Title: 뿌리깊은 나무 / Deep Rooted Tree

Chinese Title: 树大根深

Also Known as: Tree With Deep Roots

Genre: Period

Episodes: 24

Broadcast netwrok: SBS

Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-05 to 2011-Dec-22

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Related Series: Six Flying Dragons (SBS, 2015), Queen Seon Duk (MBC, 2009)

Synopsis

Based on Lee Jeong-myeong’s novel “Deep-rooted Tree”. Work that highlights the serial killings during the 7 days before the announcement of the Korean script.

A series of murder occurred during the reign of King Sejong. As Kang Chae Yoon who is investigating these cases gets closer to the root of the truth, he finds himself embroiled in a massive conspiracy behind the serial killings which involves a group of genius who are willing to risked their lives towards their cause/goals and secret powers who will interfere with the course of his investigations.

Cast

Jang Hyuk as Kang Chae Yoon

– Yeo Jin Goo as Chae Yoon (teen)

– Chae Sang Woo as Chae Yoon (child)

Han Suk Kyu as King Sejong

– Song Joong Ki as teen Lee Do (later King Sejong)

– Kang San as child Lee Do

Shin Se Kyung as So Yi

– Kim Hyun Soo as So Yi (young)

Ahn Suk Hwan as Lee Shin Juk

Lee Jae Yong as Jo Mal Saeng

Jo Jin Woong as Moo Hyool

Park Hyuk Kwon as Jung In Ji

Yoon Je Moon as Ga Ri On

Kim Ki Bang as Cho Tak

Shin Seung Hwan as Park Po

Jung Da Bin as Yeon Doo

Song Ok Sook

Suh Joon Young as Prince Gwangpyeong

Lee Soo Hyuk as Yoon Pyeong

– Baek Seung Hwan as Yoon Pyung (young)

Kim Ki Bum as Park Paeng Nyeon

Jo Hee Bong as Han Ga Nom

Jun Young Bin as Mak Soo

Yoo Hyun Soo as Lee Soon Ji

Shin So Yool as Mok Yi

Shim So Hun (심소헌) as Duk Geum

Hyun Woo as Sung Sam Moon

Baek Yoon Shik as Taejong (cameo)

Choi Il Hwa as General Kim Jong Suh

Jang Ji Eun

Jang Kyung Ah as woman loved by Lee Bang Ji

Woo Hyun as Lee Bang Ji

Jung Yoo Chan as Heo Dam

Jung Joon Won as bone cancer kid

Kwon Sung Duk as Mr. Hye kang

Baek Seo Bin as Jang Eun Sung

Lee Se Na as Geun Ji

Production Credits

Producer: Sidus HQ Productions

Director: Jang Tae Yoo, Shin Kyung Soo

Screenwriter: Kim Young Hyun, Park Sang Yun

Note

The final episode (Episode 24) will extend by 20 minutes, for a total running time of 90 minutes.

Awards

2012 48th Baeksang Arts Awards: Scriptwriting: Kim Young Hyun, Park Sang Yun (Tree With Deep Roots)

2012 48th Baeksang Arts Awards: Daesang (Tree With Deep Roots)

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Daesang, Han Suk Kyu

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Awards, Best Drama

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Awards, Best Actor (Special Planning Drama): Jang Hyuk

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Awards, Actress (Drama Special): Shin Se Kyung

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Awards, Actress (Drama Special): Song Ok Sook

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Producers’ Awards, Song Joong Ki

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars, Han Suk Kyu

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars, Jang Hyuk

Episode Ratings

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul 2011-10-05 1 9.2 (17th) 11.0 (10th) 2011-10-06 2 8.2 (18th) 9.8 (13th) 2011-10-12 3 16.4 (3rd) 18.7 (3rd) 2011-10-13 4 18.8 (2nd) 22.6 (1st) 2011-10-19 5 17.7 (3rd) 20.6 (1st) 2011-10-20 6 18.3 (3rd) 20.8 (2nd) 2011-10-26 7 17.9 (3rd) 21.0 (2nd) 2011-10-27 8 18.3 (3rd) 20.5 (2nd) 2011-11-02 9 17.3 (3rd) 19.2 (2nd) 2011-11-03 10 18.5 (3rd) 20.7 (2nd) 2011-11-09 11 17.9 (3rd) 20.3 (2nd) 2011-11-10 12 18.9 (1st) 20.9 (1st) 2011-11-16 13 18.7 (2nd) 21.4 (2nd) 2011-11-17 14 19.0 (3rd) 21.6 (2nd) 2011-11-23 15 17.8 (3rd) 20.6 (1st) 2011-11-24 16 19.9 (2nd) 21.9 (1st) 2011-11-30 17 18.8 (3rd) 20.7 (1st) 2011-12-01 18 18.6 (3rd) 21.4 (1st) 2011-12-07 19 20.1 (2nd) 23.1 (1st) 2011-12-08 20 20.2 (2nd) 23.5 (1st) 2011-12-14 21 19.7 (2nd) 22.3 (1st) 2011-12-15 22 19.3 (3rd) 22.1 (2nd) 2011-12-21 23 19.7 (3rd) 22.5 (1st) 2011-12-22 24 23.6 (1st) 27.5 (1st)

Source: TNmS Media Korea

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