Asian Drama

Set in the late Joseon period, drama series follows face reader (physiognomist) Choi Chun Joong as he tries to build up an ideal nation.

Choi Chun Joong is Joseon’s greatest fortune teller and physiognomist. He is a hero of the turbulent times, and he is the king of Joseon’s people. Choi Chun Joong possesses the great ambition of building a new nation after overturning Joseon, which has been ruined by the men in power.

With handsome looks, Choi Chun Joong is a sophisticated man who excels in the arts including martial arts, gambling, singing, and dancing. He is also a romantic who puts everything in the line for the woman he loves. With a way with words and a brilliant mind for politics, he’ll create a miracle, making Yi Ha Eung the most powerful man in Joseon, Yi Ha Eung’s son Lee Jae Hwang into a King, and Min Ja Young, a girl from the streets, into Joseon’s empress.

Adapted from the novel "Baramgwa Gooreumgwa Bi" by Lee Byung Joo (published from 1977 to 1987 in newspapers The Chosun Ilbo). Story features a mixture of fictional characters and real historical characters.

Yang Hee tries her best to be the model daughter-in-law and mother, but her family members seem resolved to make this as difficult as possible. Her daughter Joo Ri is the only comfort and breadwinner of the family, but Yang Hee is worried that she'll never get married because of it. Her husband Wang Bok has no interest in work and retired to spend more time at home on the Internet, her son Tae Pyung is similarly unemployed and plays the guitar all day, and her father-in-law has Alzheimer's, making him impossible to live with. Renters that she found for the second-floor of their house is repeatedly driven away because of his habits, and Yang Hee becomes frustrated and increasingly suspicious of the reason why the rest of her family seem to be so opposed to the second-floor being rented. What are they hiding?