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Dae Jang Geum (Jewel in the Palace)
Variant Title:	The Great Jang-Geum; Tae Changgum
Content:	Feature Film
Available From:	YesAsia.com
Media Type:	DVD
Release Date:	2005
Audience:	Higher Education High School
Running Time:	1080 min.
Physical Description:	18 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	Korean with English subtitles
Author:	Based on the book, Uinyo Tae Chang-gum by Kim Sang-hon Created by Yeong-hyeon Kim Executive Producer Byoung-hoon Lee
Resource Library Number:	EAKDVD 22.1-7
Subject:	Anthropology and Sociology History Science, Technology, & the Environment Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:	Alternative Medicine Food History, Early (Before 17th Century) Women
Region:	East Asia
Country:	South Korea

Korean TV series that aired on MBC from 2003-2004, and enjoyed massive success across Asia, as part of the "Korean Wave." A historical drama based on a figure depicted in the Annals of the Chosun Dynasty. Dae Jang Geum tells the tale of the first woman to become the King's personal physician in the 16th century of Korea. Jang Geum strives to learn the secrets of Korean cooking and medicine in order to cure the king's various ailments. With Lee Young-ae, Ji Jin-hee, Park Eun-hye.

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