Dr. Romantic


Dr. Romantic is a South Korean television series starring Han Suk-kyu in the title role, alongside Yoo Yeon-seok and Seo Hyun-jin in the first season, Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Joo-hun in the second and third season. The first season aired on SBS TV from November 7, 2016, to January 16, 2017, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 for 20 episodes. The second season aired on SBS TV from January 6 to February 25, 2020, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:40 time slot for 16 episodes. The third season aired on SBS TV from April 28 to June 17, 2023, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 time slot for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Viu for the first and second seasons and Disney+ for the third season in selected regions.
The first season received positive reception, recording over 20% in ratings. In addition, it also received positive reviews for its plot and Han Suk-kyu's performance.
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Synopsis

Season 1

A story about Boo Yong-joo, a triple-board certified surgeon, who was once at the top of his field and used to work at Seoul's top medical center, Geosan University Hospital. After a traumatic incident, he disappears and changes his name to Kim Sa-bu. He begins working at a small hospital named Doldam, located in Gangwon Province. He guides Kang Dong-joo and Yoon Seo-jeong, both who were transferred from Geosan University Hospital a 5 years apart, to become great doctors by teaching them to fight against power and money for the sake of patients.

Season 2

Three years following the events of the first season, Kim Sa-bu visits Geosan University Hospital to recruit a general surgeon. He finds Seo Woo-jin, a doctor with a troubled past who is ostracized by his fellow doctors and offers him the job. In the meantime, Cha Eun-jae is suspended after making another mistake in the operation room and has no other choice but to follow the two doctors to Doldam Hospital. A doctor named Park Min-gook saw this but was traumatized after seeing Kim Sa-bu again. They both got into a bus accident and saw Sa-bu risking his life helping an injured lady. He became the new director of Doldam only for him to be betrayed by his own team from Geosan. So, he ended up supporting Doldam and thus stayed there permanently. In the end of the series the Doldam Hospital Foundation has been formed separate from the Geosan Hospital Foundation with Boo Yong-joo as a chairman of the foundation.

Season 3

Three years following the events of the second season, the Doldam Hospital Regional Trauma Center, Kim Sa-bu's long-held dream, is set to be opened. With the opening of the Regional Trauma Center, the scale of incidents and accidents that Doldam Hospital has to deal with also increases. The events will also feature Kang Dong-joo's return as Chief of Trauma Department, as well as the rivalry between Kim Sa-bu and Dr. Cha Jin-nam, who happens to be Cha Eun-jae's estranged father.

Cast

Main

Supporting

; People of Doldam Hospital
; People of Geosan University Hospital
; Park Min-gook's staff

Others

  • Seo Young as Chairman Shin's assistant
  • Kim Ji-eun as Yoon-wan's secretary
  • Park Min-jung as Min-jung
  • Kim Bo-jung as a nurse
  • Lee Chae-eun as a nurse
  • Jin Ah-rin
  • Lee Yong-yi as a mother of a patient
  • Ri Min as a truck driver
  • Lee Jin-kwon
  • Ko Jin-ho
  • Lee Cheol-min as Kang Seung-ho
  • Lee Myung-haeng as a psychotherapist
  • Shin Seung-hwan as a webtoon writer and patient at Doldam hospital
  • Park Seung-tae as a patient
  • Kim Joon-won as Inspector Choi
  • Kim Dan-woo as Inspector Choi's daughter
  • Shin Yeon-suk
  • Lee Kang-uk as a patient and driver who caused a six-fold collision by drunk driving
  • Lee Jae-wook
  • Heo Joon-seok
  • Kang Eui-sik as Park Joo-hyuk, the runaway soldier
  • Han Kab-soo as Park Joo-hyuk's father
  • Son Yeong-Soon as a patient's wife
  • Park Yeong-soo as the general manager of the Disease Control Center Department
  • Park Doo-shik as Soo-jung's boyfriend
  • Lee Jin-kwon as Supporting
  • Jo I-hyun as a patient
  • Jeon Min-seo
  • Jung Soo-hwan as a high school student
  • Kim Se-joon as a paramedic transferring patients to Doldam Hospital
  • Kim Min-sang as Reporter Oh Sung-jae
  • Lee Jae-woo as Ahn woo-yeol
  • Kim Ji-eun as President Do Yoon-wan's secretary
  • Lee Jung-sung
  • Lee Ho-cheol as loan shark
  • Lim Cheol-soo as loan shark
  • Kim Jong-tae as Professor Oh
  • Kang Yoo-seok as Joon Young
  • Kim Jin as Choi Soon-young
  • Lee Ji-hyun as Soon-young's mother
  • Ji Hye-won as Seo Se-young
  • Kwon Hyeok-soo as Mr. Ryu
  • Kim Dong-hyun as a violent husband
  • Ha Dong-joon as Kang Sung-jin, coast guard
  • Kwon Hyeok-soo as Ryu Woon-gil
  • Oh Min-ae as Ko Kyung-sook
  • Woo Ji-hyun as Jeon Kyung-soo
  • Lee Ji-ha as Cha Eun-jae's mother
  • Kim Cheol-yun as North Korean defector
  • Seo Dong-hyun
  • Jung Han-seol as Jo Seong-yoon

Special appearances

Production

Season 1

First script reading took place September 13, 2016, at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, South Korea. Filming started on September 23.

Season 2

The first script reading took place in September 2019 at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, South Korea.
Han Suk-kyu, Kim Hong-pa, Jin Kyung, Im Won-hee, Byun Woo-min, Kim Min-jae, Choi Jin-ho, Jang Hyuk-jin, Yang Se-jong, Lee Gyu-ho and Yoon Na-moo reprised their roles from the first season.

Season 3

In September 2021, it was reported that production for Season 3 would begin in late 2021, but filming had to be postponed due to the actor's schedule and the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. Season 3 is scheduled to be filmed with the goal of broadcasting in the first half of 2023.
Han Suk-kyu, Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung, Byun Woo-min, Jung Ji-an, Im Won-hee, Jin Kyung, So Joo-yeon, Yoon Na-moo, Kim Min-jae, Shin Dong-wook, Yoon Bo-ra, Lee Shin-young and Lee Hong-nae has confirmed the casting for season 3.