This series has been remade several times over the years. I find that directors seem to really like this story. I enjoyed watching this series, however, I felt that the first couple of episodes was really hard to get through. Even though it was really needed to understand the full story later on.  The first 5-6 episodes was all about the backstory of the main character so it was really needed but I did get quite bored in the first couple of episodes. The rest of the series was very good to watch. I would give this a go.