Good Doctor

Details[]

Title: 굿 닥터 / Goot Dakteo
Previously known as: 그린 메스 / Geurin Meseu (Green Scalpel)
Genre: Medical, human, melodrama, family, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2013-Aug-05 to 2013-Oct-08
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: Good Doctor OST
Related shows: Good Doctor (Fuji TV, 2018), The Good Doctor (ABC, 2017)

Synopsis[]

A medical drama about a man with autistic disorder, who has mentality of 10-year-old, overcomes bias and discrimination by the society and becomes a pediatrician by utilizing his exceptional abilities that the illness brings.--KBS World

Park Shi Ohn is autistic disorder and a savant syndrome. Although he has the mentality of a 10 year old, he has amazing ability of 3D visualisation of the human anatomy and memory of everything he reads. His ability gives him the exceptional skills as a paediatrician specialist however due to discrimination by society, he has to overcome all these to succeed. He was also abused by his father and abandoned by his mother. Worse is he also feels at fault that his brother died. Will he overcome all these discrimination? Will he also find love? Will he find acceptance?

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Cast[]

Main Cast

Joo Won as Park Shi Ohn (one-year residency)
- Choi Ro Woon as child Shi Ohn
Moon Chae Won as Cha Yoon Seo (two-year fellowship)
Joo Sang Wook as Kim Do Han (associate professor of Department of Pediatric Surgery)
Kim Min Seo as Yoo Chae Kyung (head of hospital planning board)

High Officials of Sung Won University Hospital

Chun Ho Jin as Choi Woo Suk (director)
Kwak Do Won as Kang Hyun Tae (deputy director)
Na Young Hee as Lee Yeo Won (chief director)
Jo Hee Bong as Go Choong Man (chief of Department of Pediatric Surgery)
Lee Ki Yeol as Lee Hyuk Pil (managing director of hospital foundation)
Jung Man Shik as Kim Jae Joon (chief of Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery)
Kim Chang Wan as Chairman Jung

Nursing Division

Go Chang Suk as Jo Jung Mi (senior nurse)
Jin Kyung as Nam Joo Yun (chief)
Lee Ah Rin as Ga Kyung (nurse)
Ha Kyu Won (하규원) as Hye Jin (nurse)

The Quartet of Department of Pediatric Surgery

Kim Young Kwang as Han Jin Wook (four-year residency)
Yoon Park as Woo Il Kyu (two-year residency)
Yoon Bong Gil as Hong Kil Nam (two-year residency)
Wang Ji Won as Kim Sun Joo (intern)

Children's Ward

Children's Ward Family

Kim Hyun Soo as Na In Hae
Uhm Hyun Kyung as Na In Young

The Quartet of Children's Ward

Ahn Sung Hoon as Lee Woo Ram
Yoo Je Gun (유제건) as Park Ho Suk
Lee Jang Kyung (이장경) as Kim Ye Eun
Oh Eun Chan (오은찬) as Cha Dong Jin

Other Children in Children's Ward

Yoo Hae Jung as Eun Ok
Jung Yoon Suk as Kyu Hyun

Other People

Jung Ho Geun as Park Choon Sung (Shi Ohn's father)
Yoon Yoo Sun as Oh Kyung Joo (Shi Ohn's mother)
Seo Hyun Chul as Byung Soo
Jun Joon Hyuk as child Park Shi Duk (Shi Ohn's older brother)
Ban Min Jung as Kyu Hyun's mother
Kwak Ji Min as Lee Soo Jin
Moon Hee Kyung as Mrs. Jang (Lee Soo Jin's mother in law)
Kim Sun Hwa as Eun Ok's aunt
Jo Eun Hyung

Cameo Appearances

Ryu Duk Hwan as adult Park Shi Duk - a mysterious figure who encourages Si Ohn (ep 10)
Seo Kang Joon as one of the punks who wants to beat Shi Ohn (ep 12)
In Gyo Jin as Lee Soo Jin's husband (ep 12)
Yoo Jae Myung as killer (ep 15)
Kim Young Hee (김영희) as staff of the family restaurant (ep 17)
Gong Jung Hwan as Professor of Neurosurgery Department (ep 17)
Park Ki Woong as Woong Ki (ep 20)
Han Yeo Wool
Kim Jin Woo
Heo Jae Ho

Production Credits[]

Production Company: Logos Film
Chief Producer: Kim Sung Geun
Producer: Lee Jae Hoon, Park Woo Ram
Director: Ki Min Soo, Kim Jin Woo
Screenwriter: Park Jae Bum

Recognitions[]

2014 9th Seoul International Drama Awards

Best Mini Series

2014 41st Korea Broadcasting Awards

Best Drama

2014 Banff World Media Festival

Best Serial Drama

2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards

Best Drama

2014 Korea PD Awards

Best Drama
Best Performer (Talent) Award (Joo Won)

2013 KBS Drama Awards

Top Excellence Actor (Joo Won)
Actor of the Year (selected by PD's of three main broadcasters) (Joo Won)
Excellence Actress for Mid-Length Drama (Moon Chae Won)
Excellence Actor for Mid-Length Drama (Joo Sang Wook)
Best Couple Award (Joo Won and Moon Chae Won)
Popularity Award (Moon Chae Won)
Netizens' Award (Joo Won)

2013 6th Korea Drama Awards

Best Screenwriter (Park Jae Bum)

Episode Ratings[]

See Good Doctor/Episode Ratings

External Links[]

Official site
Daum movie site
News articles: (1), (2), (3)

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