The Last Empress

Overview:

In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny, a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is what it seems, and Oh Sunny is ready to fight until the end to uncover a mysterious homicide within the royal palace, fighting to protect those she loves the most and obtain happiness.

Created by:

Park Young-soo & Kim Soon-ok

Status:

Ended

Language:

Korean

First air date:

11/21/2018

Last air date:

2/21/2019

Key words:

love triangle
queen
monarchy
revenge
murder
romance
unrequited love
empress
alternative reality
double identity
alternate universe
suspense

Seasons

Season 1

52 Episodes

Cast

Jang Na-ra

~ as ~

Oh Ssu-Ni

Choi Jin-hyuk

~ as ~

Na Wang-shik

Shin Sung-rok

~ as ~

Lee Hyuk

Lee Elijah

~ as ~

Min Yoo-ra

Shin Eun-kyung

~ as ~

Empress Dowager Kang

Oh Seung-yun

~ as ~

Yi-Yoon

Oh Ah-Rin

~ as ~

A-Ri

Park Won-sook

~ as ~

Grand Empress Dowager Jo

Lee Hee-jin

~ as ~

Princess Soo-jin

Shin Go-eun

~ as ~

Queen So-Heon

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Reviews (1)

ParkMin
Written 1 year(s) ago
4
At first glance, the cast was stacked but that alone wasn't enough. The drama was obviously some kind of a parody on the genre but it didn't embrace its nature. It made me realized the complete lack of parodies in Kdrama in general which is really unfortunate. Hyper intense, extreme overreactions, deranged morals, illogical by design, fueled by insanity, and unhinged characters. However, for this formula to work, the drama needed one of two things, either add more self-awareness, commit to the theme and double down or create a structure amidst this entire madness. Both of which the drama didn't do. Which left us with a half-arsed attempt to what could have been a unique experience. It would have benefited greatly if it had been cut down to 12 episodes. Will remember it for the potentials it might have had.