Asian Drama

The most fragrant of all perfumes in the world is said to be made from roses that grow in a deep, treacherous mountain in the Balkans and plucked during the coldest nights. Beautiful pearls are painfully taken from clams by cracking them open. Han Seung Ri finds her life spiraling out of control after her dad's death that ruins the family finances. The man she loved betrays her and she has a miscarriage not too long afterward. After hitting rock bottom, she climbs out of her misery to take over the family business that her dad ran and marches forward to reach her dreams. Hopeful that tomorrow will be better than yesterday, she endures the pain and anguish to reach an outcome that is sweeter due to the ordeal she had to overcome to attain it.

Four girls become roommates at a boarding school after failing their college entrance exams. The girls are to spend a year at the school, studying under grueling conditions to pass their exam next year. The girls find the harsh conditions at the school suffocating and attempt to adapt in different ways. Meanwhile, the girls begin to have visions of a past incident that occurred at the school. Fear soon engulfs the girls.

This drama is about entangled lives of four women, a stepmother, and daughter of a small diner and another stepmother and daughter of a nation-wide food service company, CE Group. These four women’s lives start to be entangled with a suspicious hit-and-run of a man who then is blamed for embezzlement enrages of CE Group while he in a coma from the accident. Without any money or connections, the man’s widow goes on a crusade to prove her husband’s innocence and many obstacles and hardships are encountered along her arduous journey. A suspenseful plot and a story about stepmothers and daughters bring up the rear to present a heartwarming drama to viewers.

A story about Oh Ja Ryong, a gregarious and good-natured fellow who stands up to his conniving brother-in-law, Yong Seok, who plots to steal the estate of his wife’s family. By juxtaposing Oh Ja Ryong’s pure heart and devotion to his wife with Yong Seok’s greed and superficial love towards his wife.

Queen Insu (1437~1504) was the wife of king Deok Jong and a daughter of Hanh Wak, the second state councilor. Since the 2nd year of Sung Jong's reign, she was called Queen Insu. she was evaluated as the best states-woman in Choseon. This drama series depicts the ill-fated relationships of three women and their destinies. During the era of king Dan Jong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, Prince Soo Yang’s son, Do Won, was married to Han Jung. Unlike other women, Han Jung did not try to hide her ambition for political power. She eventually stood against Queen Jung Hee, her mother-in-law, and set her son on the throne to assume power. But when Deposed Queen Lady Yun appeared, the conflict among the three women reached its climax.