Episode 1
Episode 1
1h 10m9.0 / 10
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.
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The Slave Hunters
20101 season8.1 / 10
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.
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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.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
1h 10m10.0 / 10
In the Manchu war, amidst the chaos and fighting, invaders had raided homes and dragged off their inhabitants.
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Episode 3
Episode 3
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 4
Episode 4
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 5
Episode 5
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 6
Episode 6
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 7
Episode 7
1h 10m9.0 / 10
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!
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Episode 8
Episode 8
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jung Ho-bin
Episode 9
Episode 9
1h 10m9.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 10
Episode 10
1h 10m9.0 / 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.
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Episode 11
Episode 11
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 12
Episode 12
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 13
Episode 13
1h 10m10.0 / 10
Dae-Gil has found his beloved, but she has apparently forgotten about him.
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Episode 14
Episode 14
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 15
Episode 15
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 16
Episode 16
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 17
Episode 17
1h 10m10.0 / 10
Both 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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Episode 18
Episode 18
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 19
Episode 19
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 20
Episode 20
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 21
Episode 21
1h 10m10.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 22
Episode 22
1h 10m9.0 / 10
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.
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Episode 24
Episode 24
1h 10m10.0 / 10finale
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.
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More about The Slave Hunters
Cast
Jang HyukLee Dae-gil
Lee Da-haeUn-nyun / Kim Hye-won
Oh Ji-hoSong Tae-ha
Lee Jong-hyukHwang Chul-woong
Gong Hyung-jinEop-bok
Kim Ji-seokWang Son-i
Kim Eung-sooLee Gyeong-sik
Choi Deok-moonJo Sun BiCredits
- Created by
- Kwak Jung-hwan
- Written by
- Chun Sung-il
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 24
- Original language
- Korean
- Original title
- 추노
Networks & production
KBS2South Korea
Chorokbaem MediaSouth Korea
Themes
17th centurybounty hunterhistorical fictionjoseon dynasty (1392–1910)slave
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