Underplayed Gems

Hur Jun, The Original Story (2013)

Hur Jun, The Original Story poster
Original title
구암 허준
Cast
Kim Joo Hyuk, Heo Joon, Kang Han Byul, Park Jin Hee, Park Eun Bin, Nam Goong Min, Baek Yoon Shik, Go Doo Shim
Genre
drama television program, historical film
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 135 episodes
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This series follows the life of Heo Jun, a commoner who becomes a royal doctor in historical Korea. It shows his journey to write a major text on traditional medicine.

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What happens

Hur Jun, The Original Story (Korean: 구암 허준) is a 2013 South Korean television series about the life of Heo Jun, a commoner who rose up the ranks to become a royal physician in Joseon (he used the art name "Guam"). It aired on MBC from March 18 to September 23, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:50 for 135 episodes. Heo Jun was the author of the famed oriental medicine textbook Dongui Bogam (lit. "Mirror of Eastern Medicine"), considered the defining text of traditional Korean medicine. This was the fifth dramatization of his life. Lead actor Kim Joo-hyuk is the son of Kim Mu-saeng, who also played the same character in the 1975 series Tenacity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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