Doctor John

Details[]

Title: 의사요한 / Uisayohan
Formerly known as: 닥터룸 / Dokteorum / Doctor Room
Genre: Drama, medical
Episodes: 32
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2019-Jul-19 to 2019-Sep-07
Air time: Friday & Saturday Night 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Original Soundtrack: Doctor John OST
Related TV shows: Kami no Te (神の手) (WOWOW, 2019)

Synopsis[]

“Doctor John” is a medical drama about doctors specializing in pain management. In a refreshing take on the genre, “Doctor John” will portray the doctors’ search for the cause of their patients’ mysterious pain as a thrilling chase, almost like a detective hunting down the perpetrator behind an unsolved crime. Cha Yo Han is a genius anesthesiologist, who is also the youngest professor at his medical school. The brilliant doctor goes by the nickname “10 Seconds,” a reference to his ability to diagnose his patients in the 10 seconds that it takes for them to enter an examination room and walk to their seat. Kang Shi Young is a legendary anesthesiologist, who was always at the top of her class throughout medical school. The talented doctor inherited her skills from her cool-headed, rational mother, while she inherited her empathy, listening skills, and warm bedside manner from her father. - Soompi

Cast[]

Main Cast

Ji Sung as Cha Yo Han
Lee Se Young as Kang Shi Young
Lee Kyu Hyung as Son Suk Ki
Hwang Hee as Lee Yoo Joon

Hanse Hospital Pain Medicine Team

Jung Min Ah as Kang Mi Rae
Kwon Hwa Woon as Heo Joon
Oh Hyun Joong as Kim Won Hee
Son San as Hong Yun Jin
Lee Yoo Mi as Na Kyung Ah
Shin Dong Mi as Chae Eun Jung

Hanse Hospital

Kim Hye Eun as Min Tae Kyung
Kim Young Hoon as Han Myung Oh
Uhm Hyo Sup as Kang Yi Moon
Oh Seung Hyun as Min Joo Kyung
Jung Jae Sung as Kwon Suk
Kim Kyul as Sung Dong Ho
Jang Hee Soo as professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Patients

Ham Sung Min as Yoon Sung Kyu (anal cancer patient)
Kim Do Hoon as Park Jung Bo (Inmate 5353 who suffers from Fabry disease/Barista)
Ha Do Kwon as Joo Hyung Woo (A Mixed Martial Arts Champion who suffers from Myasthenia gravis)
Yoon Chan Young as Lee Ki Suk (A CIPA patient)
Lee Joo Won as Choi Seung Won (shingles patient (first mistaken for CRPS))
Lee Do Kyung as Yoo Duk Kyu (melioidosis patient)
Chun In Suh as Lee Da Hae (phantom limb patient)
Oh Yoo Na as Yoo Ri Hye (former actress who suffers from neuroblastoma)

Others

Yoon Joo Sang as Lee Won Gil (Former Minister of Health and Welfare)
Lee Shin Sung as Jung Chan Suk
Im Dong Jin as Shim Joon Chul
Kim Seung Hoon as a prison guard
Moon Hak Jin (문학진) as Kim Jung Woo
Seo Dan Woo (서단우) as doctor of Emergency Department
Kim Jong Goo as Joo Hyung Woo's father
Jung Ae Yun as Joo Hyung Woo's wife
Jung Hyun Suk as a doctor
Choi Eun Hoo (최은후) as Joo Hyung Woo's son
Jo Shi Yun as Joo Hyung Woo's daughter
Go Yong Hwa as Lee Ki Suk's mother
Lee Yo Sung (이요성) as Cha Yo Han's father
So Hee Jung as Yoo Ri Hye's elder sister
Jung Ji Hoon (정지훈) as Min Sung (Yoo Ri Hye's son)
Lee Se Rang (이세랑) as Kwon So Young
Kang Ro Chae as Han Min Joo

Guest appearances

Jung In Ki as Oh Jung Nam (Prison warden and Shi Young's uncle)
Jung Kyung Soon as Lee Yoo Joon's mother
Jun Noh Min as Kang Yi Soo
Im Byung Ki (ep 16)
Seo Yoon Ah as abdominal epilepsy patient (ep 32)
Lee Ah Jin as Mother of child with pediatric diabetes
Joey Albright as Lucas Smith

Production Credits[]

Director: Jo Soo Won
Original writing: Yo Kusakabe (久坂部羊)
Screenwriter: Kim Ji Woon (김지운)

Episode Ratings[]

See Doctor John/Episode Ratings

Notes[]

The drama is based on the 2010 Japanese novel On Hand of God by Yo Kusakabe (久坂部羊).
The series was developed as 16 episodes of 1 hour, but aired as 2 blocks of 30 minutes and subsequently distributed as 32 episodes. As a result only the odd episodes have opening credits and a title.

Recognitions[]

2019 27th SBS Drama Awards
- Excellence Award in Miniseries (Female) (Lee Se Young)
- Best Young Actor (Yoon Chan Young)

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