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,…
Action & Adventure, Drama • Series • 2010 • 1 season
Starring: Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae, Oh Ji-ho
Created by: Kwak Jung-hwan
S1 E1 - Episode 1
Slaves 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.
Jan 6, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E2 - Episode 2
In the Manchu war, amidst the chaos and fighting, invaders had raided homes and dragged off their inhabitants.
Jan 7, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E3 - Episode 3
Chun 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.
Jan 13, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E4 - Episode 4
Seol-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.
Jan 14, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E5 - Episode 5
There 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.
Jan 20, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E6 - Episode 6
Aware 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.
Jan 21, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E7 - Episode 7
Choi 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!
Jan 27, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E8 - Episode 8
Seol-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.
Jan 28, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E9 - Episode 9
Tae-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.
Feb 3, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E10 - Episode 10
Dae-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.
Feb 4, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E11 - Episode 11
According to Dae-gil, in this world of slavery co-existing with Neo-Confucian ideals of virtue, Good and Evil don’t really have meaning.
Feb 10, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E12 - Episode 12
King 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.
Feb 11, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E13 - Episode 13
Dae-Gil has found his beloved, but she has apparently forgotten about him.
Feb 17, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E14 - Episode 14
Just 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.
Feb 18, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E15 - Episode 15
Scholar 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.
Feb 24, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E16 - Episode 16
There 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.
Feb 25, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E17 - Episode 17
Both Tae-ha and Dae-gil get captured by Officer Hwang and get tortured until they disclose the whereabouts of the Crown Prince.
Mar 3, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E18 - Episode 18
Execution 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.
Mar 4, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E19 - Episode 19
While 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.
Mar 10, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E20 - Episode 20
In 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.
Mar 11, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E21 - Episode 21
Dae-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.
Mar 17, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E22 - Episode 22
The 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.
Mar 18, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E23 - Episode 23
Mar 24, 2010 • 1h 10m
S1 E24 - Episode 24
Eop-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.
Mar 25, 2010 • 1h 10m
About This Show
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.
Action & Adventure, Drama • TV Series • 2010
