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(Top) 1 Synopsis 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Supporting 2.2.1 Hospital people 2.2.2 Others 2.3 Special appearance 3 Production 4 Original soundtrack 4.1 Part 1 4.2 Part 2 4.3 Part 3 4.4 Part 4 4.5 Part 5 5 Viewership 6 Accolades 7 References 8 External links

Ghost Doctor

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Ghost Doctor
Promotional poster

Hangul	고스트 닥터
Revised Romanization	Goseuteu Dagteo

Genre	Fantasy Medical drama^[1]
Created by	Hong Ki-Sung (tvN) Studio Dragon Plan Production
Written by	Kim Sun-soo
Directed by	Boo Seong-cheol
Starring	Rain Kim Bum Uee Son Na-eun
Music by	Kim Jun-seok Jeong Se-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16^[1]
Production
Executive producer	Lee Hae-young
Producers	Moon Seok-Hwan Oh Kwang-hee Lee Seung-hoon Jo A-ra
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes^[1]
Production companies	Studio Dragon^[2] Bon Factory Worldwide^[2]
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	January 3 (2022-01-03) – February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)

Ghost Doctor (Korean: 고스트 닥터; RR: Goseuteu Dagteo) is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Boo Seong-cheol and starring Rain, Kim Bum, Uee, and Son Na-eun. The series revolves around two doctors from extreme backgrounds and skills merging into one person. It aired from January 3 to February 22, 2022, on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:30 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[3]^[4] It is available for streaming on TVING, iQiyi, and Netflix.

Synopsis[edit]

The series revolves around two doctors from extreme backgrounds, who have complete opposite personalities and medical skills: Cha Young-min (Rain) is a genius doctor and a high-skilled cardiothoracic surgeon, but is arrogant and selfish. Go Seung-tak (Kim-Bum), who although possesses excellent medical knowledge, is hindered by his lack of surgical knowledge and fear of performing surgery. One day, Young Min gets involved in an unexpected case, and due to this, his spirit possesses Seung-tak's body.

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Rain as Cha Young-min: 38 years old, a genius cardiothoracic surgeon who has a golden hand, he can handle the difficult surgeries and is the best doctor of Eunsang Foundation Hospital.^[5]
Kim Bum as Go Seung-tak: 28 years old, 1st year thoracic surgery resident, a "silver spoon" resident in the hospital as his grandfather is the founder of the hospital, and his mother is the current chairman of the foundation. He has excellent theoretical knowledge but practically clumsy at work.^[6]
Uee as Jang Se-jin: 38 years old, Cha Young-min's ex-girlfriend. She had to leave for overseas due to her father decade ago without having the chance to explain. This made Young-min disappointed since for him, she left due to having found a rich father and no longer cared until she returned in present time-line. She is an overseas genius neurosurgeon and was raised as daughter of a single mother.^[7]
Son Na-eun as Oh Soo-jeong: 28 years old, a highly talented emergency room intern, straight forward at work and wants to be a cardiothoracic surgeon, Go Seung-tak's best friend and love interest. Granddaughter of Oh Joo-Myung, which after his death becomes the ghost, Tes.

Supporting[edit]

Sung Dong-il as Tes/Oh Joo-myung: a genius and compassionate cardiothoracic surgeon before his death in the age of 60s. Twenty years after his death, he still wanders in the hospital as a ghost, helping the patients by possessing the hospital staffs, including Cha Young-min while in his residency.^[8]

Hospital people[edit]

Tae In-ho as Han Seung-won: in mid 40's, Executive Director, Go Seung-tak's older cousin. He is a two-faced man with an invisible dagger inside, main antagonist.^[9]
Park Chul-min as Ban Tae-sik: in early 50's. Chief of Thoracic Surgery. In front of other doctors, he shouts "I was a genius in my old days", but in front of Cha Young-min, he always gets smaller.^[9]
Ko Sang-ho as Ahn Tae-hyun: 34 years old, 4th year as a thoracic surgery fellow and a loyal junior of Cha Young-min who betrayed him after getting bribed by Jang Min ho^[10]
Ahn Tae-hwan as Kim Jae-won: 29 years old, a third year cardiothoracic surgeon, who has a simple and clear personality. A kind and warm person who values every little life, likes Go Seung-tak.^[11]
Kim Jae-yong as Lee Seon-ho: 30 years old. 4th year thoracic surgery resident, he is born and raised in a middle-class family
Seo Ji-young as Go Seong-hye: chairman of the Medical Foundation^[12]
Choi Seok-won as Hun-gil: a coma ghost who dreams of becoming an actor, Bo-mi's love interest^[13]
Yoon So-hee as Im Bo-mi: a coma ghost who feels pressured by her mother to be a professor, Hun-gil's love interest
Han Seung-hyun as Hwang Guk-chan: a coma ghost whose family owns a walnut cookie shop
Yoon Da-kyung as Seong Mi-ran: Go Seung-tak's mother. A person with two sides: a kind mother for Seung-tak and a cold-hearted and stubborn president of a medical foundation.^[14]
Hwang Seok-jeong as Mrs. Kim: hospital's custodian. She has unique ability to meet various people in the hospital.^[9]
Park So-eun as Nurse Jung^[15]
Shin Soo-hang as emergency room doctor.
Kim Jung-hwan as doctor.
Baek Ik-nam as doctor (ep. 1).
Jeon Se-yong as internship interviewer (ep. 1).
Bae Ki-bum as OR anesthesiologist (ep. 1).

Others[edit]

Lee Tae-sung as Jang Min-ho: in early 40's, son of Chairman Jang Myung-duk, he is a cold-blooded man who takes advantage of his father's illness to become the heir to the group.^[16]
Lee Moon-soo as Chairman Jang Kwang-deok: 70 years old, Chairman of the Chunmyung group, has cardiac sarcoma and is in need of surgery.
Woo Yong-hee as paramedic (ep. 1)
Park Sung-kyun as medical school professor (ep. 1)
Kim Woo-jin as paramedic (ep. 1)
Lee Kyu-hyun as mysterious motorcycle man^[17]
Kim Jung-woon as Jang Min-ho's secretary^[18]
Sugar Glider as Cha Mandu

Special appearance[edit]

Ahn Hee-yeon as Lee Ji-woo/ Jessica^[19]

Production[edit]

On March 17, 2021 it was reported that Rain will make a comeback with TV series Ghost Doctor, directed by Bu Seong-cheol, written by Kim Seon-sun, and produced by Bone Factory. He last appeared in 2019 series Welcome 2 Life.^[20] The cast lineup was confirmed on November 8, 2021.^[21] On November 2, Son Na-eun posted a photo from the filming site.^[22]

On February 6, 2022, it was reported that filming had been completed.^[23]

Original soundtrack[edit]

Ghost Doctor
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	2022
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Genie Music Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1[edit]

Released on January 19, 2022^[24]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Fly Away"	December 32, Ruid (Llwyd)	Kim Tae-young	Shinwoo (B1A4)	3:45
2.	"Fly Away" (instrumental)				3:45

Part 2[edit]

Released on January 26, 2022^[25]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My heart is everything to me" (내겐 전부인 마음인 걸요)	KEHN	KEHN	K.Will	3:17
2.	"My heart is everything to me" (instrumental)				3:17

Part 3[edit]

Released on February 1, 2022^[26]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Romance" (연애)	Kim Hyun-cheol	Kim Hyun-cheol	Sondia	4:07
2.	"Romance" (instrumental)				4:07

Part 4[edit]

Released on February 8, 2022^[27]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"You Better Not"	December 32, Ruid (Llwyd)	Kim Tae-young	Donggeon & Jaeyun (TO1)	2:44
2.	"You Better Not" (instrumental)				2:44

Part 5[edit]

Released on February 22, 2022^[28]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Make a Smile For Me" (웃어주기로 해)	SNNNY	SNNNY	Yubin (Oh My Girl)	4:08
2.	"Make a Smile For Me" (instrumental)				4:08

Viewership[edit]

Ghost Doctor : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	1.111	1.107	1.347	1.455	1.384	1.356	1.572	1.581	0.988	1.375	1.200	1.475	1.105	1.517	1.383	1.947	1.369

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea^[29]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[29]^[30]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide	Seoul
1	January 3, 2022	4.432% (1st)	4.863% (1st)
2	January 4, 2022	4.507% (1st)	4.712% (1st)
3	January 10, 2022	5.628% (1st)	6.673% (1st)
4	January 11, 2022	5.711% (1st)	6.376% (1st)
5	January 17, 2022	5.514% (1st)	5.958% (1st)
6	January 18, 2022	5.462% (1st)	6.048% (1st)
7	January 24, 2022	6.202% (1st)	6.510% (1st)
8	January 25, 2022	6.597% (1st)	7.121% (1st)
9	January 31, 2022	4.024% (1st)	4.145% (1st)
10	February 1, 2022	4.747% (3rd)	5.345% (3rd)
11	February 7, 2022	4.914% (1st)	5.203% (1st)
12	February 8, 2022	5.709% (1st)	6.002% (1st)
13	February 14, 2022	4.717% (1st)	4.780% (1st)
14	February 15, 2022	6.282% (1st)	6.717% (1st)
15	February 21, 2022	5.309% (1st)	5.155% (1st)
16	February 22, 2022	7.953% (1st)	8.394% (1st)
Average		5.482%	5.875%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Accolades[edit]


Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
Korea Drama Awards	2022	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Kim Bum	Won	^[31]

References[edit]

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^ Ahn Byung-gil (January 5, 2022). "고스트 닥터' 박소은, 표정이 살아있다" [‘Ghost Doctor’ Park So-eun, her expression is alive] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Naver.

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External links[edit]

Works by Studio Dragon

As production company

As planner/creator/
developer

2016–18

2019–21

2022–24

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