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First Aired: January 6th, 2010

Status: Ended

Network: KBS2

Summary: The Slave Hunters is a 2010 South Korean action historical drama set in the Joseon Dynasty about a slave hunter who is tracking down a general-turned-runaway slave as well as searching for the woman he loves. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to March 25, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. An adequate display of muscular brawn, intricate yet gritty fight scenes, bawdy humor and eloquent moments of pathos and humanity made the series both visually and intellectually appealing to audiences. Critics gave special mention to director Kwak Jung-hwan's lush cinematography, the use of a Red One camera giving each shot its theater-worthy luster. The hit series topped the ratings chart for 7 consecutive weeks, averaging 31.7% and reaching a peak of 35.9%. The series was honored at the Seoul International Drama Awards, and the KBS Drama Awards. Jang also received a best actor nomination from the 2011 International Emmy Awards for his performance.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Episode 1

Air Date: January 6th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 2: Episode 2

Air Date: January 7th, 2010

Summary: In the Manchu war, amidst the chaos and fighting, invaders had raided homes and dragged off their inhabitants.

Episode 3: Episode 3

Air Date: January 13rd, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 4: Episode 4

Air Date: January 14th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: Episode 5

Air Date: January 20th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 6: Episode 6

Air Date: January 21st, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: Episode 7

Air Date: January 27th, 2010

Summary: 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!

Episode 8: Episode 8

Air Date: January 28th, 2010

Summary: 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 9: Episode 9

Air Date: February 3rd, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 10: Episode 10

Air Date: February 4th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: Episode 11

Air Date: February 10th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 12: Episode 12

Air Date: February 11st, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 13: Episode 13

Air Date: February 17th, 2010

Summary: Dae-Gil has found his beloved, but she has apparently forgotten about him.

Episode 14: Episode 14

Air Date: February 18th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 15: Episode 15

Air Date: February 24th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 16: Episode 16

Air Date: February 25th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 17: Episode 17

Air Date: March 3rd, 2010

Summary: Both Tae-ha and Dae-gil get captured by Officer Hwang and get tortured until they disclose the whereabouts of the Crown Prince.

Episode 18: Episode 18

Air Date: March 4th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 19: Episode 19

Air Date: March 10th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 20: Episode 20

Air Date: March 11st, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 21: Episode 21

Air Date: March 17th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 22: Episode 22

Air Date: March 18th, 2010

Summary: 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.

Episode 23: Episode 23

Air Date: March 24th, 2010

Episode 24: Episode 24

Air Date: March 25th, 2010

Summary: 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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