The Tale of Nokdu

October 2, 2019

Jeon Nok-du (Jang Dong-yoon), a skilled young man in Joseon, disguises himself as a woman to infiltrate a village of widows after an attempt on his life. He meets Dong Dong-joo (Kim So-hyun), a dancer who immediately suspects he is a man. KBS Drama Set Yongin establishes the period world.

October 2, 2019

The widow village's community — its rules, its residents, its surprising warmth — is established.

October 9, 2019

Dong-joo's growing certainty that Nok-du is a man, and her reasons for not exposing him yet.

October 9, 2019

The people who tried to kill Nok-du and their connection to the widow village.

October 16, 2019

The specific physical and social demands of maintaining a female identity in Joseon.

October 16, 2019

A sequence at the Namsangol Hanok Village exterior — the most authentic period location in the drama.

October 23, 2019

Dong-joo's history and why she ended up in the widow village despite being unmarried.

October 23, 2019

Nok-du and Dong-joo's relationship — built on mutual deception — at its most genuinely warm.

October 30, 2019

The full political conspiracy that placed assassins on Nok-du's trail.

October 30, 2019

Dong-joo's full awareness of Nok-du's identity — and her decision about what to do with it.

November 6, 2019

The widow village's own secret — why it exists and what it is actually for.

November 6, 2019

Nok-du's birth identity and its connection to the conspiracy targeting him.

November 13, 2019

Nok-du and Dong-joo's relationship after the full truth.

November 13, 2019

The full scope of the political war Nok-du has become the centre of.

November 20, 2019

What happens to the widow village and its community.

November 20, 2019

The finale. Jang Dong-yoon and Kim So-hyun's easy chemistry and the drama's warm period world made it one of KBS2's most charming 2019 offerings.