Deep Rooted Tree is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same title by Lee Jeong-myeong, it aired on SBS from October 5 to December 22, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Taking its name from the poem Yongbieocheonga that says that trees with deep roots do not sway, the series tells the story of a royal guard investigating a case involving the serial murders of Jiphyeonjeon scholars in Gyeongbok Palace while King Sejong comes to create the Korean written language.
Han Suk-kyu
King Se-jong
Jang Hyuk
Kang Chae-yoon / Ddol-bok
Shin Sae-kyeong
So-yi / Dam
Lee Soo-hyuk
Yoon Pyeong
Cho Jin-woong
Moo-hyul
Seo Jun-young
Grand Prince Gwangpyeong
Yoon Je-moon
Jeong Gi-joon
Baek Yoon-sik
Yi Bang-won
Park Hyuk-kwon
Jung In-ji
Kim Ki-bum
Pak Paengnyeon
24 eps
Season 1
2011
Status
Ended
Original Language
KO
Network
SBS
Created By
Kim Young-hyun, Jang Tae-yoo, Sang-yeon Park
ParkMin
December 9, 2023
Unfortunately, Jang Hyuk playing the same character he played in The Slave Hunters (2010) and that alone was problematic in that one. Unlike The Slave Hunters (2010), this one had a lot of interesting ideas and plot threads but they never reached their full potentials because it came at the cost of shoving flashy fantasy elements instead of keeping it grounded to reality, a case in point super-swo...
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