The Merchant (TV series)

*The Merchant*
The Merchant
	Official DVD release poster
Also known as	Sangdo ; The Merchant of Joseon ;
Genre	Historical
Based on	The Merchant of Joseon ; by Choe Inho
Written by	Choi Wan-kyu ; Jeong Hyeong-soo ;
Directed by	Lee Byung-hoon
Starring	Lee Jae-ryong ; Kim Hyun-joo ; Jeong Bo-seok ; Lee Soon-jae ;
Theme music composer	Gum Nanse
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	50
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	MBC
Original release
Network	MBC
Release	October 15, 2001 ? ; April 2, 2002

The Merchant ^[1] ( Korean : 商道 ; Hanja : 商道 ; RR : Sangdo ) is a South Korean historical television drama , based on The Merchant of Joseon , a novel written by Choe Inho . It tells the story of Im Sang-ok (1779?1855), a legendary merchant who lived during the Joseon dynasty . ^[2]^[3] The series is directed by Lee Byung-hoon and stars Lee Jae-ryong , Kim Hyun-joo , Jeong Bo-seok and Lee Soon-jae . It originally aired from October 15, 2001, to April 2, 2002, Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 ( KST ) on MBC . ^[4]

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^ サンド(商道) . Innolife (in Japanese) . Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
^ 商道 . Enha (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 17, 2015 . Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
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