Hur Jun, The Original Story

Hur Jun, The Original Story
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GenreHistorical drama
Medical drama
Romance
Written byChoi Wan-kyu
Directed byKim Geun-hong
Kwon Sung-chang
StarringKim Joo-hyuk
Park Jin-hee
Park Eun-bin
Namkoong Min
Baek Yoon-sik
ComposerHong Dong Pyo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes135
Production
Executive producerShin Hyun-chang
ProducerYoo Hyun Jong
Running time35 minutes
Production companyMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseMarch 18 (2013-03-18) –
September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)
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Hur Jun
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Hur Jun, The Original Story (Korean구암 허준; RRGuam 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]

  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. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Chung, Suzy (March 27, 2013). "Heo Jun, the Legendary Doctor of Joseon". The Korea Blog. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. 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.