

Lee Ji-hoon

Min Woo-Won

Park Ji-hyun

Song Sa-Hee

Kong Jeong-hwan

Goo Jae-Kyung

Kim Min-sang

Lee Tae

Choi Deok-moon

Min Ik-Pyeong

Jeon Ik-ryoung

Mo-hwa

Kim Gwi-seon

Second Vice-Premier

Lee Jung-ha

Kim Chi-gook

Episodes

Details

Status
Ended
Network
MBC
First aired
2019-07-17
Last aired
2019-09-26
Seasons
1
Episodes
40
Languages
Korean
Age rating
Production
Chorokbaem Media

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Reviews

ParkMin

12/23/2023

2.0

This is one of the best examples I've came across to what I like to call a "cosplay show", it had little to no serious consideration for its proposed era. The trend continued when the drama started to get preachy from a modern society point of view while being in no position to allow it to attempt such a thing. These could have been avoided if the drama was a parody, of which, it was not. There were obvious other problems and inconsistencies too, but what stood out the most was the mundane sequences filling the biggest portion of the drama, these were a real brain rot. What did the drama want to be? A social commentary, a political play, a profession spotlight, a slice of life, or a light romcom? It never embraced any aspect of fully committed to a theme. Whenever it tried to delve deeper, it pulled itself back up to the surface. Unsuccessful mix, regardless. There were other points to be made about the cast, chemistry, and romance but I don't feel like repeating myself.