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 6th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
I think generally It is better to have a seasoned actress who looks younger than her age, than a young actress who looks definitely younger than the male lead, but can’t act.
It is disturbing to have an actress who looks way older than the male lead, as in The Legend, aka TWSSG, aka the Story of the 1st Kings’ 4 gods, which isn’t the case here.
August 7th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
6 days left..wahhh cant wait to see it…
August 8th, 2012 at 2:09 am
5days 19hrs 46mins to go!!! Hwaiting oppa
<3
August 8th, 2012 at 3:26 am
i can’t wait
August 8th, 2012 at 10:30 am
wow
August 8th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
OMG, lokk atthat… the poster and some pic teaser…. look soooo bored drama!!! seem like dr jin…..
August 8th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@park jun hee Have to second that. Somehow seeing that it’s Kim Hee Sun being on the show makes it even worse. She’s pretty no doubt but she’s so boring
August 8th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Kim Hee Sun was the “It” girl for the decade from mid 90′s to mid 2000′s. Surely her looks couldn’t be the only reason for her great popularity.
I saw a different trailer for Faith in which she wore a wide brimmed hat draped in black crepe. Beautiful and alluring. Her eyes could talk.
I haven’t seen much of her work b4, and look fwd to checking her out in this drama.
The supporting chars from another world sound interesting too. Also want to see if Sung Hoon could really act. I couldn’t decide after only having seen him in NT of Gisaeng.
August 8th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Kim heesun so prettyyy I love her
August 8th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Like this..waiting for the movie
August 8th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
ill try to watch historical drama again. Hope, this is n0t tragic coz that’s what i hate about it.,
August 9th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Still I like Park Min Young as the lead actress. But sadly shes already cast on somewhat alike story Dr. Jin. I hope this drama wont bored me as what i felt in Dr. Jin.
August 9th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
@pretzel
I am not a fan of Pmy’s acting either…she and Song seung hun are the main problem of the drama anyway…
August 9th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
..i really love korean drama series..i cant wait to watch a new drama series again,,,espicially lee min ho is the actors in this drama series again…waiting to you oppa… BIG SARANGHEE,,,, gudluck and keep up the good tv show(drama series)..pls reply to me oppa…
August 10th, 2012 at 2:39 am
I’m looking forward to watching this drama.
August 10th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
3 more days only wahoooooooo
August 10th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
sana August 13 na!!!!!feeling nasa SoKor hehehe….i’m going to watch this online so pls provide links for me when it starts…can’t really wait for the dvd…hay sobrang excited na ako….sana makuha to ng abs-cbn….i also want to watch Queen Inhyun’s Man….heard it was a great drama…
August 11th, 2012 at 7:06 am
2 days…I’m so excited
August 11th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Looking forword just because there will be lee min ho in the main cast !!
August 11th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
arang and the magistrate looks more interesting…I don’t know why
August 12th, 2012 at 1:25 am
For some reason I am less excited for this drama after watching the extended 6 minute trailer. There’s something really off about the leading pair’s acting.
Lee Min Ho seems really awkward and stiff in these scenes. He doesn’t convey subtle emotions very well, and is only interesting/accurate in scenes where he is angry or upset. He totally fails in scenes where he has to be caring or gentle. I’ve noticed this before in his other dramas too. Maybe it’s just the personality of the character he’s playing? I hope so. I just wish there was more in his expression and movements. In a lot of these scenes, I find myself searching his face for that one expression that appropriately conveys the emotion of the scene… but there’s nothing there… just a blank stare. It’s so disappointing. I’m beginning to think if it weren’t for his pretty face, he wouldn’t have made it very far in this industry with his acting alone. The boy needs more acting lesson.
And then there’s Kim Hee Sun… who seems to be overacting in most of her scenes. She’s supposed to be a respected doctor, right? But she acts like an emotional, ditzy 16-year-old girl. I don’t mind this kind of personality if the character was some immature young thing… but in a 33-year-old doctor? This kind of personality doesn’t fit at all. She also sounds very screechy and shrill when upset, which annoys me to no end.
So yeah… I am a bit underwhelmed. But here’s hoping that the directing and writing will make up for the sub-par acting on the part of the leads…
August 12th, 2012 at 3:20 am
@tonberry You are maybe thinking too much…He is not Kim hyun joong.He is a much better actor than what you think. He has never failed to portray his character and always chose a good project unlike people like JGS and KHJ…Btw there was nothing from the trailer which was underwhelming which leads to me believing that you are most likely either never watched Lmh’s dramas or just support another drama which is competing against ‘Faith’. Good Luck with the other dramas. =)
August 12th, 2012 at 5:04 am
One more day to go. Let’s hope this will be good.
August 12th, 2012 at 6:03 am
@Tonberry
I’m not a LMH fan but i believe he has greatly improved since BOF. all the actors were weak in that drama but LMH was the best. Then i watched his PT and noticed his improved acting skills. Also he was very good in CH, although i just watched few eps. I think his great strength is to get better drama by drama. It means he has the potential and his choice of dramas proves his determination for learning more. His pretty face also is totally one of the factors but not the only one.
The only thing that annoys me about him is that hidden smile in his face. As if he wants to burst into laughing even in the most serious scenes. So i never related with his character in PT. Coz hes eyes couldn’t express the feelings of someone with painful past. Although it seems he is working on this weak point too. I ‘m looking forward to this drama. It seems very interesting.