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The Slave Hunters
It follows the story of Lee Dae Gil, a man of high birth, whose family was ruined when Won Gi Yun, a slave, burnt down his house and escaped with his sister, Un Nyeon, who was in love with Dae Gil. Driven by his desire for revenge, he survived his harsh years on the street and made his name as a slave hunter, dedicated to his pursuit to find Un Nyun, his first and only love. Song Tae Ha is a General of the Army who became a slave after being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit and finds himself on the run from Dae Gil's relentless pursuit. Both men become entangled in a love triangle with Un Nyepn, who is no longer a runaway slave, but Kim Hye Won, a nobleman's daughter.
- Created by:
- Kwak Jung-hwan
- Cast:
- Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae, Oh Ji-ho, Lee Jong-hyuk
- Language:
- Korean
- Country:
- South Korea
- Network:
- KBS2
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 9.0Episode 1
2010-01-06 · 70mSlaves who ran away were rounded up by bounty hunters called chuno-kkun. “Chuno” itself is a portmanteau word combining “chase” with “slave”; hence, slave hunter.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 10.0Episode 2
2010-01-07 · 70mIn the Manchu war, amidst the chaos and fighting, invaders had raided homes and dragged off their inhabitants.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 10.0Episode 3
2010-01-13 · 70mChun Ji-Ho is nothing if not an opportunist. He tells his men to fire away. If he manages to kill Dae-Gil and the runaway slave, that's like killing two birds with a few dozen arrows.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 10.0Episode 4
2010-01-14 · 70mSeol-hwa blocks Dae-gil’s path and refuses to budge until he agrees to bring her along on their mission to catch Tae-ha. Dae-gil is just about to turn his horse the other way, when Eop-bok fires his musket.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 10.0Episode 5
2010-01-20 · 70mThere is only one son of the Crown Prince left alive, and Tae-Ha must save him. Tae-Ha, with his secret message from the Crown Prince himself, must get to and save the last son of the Crown Prince and avenge his master’s murder.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 10.0Episode 6
2010-01-21 · 70mAware that they’d be overtaken easily if they tried to escape on horseback, Tae-ha sends a riderless horse galloping away to misdirect the slave hunters once again.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 9.0Episode 7
2010-01-27 · 70mChoi and Wang-son cannot believe it; they’ve seen it before more than a few times. But Dae-Gil is adamant – Un-Nyun is alive!
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E08
Episode 8
★ 10.0Episode 8
2010-01-28 · 70mSeol-hwa is jolted awake by the slave hunters demanding to know what she did with their horses and money. Seol-hwa says she sold the horses and spent all of the money on food and drink.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 9.0Episode 9
2010-02-03 · 70mTae-Ha was not born a slave. Rather, he chose to swear an oath to defend the Crown Prince, thus he endured the loss of his command, the torture, the permanent branding of slave symbol on his forehead, because he had a greater purpose.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 9.0Episode 10
2010-02-04 · 70mDae-gil had begged his father to allow him to marry Un-nyun, saying that he couldn't live without her. Furious, his father had ordered that Un-nyun be locked up in the storage room, where she would be left to die from dehydration.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 10.0Episode 11
2010-02-10 · 70mAccording to Dae-gil, in this world of slavery co-existing with Neo-Confucian ideals of virtue, Good and Evil don’t really have meaning.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 10.0Episode 12
2010-02-11 · 70mKing Injo asks his number two man, the Left State Minister Lee Gyeong Shik, about the happenings in Jeju Island, where the last surviving son of the murdered Crown Prince So-Hyeon was supposed to be killed.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 10.0Episode 13
2010-02-17 · 70mDae-Gil has found his beloved, but she has apparently forgotten about him.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 10.0Episode 14
2010-02-18 · 70mJust as it seems they might have to settle in for a long and cold wait, one of the slaves spies the yangban approaching in the distance. The slaves immediately scramble to their positions.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 10.0Episode 15
2010-02-24 · 70mScholar Jo and his cohorts grow anxious as it seems that General Song Tae-Ha may not merely follow orders and do as he is told.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 10.0Episode 16
2010-02-25 · 70mThere are certain fates that are just not meant to be. After Dae-gil's relentless chase to find Tae-ha and Un-nyun, he hits a dead-end where he has to face reality and accept that Un-nyun has moved on and has found happiness.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 10.0Episode 17
2010-03-03 · 70mBoth Tae-ha and Dae-gil get captured by Officer Hwang and get tortured until they disclose the whereabouts of the Crown Prince.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 10.0Episode 18
2010-03-04 · 70mExecution day. Both Tae-ha and Dae-gil are sentenced to die since they failed to reveal the whereabouts of the Crown Prince and follow orders.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 10.0Episode 19
2010-03-10 · 70mWhile trying to escape to keep the Crown Prince safe, Hye-won gets caught by officers because they are suspicious that she is carrying the Crown Prince.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 10.0Episode 20
2010-03-11 · 70mIn order to keep the Crown Prince safe, Dae-gil guides them into the deep mountains, where his slave hunting comrade lives in a village surrounded by other slave hunters.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 10.0Episode 21
2010-03-17 · 70mDae-gil is now reunited again with his chuno brothers, General Choi and Wang-son. A welcoming festivity is prepared for Dae-gil and the rest of his crew.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 9.0Episode 22
2010-03-18 · 70mThe Qing Emperor sends his soldiers to the small village to get the Crown Prince so that they can take him back to Qing for his safety.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 10.0Episode 23
2010-03-24 · 70mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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E24
Episode 24
★ 10.0Episode 24
2010-03-25 · 70mEop-bok discovers that the leader of their revolution regime used them as part of their scheme to get rid of certain people that the Left Prime Minister did not want around.
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Jang Hyuk
Lee Dae-gil
Lee Da-hae
Un-nyun / Kim Hye-won
Oh Ji-ho
Song Tae-ha
Lee Jong-hyuk
Hwang Chul-woong
Gong Hyung-jin
Eop-bok
Kim Ji-seok
Wang Son-i
Kim Eung-soo
Lee Gyeong-sik
Choi Deok-moon
Jo Sun Bi
Kim Ha-eun
Seol-hwa
Han Jung-soo
General Choi