Deep Rooted Tree
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Promotional poster for Deep Rooted Tree
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| Also known as | Tree with Deep Roots |
| Genre |
Historical Mystery Romance |
| Based on |
Deep Rooted Tree by Lee Jung-myung |
| Written by | Kim Young-hyun Park Sang-yeon |
| Directed by | Jang Tae-yoo |
| Starring |
Jang Hyuk Han Suk-kyu Shin Se-kyung |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | iHQ |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 5 October – 22 December 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Protect the Boss |
| Followed by | Take Care of Us, Captain |
| Related shows | Six Flying Dragons |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Deep Rooted Tree | |
| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | Ppuri gipeun namu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ppuri kip'ŭn namu |
Deep Rooted Tree (Hangul: 뿌리 깊은 나무; RR: Ppuri Gipeun Namu) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same name by Lee Jung-myung, 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 (played by Jang Hyuk) investigating a case involving the serial murders of Jiphyeonjeon scholars in Gyeongbok Palace while King Sejong (played by Han Suk-kyu, in his TV comeback after 16 years of solely film work) comes to create the Korean written language.
Early in his reign, King Sejong accidentally causes the death of his in-laws and their slaves in an attempt to save them from his brutal father, King Taejong. Two young slaves, Ddol-bok and his friend Dam, survive but neither knows the other has. Ddol-bok blames the king and vows to kill him to avenge the deaths of everyone he loved. He spends several years becoming a great warrior. Dam, who has a photographic memory, becomes a court lady called So-yi (Shin Se-kyung), but she feels so guilty about her role in the other slaves' deaths that she is mute.
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