Deserving of the Name

Details

 * Title: 명불허전 / Myeongbulheojeon
 * Also known as: Live Up to Your Name
 * Genre: Medical, fantasy, period, historical, romance, comedy
 * Episodes: 16
 * Broadcast network: tvN
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Aug-12 to 2017-Oct-01
 * Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
 * Original Soundtrack: Deserving of the Name OST

Synopsis
When a low-born, but gifted acupuncturist from 17th century Joseon time-slips to 21st century Seoul, he butts heads with a prickly resident cardio-thoracic surgeon.

Cast



 * Joseon Era
 * Hyeminseo Clinic
 * Kim Nam Gil as Heo Im / Heo Bong Tak (30)
 * Moon Woo Jin as child Heo Im
 * Shin Rin Ah as Yun Yi (10)
 * Moon Ga Young as Gong Mak Gae (20)
 * Kim Byung Choon as Kwon Ji
 * Oh Dae Hwan as Doo Chil (36)
 * Jin Sun Kyu as Yun Yi's father
 * Takeda Hiromitsu (다케다 히로미츠) as Sayaga / Kim Choong Sun (22)
 * Choi Jae Sup (최재섭) as Ddak Sae (41)
 * Palace
 * Ahn Suk Hwan as minister of war
 * Jo Seung Yun as King Sun Jo
 * Maeng Sang Hoon as Yoo Chan Sung
 * Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jin Oh (early 30s)
 * Jang Woo Hyuk (장우혁) as Choong Ho
 * Others
 * Uhm Hyo Sup as Heo Jun (mid 60s)
 * Byun Woo Suk as black man
 * Cha Soon Hyung as Suzuki
 * Park Min Soo as Kang


 * Present
 * Shinhye Hospital
 * Kim Ah Joong as Choi Yun Kyung (32)
 * Uhm Chae Young (엄채영) as child Yun Kyung
 * Ryu Han Bi as teen Yun Kyung
 * Noh Jung Ui as Oh Ha Ra (15)
 * Ahn Suk Hwan as Shin Myung Hoon (62)
 * Lee Dae Yeon as professor Hwang (mid 40s)
 * Lee Jae Won as Kang Man Soo (32)
 * Sung Joo as Kim Min Jae (late 20s)
 * Seo Jung Yeon as Jung Yi Yun (mid 30s)
 * Oh Jung Sook (오정석) as Soo Ho
 * Lee Bo Yun (이보연) as nurse Kim
 * Hyeminseo Clinic
 * Yoon Joo Sang as Choi Chun Sool (73)
 * Tae Hang Ho as Min Byung Ki (mid 40s)
 * Min Ji Ah as Jun Jae Sook (late 30s)
 * Shinhye Oriental Hospital
 * Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jae Ha (30)
 * Choi Seung Hoon as young Jae Ha
 * Kim Myung Gon (김명곤) as Ma Sung Tae (70)
 * ?? as Goo Ji Woong (mid 40s)
 * Lee Jae Kyoon as Jin Young Hoon (27)
 * Kim Jung Hwan(김정환) as Sung Tae's secretary
 * Others
 * Maeng Sang Hoon as homeless

Production Credits

 * Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Bon Factory (본팩토리)
 * Director: Hong Jong Chan
 * Screenwriter: Kim Eun Hee (김은희)

Episode Ratings
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