The Great Merchant 2010

Drama: The Great Merchant

Country: South Korea

Episodes: 30

Aired: Mar 6, 2010 - Jun 13, 2010

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Original Network: KBS1

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

This drama depicts the life of Kim Man Deok, a woman born on Jeju Island who transcended her lowly status as a gisaeng as well as the restraints of her birthplace, considered at the time to be a remote place of exile, to become a successful female merchant in the Joseon Era. She later became a famous model of virtue and nobility when she donated all her assets to aid the residents of Jeju during a famine, saving countless lives.