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Doctor Stranger

★ 7.5 5K votes 2014–2014 1 season · 20 episodes Ended SBS
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10MedicalHospitals, medicine and doctors under pressure.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lee Jong-sukJin Se-yeonPark Hae-joonChun Ho-jinJeong In-giKim Ji-Eun
Starring
Lee Jong-sukJin Se-yeonPark Hae-joonChun Ho-jinJeong In-giKim Ji-Eun
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
015304560

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About

"Surgery, defection, and conspiracy collide messily"

A South Korean-born surgeon raised in North Korea flees south and rebuilds his life and career in a Seoul hospital, only to find his past refuses to stay buried. The show blends high-stakes operating-room drama with spy-thriller intrigue and a slow-burn romance, moving at a brisk, soap-opera pace. It leans heavily on melodrama and coincidence, but the central performances and the fish-out-of-water tension of a defector navigating a wealthier, more cutthroat South Korea give it real pull. Expect cliffhangers, moral dilemmas in the OR, and political conspiracy woven through nearly every episode.

Watch it for

the tense fish-out-of-water premise of a North Korean-trained surgeon adapting to South Korean life.

Maybe skip if

you dislike heavy melodrama and plot contrivances layered over medical and spy storylines.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12014
8.16962019h 35m
As a child, Park Hoon and his dad were kidnapped and taken to North Korea. He grew up there, learning to be a doctor just like his father. When Park Hoon escapes back to South Korea and begins work at a prestigious hospital, he makes it his goal to earn enough money to go back to North Korea to rescue his true love. He'll do anything to find her, but then he meets and falls for a mysterious woman who looks exactly like her.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.18.4
6059 min
▶2Episode #1.28.1
4059 min
▶3Episode #1.38.2
4559 min
▶4Episode #1.48.1
3759 min
▶5Episode #1.57.9
3659 min
▶6Episode #1.67.8
3459 min
▶7Episode #1.78.2
3259 min
▶8Episode #1.87.9
3159 min
▶9Episode #1.97.7
3159 min
▶10Episode #1.108.3
3159 min
▶11Episode #1.117.7
3159 min
▶12Episode #1.128.4
3159 min
▶13Episode #1.138.2
2959 min
▶14Episode #1.148.3
3059 min
▶15Episode #1.158.2
2858 min
▶16Episode #1.168.3
3058 min
▶17Episode #1.178.0
2858 min
▶18Episode #1.188.8
3858 min
▶19Episode #1.198.4
3058 min
▶20Episode #1.207.5
4459 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Jong-suk Park Hoon
Jin Se-yeon Han Seung-hee, Song Jae-hee
Park Hae-joon Cha Jin-soo
Chun Ho-jin Prime Minister Jang Seok-joo
Jeong In-gi Kim Tae-sool
Kim Ji-Eun Oh Joon-gyoo's assistant
Hwang Dong-joo Geum Bong-hyeon
Park Hae-jin Han Jae-joon
Kang So-ra Oh Soo-Hyun
Lee Jae-won Kim Chi-Gyu

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