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Jul 8, 2019

Top 5 Best Korean Medical Dramas You Should Watch Real Soon

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5 Best Korean Medical Dramas

Are you one of the Korean Drama fans who are fond of watching Medical Dramas or someone who is just looking for something to binge-watch this weekend? Say no more, I've got 5 amazing Romantic Medical KDramas you should watch real soon!

1. Doctors

Doctors (2016)

Revised romanization: Dakteoseu

Hangul: 닥터스

direct translation: Doctors

RATINGS

Asianwiki: 89% (11625 votes)
Google users: 93% likes
Viki: 9.3/10

Network: SBS TV

Genre: Medical drama / Drama / Romance Film

Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Kim Rae-won as Hong Ji-hong
Park Shin-hye as Yoo Hye-jung
Yoon Kyun-sang as Jung Yoon-do
Lee Sung-kyung as Jin Seo-woo

Doctors Synopsis

This Medical Drama revolves around Yoo Hye-jung, a headstrong girl in high school with a prickly, gangster personality. Due to her many childhood scars, Hye-jung keeps her heart closed towards other people. However, she changes after meeting her mentor Hong Ji-hong, who plays a key role in transforming her life from a "hopeless" delinquent to a compassionate doctor. They part ways subsequently but meet again after 13 years, when Yoo Hye-jung becomes a doctor.

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Doctors - Trailer

2. Doctor Stranger

Doctor Stranger (2014)

Revised romanization: Dakteo Yibangin

Hangul: 닥터 이방인

RATINGS

Asianwiki: 90% (7007 votes)
Google users: 93%
IMDb: 7.6/10

Network: SBS

Genre: Medical drama / Romance Film

Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Lee Jong-suk as Park Hoon
Jin Se-yeon as Song Jae-hee / Han Seung-hee
Park Hae-jin as Han Jae-joon / Lee Sung-hoon
Kang So-ra as Oh Soo-hyun

Doctor Stranger Synopsis

As a child, Park Hoon and his father Park Cheol were tricked and sent to North Korea. After being sent to North Korea, Park Hoon and his father were denied access to go back to South Korea. In North Korea, Park Hoon was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a famous doctor. He became a genius thoracic surgeon after attending medical school in North Korea. There, he fell deeply in love with Song Jae-hee. After Park Hoon's father died, he tried to flee to South Korea with Jae-hee, but lost contact with her in the end. Park Hoon was able to flee to South Korea alone.

In South Korea, Park Hoon begins to work as doctor in a top hospital Myungwoo University Hospital. Meanwhile, he found a girl that looks exactly like Jae-hee, Doctor Han Seung-hee, who claims not to know Park Hoon.

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Doctor Stranger - Trailer

3. Romantic Doctor

Romantic Doctor (2016)

Also known as "Romantic Doctor Kim", "Dr. Romantic"

Revised romanization: Nangmandakteo Gimsabu

Hangul: 낭만닥터 김사부

direct translation: Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim

RATINGS

Asianwiki: 90% (5565 votes)
Google users: 95%

Network: SBS

Genre: Medical Drama / Romance

Episodes: 20 + 1 special

Main Cast:

Han Suk-kyu as Kim Sa-bu (Teacher Kim) / Boo Yong-joo
Yoo Yeon-seok as Kang Dong-joo
Seo Hyun-jin as Yoon Seo-jung

Romantic Doctor Synopsis

This story about Boo Yong-joo, a genius and triple-board certified surgeon, who was once at the top of his field and used to work at Seoul's top hospital, Geodae. After a traumatic incident, he disappears and changes his name to Kim Sa-bu to work at a small hospital named Doldam, which is located at Gangwon Province. He guides Kang Dong-joo and Yoon Seo-jeong to become great doctors there, teaching them to fight against power and money for the sake of patients.

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Doctor Romantic - Trailer

4. Good Doctor

Good Doctor (2013)

Revised romanization: Gut Dakteo

Hangul: 굿 닥터

direct translation: The Good Doctor

RATINGS

Asianwiki: 93% (5630 votes)
Google users: 91%
IMDb: 8.1/10

Network: KBS

Genre: Medical drama / Romance / Comedy

Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Joo Won as Park Shi-on
Moon Chae-won as Cha Yoon-seo
Joo Sang-wook as Kim Do-han
Kim Min-seo as Yoo Chae-kyung

Good Doctor Synopsis

Park Shi-on 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, 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 and Han Jin-wook , 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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Good Doctor - Trailer

5. Descendants of the Sun

Descendants of the Sun (2016)

Revised romanization: Taeyang-ui Huye

Hangul: 태양의 후예

direct translation: Descendants of the Sun

RATINGS

Asianwiki: 92% (22838 votes)
Google users: 97% likes
IMDb: 8.5/10

Network: KBS

Genre: Romance / Melodrama / Action

Episodes: 16 + 3 special episodes

Main Cast:

Song Joong-ki as Captain Yoo Si-jin (a.k.a. Big Boss)
Song Hye-kyo as Doctor Kang Mo-yeon (a.k.a. Beauty)
Jin Goo as Master Sergeant Seo Dae-young (a.k.a. Wolf)
Kim Ji-won as First Lieutenant Yoon Myung-ju

Descendants of the Sun Synopsis

Shi-Jin is the captain of the special forces. He catches a motorcycle thief with Sergeant Major Dae-Young. The thief is injured during his capture and is sent to the hospital. Dae-Young realises his cellphone was stolen by the thief and goes to the hospital to retrieve his cellphone.

In the emergency room, Shi-Jin meets Dr. Mo-Yeon for the first time. He falls in love with her immediately. Mo-Yeon mistakenly assumes Shi-Jin is part of thief's criminal gang. He proves to her that he is a soldier with the help of army doctor Myeong-Joo.

Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon begin to date, but due to their jobs their dates don't go well. Shi-Jin takes an order to lead his soldiers on a peacekeeping mission to the country of Uruk. Meanwhile, Mo-Yeon becomes upset that she fails to become a professor due to a colleague's privileged background. When Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again, they talk about their views on life and realise how different they are. Shi-Jin, as a soldier, kills to protect lives and Mo-Yeon, as a doctor, tries to save all lives. They say their goodbyes.

Eight months later, Mo-Yeon rebuffs the sexual advances of hospital chairman Suk-Won and as retribution is assigned to lead a medical team in Uruk. There, Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again.

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