A Beautiful Mind (TV series)
A Beautiful Mind is a South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Park So-dam, Yoon Hyun-min and Park Se-Young. It aired every Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 KST on KBS2 starting June 20, 2016.
Though the drama had its supporters, the number of episodes were brought down to 14, from the planned 16 due to low viewership ratings.
Synopsis
Inspired by Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein, it tells the story of a world-renowned but unsympathetic neurosurgeon and his involvement with the mysterious deaths in the hospital he works in.Cast
Main
- Jang Hyuk as Lee Young-oh
- Park So-dam as Gye Jin-sung
- Yoon Hyun-min as Hyun Suk-joo
- Park Se-Young as Kim Min-jae
- Heo Joon-ho as Lee Gun-myung
Supporting
- Kim Jong-Soo as Shin Dong-jae – Director of Hyunsung Hospital. Treats Gye Jin-sung as a daughter.
- Oh Jung-se as Kang Hyun-joon – Director of Hyunsung Hospital Foundation. He comes from a rich family and is ambitious.
- Ryu Seung-soo as Kim Myung-soo – Three term assemblyman and aspiring presidential candidate.
- Gong Hyung-jin as No Seung-chan – Team leader of police crime division.
- Min Sung-wook as So Ji-yong – Doctor in department of neurosurgery.
- Lee Jae-ryong as Chae Soon-ho – Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination, Cardiothoracic Department at Hyunsung Hospital.
- Shim Yi-young as Kim Yoon-kyung – Doctor in the department of anesthesiology, single mother raising a daughter on her own.
- Ha Jae-sook as Jang Moon-kyung – Nurse, pregnant.
- Kim Do-hyun as Kwon Duk-joong – Associate professor in department of cardiology.
- Kim Hyung-kyu as Yang Sung-eun – Third year resident.
- Jeon Sung-woo as Hong Kyung-soo – Fellow in department of anesthesiology.
- Mori.U as Lee Hye-joo – Nurse.
- Jung Moon-sung as Hwang Jeong-hwan – Associate professor in department of radiology.
- Jo Jae-wan as Oh Kyung-jin – Doctor in department of neurosurgery.
- Jang Ki-yong as Nam Ho-young – Male nurse.
- Lee Sung-wook as Yoo Jang-bae – Doctor in department of neurology.
- Jung Hee-tae as Park Soo-bum – Traffic police.
- Lee Si-won as Lee Si-hyun – Third year resident.
- Yeon Je-wook as Song Ki-ho – Research fellow in department of thoracic-cardiovascular.
- Woo Jung-gook as Lee Kwang-bok – Technician in Hyunsung Medical Center.
- Park Eun-hye as Shim Eun-ha – Pathologist.
- Kim Dae-gon as Kim-min
- Seo Jun-young as Lee Sang-joon – Patient.
- Baek Seung-hwan as teenage Lee Young-oh.
- Park Ha-joon as kid Lee Young-oh.
- Son Jong-hak as Oh Young-bae – President of Green Pharmacy, ex-doctor of Hyunsung Medical Center.
- Jang Hyuk-Jin as Kim Soo-in – Reporter.
- Park Sun-chun as Gye Jin-sung's mother.
- Jo Byung-gyu as Gye Jin-sung's brother.
- Lee Dong-kyu as Kang Chul-min – traffic accident victim.
- Ryu Tae-ho as Coroner Yang – pathologist doing Kang Chul-min's autopsy.
- Bang Dae-han as Dong-joon – Deaf son of Kang Chul-min.
- Kim Beo-rae as Kang Il-do – Kang Hyun-joon's father.
- Heo Joon-suk as Hong Il-bum – Patient's father.
- Baek Ji-won as wife of glioblastoma patient.
- Kang Eui-sik as Doctor in countryside clinic.
- Kim Da-ye as heart transplant patient.
- Lee Jae-wook as Patient who refused to admit drinking alcohol after surgery.
- Hwang Tae-kwang as Choi Sang-hyuk – TV anchorman.
- Lee Do-hyun as Choi Yo-sub – Choi Sang-hyuk's son.
- as Jo Yoon-ho – Patient with Ewing's sarcoma in spine.
- Seo Yoon-ah as Jo Yoon-ho's wife .
- Won Ki-joon as Yum Kyun-ho – Cellist with tumor.
- Yang Hee-myung as Detective Chun.
- Kim Hyun-sook as secretary.
Original soundtrack