Tree with Deep Roots

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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.

Park Sang-yeon

Creator
Kim Young-hyun

Creator
Jang Tae-yoo

Creator

Series Cast

Han Suk-kyu

King Se-jong

24 Episodes
Jang Hyuk

Kang Chae-yoon / Ddol-bok

24 Episodes
Shin Se-kyung

So-yi / Dam

24 Episodes
Cho Jin-woong

Moo-hyul

24 Episodes
Yoon Je-moon

Jeong Gi-joon

24 Episodes
Baek Yoon-sik

Yi Bang-won

24 Episodes
Park Hyeok-kwon

Jung In-ji

24 Episodes
Kim Ki-bum

Pak Paengnyeon

24 Episodes
Shin So-yul

Mok-ya

24 Episodes
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Last Season

Season 1

2011 • 24 Episodes

Season 1 of Tree with Deep Roots premiered on October 5, 2011.

Episode 24

(1x24, December 22, 2011) Season Finale

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A review by ParkMin

30%

Written by ParkMin 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-swordsmen flying and dashing. On the other hand, the "deep roots" plot was a massive clusterfuck of bullshit and was its weakest part. Not only that, the final battle/fight that we were anticipating for s... read the rest.

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