Capital Scandal


Capital Scandal 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 "Keijō". 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.

Synopsis

Sunwoo Wan 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, whose nickname is "Jomaja". 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 she 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."

Cast

Main characters

  1. Gyeongseong Scandal - Eru
  2. Because of you - Jeon So-young
  3. Elegy
  4. Dance with me
  5. You who believe this is the end - Jay
  6. No Life Without You
  7. Winds of Gyeongseong
  8. Gyeongseong Scandal
  9. Sweet Song - Noh Jin-young
  10. Gyeongseong BLUES
  11. Mong
  12. Waltz of Destiny
  13. Elegy Tango
  14. You who believe this is the end
  15. One Summer
  16. Because of you
  17. In a Mood

    Awards and nominations