COLLECTION · Series · 2005

Golden Apple

황금사과

In 1960s rural Korea, widowed farmer Kim Kyung Sook marries Keum Shil's mother, but their union is troubled. Keum Shil's mother secretly loves Park Byung Sam, a wealthy landlord and political hopeful. After Byung Sam wins a parliamentary seat, Keum Shil's mother is found dead in a river. Kyung Sook's father is falsely accused, tortured into confessing, and dies in custody. Byung Sam, revealed to be Keum Shil's biological father, arranges for his brother-in-law to adopt her and gives him a job in Seoul's Intelligence Office. Kyung Sook moves to Seoul, raises her brothers, and vows to clear her father's name. Despite loving Byung Sam's son, Jong Kyu, she suspects his father of the murder. But who truly killed Keum Shil's mother, and why?