Dr. Romantic
MedicalHospitals, medicine and doctors under pressure.This show: 10/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 8/10HopefulPersistent optimism in the face of adversity.This show: 7/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Han Suk-kyuLee Kyu-hoIm Won-heeByeon Woo-minJin KyungKim Min-jae
Starring
Han Suk-kyuLee Kyu-hoIm Won-heeByeon Woo-minJin KyungKim Min-jae
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Dr. Romantic Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | |
| S2 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | ||||||
| S3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
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About
"A gruff genius rebuilding broken doctors, one crisis at a time"
A once-celebrated surgeon, now working under a pseudonym at a struggling rural hospital, takes two burned-out young doctors under his wing. What follows is equal parts operating-room thriller and mentorship drama, as the trio clash with hospital politics, ego, and their own doubts. The show leans hard on high-stakes medical emergencies and blunt, gruff-but-caring dialogue from its lead, building genuine emotional weight through repetition rather than plot twists. It's earnest, occasionally melodramatic, but consistently satisfying if you enjoy watching flawed people become better doctors and better people under pressure.
Watch it for
the tense operating-room sequences paired with genuine mentor-student warmth and moral stakes.
Maybe skip if
you tire of repeated hospital-crisis structures stretched across three long seasons.
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Dr. Romantic2016
8.82K2115h 51m
Bu Yong-ju was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and work as a neighborhood doctor in a small town. He now goes by Teacher Kim and refers to himself as the “Romantic Doctor”. Meanwhile, Gang Dong-ju became a doctor to make something of himself after growing up poor, and he seeks out VIP patients to achieve the success that he desperately wants. Yun Seo-jeong is a passionate young surgeon who is haunted by a mistake from her past and tries to get over it. When Dong-ju and Seo-jeong meet the quirky Teacher Kim, their lives and careers will never be the same again.
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Dr. Romantic 22020
9.01K17
Along with genius Teacher Kim, Cha Eun-jae is a second-year fellow in the cardio surgery department who enjoys studying and has confidently walked the path of an elite student for most of her life. Seo U-jin, a cynical second year fellow who doesn’t believe in happiness because of his hardships growing up, but he shows impressive levels of concentration and talent when he is performing surgery.
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Dr. Romantic 32023
9.41K16
Teacher Kim used to be alone in protecting Doldam Hospital, but now he's not alone anymore. With the mindset that he'll did anything if it gives money, there is Seo U-jin who has been reborn as a doctor who truly knows how to care for patients. There is Cha Eun-jae, who no longer runs out of the operating room due to anxiety. Teacher Kim, who has dreamed of build a regional trauma center with his students and colleagues. Finally, a regional trauma center built at Doldam Hospital. A perfect trauma center with a clean exterior and state-of-the-art facilities but it couldn't open properly. The regional trauma center faces a precarious fate... Will Teacher Kim be able to establish the regional trauma center at Doldam Hospital which was his long-cherished desire?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Han Suk-kyu Dr. Boo Yong-joo, Teacher Kim
Lee Kyu-ho Mr. Goo (Staff at Doldam Hospital)
Im Won-hee Jang Gi-tae
Byeon Woo-min Nam Do-il
Jin Kyung Oh Myung-sim
Kim Min-jae Nurse Park Eun Tak
Yoon Na-moo Jeong In-soo
Choi Jin-ho Director Do Yoon Wan
Lee Sung-kyung Dr. Cha Eun-jae, Cha Eun-jae
Ahn Hyo-seop Dr. Seo Woo-jin
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