‘Saimdang’: The Beginning of Lee Young Ae’s Difficult Life, Debts + Teaching License Revoked
In the first episode of SBS ‘Saimdang, Light’s Diary (26/1), Seo Ji Yoon (Lee Young Ae) found Shin Saimdang’s diary after she got into a downfall due to the revocation of her teaching license and family debts.
The first scene shows Lee Gyeom (Song Seung Hoon) painting Shin Saimdang. After that, the scene was replaced with Saimdang’s old memory when she was painting in the past.
The next scene jumped back into the present days. The real story started. In today’s era, Shin Saimdang is a Korean history art teacher named Seo Ji Yoon (Lee Young Ae), a nice wife and mother.
Ji Yoon fought hard to be a permanent lecturer, but the situation made it impossible. Other than that, Ji Yoon also suffered a lot of difficulties because of her husband’s debts.
When she was in that difficult situation, Ji Yoon met a man in Italia and received an information regarding Geumgangsando. In Lee Gyeom’s house, Ji Yoon found Saimdang’s painting and diary. Saimdang’s face actually looked like hers.
‘Saimdang’ is a historical drama revolves around Seo Ji Yoon’s life as a Korean art history teacher, who incidentally finds the diary of Shin Saimdang in Italia. After Ji Yoon reads Saimdang’s secret, Ji Yoon could time-travel between the past and the future.
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