Tree with Deep Roots (2011)

Drama 70m

73^%

User
Score

8.1/10

Overview

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.

Kim Young-hyun

Creator

Sang-yeon Park

Creator

Jang Tae-yoo

Creator

Top Billed Cast

Han Suk-kyu

King Se-jong

Jang Hyuk

Kang Chae-yoon / Ddol-bok

Shin Se-kyung

So-yi / Dam

Cho Jin-woong

Moo-hyul

Yoon Je-moon

Jeong Gi-joon

Baek Yoon-sik

Yi Bang-won

Park Hyuk-kwon

Jung In-ji

Kim Ki-bum

Pak Paengnyeon

Shin So-yul

Mok-ya

Choi Il-hwa

Kim Jongseo

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Reviews

A review by ParkMin

Written on 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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