Korean dramas reach free TV channels in our country thanks to Atresmedia. Setting a precedent with Turkish fiction, Nova premieres on Monday, April 24. “Saimdang: Diary of Light”, A love story that has transcended the boundaries of time and has already conquered millions of people in China, Japan, Malaysia, the United States, the Philippines and Thailand.
She plays Lee Young-ae, who plays the dual role of Shin Saimdang and Seo Ji-yoon.. She is one of the country’s most recognized actresses on the film scene and celebrated her return to the small screen after 10 years of retirement after starring in ‘Saimdang: Diary of Light’, ‘Sympathy for Lady Vegeance’.
Accompanying this in fiction Son Seung-heon, a well-known South Korean actor and model, plays the role of Prince Lee Gyum.From the Korean Joseon Dynasty. She is one of the most recognizable faces in the country of South Korea, where she has appeared in several TV series and movies, has also released her own music albums, and also participated in television entertainment formats in her home country.
The story “Saimdang: Diary of Light” unites intrigue, love, power struggles, passion and history and it does so with a story between two times; past and present; intertwined throughout the chapters.
Seo Ji-Yon is the protagonist of the drama. He is a young art teacher at school. Seoul University. You have been asked to certify the authorship of a very old painting that is decisive for your future professional career. Her husband is a successful man and lives with her young son and mother-in-law in an upscale neighborhood of the city.
Her life begins to turn upside down when doubts arise about the painting. Her boss kicks her out of college and her husband leaves her, fleeing the country on charges of fraud.
on a trip to Italy Seo Ji Yoon In a palace, he discovers an ancient diary and a portrait of a beautiful woman named Saimdang, with which it bears an incredible resemblance, which helps him confirm his suspicions about the famous painting. From then on he will embark on a career to regain his prestige and with it his life.
Korea, 500 years ago. Joseon Dynasty
Saimdang, a young and promising painter who is the daughter of a high-ranking official of the king, meets the prince. lee gyeomThey are fond of painting and immediately fall in love, and against the opinion of both families, Lee Gyeom asks for Saimdang’s hand.
These are turbulent times at court. The paranoid and misguided King executes Saimdang’s father, forcing the young woman to marry a bland officer with no future, prompting Lee Gyeom to flee without consolation. Twenty years later, Saimdang, now a mother of four, unhappy marriage and in poverty she meets Lee Gyeon again.
Although he was not married. prints from the royal family, because he could never forget his great love. It’s mutual but impossible love, and it can only be experienced platonically. Far away, Lee Gyeom will live to love and protect Saimdang and his family.
Saimdang decides to open a house to get out of the difficult financial situation the family is going through. a high quality paper millThe ancestral formula has disappeared, and it includes its poorest neighbors with the promise of sharing the benefits.
After the success of Saimdang and with a very favorable financial situation, He regains his love of painting, It will arouse jealousy and distrust in court. Saimdang goes to the mountains for a while because he has wanted to paint the mountains since he was a child, not knowing that his life and that of Lee Gyeom are in danger. There, in privacy and as nature’s witnesses, they confess their eternal love.