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Original Title :
Dr. Jin
Genre :
TV Series / Fantasy
Cast :
Seung-heon Song,Min-Young Park,Beom-su Lee
Budget :
$10,000,000
Type :
TV Series
Rating :
6.3/10
Dr. Jin Online

Dr. Jin, the top surgeon in Korea in the 21st century, finds himself transported to the year 1860 in the Joseon kingdom. How does he treat patients without state-of-the-art medical equipment and only armed with knowledge of modern medicine? There is no medical equipment or medicine in the kingdom but he has to somehow find a way to treat ill patients. Time traveler Dr. Jin is a medical drama with actual doctors advising the drama production. To save lives, Dr. Jin resorts to building his own medical instruments and developing medicine to remake himself into a better doctor.
Series cast summary:
Seung-heon Song Seung-heon Song - Jin Hyuk / - 22 episodes, 2012
Min-Young Park Min-Young Park - Hong Young-Rae / - 22 episodes, 2012
Beom-su Lee Beom-su Lee - Lee Ha-Weung / - 22 episodes, 2012
Jae-Joong Kim Jae-Joong Kim - Kim Kyung-Tak / - 22 episodes, 2012
So-yeon Lee So-yeon Lee - Choon-Hong / - 20 episodes, 2012


User reviews

roternow

roternow

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) was a long movie - over 15 hours long. The Thornbirds, Roots and other early TV mini-series were long movies broken into consecutive episodes. I love a mini-series as a melodrama that tells a story in the long movie format, as opposed to those that tell different stories in the same setting (like Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men and to a lesser extent Damages, Breaking Bad, and Revenge that change the story at times while keeping to a general story). In this regard, I have discovered some gems in the South Korean TV mini-series of recent years.

The basic melodrama is the oft repeated formula: Boy meets Girl, Boy loses Girl, Boy gets Girl Back. This me recur in the same story. Human relations can be complex even if only the boy and girl are involved, but this complexity increases as more people are involved. If personality dynamics are properly depicted in a valid manner, and if the production is skillful, powerful emotions can be evoked in the viewer. In this way we can live many lifetimes through movies, in our one lifetime - greatly enriching our incarnate experience.

These South Korean productions (seen on Netflix streaming) are first class with excellent production and direction, some terrific casting and acting (particularly from some of the females who give some matchless world class performances), brilliant musical accompaniment, and staging. What makes these so good is the way they skillfully evoke deep emotion in the viewer. South Korean movie making is superb - world class.

However, the following caveats must be considered by the USA viewer. They are subtitled and some people hate this. The South Korean cultural norms, values and sanctions may sometimes seems silly or old fashioned to the USA viewer. The families are close knit and decisions by an individual may be subject to family approval. Social distance is maintained where formal speech is used, and personal speech forms are reserved for close friends or family. There is a strong work ethic and community cooperation/unity - sometimes reminiscence of a old Frank Capra film.

Most importantly, in order for the sometimes complicated sub-plots to work, people fail to communicate with each other as might be expected, keeping many in the dark as to what others are doing, and this leads to misunderstandings and error judgments of some people, that sometimes seem to be unlikely by USA cultural standards. The viewer may wonder at times why good but trusting people are so easily manipulated and deceived by bad and selfish people, but con artists do often succeed (just look at politicians for example). However this poetic license of improbability is needed to develop the story - just accept it as occurring even though unlikely at times. Taking these factors into account Will help you become involved and emotionally engrossed. It was hard for me to quit watching at times so I binged watched.

I would rank these as follows but tastes differ and your rankings might not agree: 1 - 4 (hard to say which is best)

Shining Inheritance

When a Man Loves

That Winter, The Wind Blows

Secret garden

5. Five Fingers

6. The Scent of a Woman

7. The Great Queen Seondeok

8. A Hundred Years Inheritance

9. Lie To me

10. Roof Top Prince

11. Dr. Jin

12. The Great Doctor

Like Rooftop Prince and The Great Doctor, Dr. Jin has a fantasy premise - a Chief Resident Surgeon experiences time travel from the present day to the past. Basically a romantic melodrama in the context of political struggles and suspense. Time travel is rare but has been reported by reputable people. See J. Randles book, Time Slips, for more on this. Accept the fantasy and enjoy the fun.
Munimand

Munimand

I love the characters played by seasoned actors. The main actor's bravery in desperate time in our history is absolutely gripping. It is fictional but carries many historical figures and events in Korea before North and South got divided into two countries. It is comically written dialog with heartwarming love story and the challenges against the greed and power.

My favorite actor in Korea is Song Seung Hun. He has been a superstar since the 90s when I lived in Korea. He hasn't aged a bit but his acting has matured and still ultimately genuine. He is my Korean Keanu Reeves!