Awesome drama! The historic dramas are getting better and better. I know nothing of Korea history and the more I watch, I want to learn about the history.
I started watching this online, but stopped because my preference has always been quality. So I waited until the DVD was released. The price is a bit high (like all drama box – Korean version), but I think it’s worth it. Since this is a long drama, MBC is releasing in three volume set. Volume 2 is being released on December 8th, 2009. I can’t wait for the release.
I was glued to the TV and was tempted to go online and watch the rest. BUT the MBC release DVD is great. The English subtitles is excellent and picture quality is like real life soap.
I highly recommend this drama to everyone. Even if you don’t like historic drama, you probably will after watching Queen Seondeok!
Synopsis:
The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people. With historical battle scenes and a star-studded cast, Queen Seondeok of Silla is the follow-up historical drama to MBC’s “Lee San: Wind of the Palace” and “Prince of Legend” for 2009!
Writer Kim Young-hyun of the famous “Jewel in the Palace” will be the main writer of this new TV mini-series.
A biopic of Queen Seondeok, who was born a princess and later became the ruler of Silla, leaving behind many brilliant achievements.
During the Three Kingdoms period of Korea…
Deokman (Queen Seondeok’s childhood name) was born a twin but was abandoned as a baby. She was later brought back to the Silla palace, where she joined forces with her twin sister Princess Chonmyong to oppose Mi-shil, who wanted to seize power. Mi-shil devised sinister plans to have the two Silla princesses exiled from the kingdom, and in a secretive battle, Princess Chonmyong was assassinated by Mi-shil. But Princess Deokman shrewdly enlisted the help of General Kim Yusin and eliminated her archenemy Mi-shil. She became the first female ruler of the Silla kingdom.
