Good Doctor (Hangul: ? ??; RR: Gut Dakteo) is a 2013 South Korean medical drama television series starring Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, Joo Sang-wook, Kim Min-seo, Chun Ho-jin, Kwak Do-won and Ko Chang-seok. It aired on KBS2 from August 5 to October 8, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
The early working title was Green Scalpel (Hangul: ?? ??; RR: Geurin Meseu; lit. "Green Mes").
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Synopsis
Park Shi-on (Joo Won) is an autistic savant who was sent to a specialized care center as a child, where he was discovered to have a genius-level memory and keen spatial skills. He eventually enters the field of pediatric surgery as a resident, where he is given six months to prove himself capable. However, due to his atypical mental and emotional condition, Shi-on faces conflict from his peers and patients, who view him as childlike and unreliable. Most critical is the hotheaded surgeon Kim Do-han (Joo Sang-wook), who labels him a soulless robot of a doctor who can only rely heavily on his photographic memory instead of feeling what the patient needs. Despite help from understanding and fair colleagues like Cha Yoon-seo (Moon Chae-won) and Han Jin-wook (Kim Young-kwang), the hospital is a fierce and competitive world, and the challenges Shi-on faces become only greater when he falls in love with Yoon-seo.
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Cast
Main
- Joo Won as Park Shi-on
- Choi Ro-woon as young Shi-on
- Moon Chae-won as Cha Yoon-seo
- Joo Sang-wook as Kim Do-han
- Kim Min-seo as Yoo Chae-kyung
Supporting
- Sungwon University Hospital officials
- Chun Ho-jin as Choi Woo-seok, hospital director
- Kwak Do-won as Kang Hyun-tae, hospital deputy director
- Na Young-hee as Lee Yeo-won
- Jo Hee-bong as Go Choong-man, head of the Pediatric Surgery department
- Lee Ki-yeol as Lee Hyuk-pil, managing director of the hospital foundation
- Jung Man-sik as Kim Jae-joon, head of the Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery department
- Kim Chang-wan as President Jung
- Department of Pediatric Surgery
- Kim Young-kwang as Han Jin-wook
- A warm and friendly fourth-year resident, who first approaches Park Shi-on when he is shunned by the others.
- Yoon Park as Woo Il-kyu, second-year resident
- Yoon Bong-gil as Hong Gil-nam, second-year resident
- Wang Ji-won as Kim Sun-joo, intern
- Nursing division
- Ko Chang-seok as Jo Jung-mi, senior nurse
- Jin Kyung as Nam Joo-yeon, head nurse
- Lee Ah-rin as Ga-kyung
- Ha Kyu-won as Hye-jin
- Children's ward
- Kim Hyun-soo as Na In-hae
- Uhm Hyun-kyung as Na In-young
- Ahn Sung-hoon as Lee Woo-ram
- Yoo Je-gun as Park Ho-suk
- Lee Jang-kyung as Kim Ye-eun
- Oh Eun-chan as Cha Dong-jin
- Yoo Hae-jung as Eun-ok
- Jung Yun-seok as Lee Kyu-hyun
- Others
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Oh Kyung-joo, Shi-on's mother
- Jung Ho-keun as Park Choon-sung, Shi-on's father
- Seo Hyun-chul as Byung-soo
- Jeon Jun-hyeok as Park Yi-on, Shi-on's older brother
- Ryu Deok-hwan as adult Yi-on (cameo, ep 10)
- Ban Min-jung as Kyu-hyun's mother
Special appearances
- Kwak Ji-min as Lee Soo-jin (guest appearance, ep 10-12)
- Moon Hee-kyung as Mrs. Jang, Soo-jin's mother-in-law
- Kim Sun-hwa as Eun-ok's aunt
- Seo Kang-joon as one of the punks who want to beat up Shi-on (ep 12)
- In Gyo-jin as Soo-jin's husband (cameo, ep 12)
- Yoo Jae-myung as the killer (ep 15)
- Kim Young-hee as staff of the family restaurant (ep 17)
- Gong Jung-hwan as Professor of Neurosurgery Department (ep 17)
- Park Ki-woong as Woong-ki (cameo, ep 20)
Ratings
Good Doctor made a strong debut on the TV ratings chart. It maintained the number one spot in its timeslot for most of its run, with an average viewership rating of 17.4% (TNmS) and 18.0% (AGB Nielsen).
Awards and nominations
In November 2013, the Korea Association of the Welfare Institutes for the Disabled gave the series a plaque of recognition for creating awareness about autism and how socially challenged individuals can contribute to society. In December 2013, Good Doctor also received an award from the Disability Awareness Campaign Headquarters and was designated as a "Good Program" by the Korea Communications Standards Commission.
American remake
An American remake of the same name, produced by Daniel Dae Kim, debuted late September, 2017 on ABC. The story of a surgeon with autism is set in San Jose, California, airing during fall of 2017.
References
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Good Doctor at KBS World
- Good Doctor at HanCinema
- Good Doctor on IMDb
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