With its nearing release date, Netflix has released an early look at Park Hyung-sik and Park Shin-hye’s upcoming K-drama series Doctor Slump. These two high school rivals have become the best in their professions as a famous plastic surgeon and an anesthesiologist. But not everything about their work means success and fame, as the new trailer shows the dark sides of their lives.
The Doctor Slump preview begins with a tarp congratulating Hyung-sik as he passes the mock exams. As a new kid is about to join their class, Shin-hye comes in, and the two quickly look at each other. This means the school will have two top students, starting a war between them. As a montage of scenes from their high school lives begins, showing their rivalry, the scene shifts to Hyung-sik receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Award. But a plastic surgery procedure takes a tragic turn, with the patient bleeding to death, resulting in a huge scandal that brings his career to a downward spiral.
The trailer then focuses on Shin-hye. As her mom expects a lot from her, looking forward to seeing her as a professor, she endures everything and works and studies at the same time. These things take a toll on her, as she’s later diagnosed with depression. From a national prodigy, she becomes unemployed and a nobody after falling into burnout and deciding to resign.
Amid these worst times of their lives, Hyung-sik and Shin-hye meet each other again. But despite their distaste for each other, they find comfort in one another. From there, they become friends, and their relationship eventually turns into a romance.
Who are the cast of Doctor Slump?
Aside from Park Shin-hye and Park Hyung-sik, Doctor Slump will feature several familiar K-drama artists. For the cast members, you can check the list below:
Park Shin-hye as Nam Ha-neul
Park Hyung-sik as Yeo Jung-woo
Yoon Park as Bin Dae-young
Kong Seong-ha as Lee Hong-ran
Oh Dong-min as Min Kyeong-min
Jang Hye-jin as Gong Wol-sun
Yoon Sang-hyeon as Nam Ba-da
Hyun Bong-sik as Gong Tae-sun
Jung Ji-soon as Han Sang-chul
Park Won-ho as Kim Moo-geun
Kang Sang-joon as Song Chan-young
Song Ji-woo as Do Hye-ji
Kim Jae-bum as Kang Jin-suk
What is Doctor Slump about?
Directed by Oh Hyun-jong and written by Baek Sun-woo, Doctor Slump tells the story of the high school rivals Nam Ha-neul and Yeo Jung-woo. Jung-woo was always at the top of his class and even went to the best medical school in the country. Later in life, he became a famous plastic surgeon, but things take a tragic turn after a medical accident. As he takes a break, he meets Ha-neul again, who is going to the same thing as he is.
Ha-neul is now an anesthesiologist and has only focused on work and studying. As she’s slowly getting burned out, she starts to make a change and sees Jung-woo again. When these two meet each other at the worst time of their lives, they become the unlikely friends they never expected, and a romantic relationship later blooms.
You can read the synopsis below:
Back in high school, Yeo Jung Woo and Nam Ha Neul were academic rivals waging a fierce battle to be first in their class. However, when they meet again as adults, their relationship blossoms into romance.
Doctor Slump is scheduled for release on January 27 on JTBC and can be streamed on Netflix. With its “healing romance” theme and Shin-hye’s return to the small screen, let’s see if this one will be a hit.
