Doctor Cha
Doctor Cha is a 2023 South [Korean television series] starring Uhm Jung-hwa in the title role, along with Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin, and Min Woo-hyuk. It aired on JTBC from April 15 to June 4, 2023, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Netflix in selected regions.
The series was a commercial hit and became one of the highest-rated series in Korean cable television history.
Synopsis
The series follows the story of Cha Jeong-suk, a housewife of twenty years who becomes a first-year medical resident.Cast
Main
- Uhm Jung-hwa as Cha Jeong-seok: a full-time housewife of twenty years who decides to return to her medical career after surviving an unexpected crisis.
- * Park Joo-won as young Cha Jeong-seok
- Kim Byung-chul as Seo In-ho: the perfectionist husband of Jeong-suk and the chief surgeon at a university hospital, who has an affair with his first love Seung-hee, and is the father of her illegitimate daughter who is the same age as his daughter.
- * Park Tae-in as young Seo In-ho
- Myung Se-bin as Choi Seung-hee: In-ho's first love who is a family medicine professor and is mother to In-Ho's illegitimate daughter.
- * Moon Ye-jin as young Choi Seung-hee
- Min Woo-hyuk as Roy Kim: a charismatic surgeon who gets entangled with Jeong-suk. He was adopted by American parents and tries to find his biological family by registering his DNA
Supporting
- Song Ji-ho as Seo Jung-min: Jeong-suk and In-ho's son who is a first-year surgical resident.
- Jo Aram as Jeon So-ra: Jung-min's girlfriend who is a third-year surgical resident.
- Baek Joo-hee as Baek Mi-hee: Jeong-suk's friend who is a dermatologist.
- Park Joon-geum as Kwak Ae-sim: In-ho's mother and Jeong-suk's mother-in-law.
- Kim Mi-kyung as Oh Deok-rye: Jeong-suk's mother who works as a caregiver in a geriatric hospital.
- Lee Seo-yeon as Seo Yi-rang: Jeong-suk and In-ho's daughter.
- So A-rin as Choi Eun-seo / Seo Eun-seo: Seung-hee and In-ho's daughter. Yi-rang and Jung-min's half sister
- Park Chul-min as Yoon Tae-sik: the chief of surgery department.
- Kim Byung-chun as Im Jong-kwon: the chief of the family medicine department.
- Lim Hyun-soo as Lee Do-gyeom: a first-year resident in the family medicine department.
- Kim Ye-eun as Min Chae-yoon: an intern in the family medicine department.
Extended
- Jo Eun-yoo as Hwang Mi-ra: a surgeon at a university hospital.
- Song Young-ah as Park Ji-yeon: a third-year chief resident.
- Song Young-chang as Chairman Oh Chang-gyu: a VIP patient.
- Sung Byung-sook as Jang Hae-nam: a patient who was imprisoned for killing her husband.
- Kim Hyun-mok as Hwang Seong-gyu: a patient who has Crohn's disease.
- Seo Yoon-ji as Seo-yeon: Seong-gyu's wife.
- Nam Myeong-ryeol as Park Ho-won
Special appearances
- Kang Ji-young as Yoo Ji-seon: a single mother.
- Choi Eun-kyung as a shaman
Release