Jewel in the Palace–Shining Through
Based on a true story about the first woman physician in Korea, Jewel in the Palace (2003) takes the viewer on a 54-episode journey. Part melodrama, part court-intrigue, part-Shakespearean. An orphaned little girl, Jang Geum, born of aristocratic parents who were betrayed at eighteenth century court, finds herself homeless and desperate. After becoming literate as well as accomplished watching her mother cook, she soon excels in both scholarly classics and the fine art of cooking. Though only ten years old, Jang Geum wishes to avenge her parents’ wrongful deaths as well as...
