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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September 11th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
There are 2 Korean words at the end of the ep, on the last page of the diary. They are: 은수.
Eun Soo. That is her name on the diary.
So she had been in Goryeo before?
The plot thickens!
September 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
can i ask anyone what does it mean by 11th next to the ratings?why the ratings is very lowwww???ain’t this a good drama of my favourite actor lmh?i only watch if the ratings is good but not sure if i will watch this one sorry lmh!
September 11th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Uh, rating usually does not tell you if the drama is good or bad. But, if you only watch high rated show, then I recommend Reply 1997 since it is doing very well in rating. Faith is a good drama if you give it a chance, but I understand if it is not your cup of tea.
September 11th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
What a great twist in today episode. Has anyone figure out what the diary mean to ES? Or how it connects with her?
September 11th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I think the most of people are watching this drama because of Lee Min Ho.
The drama is not really interesting, it becomes boring more and more, wish I could be wrong and the next episodes will be better…
September 11th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
asyik… we can watch w eng sub .. they out so fast today..!!!
September 11th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
they cleaned up 2 male characters in episode 9: the royal doctor lost his facial hair and the head of royal protectors has combed his hair and put on a band! one thing i can say with the korean historical dramas is graphics is too clean cut, but i guess that is easier for production. anyway, i agree with mymphim-629 comments. it’s getting to be interesting! being non-korean, i found out the ratings don’t matter much to me anymore, as my likes are not the same as those of the ratings’ demographics. i just enjoy what i watch! cheers!
September 11th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
sorry, myphim-629, i mis-spelled your name.
September 11th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Faith Ep 9 ( The great Doctor ) Eng sub
http://krdramawatch.blogspot.com/2012/09/faith-ep-9-great-doctor-eng-sub.html
September 11th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
yooksi.. as my prediction at 1st this drama will better n more great each eps!!
My heart follow to roam along the soundtrack song who play while CY n Doc rom scenes .. this drama only have little rom scene for that’s triangle love .. but each time is so sweet ..
the development of its storyline makes me curious! in addition to the controversy over Hwa Tuo. Can a woman become Hwa Tuo? I do not quite understand what it Hwa Tuo in a trust other people .. what I knew it was same as Dewa in Buddhist/Hindu. In my own religion “Dewa” can be said Prophet who is a messenger of God in charge of conveying science from God to the people, Prophet was also could be called a caliphate. And people of both men and women who can convey back science from God for another peoples can also called Caliph.
so I Ok / agree to it if the author makes Hwa Tuo in this drama is a woman ..According to this eps! the diary may belong Eun Soo.. My thought only have two possibility :
1. that’s Eun soo maybe ever come to Geryeo before, means she is the Hwa Tuo or
2. Somebody else who close to Eun soo in modern time who brought his diary!! as we know this drama has many plot not shown yet.. that’s only my thought what I got from only watch this drama cuz I never read the recap or synopsis related to this drama. so what U think guys ?
September 11th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Wow! The drama is getting better and better, I can’t wait for episode 10…. I’m beginning to like the female lead actress
September 11th, 2012 at 8:25 pm
@KDaddict haha yes yes my other boy. he was very responsible throughout the trip so I did not have 3 kids to manage. He took care of them for 2 hours while I went shopping. Not very long but I was very happy for that
we wouldnt have survived in a tour group with the kids. we were on our own. considering we made it to soraksan and back, it was quite a feat. i hv everything good to say about korea’s efficiency and hospitality to make it possible!
@anne no u r not shallow at all. Enjoying KD dramas is not just about the story, and I don’t know much about the technicalities but it would be very much less interesting if the actors were not good looking and the ladies in frumpy clothing. Gorgeous looking men n women is one of the reasons I watch KDs
. I miss CY’s old hairstyle but I too like the cleaner cut look. and wow , did he cut a formidable and dashing figure with his height in that awesome armour suit when he greeted the king.
September 11th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Something is wrong with me:
I keep hoping that CY’s first love will come back alive! We saw her leap up to that tree using her whip, but never actually saw her die. She was a perfect match for him. I’ve nothing against KHS or ES, but I’m still in love with CY’s 1st love! Silly me.
The loss of that girl turned him into a member of the walking dead for 7 years. As his aunt said, all he did was sleep. He became indifferent to the world around him, and to life itself. I just feel his hurt.
@kdfan,
Definitely a feat, to make it to soraksan n back, on your own w 2 little ones, definitely! Share some details n photos by email, ok?
@hny,
Hwata (華佗) is to Chinese medicine as Confucius is to Chinese Classical literature, a figure head, an inventor n innovator, a pioneer, an idol. His name has existed in Classical Chinese records for millennia, which showed that he lived in the 3 Kingdoms period. He is credited with the invention of surgery, way before it was thought possible. The emperor heard of his skill, summoned HT to cure his migraine. When HT outlined his plan of treatment, i.e. cutting open the emperor’s head, he was killed, n his records destroyed. The jail warden saved 1 book, the one that had been passed down to posterity, that greatly enriched the field of Chinese medicine.
In the drama, they keep referring to HT as a heavenly healer becos he lived before their time, n would have gone to ‘heaven’ already.
September 11th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
Hopefully this drama will have a happy/satisfying ending, not be ended as tragically as CY’s fate in the true history of Goryeo -_-
September 11th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
i want see episode 10.i don’t like lee min ho hair style in episode 9.i know he change this very soon
September 12th, 2012 at 5:56 am
Ep9
Our hero is doing great but he is suffering is endless. He does his best to save the king and ES plus to beat that snake, Kicheol. But ES misunderstands. She thinks of him as a cruel man who can easily kill a child. She even doesn’t thank him when he saves her.
ES also is losing her cheerfulness bit by bit. I love how her character is changing. She finally will do a great job there.
I’ve loved the brave queen since the beginning. But it’s the first time i feel i can like the king too. He finally is doing something and his and queen’s love is adorable.
I enjoyed this ep too. ES’s name is written on the diery.The plot thinckens and lots of questions arise in viewer’s mind. Who ‘s Hwata? Is he related to ES in any ways? Has ES been in Geuryo before?
It’s good that we can see our hero with a new hair style. I liked the former one more. LMH’s beauty was more obvious with that. I love his chubby cheeks and the new hair style makes his face look thiner.
@KDaddict
Yeah, i think so. He is too obsessed with his ambition to fall in love with anybody. But if he does, the story goes in a way that we’ll enjoy it much more. Seeing that stupid evil snake in love would be very funny. I ‘m not sure if we will have any love triangle though. Royal doc is too considrate to covet general’s woman and flute player is too unhuman to even have any feelings.
September 12th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Am I the only one starting to fell love in the air? This drama is getting better
September 12th, 2012 at 7:31 am
I meant Feel*
September 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Ep 10:
This ep doesn’t give us what we long for.
1. We don’t know more abt the diary. Doc recognizes her own handwriting. She guesses that the nos. r coordinates for the Heaven’s gate. That’s it. Don’t tell me she had gone back to Goryeo before this, n doesn’t know. That’d be too much like Dr. Jin.
2. There r no sweet moments for the OTP, as some ppl were asking for. As a matter of fact, she said Goodbye to CY, mentally prepared to find a way back to Seoul on her own.
3. There r no additional triumphs for king and CY.
Their scheme to get the doc back n divest KC of his riches in ep 9 was so good. But this time, their plan goes awry. I find it painful to watch when their lack of security betrays them, once, twice, 3 times in quick succession.
4. Doc is losing her effervescence. She is becoming sad w burden, scared at her role in changing history. I prefer Doc bubbly, even tho KHS overacted it at times.
5. CY has no awesome moments in this ep. He just runs back n forth, not achieving a thing!
This is my least fav ep so far.
Can sb tell me how to make an emoticon that shows more anger than this?
September 12th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
@KDaddict
thanks for sharing info .. it adds to my notes about Hwata!
Me too.. also curious w CY first love.. since w didn’t saw her die .. I ever thought she still a life but for me she is not perfect match for him
September 12th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Faith Ep 10 ( the great Doctor) Eng sub
http://krdramawatch.blogspot.com/2012/09/faith-ep-10-great-doctor-eng-sub.html
September 12th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I read up on General Choi Young’s life n found it to be v sad, IMHO. He was a national hero who risked his life many times in the service of his country. But the king in history did not remain his ally and his friend, as suggested in the drama. Choi was ordered to fight for the Monguls and later against the Monguls on Jeju when his strength was needed, but was exiled and almost executed when it was not. He did live to the age of 72 (from 1316 to 1388).
I’d love for our Choi Young to run away to Seoul w EO, but that isn’t possible since he was to become an impt historical figure. Would EO stay w him? But he’s a fighting man, not a family man. It’s hard to be optimistic. Sigh.
@sara,
You r very perceptive in likening KC to a snake. In ep 10, they actually tell a story abt that.
I don’t get this hairstylist’s insistence on giving our leading men a small ponytail on top.
First, Sung Hoon, now LMH. I’m OK w the hairband, but that tail I can do w/out.
September 12th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
BTW, Chun Eum Ja (Flute guy) has a crush for Fire Woman, who is a flirt n a player (collector of men’s hearts, she says). That’s got to hurt (for him)! Maybe that’s why he is so cranky all the time.
September 12th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
@KDaddict will share some trip details in email a little later. i too read up a little on goryeo and choiyoung. wonder how much the drama will follow history bec sadly the king and choiyoung both lived a much turbulent live. did you also realize how important the kid Yiseonggye who had his appendix removed by Eunsoo? wonder if the drama will cover that long a period to include Yeseonggye’s story. I hope not bec it would mean a bad ending.
September 12th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
is it true the episodes getting better? i stop watching it at ep 1 becoz the story so boring in ep 1