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Korean Television Drama – Slave Hunters - Historical, Dramatic and Full of Action

The Slave Hunters” (“Chuno”) has been described as a Korean fusion television drama.

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 First of all, it's a historical drama set during the Joseon Dynasty and revolving around the world of slave hunters (known as “Chuno Ggun”) and slaves (known as “Nobi”). The slaves were sometimes born into the system of servitude and other times became slaves as punishment for crimes.

Secondly, it's a sad love story. The “Chuno” Dae-gil (played by Jang Hyuk), loves his slave Hae-won (played by Lee Da-hae).

However, Hae-won runs away from Dae-gil with her brother, and ends up getting married to another runaway slave Song Tae-Ha (played by Oh Ji-ho). Meanwhile, Dae-gil is loved by another woman, Sul-Hwa, but he never loves her back. In this Korean television drama, Dae-gil attempts to track down Song Tae-ha, who became a Nobi after being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. While the slave hunter tracks down the runaway slave, he also seeks out the woman he loves, Hae-won. Because of Hae-won, Dae-gil can't easily take Tae-ha back to prison.

This Korean television drama also has elements of comedy. Although the story itself is heavy, many supporting performers lighten the drama with their exaggerated actions and humorous dialogue for comic relief. Therefore, this Korean television drama doesn't get too serious or too sad.

And finally, the Korean television drama can also be described as an action drama. Some viewers have been reminded of Chinese action films. The actors have commented that the director actually made them work out every day right before they went before the cameras.

This award-winning series, which consists of 24 episodes, attracted audience ratings of 35.9%.

All pictures are from KBS official homepage.

Also, be sure to check out this video clip, courtesy of our friends at DRAMATOMY.COM.

As a final note we would like to reference Starnews for some of this post's content.

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