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Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon

  • TV Series
  • 2001–2002
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
122
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Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon (2001)
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Based on The Merchant of Joseon novel by Choi In-ho: the story of Lim Sang Wok, a legendary and wise merchant who lived in the Joseon Dynasty period.Based on The Merchant of Joseon novel by Choi In-ho: the story of Lim Sang Wok, a legendary and wise merchant who lived in the Joseon Dynasty period.Based on The Merchant of Joseon novel by Choi In-ho: the story of Lim Sang Wok, a legendary and wise merchant who lived in the Joseon Dynasty period.

  • Stars
    • Lee Jae-ryong
    • Hong Eun-hee
    • Kim Hyun-joo
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    122
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    • Stars
      • Lee Jae-ryong
      • Hong Eun-hee
      • Kim Hyun-joo
    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Lee Jae-ryong
    Lee Jae-ryong
    • Lim Sang-wok
    Hong Eun-hee
    • Mi-geum
    Kim Hyun-joo
    Kim Hyun-joo
    • Park Da-nyeong
    Jeong Bo-seok
    • Jeong Chi-soo
    Lee Soon-jae
    Lee Soon-jae
    • Park Joo-myung
    Kim Yu-mi
    Kim Yu-mi
    • Yoon Chae-yeon
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    10raminbagheri20

    Business is about earning people not money

    This is the key. Business is about earning people not money. I have watched many TV series. Most of them was Americans and Korean, but this TV series is special for me. You should watch it. This is about a man from down to up, from pain to honor, from fail to Victory, and teach me do not afraid if you are not important, because you get respect and honor Whit your good manner.
    6Park_Min

    Decent

    Turned out to be a decent story. I really appreciated how it focuses on the individuals with a reasonable scoop while taking into consideration their surrounding rather than throwing in mindless connections to make the story more grand without relevant purpose such as wars/nations/kingdoms/factions. Although it started to lean a little bit into the other side towards the end, unfortunately, this is the fault of its runtime. Which brings me to my next point, the drama is definitely too long for its content and it would benefit greatly if it were to be condensed down to ~25 episodes, it would make a much more compelling package. Because of this, the drama had a serious issue with flashbacks. There was a one piece of dialogue that was repeated almost every other episode for its entire runtime, a bit too much! I liked the first 2/3 more than the last 1/3, things were changing at an unreasonable pace as we were approaching the end, you may say it was rushed. The last ~10 episodes were full of rapid changes where the drama felt like it lost it direction and didn't know how to stir it towards the end. The production seems to be passable despite its flaws even when taking into consideration that this was made in the early 2000s. Some scenes you will notice some great attention to details while other scenes you can see the tape of their fake facial hair.

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2001 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Korean Language Website
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • 商道
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      • MBC
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