Im Kwon-taekCast
Kang Soo-youn Gu-sun Lee Yang-ha Yun Eun-jin Han Hie Bang
Credits
Written by: Kil-han Song
Cinematography: Jung-mo Ku
Music: Pyong-ha Shin
Editing: Sun-duk Park
Produced by: Do-hwan Jeong
Plot
In Joseon-era Korea, a poor young woman is hired to bear a son for a noble family that has no male heir, and is tragically cast aside, in a drama about women's lot.
Sinekatalog’s take
A painful, powerful period drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (409 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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