Plot
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.
Cast
as King Se-jong
as Kang Chae-yoon / Ddol-bok
as So-yi / Dam
as Yoon Pyeong
as Moo-hyul
as Grand Prince Gwangpyeong
as Jeong Gi-joon
as Yi Bang-won
as Jung In-ji
as Pak Paengnyeon
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
October 5, 2011
Last Aired Date
December 22, 2011
Production Companies
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
24
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Reviews
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-sw…