Season 1 • Episode 40
LatestDuring the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a Korean surgeon who was raised by a Japanese family becomes a spy for the Korean government.
Costume
1930s Seoul fashion as political camouflage — immaculate.
Acting
Lee Yo-won switching languages mid-sentence, mid-lie.
Production
Rebuilt colonial Gyeongseong with uncomfortable authenticity.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kim Won-bong was a real revolutionary — the show fictionalizes his network while keeping his actual ideology.
The surgeon protagonist reflects actual Korean women in medicine who used hospital access for resistance — the show's most historically grounded element.
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