Heart Surgeons () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Um Ki-joon, and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS TV from September 27 to November 15, 2018, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) for 32 episodes.
Synopsis
The series revolves around the thoracic surgery department of a hospital.
Cast
Main
- Go Soo as Park Tae-soo, a thoracic surgery fellow for four years whose mother is waiting for a heart transplant.
- Um Ki-joon as Choi Suk-han, a thoracic surgeon who is renowned for his skills but has not been treated fairly due to his humble medical background from a local university.
- Seo Ji-hye as Yoon Soo-yeon, a thoracic surgical assistant. Also the daughter of the director of Taesan hospital, the main setting for this drama.
Supporting
- Kim Ye-won as Ahn Ji-na, a cardiology fellow and Soo-yeon's friend .
- Jeong Bo-seok as Yoon Hyun-il, Soo-yeon's uncle and the chief of surgery.
- Nam Kyung-eup as Yoon Hyun-mok, Soo-yeon's father who is a hospital director and a genius pediatric heart surgeon.
- Ahn Nae-sang as Goo Hee-dong
- Jang So-yeon as Kang Eun-sook, a veteran nurse with over twenty years of experience in surgery.
- Choi Dae-hoon as Goo Dong-joon
- Jung Hee-tae as Lee Dae-young
- Park Kyung-hye as Lee Seon-young
- Lee Jae-won as Nam Woo-jin
- Oh Dong-min as Moon Seung-jae
- Nam Tae-boo as Lee Mi-ran
- Jung Yoo-min as Bae Yoo-ri, a scrub nurse.
- Cha Soon-bae as Lee Joong-do
- Son Kwang-eop as Son Jae-myung
- Jung Hyun-suk as Head Department Yoo
- Lee Duck-hee as Oh Jeong-ae, Tae-soo's mother.
- Jo Jae-yoon as Hwang Jin-cheol
- Seo Ha as Lee Ye-rin
Special appearances
Production
- Writers Choi Soo-jin and Choi Chang-hwan and director Jo Young-kwang previously worked together on the 2017 TV series Innocent Defendant, along with Um Ki-joon as one of the lead stars.
- The first script reading with the cast was held in early August 2018.
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Awards and nominations
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