Chinese Title: 名不虛傳
Also Known as: Live Up to Your Name, Dr. Heo
Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Medical, Comedy
Broadcast network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2017-Aug-12 to 2017-Oct-01
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
Synopsis
The story of a doctor from Joseon era who travels 400 years into the future where he met a cold-hearted modern practitioner.
Heo Im (Kim Nam Gil) is an oriental doctor, acknowledged as the best in acupuncture and moxibustion in Joseon. His success is blocked due to his status as the son of a concubine. One day, Heo Im travels though time and finds himself in present day Seoul. He then meets Choi Yeon Kyung (Kim Ah Joong) who is firmly only believing in modern medicine.
Cast (Joseon Era)
Hyeminseo Clinic
Kim Nam Gil as Heo Im
– Moon Woo Jin (문우진) as Heo Im (child)
Shin Rin Ah as Yeon Yi
Moon Ga Young as Gong Mak Gae
Kim Byung Choon as Kwon Ji
Oh Dae Hwan as Doo Chil
Jin Sun Kyu as Yun Yi’s father
Takeda Hiromitsu (다케다 히로미츠) as Sayaga / Kim Choong Sun
Choi Jae Sup as Ddak Sae
Palace
Ahn Suk Hwan as minister of war
Jo Seung Yun as King Sun Jo
Maeng Sang Hoon as Yoo Chan Sung
Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jin Oh
Jang Woo Hyuk as Choong Ho
Others
Uhm Hyo Sup as Heo Jun
Byun Woo Suk (변우석) as black man
Cast (Present)
Shinhye Hospital
Kim Ah Joong as Choi Yeon Kyung
– Uhm Chae Young as Choi Yeon Kyung (Child)
Noh Jung Ui as Oh Ha Ra
Ahn Suk Hwan as Shin Myung Hoon
Lee Dae Yeon as Professor Hwang
Lee Jae Won as Kang Man Soo
Sung Joo as Kim Min Jae
Seo Jung Yeon as Jung Yi Yun
Oh Jung Sook (오정석) as Soo Ho
Lee Bo Yun (이보연) as nurse Kim
Hyeminseo Clinic
Yoon Joo Sang as Choi Cheon Sool
Tae Hang Ho as Min Byung Ki
Min Ji Ah as Jun Jae Sook
Shinhye Oriental Hospital
Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jae Ha
Kim Myung Gon as Ma Sung Tae
Lee Jae Kyoon as Jin Young Hoon
Kim Jung Hwan (김정환) as Sung Tae’s secretary.