Capital Scandal
| Capital Scandal | |
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Promotional poster for Capital Scandal
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| Also known as | Scandal in Old Seoul Scandal in the Capital Kyeongseong Scandal Modern Romance |
| Genre |
Historical Romance Comedy Drama |
| Based on |
Love Story in the Capital by |
| Written by | Jin Soo-wan |
| Directed by | Han Joon-seo |
| Starring |
Kang Ji-hwan Han Ji-min Ryu Jin Han Go-eun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jung Sung-hyo Lee Jung-seob |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 6 June – 2 August 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Several Questions That Make Us Happy |
| Followed by | Sayuksin |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Capital Scandal (Hangul: 경성 스캔들; RR: Gyeongseong Seukaendeul; lit. "Scandal in Gyeongseong") is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Kang Ji-hwan, Han Ji-min, Ryu Jin and Han Go-eun. It aired on KBS2 from June 6 to August 2, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Based on Lee Sun-mi's novel Love Story in the Capital, the story juxtaposes the heroic anti-Japanese movement with young romance by depicting the capital Seoul of the 1930s during colonial rule, at that time called "Gyeongseong" (hence its alternate title Scandal in Old Seoul). It was a time when the nation's independence fighters fought against pro-Japanese traitors, while traditional Joseon-era Confucian values clashed and coexisted with a more modern way of life. The series portrays one of the darkest periods of Korean history with a mixture of tragedy, comedy and romance.
Sunwoo Wan (Kang Ji-hwan) is one of the capital's most notorious womanizers who alleges that he can seduce any woman within 10 minutes. The handsome, fashionable and rich young man doesn't have worries about the fate of his country. He gambles with his colleagues on his ability to seduce Na Yeo-kyung (Han Ji-min) whose nickname is "Jomaja" (the last woman of the Joseon Dynasty). She is known as a woman who doesn't care about her appearance and has no interest at all in dating. She runs a small bookstore while working as a volunteer teacher for poor children. Yeo-kyung is a very determined woman and has strong faith that her country will be liberated from Japan in the near future. Dating a guy or getting married is something she'll do only after the independence of her native land.
At first Wan doesn't take his bet seriously, but as events escalate in the capital, he finds himself falling in love with Yeo-kyung. She opens his eyes to the social injustices around him, which transforms him into becoming an independence movement activist himself. As Wan says, "Love is the strongest and most effective strategy for independence and revolution."
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