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The Last Empress (2018)

First aired November 21, 201835m/ep1 season · 52 epsEnded
6.0

25 votes

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.

Where to Watch

Streaming availability for India

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Netflix
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Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Korean

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

February 21, 2019

Networks

SBS

Production

SM Life Design Group

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ParkMin

ParkMin

4.0

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'…

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