Introduction:
Back in the feudal Chosun Dynasty of ancient Korean was a
profession for women known as Damo. The Damo were treated no
better than humble slaves in the society because of their low
social status but in their capacity as policewomen, were privileged
to enter the ladies private chambers and question high society
ladies, whom men were not not permitted to approach.
This drama centres around the life of Damo, Chae-ok. Of noble
birth, Chae-ok is made a slave at seven because her father was
accused of treason. In an attempt to escape, she was separated from
her brother and mother, captured and sent to the Hwangbo residence
to serve as a lowly servant. There, she is assigned to serve the
young master, Hwangbo Yoon.
Hwangbo Yoon, born out of the concubine of an honourable man, is
caught between the social classes and looked down upon by others of
his fathers standing. When Yoon is sent to seclusion to train with
a highly skilled master, Chae-ok goes along and learns from him.
Hwangbo Yoon yearns to achieve more than what society permits him
to. He is in love with Chae-ok but they are from two different
classes. Yoons father, on his deathbed, orders Yoon never to
choose Chae-ok as his partner because she is the daughter of a
disgraced family.
Highly skilled with the sword, prejudiced by society,
unconventional in her methology, Chae-ok finds life unbearable.
After being separated from her brother and mother, Yoon is her
closest kin. They share a complex relationship and Yoon is also the
commander of the police unit she works under. She makes it her sole
motivation in life to help Yoon achieve his ambitions, even at the
expense of her life. While she loves him as well, she knows nothing
good can ever come out of it.
A case of money counterfeiting by a gang of bandits turns out to be
something more serious and Chae-ok is sent to infiltrate the gang.
She eventually meets and finds herself drawn to Jang Sung-baek,
their charismatic leader. Jang Sung-baek himself is unable to
understand the attraction he feels for her and tries to convince
her to join them. Chae-ok finds herself torn she cannot betray
her loyalty to Yoon and turn against the law for Sung-baek, yet she
is unable to hand him over to the authorities. Chae-ok and Yoon
soon come to realise that Sung-baek is not a common bandit but the
leader of a rebel army training to overthrow the Emperor to bring
down the caste system and to create a new world for the
people.
Sung-baek knows he has to forget Chae-ok or ruin his dream of
freeing the people from a corrupted world; Chae-ok resolves to
arrest Sung-baek to redeem herself for betraying Yoon. Yoon,
however, sees Chae-ok slipping away from him and unleashes his
feelings for her with heart-breaking consequences. As the men
confront their destinies, more turmoil arises, much larger than
either could have imagined. Caught in the middle, Chae-ok must
fulfil her own destiny and become the legendary lady detective
Damo!
Cast:
Jang Chae-ok
Ha
Ji-won
Commander Hwangbo Yoon
Lee Suh-jin
Jang Sung-baek
Kim
Min-joon
Ma Chook-ji
Lee
Moon-sik
Lee Won-hae
Kwon
Oh-joong
Baek Jo-wan
Lee
Han-wee
