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This great historical drama is about the stormy life of Hur Jun, a legendary doctor of the Joseon Dynasty. Hur Jun was the illegitimate child of the governor of Pyongyang (a region in Northern Korea) and spent his days acting as the leader of a smuggling ring. When caught, his father arranged for Hur Jun and his mother to leave for Gyeongsang (a region in Southern Korea). This is where he met the reputable Dr. Yoo, who discovered his talent and interest in medicine and healing people. Soon his life started to make a complete turn from his sordid past, and he went on to become the Emperor's physician. Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 64
  • Aired: Nov 22, 1999 - Jun 27, 2000
  • Aired On: Monday, Tuesday
  • Original Network: MBC
  • Duration: 60 min.
  • Score: 7.9 (scored by 159 users)
  • Ranked: #16290
  • Popularity: #11773
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Completed
Park Min
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 19, 2023
64 of 64 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 1.5

Decent enough

The drama had a weak and uninteresting start but it managed to pick itself back up after some time. Some patients' stories didn't blend well with what was going on and it passed off as an interruption. It shares a lot of similarities with Jewel in the Palace (2003) but with a less attractive cast. Not only that but it also shares the same problems Jewel in the Palace (2003) had had. You may refer to my comment there. In comparison, I would nudge this one slightly higher since it had a more raw feeling to it. The drama also had a modern remake back in 2013. There was no specific fundamental issues with the base story to prompt a remake. There were too many identical copy-pasted scenes and jokes, they don't take any creative freedom with the core story/scenes to make the remake worthwhile. Although the remake is longer but this came at the expense of its pace since the extended content was poorly utilized and made it a worse experience overall. A lot of over exaggeration/dramatization and a lot less human. I hoped the remake would have a better written ending but no, it was identical frame by frame to the original. I prefer this version over the remake for its roughness, rawness and concise cut, it makes for a better watch.

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iambulletproof
2 people found this review helpful
Apr 5, 2016
64 of 64 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
i had high expectaion from this drama since it was made by the same team who made jewel in the palace. i was dissapointed big time. some episodes are so dragging to watch, worthy of fast forwarding. i skipped a lot of scenes, some sub plots didnt even help at all.

acting wise, all actors did great. the love story between the two main leads were not fully developed, its acceptables since its not a love story but more on the struggle of hur jun becoming a doctor.

compare to jewel in the palace (which i rewatched 3times), i dont see myself rewatching this ever.

im planning to see the 2013 version as soon as i find a link for it.

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Details

  • Drama: Hur Jun
  • Country: South Korea
  • Episodes: 64
  • Aired: Nov 22, 1999 - Jun 27, 2000
  • Aired On: Monday, Tuesday
  • Original Network: MBC
  • Duration: 60 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.9 (scored by 159 users)
  • Ranked: #16290
  • Popularity: #11773
  • Watchers: 495

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