TITLE: Doctors
YEAR: 2016
TV NETWORK: Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), South Korea
DIRECTOR: Oh-Choon-Hwan
WRITER: Ha-Myung-Hee
MAIN CAST:
Kim-Rae-Won as Hong-Ji-Hong
Park-Shin-Hye as Yoo-Hye -Jung
Lee-Sung-Kyung as Jin-Seo-woo
Yoon-Gyun-Sang as Jung-Yoon-Do
SYNOPSIS:
The story is about a girl named Yoo-Hye-Jung (Park-Shin-Hye)
who experienced family hardships in her youth, the impact it made in her facing her past issues about forgiveness, falling in love, letting go and healing. In becoming a doctor, her life revolves in treating her patients as well as interacting with her colleagues; the different kinds of lives Doctors are facing.
ABOUT THE ACTORS:
Korean drama fans all over the globe know that this drama
combined two of the most popular celebrities in South Korea. Having
Park-Shin-Hye, one of the highest paid actresses of her generation and
Kim-Rae-Won, the country’s prime drama heartrob in the 2000s; gives anticipation
to their K-Drama that this drama will soar high with their superb acting skills
and superstardom.
Actress Park-Shin-Hye portrays a teenage gangster who has
issues surviving life’s adversities, found refuge in her grandmother, admired
her high school teacher then turned into a successful neurosurgeon. This role
embarked new heights for the fans as she has moved into maturity in her role
from sweet teeny bopper flicks in the past. With her pretty looks plus a hard side
in Hye-Jung’s character, viewers will surely sympathize. The character’s
metamorphosis from a being a rebellious youth to a strong doctor transitioned gorgeously.
Though seen as quarrelsome with fight scenes, her charming looks still
penetrated the scenes. Her portrayal as an adult neurosurgeon older than her age showing strong will and confidence is remarkable.
The male lead, actor Kim-Rae-Won who play Hye-Jung’s high
school teacher, Ji-Hong not only added star power to the tandem, he had a lot
of contribution to the romance aspect of the story, and he supported his female
lead effectively providing balance in
the development of their roles as the story progresses. Knowing that it would
be a Shin-Hye, Rae-Won tandem before watching made a lot of Korean drama
enthusiasts curious on how the two leads would produce effective romance feels
in spite of their age gap. There is this masculine aura in Rae-Won that spices
up the scenes like whenever they had a kissing scene. An icon of his
generation, age does not seem to be a hindrance for pairing him with a much
younger female lead.
Both of their acting is natural and effective.
About the Story:
These are the central themes in which the story revolves:
FORGIVENESS: The characters’ past are complicated due to
pain imparted by close people in their lives. Forgiving themselves to forgive
others is taught and the struggles they went through to overcome the pain.
LOVE: Loving someone in spite of age, sacrificing for
someone you love, how it could make you healed and happy in the end.
FAMILY: Each character does have a messed up life. Having a
support figures in their lives paved way for their growth as a person. They
have been a big part of what the characters have become. They are the ones who
inspired them but there are also who gave them pain.
MEDICINE: Viewers could learn how hard it is to be a doctor,
how they handle medical situations to save lives. I really commend those
operating room surgery scenes, Korean’s are so meticulous in their dramas that
watching will make you feel that they are really operating in a true surgery room. They
also have focus on the patients’ lives in spotlight and most of them made
me cry.
The series is a good watch not only for its romance theme
but those who loves watching medical related dramas. Its combined themes could give so much moral lessons about life, love and
letting go of hatred and pain. There also are light scenes that could make you
smile. It is worth giving a try not only for Korean drama fans.
