The Gang Doctor
Broadcasting
- Year of Production
- 2015
- Content Type
- TV Drama (Mini-series)
- Platform
- TV Channel
- Target Age
- Family
- Quantity
- 60(min) 18Quantity Input
Summary
Kim Tae-Hyun is a brilliant surgeon who survives by breaking every rule in the book.
Known as “Yong Pal,” he takes on illegal house calls for anyone who can pay, including gangsters, criminals, and the powerful alike. Driven by desperation to cover his younger sister’s mounting hospital bills, he plunges into the underworld of illicit medicine, performing high-risk surgeries on the edge of life and death. Over time, he becomes one of the most experienced trauma surgeons in the country, operating where no one else dares.
One day, Tae-Hyun is assigned to a secret VIP ward inside the hospital, an exclusive, off-the-books sanctuary reserved for the top 1% who operate above the law. At the center of it lies Han Yeo-Jin, a chaebol heiress who has been deliberately placed in a coma and hidden away amid a brutal family power struggle.
When Tae-hyun accidentally awakens the woman everyone wanted to keep asleep, the carefully concealed world of power, corruption, and conspiracy begins to unravel. No longer the woman she once was, Yeo-Jin rises with a singular purpose, to reclaim what was stolen and exact ruthless revenge on those who betrayed her. As Tae-hyun becomes entangled in her dangerous plan, he is forced down a path from which there is no turning back.
A man who chose illegality to survive, and a woman willing to risk everything to take back her life. As their alliance spirals into a war against a system built on power and privilege, one question remains.. who will ultimately win? A man.. or a monster?
Known as “Yong Pal,” he takes on illegal house calls for anyone who can pay, including gangsters, criminals, and the powerful alike. Driven by desperation to cover his younger sister’s mounting hospital bills, he plunges into the underworld of illicit medicine, performing high-risk surgeries on the edge of life and death. Over time, he becomes one of the most experienced trauma surgeons in the country, operating where no one else dares.
One day, Tae-Hyun is assigned to a secret VIP ward inside the hospital, an exclusive, off-the-books sanctuary reserved for the top 1% who operate above the law. At the center of it lies Han Yeo-Jin, a chaebol heiress who has been deliberately placed in a coma and hidden away amid a brutal family power struggle.
When Tae-hyun accidentally awakens the woman everyone wanted to keep asleep, the carefully concealed world of power, corruption, and conspiracy begins to unravel. No longer the woman she once was, Yeo-Jin rises with a singular purpose, to reclaim what was stolen and exact ruthless revenge on those who betrayed her. As Tae-hyun becomes entangled in her dangerous plan, he is forced down a path from which there is no turning back.
A man who chose illegality to survive, and a woman willing to risk everything to take back her life. As their alliance spirals into a war against a system built on power and privilege, one question remains.. who will ultimately win? A man.. or a monster?
Company Profile
Broadcasting
SBS International, Inc.
SBS International is the U.S. subsidiary of SBS Media Group (Seoul Broadcasting System), one of South Korea’s premier broadcasters and a global powerhouse in Korean content. Since 1992, we’ve presented SBS’s top-rated dramas, variety shows, and major sporting events to American audiences through five nationally distributed TV channels—SBS HD, SBS PLUS, SBS STAR, SBS, and SBS LifeS. Our reach spans over 13 million households via terrestrial TV and major MVPDs, including DIRECTV, Spectrum, and Verizon FiOS, with a growing presence in Latin America through Spanish-dubbed content distributed across 18 TV stations in 14 countries. We also hold U.S. broadcast rights for KLPGA and other high-profile sports events. In addition, we actively license formats from SBS’s extensive IP library for adaptation across U.S., Canada, and Latin America, expanding the global reach of K-content through localized storytelling.
With an extensive library of premium SBS scripted and unscripted IPs, ranging from timeless classic dramas to the award-winning dramas, reality, documentary, and entertainment formats, SBS International powers premium K-Contents across Americas.
With an extensive library of premium SBS scripted and unscripted IPs, ranging from timeless classic dramas to the award-winning dramas, reality, documentary, and entertainment formats, SBS International powers premium K-Contents across Americas.