Modern Portrayal
Jo Gwang-jo was the protagonist of 1996 KBS TV series Jo Gwang-jo and was a prominent character in 2001 SBS TV series Ladies of the Palace. In MBC TV series Dae Jang Geum (2003-4), he does not appear as a character, but his name is mentioned frequently as the political foe of fictitious villain Right Minister Oh. Main protagonist Jang Geum and Lady Han are falsely accused of being in conspiracy with Jo Gwang-jo while male protagonist Min Jung-ho is portrayed as his supporter (Min Jung-ho found a doctor for him and is shown recruiting his followers to return to politics). In the musical version of Dae Jang Geum, Jo Gwang-jo is a prominent character as a friend of Min Jung-ho. In KBS TV series Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004-5), Yi Sun-shin's grandfather is described to have been executed for supporting Jo Gwang-jo and Yi's father is arrested while holding a memorial rite at Jo's abandoned house. In 2006 KBS series Hwang Jini, the male protagonist Kim Jeong-han is portrayed as Jo Gwang-jo's disciple while another character Lee Saeng become Hwang Jini's bodyguard after he leaves his father's home in disgust because his father is Jo Gwango-jo's friend but betrays him to become prime minister. In these dramas (Dae Jang Geum, Yi Sun-shin, and Hwang Jini), Jo Gwang-jo does not appear as a character but serves as a plot device to set the main characters as righteous people by association.
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