City Hunter Hero's Journey

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City Hunter, a Korean drama created in the summer of 2011, has a jaw-dropping rating of 9.4 on asianwiki, and is a tremendous example of the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is an archetype that was studied by different scholars such as Joseph Campbell. Campbell noticed a recurring pattern throughout various types of books, television shows, dramas, movies, etc. The City Hunter includes Lee Yoon-Sung, the protagonist; Lee Jin-Pyo, the adopted father and the lone survivor; and the five antagonists also known as The Council of Five. The Council of Five execute their troop of twenty-one men to conceal dark evidence. They did not know that Jin-Pyo survives and continues with his life; however, Jin-Pyo constantly recalls seeing the five members …show more content…

The show portrays every step of the Hero’s Journey meticulously. Shik-Joong and Sae-Hee are terrific examples of Supernatural Aid since they support Yoon-Sung throughout the show. Jin-Pyo tells Yoon-Sung about his father’s past and so The Call to Adventure is provoked. Yoon-Sung also not being able to fit in easily in a way is a Refusal to the Call because it makes him disparate from the rest of the world. Training diligently and attending M.I.T is how Yoon-Sung crosses his first threshold of being different. The Road of Trials would be the various obstacles Lee Yoon-Sung has to go through. Jin-Pyo and Lee Yoon-Sung becoming opponents and then conciliating, makes it a superlative example of Atonement with the Father in the Hero’s Journey. Keeping loved ones close is Lee Yoon-Sung’s Expansion of Consciousness because it teaches him about realism. The Ultimate Boon of this t.v. show would be the information he conquers about his biological father because he becomes aware that revenge is the wrong path to take. Yoon-Sung moving to the U.S.A is the Refusal of the Return since he does not go back home but moves farther away. There is no doubt that Tsukasa Hojo, writer and director of City Hunter, followed the Hero’s Journey to make it an admirable entertainment

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