Hur Jun, The Original Story Explained
Hur Jun, The Original Story 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 pen name "Guam").[1] [2] It aired on MBC from March 18 to September 23, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:50 for 135 episodes.[3]
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.[4] This was the fifth dramatization of his life.[5] Lead actor Kim Joo-hyuk is the son of Kim Mu-saeng, who also played the same character in the 1975 series Tenacity.[6] [7]
Plot
Heo Jun is the son of a concubine and the governor of Yeongcheon. When he witnesses brilliant doctor Yoo Ui-tae save a dying person, he decides to become a doctor. First he works as a medicinal herb gatherer, then with the help of Ye-jin at Yoo Ui-tae's clinic, he studies rare medical texts imported from the Ming dynasty. With his expanded medical knowledge, Heo Jun begins to treat patients under Yoo Ui-tae's tutelage. But he later despairs of his inability to cure his mentor's stomach cancer. Despite the era's oppressive caste system and his commoner background, Heo Jun rises to the top of his field and becomes King Seonjo's royal physician.
Cast
Main cast
Supporting cast
Heo family
- Go Doo-shim as Madam Son
- Lee Jae-yong as Kim Min-se
- Jung Ho-bin as Ahn Kwang-ik
- Yeo Ho-min as Yang-tae
- Jang Jae-won as young Yang-tae
- Choi Sang-hoon as Heo Ryun
- Kim Hye-jung as Lady Jang Jung-shil
- Won Ki-joon as Heo Seok
- Kim So-yeon as Im Mi-hyun
- Lee Hae-woo as Heo Gyeom
Gu family
Yoo family
- Kim Mi-sook as Lady Oh
- Kim Hyo-yeon as Kwon Sook-jung
- Shin Kwi-shik as Kwon Hyuk-soo
Pharmacy
- Jung Eun-pyo as Im Oh-geun
- Kim So-yi as Ha Dong-daek
- Lee Da-yeon as Yoo Wol-yi
- Jung Ji-ah as Cho-rye
- Yoon Seul as Mi-geum
- Kim Joong-ki as Busanpo
- Oh Dae-hwan as Jang-swe
- Go Young-min as Young-dal
- Oh Yong as Gguk-swe
Royal Court
Royal Hospital
- Choi Jong-hwan as Yang Ye-soo
- Lee Han-wi as Kim Man-kyung
- Kim Hyuk as Kim Hong-ki
- Kim Jung-hwan Lee Myung-hwan
- Go Yoon-hoo as Jung Tae-eun
- Yoo Seung-bong as Jung Jak
- Kim Jin-ho as Kim Eung-taek
- Hwang Bum-shik as Song Hak-gyu
- Son Yeo-eun as So-hyun
- Han Bo-bae as Chae-sun
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Hong Choon-yi
- Choi Ye-jin as Deok-geum
- Ga Deuk-hee as Se-hee
- Shin Bok-sook as Female palace physician
- Lee Seung-ah as Gae-geum
- Kang Cho-hee as Ohn-ji
- Lee Soo-in as Ok-jung
- Park Kyung-hwan as Doyak Saryeong
Extended cast
- Ji Sang-hyuk as Sang-hwa
- Jo Soo-jung as Soo-yeon
- Jo Woo-jin as Woo Gong-bo
- Lee Kye-in as Dol-swe
- Hyun Chul-ho as Public officer Kim
- Kim Byung-ki as Sung In-chul
- Na Sung-kyun as Jung Sung-pil
- Song Jae-hee as Lee Jung-myung
- Kim Cheol-ki as Bae Chun-soo
- Yoo Tae-woong as Kim Gong-ryang
- Lee Chan as Kim Byung-jo
- Shin Gook as Prime minister
- Im Seung-dae as Eunuch
- Joo Ah-sung as Gu Tae-hoon
- Hwang Bo-mi as Lady Jang
- Choi Hyun-seo as Eun-ok
- Ryu Sung-hoon as Jang Jung
- Hyun Chul-ho as Mr. Kim
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2013 | | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | | |
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | | |
Golden Acting Award, Actor | | |
Best New Actress | | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Hur Jun, the Original Story script reading of MBC's new drama series. MBC Global Media. February 10, 2015. March 7, 2013.
- Web site: Hur Jun, the Original Story Casts Interview. MBC Global Media. February 10, 2015. April 9, 2013.
- Web site: Kang. Jung-yeon. Heo Jun, production report conference. BNTNews. February 10, 2015. March 14, 2013. February 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210094206/http://bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=2205. dead.
- Web site: Chung . Suzy . Heo Jun, the Legendary Doctor of Joseon . The Korea Blog . February 10, 2015 . March 27, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210095757/http://blog.korea.net/?p=15237 . February 10, 2015 . mdy-all .
- Web site: Oh. Jean. Period piece overload? Spring drama lineup goes heavy on historical settings. The Korea Herald. February 10, 2015. March 13, 2013.
- Web site: Kang. Hyo-jin. Kim Joo Hyuk seeks to bring his new interpretation of Heo Jun in Gu Am Heo Jun. https://web.archive.org/web/20130801074712/http://omg.yahoo.com/news/kim-joo-hyuk-seeks-to-bring-his-new-015900188.html. Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. August 1, 2013. March 6, 2013.
- Web site: Kim. Yeon-ji. Hur Jun role was actor's "destiny". Korea JoongAng Daily. February 10, 2015. October 22, 2013.