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and

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. It aired on SBS from May 5 to July 8, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 KST (UTC+9) for 20 episodes.

Synopsis

As a child, Park Hoon (

) and his father Park Cheol (

Kim Sang-joong Kim Sang-joong (born August 6, 1965) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in the television dramas '' My Husband's Woman'' (2007), ''City Hunter'' (2011), and ''The Chaser'' (2012). He won the Grand Prize at the MBC Drama Awar ...

) were tricked and sent to

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. After being sent to North Korea, Park Hoon and his father were denied access to go back to

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. In North Korea, Park Hoon was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a famous doctor. He became a genius cardiothoracic surgeon after attending medical school in North Korea. There, he fell deeply in love with Song Jae-hee (

). After Park Hoon's father died, he tried to flee to South Korea with Jae-hee, but lost contact with her in the end. Park Hoon was able to flee to South Korea alone. In South Korea, Park Hoon begins to work as doctor in a top hospital Myungwoo University Hospital. Meanwhile, he found a girl that looks exactly like Jae-hee, Doctor Han Seung-hee, who claims not to know Park Hoon.

Cast

Main

as Park Hoon 박훈 **

Goo Seung-hyun Goo Seung-Hyun (born September 22, 2004), is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child model when he was five years old, then began acting Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or ...

as young Park Hoon :A South Korean who was raised in North Korea after his father was conned into going over to North. He trained to be a genius doctor in North Korea and later defects to South Korea in a bid to live a better life with his lover. * *

as Song Jae-hee 송재희/Han Seung-hee한승희 ** Seo Ji-hee as young Song Jae-hee :Jae-hee is Park Hoon's soul mate who was separated from him while they were escaping from North Korea; Seung-hee is a North Korean woman and is a specialist in oriental medicine anesthesia. *

as Han Jae-joon 한재준/ Lee Sung-hoon 이성훈 ** Kim Ji-hoon as young Lee Sung-hoon :A genius who graduated from Harvard and became a doctor to take revenge on Myungwoo Hospital, as Park Hoon's rival. *

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as Oh Soo-hyun 오수현 **

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as young Oh Soo-hyun :Daughter of the chairman of Myungwoo Hospital, a cardiothoracic surgeon

Supporting

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as Cha Jin-soo (North Korean agent) *

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as Prime Minister Jang Seok-joo *Jeon Gook-hwan as Oh Joon-gyu (Soo-hyun's father and chairman of the Myungwoo Hospital) *

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as Moon Hyung-wook *Nam Myung-ryul as Choi Byeong-cheol *

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as Lee Chang-yi * Kim Sang-ho as Yang Jeong-han *Hwang Dong-joo as Geum Bong-hyun *Kang Tae-hwan as Oh Sang-jin *Lee Jae Won as Kim Chi-gyu *

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as Kim Ah-young (Chi-gyu's younger sister) *Uhm Soo-jung as Min Soo-ji *Han Eun-sun as Eun Min-se *

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as Kim Tae-sool *Kim Ji-eun as Joon-gyu's secretary *

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as President Hong Chan-sang * Kim Ji-young as Jeong-min *

as Park Cheol (Park Hoon's father) *Zhang Liang as Sean Zhang (Jae-joon's friend) * Jung Hye-in as Nurse

Original soundtrack

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Production and broadcast

Director

Jin Hyuk Jin Hyuk is a South Korean television director. He directed '' Brilliant Legacy'' (2009), ''City Hunter'' (2011), ''Prosecutor Princess'' (2010), '' Master's Sun'' (2013), ''Doctor Stranger'' (2014), and ''The Legend of the Blue Sea'' (2016). Ca ...

previously directed '' Brilliant Legacy'' (2009), ''

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'' (2011), ''

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'' (2013). Co-screenwriter Park Jin-woo previously wrote ''

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'' (2007) and '' The Kingdom of the Winds'' (2008). In

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, the online streaming rights for drama were sold for $80,000 per episode and the drama was made available for online streaming on both

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