Jang Ok Jung Live In Love

Jang Ok Jung Live In Love

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The popular story of a Joseon King's mistress, Jang Hee Bin, gets a reboot when she becomes a famed fashion designer instead.
Genres Historical , Romance , International , Drama Subtitles None available
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Jang Ok Jung, a naturally gifted dressmaker, has her garment showcase sabotaged when it is discovered that she is the daughter of a lowly slave.
As adolescents, Jang Ok Jung and Lee Soon become involved in a first love romance during a pivotal time for both their destinies.
The preliminary round to select the Crowned Princess has begun and Jang Ok Jung finds herself involved in a most unexpected way.
Jang Ok Jung joins Lee Soon and his soldiers where she observes their training to create new and improved armor.
A plot to kill the King unfolds, and The Queen Dowager conducts a search for a court maid to mold a great destiny for.
Ok Jang begins life as a court maid, and the King attends the Prime Minister's birthday party.
Ok Jung discovers Lee Soon's true identity, and the Queen falls gravely ill.
With Queen Inkyung's passing, the Queen Mother puts a plan in motion to ensure Inhyeon becomes the next Queen.
The Dowager Queen and Queen Mother clash over the selection of the next queen, and Lee Soon's uncontrollable displays of affection toward Ok Jung causes a bad situation to get much worse.
Ok Jung finds short-lived protection with Prince Dongpyung, and Lee Soon and Inhyeon strike a deal.
Ok Jung finds her way back to Lee Soon and the Palace, but her presence continues to cause trouble with the Queen Mother.
Ok Jung finds a way to utilize her powerful secrets.
Ok Jung executes a dangerous plan, and a newcomer comes to town.
After the Queen Mother acts upon one of her devious plots, Ok Jung and Lee Soon make a pact that only strengthens their bond.
Ok Jung must find a way to counteract a deal she was forced to make.
The investigation into who poisoned the King's food comes to an end with a surprising confession.
Ok Jung and the Queen's relationship becomes even more contentious as Ok Jung prepares to give birth. The King receives news that shakes up the government.
With the King unconscious, the Western Party plots how to gain complete control and throw Ok Jung out of the Palace.
The King continues to push for Queen Inhyeon to be dethroned and for Ok Jung to take the throne.
Ok Jung's new title as Queen proves to be difficult for her to manage as she tries to forget the dethroned Queen's ominous warning.
Ok Jung must deal with the many schemes to remove her from the throne, while at the same time mending her rocky relationship with the King.
An attempted murder through poisoning is used as leverage to dethrone Ok Jung and restore In Hyeon as Queen.
A series of misfortunes falls upon the palace as both newly restored Queen Inhyeon and Crowned Prince Yoon become critically ill.
Jang Ok Jung is wrongly framed for committing crimes punishable by death, forcing the King to order her execution. But because of his love for her, he is deteremined to find a way to save her.
Directors Bu Sung Chul , Dong-hoon Lee Producers Sun-hae Bae , Jin-geun Kim , Dae-hwa Koh , Hyun Jik Lee , Sung Hoon Lee , more… Gwang-Hyun Park , Hee-Seol Park Season year 2013 Purchase rights Stream instantly Details Format Prime Video (streaming online video) Devices Available to watch on supported devices
Anna Martinez Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016
Not being familiar with the story, I was holding my breath on the verge of tears by Episode 24. As usual, with K-drama, the production values are terrific, the incidental music brilliant, and the actors...I love the way the relationships resolve. There are villains about, and way-past-bitchy back stabbing women. The heroine is a woman of courage and frankness, she's fearless. The king is brilliantly conflicted. This series was extremely satisfying in a strange way. I felt emotionally beat-up by it, and had to retreat from binge-watching this series. Being all-American, white and possibly brainwashed into a weird and guilty racism, I had my impatient moment of "OMG! They're gonna kiss!" and a true dislike for the retainer characters. I was put off by the scenes of torture. However, I did like that the era was established brilliantly and subtly by the quick shots of guns and glasses. Some of the sub-titles were awkward, and I will probablly be going around for the next 24 hours calling the guys in this building "Chona!" Oh, and by the way, I wish the credits and the cast names were also subtitled.
Liz Ermey Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016
I loved watching this show but I wouldn't watch it again. It made me sooo sad all week. I normally don't watch true stories because there almost always have such a sad ending and this show reminded me again to stair away from such movie. They fought so hard to be together and love each other but in the end.... oh I need to watch something happy now to salvage my day (the reason why I watch k-drama to get away from the sad reality of this life).
Patricia Damas Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS MOVIE, WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE LIKE THE KING! I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE ENDING, MADE THE KING LOOK TOO WEAK IN MAKING HIS DECISION ON KILLING THE ONE HE LOVED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THEY BOTH LEFT THE PALACE AND LIVED ON THEIR OWN TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. I CRIED FOR DAYS FOR THE PRINCE'S UNCLE, HE SHOULD HAVE STEPPED IN TOO.
Charity Johnson Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017
Well, this did not end in the way I desired it too but it was overall great. I was not aware this was based off of true events.
Amazon Customer Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017
They made clothing more beautiful....
ed field Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
Rachael Jean Hayes Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2021
I loved this drama. Please tell me when it will be available again!!

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It’s hard to believe that Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love has ended. To be honest, I was contemplating on whether to continue the journey with the conflicts that started to rear their ugly heads when Ok-jung decided to pursue her love, but I hesitated. I loved the first 9 episodes too much to let it go just like that and I decided to follow the drama as an outsider. I read the recaps and the forums, witnessing how people were reacting to the episodes with each week passed by in the blink of an eye and getting the gist of the story from my friend, who is also a loyal fan of the drama. I thought I would be able to bid goodbye to the drama coolly, but I found myself sobbing like a baby after I finished watching the last episode live. I think Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love is like an unrequited first love to me: you thought you can forget it, but there’s a part of you that will be attached to it.
Jang Ok Jung started off with a promising plot, attempting to reinterpret the life of the Joseon’s femme fatale Jang Heebin, or her real name Jang Ok-jung. I was okay with the idea, not foreseeing that it would be a bumpy ride with so many things happened in between the sweet beginning and the sorrowful ending. Since it’s based on the real life figures, the drama faced many obstacles in the form of comments and the most visible one, the ratings. Again, I was okay with the ratings even with the dismal numbers, but I guess the broadcasting station was not that thrilled with the outcome. Hence, the drama faced its first change in the plot, that was the appearance of the characters.
The spotlight of the drama was planned from the initial to be the love story of Lee Soon (later Sukjong) and Ok-jung (later Jang Heebin), but the team probably didn’t expect that the OTP (one true pairing) would be stealing the hearts of the viewers and the drama decided to focus on the romance. I love Yoo Ah-in and Kim Tae-hee and I won’t mind to see more of them on my screen, but the production team felt it was better to keep focusing on the two love birds and the second lead that was the cutie pie Prince Dongpyung (Lee Sang-yeob), instead of bringing the original second lead, Hyun Chi-soo (Jae Hee). In the childhood part, there was a hint of Chi-soo carrying the torch for Ok-jung since they were little and the original description of this character included the strong objection that he had against Lee Soon and Ok-jung’s relationship. However, with the love story taking the lead in capturing the viewers’ attention, Chi-soo was not really necessary to add more conflict and problem to the story and he’s pushed backward to only appear when the conflict was at its peak.
The main target for the production team was to see the rise in ratings but they still failed to do so, even with the romance being the main focus in the first eight episodes. Then, they slowly changed the kind Ok-jung, the designer, into a cold and determined Jang Heebin, the king’s royal concubine. And looking through the changes, I realized something.
Ok-jung is like the writer of this drama, who is still green in the world drama production. Ok-jung’s situation is not that different since she’s the newest girl in the palace, trying to be a loving companion to Lee Soon. However, both of them are constantly being reminded by the people around them about the consequences of their action. The writer is probably being urged to change the script, different from what she intended to show the viewers, simply because the team wants to see the drama to soar in the ratings. Ok-jung is the same: people around her keep reminding her about her low status and the need to secure and fight for her position. Being constantly intimidated by those people, both of them start to change: the writer changing the plot here and there to satisfy the team, and Ok-jung changing her personality because of her insecurities.
Because of that, I don’t really blame the writer for changing the plot here and there; in fact, the way the industry works according to the ratings is disappointing. I know, it’s because of the revenue and many other things that contribute to the success of the drama, but the ratings are somehow limiting the creativity of the writers. They aren’t able to express themselves freely because of the public sentiments and in the end, they have to follow suit, changing their ideas accordingly in order to fit into the society. Ah, so sad. As for the (supposed) bad girls, Queen Inhyun (Hong Soo-hyun) didn’t change much throughout the drama, sticking to her passive nature but at times could be threatening and Choi Sukwon (Han Seung-yeon), on the other hand, was too one-dimensional.
The drama changed its direction several times during the run and although the history wrote that Jang Heebin would die, Lee Soon’s constant affection towards her left people wondering if there would be any plotting in the background to save her life. There was, but in the end, the writer decided to went down the same path as in the the original novel where the drama is adapted from. At least we knew that Lee Soon’s love never changed and Jang Heebin was just trying to protect him from backslash from the ministers and also protecting their love.
Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love has ended but to me, it left some unforgettable things that I’ll keep to myself probably in years to come. The cast did a good job, although being bombarded by critics left and right. There are some things that can be improved but all I can say is I’m content with the ending, though it could’ve been better. Maybe everyone was tired of this drama/ratings game and wanted to get out of the misery. I can’t blame them.
To make up for the lousy post above (because I’m still trying to collect my thoughts properly…), here’s some additional information about the real history, a continuation from the post I made before. Enjoy.
Another reason for putting this post up is just because of the pretty pretty pictures, credit to Jang Ok Jung’s official blog.
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Thanks for the piece about joseon history. I’m surprised to read that king sukjong married in his 9 years old. Wow! At such young age. Actually I don’t watch the drama, just read the recaps and regularly visiting soompi thread. Maybe I am the only one who don’t really like this drama, it’s just like another love square in any drama, only it sets in joseon dynasty. Pretty faces, pretty hanboks, good songs, but same old plot. Kinda wasting talented casts. Poor YAI and Jaehee.
They normally married early back then and the groom could be younger than the bride! Well…I also followed some dramas through recaps and not watching it, but somehow we kinda know what’s happening in the dramas, right? Hoping that the cast will get better luck next time and i believe Jang Ok Jung isn’t entirely a failure as they get to learn something from the drama
Thank you for this post. I needed something to quietly put an end to what ever emotional attachment was left in me regarding Jang Ok Jung. It’s a shame that such a promising drama completely crumbled after episode 9, which is exactly where I threw in my towel. Really love your juxtaposition between the writer and Jang Ok Jung, because they are ultimately in the same position. It’s inevitable that this team was out for good ratings, but in reality, what broadcasting company isn’t? After all, it’s all a money making industry.
What I did get out of watching this even in my short run, is a crush on Yoo Ah In (haha) and I was able to see more of Kim Tae Hee’s acting. She received a lot of backlash during this drama, and I really couldn’t stand it. She tried, and I think she did break out of that “pretty actress shell” a little bit. One of my guilty pleasures was the drama My Princess, and to see her acting the complete opposite of cute and giddy really increased my respect for her.
I honestly don’t think i’ll ever finish Jang Ok Jung: Living in Love, but I will definitely remember the strives these actors and actresses took to make what ever was left of this drama. Also, I learned a little about Korean history which is always welcomed…but keeping track of all the names is a difficult task xD
You’re welcome Since the miracle of ratings that happened to choose MoonSun as the lucky drama, the sageuk makers are aiming to be just like that…but in reality, it needs both luck and good timing. I guess Jang Ok Jung wasn’t lucky and the timing was bad, with so many sageuk airing at the same time. The ratings are divided even if they’re not on the same timeslot.
Honestly, i am trying to move on by writing this post, sort of bidding goodbye to it, but the sweetness that was the first 9 episodes won’t be forgotten so easy, afterall.
Same with you, I am glad I checked out the drama because I completely fall for Yoo Ah-in here. Hehehe. I watched several of his dramas but I think I was just fated to appreciate him more through this drama. As for Kim Tae-hee, she’s one hardworking woman and it won’t be easy to forget her lovely portrayal of Ok-jung.
Names, dates, and history = three things that will always be together. Heee
A sad fate indeed for a drama with great potential. May everyone involved in this fictional world rest in peace (minus Minister Min and Queen Dowager Kim).
At least we got to witness the revelation of Kim Tae-hee. Too bad too few were there to witness it.
It kind of breaks my heart that Prince Dong Pyung died one year after Ok-jung… I feel like poor Lee Soon was truly abandoned. (Yes, I’m tying the drama and history together in a way they aren’t meant to be — I’m still in mourning.)
I like your analogy of the writer to Ok-jung — over all I was pleased with the drama. It was flawed, yes — but the core love story was really beautifully told. But yeah, I can see how hard it must have been for a new writer in the shark-invested waters of the k-drama industry.
I was thinking about the same thing too… Our poor prince might have been so sad with Ok-jung’s death for him to die a year after. Ah, Lee Soon…I picture him going to Chwi Seon Dang each time he misses her and remembers all their sweet memories…
I hope the writer won’t get traumatized from this experience. The story is beautiful and the only thing is the reception and the pressure of grtting high ratings. I hope to see her next work in a more friendly environment that is the cable. Yeah, I love cable channels nowadays!
That was really an interesting movie at the beginning and I kinda lo
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