Jewel in the Palace / Dae Jang Geum (Complete Series, All Zone, Good English Sub, Korean Drama)

this is a brilliant series about a young girl who enters the palace as a kitchen maid and ends up something else entirely.when i received this boxset i quailed at the sight of 14 dvds,but as i started to watch it, i was immediately hooked.the first episode looks a bit ropey and it's a little slow but it picks up as soon as jang geum get into the palace.the politics and backstabbing,as the cui family try to keep their monopoly of trade to the palace and the way jang defeats them by sticking to her principles no matter what happens to her makes this show addictive viewing.even my 10 yr old nephew liked it! the one fault i have is the bad subtitles.mostly they were ok,but every now and then they turned into gibberish or the wrong words were used.mind you they were quite funny.all in all, a good watch!

Makes mt wife very happy and entertained.

About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Set in this period, "Jewel in the Palace" is based on a true story about a legendary girl named Jang-Geum who became the first woman to be the supreme royal physician of her times. Despite her poor condition as a low class girl in the male dominated society, Jang-Geum overcame a series of social discrimination and landed herself as a royal cook, later becoming the royal physician, then ultimately the physician in charge of the king. She was even given by the king the title "The Great Jang-Geum". A great mini-series, English sub-titles, Korean language.

I've been buying books and products from Amazon for over 15 years, and have been a Prime member since that program started. In all those years, I've never bought a worse product. If I could give it negative 5 stars I would. Don't get me wrong. This series is the most enjoyable, well done drama I've ever watched. Food, Asian medicine, history, beautiful scenery and costumes, great plot. Fantastic. This product however is horrible. It looks like a 4th generation knock off, blurry, pixelated, and menus that do not work reliably. If you watch this series online, you'll see what it should look like. And the English subtitles in this product are just dreadful. You need to translate the subtitles into English. They are beyond bad. I find it hard to believe that the producers of this excellent series, with such attention to detail, would allow such a shoddy product to be sold. I am frankly suspicious of its authenticity and legality. Do not purchase this product, you will be sorely disappointed.

Great DVD. Okay the subtitles are not the greatest in the latter half of the drama however, it's easy to figure out what is going on. Dramas are repetitive creatures. And also it'll explain later on what is going on. The quality of the discs are okay. There are around two boxes each having around 8 discs. Each disc has five episodes which is around four hours.