According to Yangcheng Evening News citing Korean media reports on January 30, 53-year-old Korean actor Lee Young-ae will return to the screen to star in the new drama "Doctor Girl Dae Jang Geum". The drama is expected to start production in October 2024 and is expected to be broadcast in 2025. The series will continue the storyline of the 2003 TV series "Dae Jang Geum" and tell the story of Jang Geum who became a medical woman.
Stills from the TV series "Dae Jang Geum" (Photo source: Global People Network)
According to reports, the TV series "Dae Jang Geum" is a Korean drama produced by Korea Culture Broadcasting Company in 2003, starring Lee Young-ae, Ji Jin-hee, Lim Hu, Hong Lina, Yang Mi-kyung, etc. Starring. The play mainly tells the story of how Seo Jang Geum (played by Lee Young Ae), a strange woman of a generation, became the first female imperial doctor in the history of the Joseon Dynasty through her own efforts and was awarded the title of "Dae Jang Geum" by King Zhongzong.
The drama was first broadcast in South Korea in September 2003; it was introduced to mainland China in September 2005 and was broadcast at the Golden Eagle Private Theater of Hunan Satellite TV.
The TV series "Dae Jang Geum" once set off a ratings boom across Asia and is still a classic Korean drama in the hearts of many people. Lee Young-ae, who is well-known to the audience for her drama, once quit the entertainment industry at the peak of her career and returned to her family. In recent years, as the twins, a boy and a girl, have grown up, Lee Young-ae has reappeared in public.
In 2017, after 12 years away from the film and television industry, Lee Young-ae returned with the TV series "Saimdang, Kwang's Diary". The character that moved Lee Young-ae was the Korean female legend Saimdang printed on South Korea's 50,000-yuan banknote.
As soon as the drama landed on the screen, it firmly ranked first among TV dramas (note: one of the types of Korean TV dramas, broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday). The ratings of the first and second episodes in South Korea reached 15.6% and 16.3%.
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