Episodes: 160 Broadcast Date: September 10th, 1979 to March 29th, 1980 Broadcast Time: Monday to Saturday at 8:30 PM
Cast:
Kim Young Ran as Lady Hyegyeong of the Hong Clan
Kang Su Yeon as Lady Hyegyeong (child)
Yu In Chon as Crown Prince Sado
Kim Hye Ja as Lee Young Bin
Choi Bul Am as King Youngjo
Oh Ji Myeong as Hong Bong Han
Byeon Hee Bong as the Shaman
Lee Bo Hee as Queen Jeongsun
Eom Yu Shin as Mun Suk Ui
Na Mun Hee as Queen Inwon
Lee Hye Suk as Queen Hyoui
Im Yejin as Princess Hwawan
In the words of MBC: βCrying and sighing while awake, throughout the dark, long night,
the resentment of the Lee Dynastyβs women silently endures through difficult timesβ¦ The most shocking, tragic story of the Joseon Dynastyβs secret history!β
Yes, the Lady from Angukdong is Lady Hyegyeong, she lived in Angukdong before entering the Palace.
Shin Bong Seung's first rendition of the Hanjungrok. He'd later on write Memoirs Written in Silence, Season 9 of the 500 Years of Joseon series. The show is believed to be mostly intact, but it's definitely not in MBC's online archives. The following footage is from MBC's 30th Anniversary Special in 1991.
Theme song: The Lady from Angukdong by Jo Mimi
Lyrics: The flower, wilted by last nightβs rain -
What shall she do about tonightβs cold frost?
Her love has gone to the boundless heavens -
Every clouded corner of her heart, numbed by sorrowful times,
Ah...
The hem of her petticoat, wet with tears.
Clouded in a fifty-year resentment,
Her white hair lingers, her eyes failing.
She is a cloud, at the edge of the great Palace eaves.
Every clouded corner of her heart, numbed by sorrowful times,