Stars:
Ha Ji-Won,
Lee Seo-jin
Summary: Set in 17th-century Korea, DAMO centres on heroine Chae-ohk, a lower-class servant girl who works for the local police department and helps her commanding officer, Hwang-bo, solve some of his more difficult cases. Assigned to a routine counterfeiting case that leads her to a rebel group bent on overthrowing the government, Chae-ohk finds herself drawn to the class-struggle ideology of their charismatic leader, Sung-baek, setting the stage for a swordplay-fuelled showdown between her sense of duty and her longing for freedom.
One of South Korea's most popular television mini-series, DAMO - THE UNDERCOVER LADY DETECTIVE is at once detective story, historical drama, soap opera, and martial arts epic. Set in 17th-century Korea, the series centres on heroine Chae-ohk (Ji-won Ha), a lower-class servant girl who works for the local police department and helps her commanding officer, Hwang-bo (Seo-jin Lee), solve some of his more difficult cases. Assigned to a routine counterfeiting case that leads her to a rebel group bent on overthrowing the government, Chae-ohk finds herself drawn to the class-struggle ideology of their charismatic leader, Sung-baek, setting the stage for a swordplay-fuelled showdown between her sense of duty and her longing for freedom. Though the plot may seem farfetched to Western viewers, the servant-girl-moonlights-as-undercover-cop storyline is rooted in actual Korean history for a unique but authentic spin on the detective genre.