Title: 닥터 진 Dakteo Jin
English Title: Dr. Jin
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Year: 2012
Episode: 22
Cast:
- 송승헌 Song Seung Hoon
- 박민영 Park Min Young
- 이범수 Lee Bum Soo
- 김재중 Kim Jae Joong
- 이소연 Lee So Yeon
- 진이한 Jin Yi Han
SYNOPSIS
Jin Hyuk is a genius neurosurgeon with a cold and severe attitude in medicine, choosing to only treat patients with a relatively good chance of survival given their ailments. He is the complete opposite of his girlfriend Yoo Mi Na who intends to treat all patients that need her attention and care. Mi Na gets into a serious accident and Jin Hyuk tries to save her but his efforts are all in vain.
Through a mysterious power, Jin Hyuk finds himself transported back in time. He tries to practice medicine to help the sick but he is hindered by the lack of necessary implements and rudimentary medical knowledge of the people during the period. Through this challenging process, Jin Hyuk eventually becomes a genuine doctor.
REVIEW
Important plot points were not properly presented and explained in Dr. Jin. It is not clear why Jin Hyuk had to travel back in time and what he has to do in order to return to his own time. It is also not clear how his presence and his actions in the past will affect his own future, if and when he ever comes back to his own time period.
It's also strange that there was a girl in the past named Hong Young Rae who is the exact same replica of his girlfriend Yoo Mi Na. It's not just their physical appearances that are the same but also their personal convictions. I'm not sure if I should interpret it as if they are the same person, or rather Mi Na was the modern reincarnation of Young Rae in the past.
I really don't like how the characters are taken as counterparts or replacements of other characters. Even though the characters are supposed to have the same soul or essence, I would like to think that they are still different persons. In particular, Young Rae and Mi Na may have the same soul but they are still different persons.
Alike:
jp - Jin
jp - Jin 2
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닥터 진 Dr. Jin
