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

Deserving of the Name cast — Correlation chart

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)
Kwon Hyuk (권혁) 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
Heo Sung Tae as gangster

Production Credits[]

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

Episode Ratings[]

See Deserving of the Name/Episode Ratings

Notes[]

The main character Heo Im is a real-life historical figure.
Filming began June 2017.
Kim Nam Gil makes a TV comeback through this drama after 4 years.

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