The Slave Hunters

Season 1

Dae-gil is the leader of a group of slave hunters that are hired to find a runaway slave named Tae-ha, who was once a great warrior.
24 Episodes
  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Slaves 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
    E2
    Episode 2In the Manchu war, amidst the chaos and fighting, invaders had raided homes and dragged off their inhabitants.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Chun 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
    E4
    Episode 4Seol-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
    E5
    Episode 5There 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
    E6
    Episode 6Aware 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
    E7
    Episode 7Choi 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
    E8
    Episode 8Seol-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
    E9
    Episode 9Tae-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
    E10
    Episode 10Dae-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
    E11
    Episode 11According 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
    E12
    Episode 12King 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
    E13
    Episode 13Dae-Gil has found his beloved, but she has apparently forgotten about him.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14Just 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
    E15
    Episode 15Scholar 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
    E16
    Episode 16There 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
    E17
    Episode 17Both Tae-ha and Dae-gil get captured by Officer Hwang and get tortured until they disclose the whereabouts of the Crown Prince.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18Execution 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
    E19
    Episode 19While 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
    E20
    Episode 20In 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
    E21
    Episode 21Dae-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
    E22
    Episode 22The 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
    E23
    Episode 23
  • Episode 24
    E24
    Episode 24Eop-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.
Cast of Season 1
  • Jang HyukLee Dae-gil
  • Oh Ji-hoSong Tae-ha
  • Lee Da-haeUn-nyun / Kim Hye-won
  • Gong Hyung-jinEop-bok
  • Lee Jong-hyukHwang Chul-woong
  • Han Jung-sooGeneral Choi
  • Kim Ji-seokWang Son-i
  • Sung Dong-ilChun Ji-ho
  • Kim Ha-eunSeol-hwa
  • Lee Han-wiPogyo Oh
  • Kim Eung-sooLee Gyeong-sik
  • Danny AhnBaek-ho
  • Ahn Suk-hwanHwabaek Bang
  • Yoon Joo-heeJakeun Jumo
  • Kim Kap-sooKing Injo
  • Jo Hee-bongKkeut-bong
  • Cho Jin-woongKwak Han-seom
  • Ahn Kil-kangJjak-gui
  • Lee InGrand Prince Bongrim
  • Yoon Ji-minYoon-ji
  • Yun Mun-sikHorse doctor
  • Kim Yeong-okChul Woong's mother
  • Ha Si-eunLee Sun-young (Chul-woong's wife)
 
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