Faith @ The Great Doctor
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Title: 신의 / Faith
Chinese Title: 信義 / 神醫
Also Known as: The Great Doctor
Genre: Romance, Historical, Fantasy, Time-Travel, Medical
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Aug-13 to 2012-Oct-30
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
This drama shows the love between a warrior from the Goryeo Period and a female doctor from the present day, their love transcending time and space.
Yoo Eun Soo (Kim Hee Sun) is a 33-year old plastic surgeon in the year 2012. She was originally a general surgeon, but quickly found that it was an overworked, under-paid profession and jumped ship to plastic surgery. Her dream is to someday open her own practice. But one day, Choi Young (Lee Min Ho) kidnaps her and takes her back to the Goryeo era because needing her medical skills. Their love story spans centuries but also warring beliefs. He gave up on love to be an unflinching warrior.
Cast
Main Cast
Lee Min Ho as Choi Young
Kim Hee Sun as Yoo Eun Soo
Yoo Oh Sung as Ki Cheol
Lee Philip as Jang Bin
Ryu Duk Hwan as King Gong Min
Park Se Young as Princess Nogook
Supporting Cast
Sung Hoon as Cheon Eum Ja
Shin Eun Jung as Hwa Soo In
Lee Byung Joon as Jo Il Sin
Baek Gwang Doo as Baek Choong Suk
Kim Jong Moon as Oh Dae Man
Jung Yoo Chan as Joo Suk
Kang Chang Mook as Deol Bae
Yoon Kyun Sang as Deok Man
Kim Soo Yun as Deo Gi
Kim Mi Kyung as Court lady Choi
Kwon Min as Ahn Do Chi
Park Yoon Jae as Duk Heung (the king’s uncle)
Other
Choi Won Hong as Kyung Chang (King Choong Jung)
Oh Jae Moo as Lee Sung Gye
Lee Sook as Man Bo Sibling
Song Kyung Chul (송경철) as Man Bo Sibling
Song Min Hyung as Lee Je Hyun
Kim Hyung Jong as Lee Saek
Park Jin Soo (박진수) as Shin Bi Geosa
Ji Yoon Ho (지윤호) as Ji Ho
Choi Chang Yub as Si Wool
Lee Soo (이수) as Ahn Jae
Choi Min Soo as Moon Chi Hoo (Leader of Crescent Moons)
Kim Hyo Sun as Mae Hee
Ahn Jae Wook as Eun-Soo’s ex-boyfriend (ep.1)
Park Hwi Soon as Eun Soo’s second man
Oh Kwang Rok as fortune teller
Oh Hyun Chul as King Choong Hye
Park Sang Won as Yuan Envoy / Son Yoo (ep 19)
Production Credits
Production Company: KIMJONGHAK Production
Director: Kim Jong Hak
Screenwriter: Song Ji Na
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-08-13 | 1 | 12.2 (9th) | 13.8 (5th) | 9.4 (16th) | 10.8 (10th) |
| 2012-08-14 | 2 | 11.8 (9th) | 13.1 (7th) | 10.3 (9th) | 11.4 (7th) |
| 2012-08-20 | 3 | 13.4 (10th) | 15.8 (5th) | 10.3 (17th) | 11.6 (10th) |
| 2012-08-21 | 4 | 13.2 (8th) | 15.5 (5th) | 11.5 (12th) | 12.8 (7th) |
| 2012-08-27 | 5 | 12.9 (11th) | 14.5 (6th) | 10.6 (16th) | 11.6 (13th) |
| 2012-08-28 | 6 | 13.1 (10th) | 14.8 (8th) | 12.2 (14th) | 13.5 (13th) |
| 2012-09-03 | 7 | 12.3 (8th) | 13.9 (7th) | 9.8 (12th) | 10.9 (8th) |
| 2012-09-04 | 8 | 12.6 (11th) | 13.9 (7th) | 11.0 (12th) | 12.4 (8th) |
| 2012-09-10 | 9 | 11.6 (13th) | 12.8 (6th) | 11.8 (10th) | 13.2 (6th) |
| 2012-09-11 | 10 | 11.7 (14th) | 13.0 (9th) | 11.2 (10th) | 11.4 (9th) |
| 2012-09-17 | 11 | 11.8 (15th) | 13.5 (9th) | 10.4 (16th) | 11.3 (13th) |
| 2012-09-18 | 12 | 11.2 (13th) | 12.2 (8th) | 10.1 (13th) | 11.0 (11th) |
| 2012-09-24 | 13 | 10.7 (11th) | 12.2 (7th) | 9.7 (12th) | 10.9 (10th) |
| 2012-09-25 | 14 | 10.2 (17th) | 11.6 (10th) | 9.0 (17th) | 9.7 (15th) |
| 2012-10-01 | 15 | 11.1 (7th) | 12.7 (7th) | 9.3 (14th) | 9.9 (11th) |
| 2012-10-02 | 16 | 9.6 (17th) | 10.2 (13th) | 9.5 (18th) | 9.7 (13th) |
| 2012-10-08 | 17 | 13.2 (6th) | 14.1 (6th) | 10.5 (12th) | 11.4 (9th) |
| 2012-10-09 | 18 | 11.5 (15th) | 13.0 (8th) | 9.9 (13th) | 10.6 (13th) |
| 2012-10-15 | 19 | 9.2 (17th) | 10.6 (13th) | 8.8 (19th) | 9.5 (17th) |
| 2012-10-16 | 20 | 10.7 (11th) | 11.9 (7th) | 9.9 (8th) | 10.9 (8th) |
| 2012-10-22 | 21 | 10.2 (19th) | 11.7 (9th) | 9.3 (19th) | 10.5 (12th) |
| 2012-10-23 | 22 | 9.7 (17th) | 11.6 (9th) | 8.9 (17th) | 10.0 (14th) |
| 2012-10-29 | 23 | 9.1 (20th) | 10.3 (13th) | 8.7 | 9.7 (15th) |
| 2012-10-30 | 24 | 10.5 (16th) | 11.4 (11th) | 10.1 (14th) | 10.9 (13th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
Lee Philip injured his eyes during the drama and was forced to have surgery. So they killed his character abruptly after episode 19.
Awards
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor Awards (Mini Series), Lee Min Ho (Faith)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Awards, Lee Min Ho (Faith)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Park Se Young (Faith)
Poster
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August 20th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
@sara
Yeah, I do not hate any k-actors. Just stated my opinion. It’s ok~
@KDaddict
It’s ok, sis. Have nice time with both “A&M” and “faith”.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Faith (Korean Drama) Ep 3 Live Recap starts at 9:55 KT (In about 10 minutes). I can’t wait to see what happens tonight. I actually like the direction the story has taken so far. http://www.vingle.net/posts/45152
August 21st, 2012 at 2:57 am
Just saw Faith episode 3. LOL. It was so funny how ES shocked all the guys because she was showing off her legs in her makeshift short. Haha…the guys back then probably never seen so much skin on a woman in public. Too bad she did not pack her swimsuit too. Imagine the shock if she put on her bikini to go swimming. Hihi.
August 21st, 2012 at 7:47 am
i want see episode 3
i cant wait for download link
did you watched this episode?
just tell some thing about this episode , it was better right?
August 21st, 2012 at 9:15 am
Ratings for ep 3 are consistent with ratings of previous eps:
TNmS:
13.4% Nationwide
15.8% Seoul
AGB:
10.3 Nationwide
11.6% Seoul
It’s still doing pretty well, even though it dropped a bit in rank.
August 21st, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Faith OST Part.1 – ALi – Carry On
http://kpopparazzi.me/2012/08/ali-faith-ost-part-1/
August 21st, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I like how the drama is developing tho not the part about the magical powers the weird people possessed or used.
Actually I like the acting of the lead actress (not too wacky, not too seroius); i don’t find her too old for this role at all – she’s just right. Also, the chemistry bet her and lee minho is great. (To clarify, I’m not lee’s fan, so I’m i think I’m been pretty obective).
Great show tho I do hope that they reduce a little of the magical power coz it just doesn’t make sense
August 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Ep 3:
So far, this show has been 2 eps that have the looks of a sageuk, but not the feel of one; the 2eps have moments of comedy, but not the look of one. I loved the comedy in it, n was waiting for more, esp. the idiosyncratic animation. Alas!
With ep 3, it settles into being so much like a regular sageuk, which is a disappointment for me. I was hoping for sth more eclectic, more fusion, less single genre. The fantasy element still remains, tho not the kind that I fancy. Its fantasy takes the forms of Cheun Eom Ja, the one who kills by sound, n his sister-in-training, the one who kills by fire. Violent fantasy–who would have thought!
I finally figure out who that strange cockroach guy is: His name is Ki Chu; his sister was the queen of the former king. So he feels that he is entitled to the throne when the former king dies (was killed?), which is resolutely not the way of succession. It is high treason.
This show has a serious draw back: it shares the same ridiculousness with Dr. Jin when it comes to operations n recuperations. This is no George Clooney’s OR! The ops r so unbelievable that they r laughable. And then after the crude n bloody incisions, patients walk around w no down time, blood transfusions or antibiotics! Come on. Better not to show your weak hand, PD team.
I think LMH is in fine form. I see the determination n dedication in his eyes to get the job done, if it is the last thing he does. That and his skill command the respect n loyalty of his team, as well as the recognition n trust of the king. Other than that, he looks mighty fine in his armor. I like giving credit where credit is due: Ah…., pretty.
KHS ‘s doc is this ditzy modern yuppy, who puts pragmatism above all else. But our killer warrior is beginning to notice her ‘as a woman’, as they like to say in KDs, while the Mongolian princess is beginning to notice our warrior ‘as a man’. That’s one triangle. I’m willing to bet that in time, Philip Lee’s Han doc will also come to notice ditzy doc ‘as a woman’. So that’s another triangle.
Can’t say I’m as excited as I was after ep 1, but Onwards we go.
August 21st, 2012 at 2:05 pm
@sara-325,
Who is the SIG in Reply 1997? The only K actor I know to be worthy of his acronym of SIG is the mighty Song Il Gook. But I’m old school.
I’m enjoying the hell out of 1997, w/out know a single actor in it. Love it even more than Arang, n I like Arang plenty.
Started Gakistal. Love it. But am deliberately slowing down so that I don’t have to suffer its cliffhangers.
In Faith, I notice that LMH doesn’t have that much screen presence so far. Often when u have a big star like that, they r in every frame. He hasn’t shown up enough for me to overwhelm me w his gorgeousness yet.
August 21st, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Wow, now that KDaddict highlighted that there may be multiple love triangles; it makes me even more attracted to the show(stupid me!).
Frankly, I kind of look forward to the “yuppy doc” and “macho general” combination.
August 21st, 2012 at 2:14 pm
@princess-329,
Ep 3 is abt the reception that our king receives when he arrives back in Goryeo. Ki Chu has every one of those loyal to the king killed before his arrival. All the other officials go to a party Ki Chu deliberately throws (for the birth of his nephew), such that the king is left w NO one to welcome him home. It’s meant to highlight his isolation in the court, n therefore how untenable his throne is.
Choi Young is recovering, badly. He wants to resign, but the king wouldn’t let him. Doc is mighty frustrated w such a poor patient n her situation.
It is rather standard fare in a sageuk. Whether it is better depends on how well u like sageuks, LMH n KHS. Cheers.
August 21st, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Sorry for typo in #334:
Last sentence should be:
He hasn’t shown up enough to overwhelm me w his gorgeousness yet.
August 21st, 2012 at 6:56 pm
i want see episode 3
i cant find any link yet
August 21st, 2012 at 8:02 pm
@KDaddict-333-334
Seo In Gook, The pretty boy who plays Yunjae. I just watched two or three scenes of BM. But it’s not my style and i don’t like Jo Won at all.
“So far, this show has been 2 eps that have the looks of a sageuk, but not the feel of one; the 2eps have moments of comedy, but not the look of one.”
I love this. Great description. I still haven’t watched it. But there are two more hotties in this drama besides LMH. We have to wait and see who ‘s the scene sealer.
August 21st, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Faith Ep 4 Live Recaps starting in 10 Minutes!! I really can’t wait to find out about Cy’s story. I thought about all the possibilities last night after watching it. ooooh, can’t wait!!! http://www.vingle.net/posts/46432
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:22 am
Omo, Choi Young’s past was so sad.
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Faith Ep 3 (The great Doctor) Eng Sub
http://krdramawatch.blogspot.com/2012/08/faith-ep-3-great-doctor-eng-sub.html
August 22nd, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Ep3 & ep4 with eng sub available now at kimchi drama
August 23rd, 2012 at 1:27 am
I love lee min hoo, and i love this drama XD INTERESTING !
August 23rd, 2012 at 1:51 am
Ep 4:
Choi Young has such heavy baggage to carry for such a long time. I hope he reunites with his sister-in-training, who was insulted by the previous beast of a king.
I still like the animated series; unfortunately it is no longer funny, becos it is used to tell a very sad story.
Where n why do they find such a short person to play the king? He is shorter than everyone else by a foot.
@sara-339,
The other two hotties aren’t going to steal Lee Min Ho’s thunder. Not a chance. Once you start watching, you’ll know why.
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:35 am
@KDaddict-345
I think now i know why, even if i haven’t watched ep4 yet.
Ep3
I love this drama. It’s getting better. There are no fantasy, magic and mystery in this episode but we can see more of its emotional aspect. You can see CY has felt something but he’s not aware of it yet. Now we know a bit more about the characters but still lots of them are unknown.
1. I don’t like that scientific explanation of how playing the flute can kill a person or how that cruel girl explodes people’s hearts. I’d rather to know nothing about the how to and just enjoy the mystery. We have to wait to know more about the anti-heroes of this drama. I hope they won’t be some one dimensional evil characters. Specially, I kind of hate that white hair guy.
2. I like the heroin. She is very simple and knows what she wants and is honest with herself. Although she seems a bit selfish some times.
3. I love CY. He is the best and loveliest one. I don’t know if it is LMH’s acting or CY’s character. But I love his being carefree and lonely. I am curious to know why he wants to die and doesn’t accept the treatment. Why he seems spiritless and doesn’t have the will for living on. Why he just obeys the orders and doesn’t care about anything. There must be a reason in his past. And that’s what makes him very mysterious and unique. He seems to have a caring and romantic side too. I love when he looks at her with affection secretly.
August 23rd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Faith Ep 4 ( The great Doctor) Eng sub
http://krdramawatch.blogspot.com/2012/08/faith-ep-4-great-doctor-eng-sub.html
August 23rd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Ep 4:
Stirred up such strong emotions in me that I didn’t know what to say.
I am sooo angry at that beast of a former king that I wish him a fate worse than death.
I feel sooo depressed for the treatment that Choi Young and his teammates suffered at the king’s hand. And CY is forced to serve said king w his life! Arghhhh!
Love CY n LMH in this drama. And ditzy doc as well, for being caught up in circumstances beyond her control and her reaction to them!
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:39 pm
watch ep 3 n 4..I’m more n more like to watch this..more than to watch other drama…see Choi Young past history makes me understand to his behaviour… no doubt LMH suit to this role. KHS ..I like her act now . so funny n not makes me bored also fall sleep like I watch Arang..really enjoy the story also all cast , they gave the best acting..powerfull chemistry from all makes this drama getting better ..I can’t wait to see next eps..
August 23rd, 2012 at 8:15 pm
oh my god! this is called craziness… i cant wait to see next episode… lol! thank you so much DSD for the link…