Doctor Stranger

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Doctor Stranger
Doctor-Stranger.jpg
Promotional poster for Doctor Stranger
Genre Medical, Romance
Written by Park Jin-woo
Kim Joo
Directed by Jin Hyuk
Hong Jong-chan
Starring Lee Jong-suk
Park Hae-jin
Jin Se-yeon
Kang So-ra
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Han Jung-hwan
Producer(s) Park Chang-yong
Production location(s) Seoul, South Korea
Budapest, Hungary
Running time Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s) Aura Media
Release
Original network Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release May 5 (2014-05-05) –
July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)
Chronology
Preceded by God's Gift - 14 Days
Followed by Temptation
External links
Website

Doctor Stranger (Hangul: 닥터 이방인; RR: Dakteo Yibangin) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Jong-suk, Park Hae-jin, Jin Se-yeon and Kang So-ra.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It aired on SBS from May 5 to July 8, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

As a child, Park Hoon (Lee Jong-suk) and his father Park Cheol (Kim Sang-joong) 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. Park Hoon became a genius thoracic surgeon after attending medical school in North Korea. He fell deeply in love with Song Jae-hee (Jin Se-yeon) during his high school career. After Park Hoon's father died he tried to flee to South Korea with Jae-hee, but lost contact with her in the end. Jae-Hee ended up in the North Korean camps for attempting to escape as Park Hoon was able to fled to South Korea alone, while looking for Jae-hee.

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 claimed to not know Park Hoon.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

  • Park Hae-joon as Cha Jin-soo
  • Chun Ho-jin as Premier Jang Seok-joo
  • Jeon Gook-hwan as Oh Joon-gyu (Soo-hyun's father and chairman of the Myungwoo Hospital)
  • Choi Jung-woo as Moon Hyung-wook
  • Nam Myung-ryul as Choi Byeong-cheol
  • Yoon Bora as Lee Chang-yi
  • Kim Sang-ho as Yang Jeong-han
  • Hwang Dong-joo as Geum Bong-hyun
  • Kang Tae-hwan as Oh Sang-jin
  • Lee Jae Won as Kim Chi-gyu
  • Kim Bo-mi as Kim Ah-young (Chi-gyu's younger sister)
  • Uhm Soo-jung as Min Soo-ji
  • Han Eun-sun as Eun Min-se
  • Jung In-gi as Kim Tae-sool
  • Kim Yong-gun as President Hong Chan-sang
  • Kim Ji-young as Jeong-min
  • Kim Sang-joong as Park Cheol (Park Hoon's father)
  • Zhang Liang as Sean Zhang (Jae-joon's friend)

Production

Director Jin Hyuk previously directed Brilliant Legacy (2009), City Hunter (2011), Master's Sun (2013). Co-screenwriter Park Jin-woo previously wrote Conspiracy in the Court (2007) and The Kingdom of the Winds (2008).

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[14] AGB Nielsen[15]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 5 May 2014 9.4% 11.6% 8.6% 9.5%
2 6 May 2014 11.3% 13.7% 9.4% 9.9%
3 12 May 2014 11.6% 13.6% 12.1% 13.3%
4 13 May 2014 13.1% 16.2% 12.7% 13.3%
5 19 May 2014 14.2% 18.1% 14.0% 15.6%
6 20 May 2014 12.1% 15.9% 12.7% 14.3%
7 26 May 2014 12.8% 15.8% 13.1% 14.8%
8 27 May 2014 12.3% 15.1% 12.5% 14.1%
9 2 June 2014 13.0% 16.1% 13.2% 14.7%
10 3 June 2014 12.0% 14.8% 11.7% 12.9%
11 9 June 2014 10.7% 13.5% 11.0% 12.4%
12 10 June 2014 11.1% 14.1% 11.5% 12.7%
13 16 June 2014 11.4% 13.6% 11.6% 13.1%
14 17 June 2014 11.5% 13.6% 10.8% 12.3%
15 23 June 2014 12.4% 15.2% 11.9% 13.6%
16 24 June 2014 10.8% 12.4% 11.8% 13.4%
17 30 June 2014 10.9% 12.7% 11.6% 13.3%
18 1 July 2014 11.5% 12.8% 10.1% 11.2%
19 7 July 2014 11.2% 13.7% 10.9% 12.3%
20 8 July 2014 12.2% 14.2% 12.7% 14.6%
Average 11.8% 14.3% 11.7% 13.1%

International broadcast

In China, the online streaming rights for drama were sold for $80,000 per episode and the drama was made available for online streaming on both Youku and Tudou where it received 330 million and 50 million views, respectively. As of July 7, 2014 it has been streamed close to 400 million times.[16] Due to the drama's success in China there are currently plans to edit the drama into a film and release it theatrically exclusively in China with an alternate ending.[17][18][19]

It begins airing in Japan on cable channel KNTV on November 29, 2014.[20]

In Myanmar , it received a lot of love in 2014 August- September

It airing in Thailand on PPTV HD from April 19 to June 27, 2015. [21]

References

  1. ↑ http://movie.daum.net/tv/detail/castcrew.do?tvProgramId=64948
  2. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/62506/leejongsuk-and-parkhaejin-attens-first-drama-script-reading
  3. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/63166/leejongsuk-and-jinseyeon-take-a-bike-ride-for-drama
  4. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64574/dramas-to-resume-with-promotional-activities
  5. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64802/jinhyuk-pd-and-leejongsuk-meet-again-in-doctor-stranger
  6. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64808/sistar-bora-was-cast-in-doctor-stranger-because-pd-is-her-fan
  7. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429001543
  8. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429001423
  9. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429001437
  10. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429001411
  11. ↑ http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64802/jinhyuk-pd-and-leejongsuk-meet-again-in-doctor-stranger
  12. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140611001611
  13. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2014/04/26/jin-se-yeon-to-play-two-characters-in-doctor-stranger/
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/full/2014/07/07/3/1200000000AEN20140707003100315F.html
  17. ↑ http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/26655/20140627/doctor-stranger-goes-from-a-drama-to-a-film-with-political-implications.htm
  18. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140704000714
  19. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2014/07/16/chinese-film-version-of-doctor-stranger-to-have-a-different-ending/
  20. ↑ http://www.kntv.co.jp/prog/detail/?p=28890
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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