태어나자마자 매화가지 아래에 버려졌던 갓난 아이가 평민들을 구하는 의적에서 나라의 운명을 수호하는 전설적인 영웅 일지매로 변모하며 박진감 넘치는 스토리를 펼치는 드라마
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He was born out of wedlock and his father was a high-ranking Champan official while his mother was a lowly servant. To protect the honor of his father's family, he was abandoned as a baby and tucked underneath an apricot tree. He was given the name Iljimae (A branch of Apricot Tree). Iljimae was adopted by a family who lived in the Qing Kingdom. After tracing his roots back to Korea, his father rejects him once more. With a heavy heart, he returns to his country and unleashes his anger upon the ruling class to fight their injustice and tyranny for the sake of the commoners. Wherever he appears to uphold justice, he leaves behind a single branch of an apricot tree... Wol-hee is the one woman in Iljimae's life who reconnects him to the world as he lives an isolated existence and hides his face behind a mask to be a hero to the people.
