The King's Doctor

2012 South Korean television series

  • Horse Doctor
  • The Horse Healer
Genre
  • Historical
  • Medical drama
Written byKim Yi-youngDirected by
  • Lee Byung-hoon
  • Choi Jung-gyu
Starring
  • Cho Seung-woo
  • Lee Yo-won
Composers
  • Kim Jun-seok
  • Jung Se-rin
Country of originSouth KoreaOriginal languageKoreanNo. of episodes50ProductionCinematography
  • Kim Young-cheol
  • Kim Hyeong-geun
Running time70 minutesProduction companiesKim Jong-hak Production
AStoryOriginal releaseNetworkMunhwa Broadcasting CorporationReleaseOctober 1, 2012 (2012-10-01) –
March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)
Korean name
Hangul
마의
Hanja
馬醫
Revised RomanizationMa-ui
McCune–ReischauerMaŭi

The King's Doctor (Korean: 마의; Hanja: 馬醫; RR: Ma-ui; lit. Horse Doctor) is a 2012 South Korean television series depicting Baek Gwang-hyeon (1625–1697), Joseon Dynasty veterinarian, starring Cho Seung-woo and Lee Yo-won. It aired on MBC from October 1, 2012 to March 25, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 50 episodes. The historical/period epic drama commemorated MBC's 51st anniversary.[1]

Filmed at MBC Dramia in Gyeonggi Province,[2] The King's Doctor was directed by Lee Byung-hoon, known for his previous works Hur Jun, Jewel in the Palace, Yi San and Dong Yi.[3] This marked the first television drama for actor Cho Seung-woo in his 13-year film and stage career.[4]

Plot

The life of a Joseon-era low-class veterinarian specializing in the treatment of horses, who rises to become the royal physician in charge of the King's health.[5]

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

  • Kang Ki-young as Horse Doctor
  • Kim Chang-wan as Jung Sung-jo
  • Jeon No-min as Kang Do-joon, Kwang-hyun's father
  • Choi Su-rin as Joo In-ok
  • Kim Hyeseon as Queen Inseon
  • Lee Hee-do as Choo Ki-bae
  • Maeng Sang-hoon as Oh Jang-bak
  • Ahn Sang-tae as Ja-bong
  • In Gyo-jin as Kwon Suk-chul
  • Jang Hee-woong [ko] as Yoon Tae-joo
  • Yoon Bong-gil [ko] as Park Dae-mang
  • Choi Beom-ho [ko] as Jo Jung-chul
  • Shin Gook as Shin Byung-ha
  • Ahn Yeo-jin [ko] as Court Lady Kwak
  • Lee Kwan-hoon [ko] as Ma Do-heum
  • Lee Ga-hyun as Queen Myeongseong
  • Joo Jin-mo as Sa-am
  • Uhm Hyun-kyung as So Ka-young
  • Park Hyuk-kwon as Baek Seok-gu
  • Hwang Young-hee as Baek Seok-gu's wife
  • Yoon Hee-seok as Seo Doo-shik
  • Kim Young-im [ko] as Jo Bi
  • Oh Eun-ho [ko] as Hong Mi-geum
  • Oh In-hye as Jung Mal-geum
  • Seo Beom-shik as Kang Jung-doo
  • Im Chae-won as Lee Myung-hwan
  • Na Sung-kyun as Park Byung-joo
  • Lee Sook [ko] as Choi Ga-bi
  • Heo Yi-seul as Park Eun-bi
  • Yoo In-suk as farmer
  • Han Choon-il as doctor at royal horse stable
  • Jeon Heon-tae [ko] as doctor at royal horse stable
  • Kim Ho-young as Oh Kyu-tae
  • Na Jae-kyun [ko] as First Secretary
  • So Hyang as Kyu-soo
  • Jung Dong-gyu as Shim Moon-kwan
  • Kim Tae-jong [ko] as Ji-pyung
  • Lee Jong-goo as Lee Myung-hwan's stepfather
  • Yang Han-yeol as young Ji-nyeong's friend
  • Oh Jung-tae [ko] as Doo-mok
  • Kang Shin-jo [ko] as Guru Uigeumbu
  • Shin Joon-young as Byun
  • Kim Ik-tae [ko] as Joseon's officer
  • Choi Eun-seok as Joseon's officer
  • Ki Yeon-ho [ko] as Joseon's officer
  • Park Gi-san as Joseon's officer
  • Song Yong-tae [ko] as Joseon's officer

Guest appearances

Episode ratings

  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Original broadcast date Episode Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[8] AGB Nielsen[9]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
2012-10-01 01 10.0% (15th) 11.7% (8th) 8.7% (16th) 9.1% (17th)
2012-10-02 02 12.5% (9th) 13.1% (7th) 9.7% (15th) 10.7% (10th)
2012-10-08 03 5.9% (NR) 6.9% (NR) 6.6% (NR) 7.6% (NR)
2012-10-09 04 9.2% (17th) 9.2% (19th) 10.0% (12th) 11.0% (11th)
2012-10-15 05 11.7% (14th) 13.4% (5th) 10.4% (13th) 12.1% (8th)
2012-10-16 06 12.5% (7th) 12.6% (6th) 12.9% (6th) 13.9% (5th)
2012-10-22 07 15.0% (3rd) 16.1% (3rd) 14.3% (4th) 15.6% (3rd)
2012-10-23 08 15.3% (5th) 16.9% (4th) 14.3% (5th) 16.9% (3rd)
2012-10-29 09 13.1% (4th) 14.8% (4th) 13.4% (3rd) 15.2% (3rd)
2012-10-30 10 14.0% (9th) 16.0% (5th) 13.5% (7th) 15.1% (5th)
2012-11-05 11 14.5% (5th) 16.0% (4th) 14.7% (4th) 15.9% (4th)
2012-11-06 12 15.5% (4th) 17.1% (4th) 15.4% (4th) 16.8% (4th)
2012-11-12 13 13.8% (9th) 14.0% (5th) 14.6% (4th) 16.4% (4th)
2012-11-13 14 16.4% (4th) 17.8% (3rd) 16.8% (4th) 18.5% (3rd)
2012-11-19 15 15.7% (5th) 17.9% (4th) 17.8% (3rd) 20.0% (3rd)
2012-11-20 16 16.7% (4th) 17.4% (4th) 18.1% (3rd) 20.3% (3rd)
2012-11-26 17 17.0% (4th) 19.1% (3rd) 17.7% (3rd) 19.5% (3rd)
2012-11-27 18 17.8% (4th) 19.9% (3rd) 18.9% (3rd) 20.6% (2nd)
2012-12-03 19 19.1% (4th) 21.4% (3rd) 18.0% (3rd) 19.7% (3rd)
2012-12-04 20 18.7% (2nd) 21.7% (1st) 17.8% (2nd) 19.1% (1st)
2012-12-10 21 17.6% (3rd) 19.7% (1st) 16.0% (4th) 17.5% (2nd)
2012-12-11 22 17.4% (3rd) 20.7% (3rd) 17.4% (3rd) 18.8% (3rd)
2012-12-17 23 17.5% (3rd) 19.0% (3rd) 17.7% (3rd) 19.0% (3rd)
2012-12-18 24 18.0% (3rd) 19.7% (3rd) 18.9% (3rd) 20.6% (2nd)
2012-12-24 25 17.2% (3rd) 19.3% (3rd) 17.1% (3rd) 19.1% (3rd)
2012-12-25 26 20.2% (3rd) 21.7% (3rd) 19.1% (3rd) 19.9% (3rd)
2013-01-01 27 18.1% (3rd) 20.0% (3rd) 18.1% (3rd) 19.4% (3rd)
2013-01-07 28 18.3% (3rd) 20.7% (3rd) 16.6% (3rd) 17.7% (3rd)
2013-01-08 29 20.3% (3rd) 22.1% (2nd) 18.3% (3rd) 19.7% (3rd)
2013-01-14 30 18.9% (3rd) 21.1% (3rd) 18.1% (3rd) 19.5% (3rd)
2013-01-15 31 20.5% (3rd) 23.0% (2nd) 19.2% (3rd) 20.4% (3rd)
2013-01-21 32 19.4% (3rd) 21.3% (2nd) 20.1% (3rd) 21.8% (3rd)
2013-01-22 33 20.7% (3rd) 22.9% (2nd) 20.0% (3rd) 21.4% (3rd)
2013-01-28 34 19.4% (3rd) 22.2% (2nd) 18.4% (3rd) 20.1% (3rd)
2013-01-29 35 21.5% (3rd) 24.4% (2nd) 21.0% (3rd) 21.5% (3rd)
2013-02-04 36 22.8% (3rd) 24.8% (2nd) 22.4% (3rd) 24.2% (2nd)
2013-02-05 37 24.2% (2nd) 26.7% (2nd) 23.7% (3rd) 25.8% (2nd)
2013-02-11 38 20.8% (3rd) 24.1% (2nd) 19.3% (3rd) 20.7% (3rd)
2013-02-12 39 19.5% (4th) 22.2% (3rd) 20.3% (2nd) 22.7% (2nd)
2013-02-18 40 21.2% (3rd) 24.1% (2nd) 19.4% (3rd) 21.4% (3rd)
2013-02-19 41 19.7% (3rd) 22.5% (2nd) 18.1% (4th) 19.0% (4th)
2013-02-25 42 20.6% (3rd) 23.3% (3rd) 19.6% (3rd) 22.0% (3rd)
2013-02-26 43 20.0% (3rd) 21.5% (3rd) 19.7% (3rd) 21.9% (3rd)
2013-03-04 44 18.4% (3rd) 20.6% (3rd) 18.4% (3rd) 20.6% (3rd)
2013-03-05 45 18.8% (3rd) 20.5% (2nd) 18.5% (4th) 20.4% (2nd)
2013-03-11 46 19.6% (3rd) 21.7% (3rd) 18.8% (3rd) 20.6% (3rd)
2013-03-12 47 18.9% (4th) 21.0% (4th) 19.4% (3rd) 21.4% (3rd)
2013-03-18 48 18.0% (5th) 20.5% (4th) 18.8% (3rd) 20.9% (3rd)
2013-03-19 49 17.9% (5th) 19.6% (5th) 19.1% (4th) 21.1% (3rd)
2013-03-25 50 17.2% (4th) 18.4% (5th) 17.8% (4th) 20.2% (3rd)
Average 17.3% - 17.1% -

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 Grand Prize (Daesang)[10] Cho Seung-woo Won
Best Drama The King's Doctor Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Cho Seung-woo Won
Son Chang-min Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Lee Yo-won Nominated
Yoo Sun Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Han Sang-jin Nominated
Lee Sang-woo Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Hye-sun Nominated
Best New Actress Kim So-eun Won

International broadcast

Country Channel Series premiere Title
 Japan NHK[11][12] 2013 馬医 (Umai)
 Vietnam SCTV Phim tổng hợp October 2013 Ngự y của hoàng đế
 Mongolia Channel 25 November 2013 Морины эмч (Morinii emch)
 Sri Lanka Rupavahini November 2013 ඉසිවර වෙදැදුරු (Isiwara Wedaduru)
 Cambodia Cambodian Television Network December 2013 ពេទ្យសេះម្ចាស់ស្នេហ៍ (Pet Seh Mchas Sne)
 Indonesia Indosiar November 2014 King's Doctor
 Philippines GMA Network June 2015
 Turkey TRT 1 2013

References

  1. ^ "The King's Doctor, Cho Seung-woo's Drama Posters". MBC Global Media. September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Dramas Shot in Dramia". MBC Dramia. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Oh, Jean (November 19, 2012). "Historical fantasies a passing fancy?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Cho Seung-woo to make small screen debut in Jewel in the Palace director's next series". 10Asia. May 8, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. ^ Lee, Rachel (June 25, 2012). "Jo Seung-woo to star in MBC historical drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Lim, Ju-ri (October 4, 2012). "Star of screen, stage accepts drama challenge". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Nam, Woo-jeong (September 25, 2012). "Horse Doctor Lee Yo Won talks about her relationship with Cho Seung Woo". StarN News. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  9. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  10. ^ "Big Winners of 2012 Announced at Drama Awards Ceremonies of Major Broadcasters". TenAsia. January 1, 2013. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  11. ^ "King's Doctor to air in Japan". The Korea Herald. March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  12. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (March 8, 2013). "Horse Doctor to Air in Japan and Other Asian Countries". enewsWorld. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

External links

  • Horse Doctor Official MBC website (in Korean)
  • Horse Doctor at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Horse Healer at HanCinema
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