Hur Jun, The Original Story

Hur Jun, The Original Story
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Also known as	Guam Heo Jun Gu-am Heo Joon
Genre	Historical period drama Medical drama Romance
Written by	Choi Wan-kyu
Directed by	Kim Geun-hong Kwon Sung-chang
Starring	Kim Joo-hyuk Baek Yoon-sik Park Jin-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	135
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shin Hyun-chang
Running time	35 minutes
Release
Original network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release	March 18 – September 23, 2013
Chronology
Related shows	Hur Jun
External links
Website

Hur Jun, The Original Story (Hangul: 구암 허준; RR: Guam Heo Jun) 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

• Kim Joo-hyuk as Heo Jun
  • Kang Han-byeol as young Heo Jun
• Park Jin-hee as Ye-jin
• Park Eun-bin as Da-hee
• Namgung Min as Yoo Do-ji
• Baek Yoon-sik as Yoo Ui-tae

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 Kang Yi-seok as young Heo Seok Kim So-yeon as Im Mi-hyun Lee Hae-woo as Heo Gyeom Gu family Park Chul-min as Gu Il-seo Kyeon Mi-ri as Ham Ahn-daek Kwak Ji-min as Gu Un-nyeon Son Heon-soo as Jang Man-deok 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 Jeon No-min as King Seonjo Jang Ji-eun as Lady Kim Gong-bin Jung Si-ah as Lady Kim In-bin In Gyo-jin as Prince Gwanghae Kim Jin-seong as Prince Sinseong Seo Yi-ahn as Queen Inmok

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
2013	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Kim Joo-hyuk	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Namgung Min	Nominated
		Golden Acting Award, Actor	Baek Yoon-sik	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Park Eun-bin	Nominated

References

1. "Hur Jun, the Original Story script reading of MBC's new drama series". MBC Global Media. March 7, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
2. "Hur Jun, the Original Story Casts Interview". MBC Global Media. April 9, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
3. Kang, Jung-yeon (March 14, 2013). "Heo Jun, production report conference". BNTNews. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
4. Chung, Suzy (March 27, 2013). "Heo Jun, the Legendary Doctor of Joseon". The Korea Blog. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
5. Oh, Jean (March 13, 2013). "Period piece overload? Spring drama lineup goes heavy on historical settings". The Korea Herald. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
6. Kang, Hyo-jin (March 6, 2013). "Kim Joo Hyuk seeks to bring his new interpretation of Heo Jun in Gu Am Heo Jun". Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013.
7. Kim, Yeon-ji (October 22, 2013). "Hur Jun role was actor's "destiny"". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 10, 2015.

External links

• Hur Jun, the Original Story official MBC website (Korean)
• Hur Jun, the Original Story at MBC Global Media
• Hur Jun, the Original Story at HanCinema