The Last Empress
Created by Park Young-soo, Kim Soon-ok
On SBS
A palace intrigue melodrama built on romantic entanglement and murder mystery, where an outsider protagonist navigates power, deception, and competing loyalties in an alternate-reality monarchy.
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.
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Like The Last Empress
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Like The Last Empress, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
