Tree With Deep Roots

Drama · 2011 · 1 hr 11 min Hulu
Available on WATCHA, Hulu, U-NEXT, Prime Video, ABEMA, FOD

Lee Do is the third son of King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty. He becomes Sejong the Great, a well-known king with brilliance, but he is deeply traumatized as he has seen massacres committed by his father since he was young. Being a workaholic and an insomniac, he strives day and night to understand ordinary people and become a righteous king. Chae Yoon comes from a family of slaves, but he has become an officer working in the Royal Guards. He thinks his father died because of Lee Do and plans to take revenge on him. So Yi is the court maid that Lee Do's son loves. Although aphasic, she is smart, insightful, and passionate about creating the Korean alphabet. Ki Joon earns Lee Do's trust and gets involved in his project to create the Korean alphabet, but he secretly plans to stab Lee Do in the back. With all these people entangled with each other, serial murders happen at the palace, and the project to create the Korean alphabet doesn't go smoothly.

Drama · 2011 · 1 hr 11 min
Starring Han Seok-gyu , Jang Hyuk , Shin Se-kyung
Director Jang Tae-yoo , Shin Kyung-su

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1

    Episode 1

    Royal guards go to Lord Shim On's house by royal command and capture all who worked for Lord On; Ttol Bok's father, Suk Sam, get's beaten up by royal guards.

    1 hr 9 min · Jan 31, 2020
  • EPISODE 2

    Episode 2

    Lee Do and Moo Hyool witness the uprising and see soldiers chasing Ttol Bok; Lee Do commands Moo Hyool to save Ttol Bok and they hide him in a shed; King Taejong appears before Lee Do and Moo Hyool.

    1 hr 5 min · Jan 31, 2020
  • EPISODE 3

    Episode 3

    Lee Do walks in front of arrows shot by his father's men; he manages to avoid being hit but suddenly drops to his knees in front of his father and he begs for his life.

    1 hr 4 min · Jan 31, 2020
  • EPISODE 4

    Episode 4

    Moo Hyool is seen running through the forest; he hears something and draws his sword to find Ttol Bok; Moo Hyool cuts him in the arm.

    1 hr 6 min · Jan 31, 2020
  • EPISODE 5

    Episode 5

    Moo Hyool is unhappy that Lee Do appointed Chae Yoon to be in charge of the scholar Huh Dam's murder case; Moo Hyool also saw the scar on Chae Yoon's arm and is startled to see that it is his signature mark.

    1 hr 4 min · Jan 31, 2020
  • EPISODE 6

    Episode 6

    Chae Yoon grabs So Yi by the neck in a rage; his fellow royal guards come to stop him; the other court ladies come to help So Yi while Moo Hyool watches from a distance.

    1 hr 1 min · Jan 31, 2020

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Cast & Crew

  • Han Seok-gyu

    King Sejong
  • Jang Hyuk

    Kang Chae-yoon/Ddol-bok
  • Shin Se-kyung

    So-yi/Dam
  • Yoon Je-moon

    Jeong Gi-joon/Ga Ri-on
  • A‌S

    Ahn Seok-hwan

    Lee Shin Juk
  • Cho Jin-woong

    Moo Hyool
  • J‌H

    Jo Hee-bong

    Han Ga Nom
  • K‌K

    Kim Ki-bang

    Cho Tak
  • K‌B

    Ki Bum Kim

    Park Paeng Nyeon
  • L‌J

    Lee Jae-yong

    Jo Mal Saeng
  • Jang Tae-yoo

    Director

About

Tree With Deep Roots

Drama

Lee Do is the third son of King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty. He becomes Sejong the Great, a well-known king with brilliance, but he is deeply traumatized as he has seen massacres committed by his father since he was young. Being a workaholic and an insomniac, he strives day and night to understand ordinary people and become a righteous king. Chae Yoon comes from a family of slaves, but he has become an officer working in the Royal Guards. He thinks his father died because of Lee Do and plans to take revenge on him. So Yi is the court maid that Lee Do's son loves. Although aphasic, she is smart, insightful, and passionate about creating the Korean alphabet. Ki Joon earns Lee Do's trust and gets involved in his project to create the Korean alphabet, but he secretly plans to stab Lee Do in the back. With all these people entangled with each other, serial murders happen at the palace, and the project to create the Korean alphabet doesn't go smoothly.

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Studio
SBS
Released
2011
Rated
0+
Region of Origin
South Korea

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Korean
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