KPOP STAR GOSSIP: New Drama from Lee Jun Ki (Arang ang The Magistrate)

Jul 25, 2012

New Drama from Lee Jun Ki (Arang ang The Magistrate)

Arang and the Magistrate
Also known as	아랑사또전
Genre	Fantasy Melodrama Period
Written by	Jung Yoon-jung
Directed by	Kim Sang-ho
Starring	Lee Jun-ki Shin Min-ah
Country of origin	South Korea
Broadcast
Original channel	MBC
Original airing	August 15, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	I Do, I Do

Arang and the Magistrate (아랑사또전; Arangsatojeon) is a 2012 South Korean television series about a mischievous young ghost named Arang who wants to reveal the curious circumstances surrounding her death, and a district magistrate who is searching for his missing mother and has the unique gift of seeing dead people.

PLOT
The drama is based on famous folklore, as most ghost stories are: During the Joseon era in the city of Miryang, Arang was the pure, beautiful, goodhearted daughter of a magistrate. She grew up without a mother and was raised by a wicked caretaker who conspired to have her raped and ruined by a servant. He attacked and she resisted, so he stabbed and killed her, and left her body to rot in the woods.
Her father, the magistrate, just believed that she dishonorably eloped with a man and so resigned his position swathed in shame. According to legend, every time a new magistrate comes to Miryang to fill the position, Arang’s vengeful ghost shows up to tell him her story and he flees in terror.
But one day a new magistrate comes to town — a young man by the name of Lee Eun-oh. Arang appears before him like every other magistrate, but this man doesn’t flee, and instead sympathizes with Arang, and promises to find her killer and avenge her death.