The King's Doctor
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| Written by | Kim Yi-young |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
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| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production companies | Kim Jong-hak Production AStory |
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| Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | October 1, 2012 – March 25, 2013 |
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| Hangul | 마의 |
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| Revised Romanization | Ma-ui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Maŭi |
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
- Cho Seung-woo as Baek Kwang-hyun[6]
- Ahn Do-gyu as young Kwang-hyun
- Lee Yo-won as Kang Ji-nyeong[7]
- Roh Jeong-eui as young Ji-nyeong/Young-dal
- Son Chang-min as Lee Myung-hwan
- Yoo Sun as Jang In-joo
- Lee Sang-woo as Lee Sung-ha
- Nam Da-reum as young Lee Sung-ha
- Lee Soon-jae as Ko Joo-man
- Han Sang-jin as King Hyeonjong
- Kim So-eun as Princess Sukhwi
- Jo Bo-ah as Seo Eun-seo
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 Hye-sun 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 as Yoon Tae-joo
- Yoon Bong-gil as Park Dae-mang
- Choi Beom-ho as Jo Jung-chul
- Shin Gook as Shin Byung-ha
- Ahn Yeo-jin as Court Lady Kwak
- Lee Kwan-hoon 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 as Jo Bi
- Oh Eun-ho 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 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 as doctor at royal horse stable
- Kim Ho-young as Oh Kyu-tae
- Na Jae-kyun as First Secretary
- So Hyang as Kyu-soo
- Jung Dong-gyu as Shim Moon-kwan
- Kim Tae-jong as Ji-pyung
- Lee Jong-goo as Lee Myung-hwan's stepfather
- Yang Han-yeol as young Ji-nyeong's friend
- Oh Jung-tae as Doo-mok
- Kang Shin-jo as Guru Uigeumbu
- Shin Joon-young as Byun
- Kim Ik-tae as Joseon's officer
- Choi Eun-seok as Joseon's officer
- Ki Yeon-ho as Joseon's officer
- Park Gi-san as Joseon's officer
- Song Yong-tae as Joseon's officer
Guest appearances
- Jung Gyu-woon as Crown Prince Sohyeon
- Kyung Soo-jin as Crown Princess Minhoe of the Kang clan
- Sunwoo Jae-duk as King Injo
- Choi Deok-moon as King Hyojong
- Kwon Tae-won as Kim Ja-jeom
- Jang Young-nam as Do-joon's wife and Kwang-hyun's mother
- Seo Hyun-jin as So-yong Jo, later Gwi-in Jo
- Jo Deok-hyun as Lee Hyung-ik
- Song Min-hyung as Boo Tae-soo
- Lee Hee-jin as Woo-hee
- Im Byung-ki as Soo-bo, Woo-hee's older brother
- Yoon Jin-ho as Choi Hyun-wook
- Park Young-ji as Hong Yoon-shik
- Kang Han-byeol as little crown prince, later King Sukjong
- Jung Yoon-seok as the child (ep 8)
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
- ^ "The King's Doctor, Cho Seung-woo's Drama Posters". MBC Global Media. September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "Dramas Shot in Dramia". MBC Dramia. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ Oh, Jean (November 19, 2012). "Historical fantasies a passing fancy?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lee, Rachel (June 25, 2012). "Jo Seung-woo to star in MBC historical drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nam, Woo-jeong (September 25, 2012). "Horse Doctor Lee Yo Won talks about her relationship with Cho Seung Woo". StarN News. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "King's Doctor to air in Japan". The Korea Herald. March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ 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
- The Horse Healer at HanCinema