Doctor lawyer

Synopsis The heartwarming story of a genius surgeon who becomes a lawyer specializing in medical crimes after losing a patient to a surgical malpractice. Cathartic and suspenseful, this medical and legal drama paints the courtroom like an operating room, where a life may end or be given a fresh start.

Han Yi Han was an elite surgeon. He graduated at the top of the best medical school in South Korea and he specialized in two departments: general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. One surgery changed his life. Han Yi Han believed he did well in that surgery, but the patient died. He then got his medical license revoked. Four years later, Han Yi Han works as a lawyer, specializing in medical litigation. He also tries to uncover the truth behind the death of his former patient. In his trials, Han Yi Han defends victims and tries to punish those that commit medical malpractice and negligence. He works with a public prosecutor, who lost a family member and a lover due to the surgery Han Yi Han performed. (Source: AsianWiki) • English • Deutsch • Polski • Español • • Native Title: • Also Known As: • Director: • Screenwriter: • Genres: • Tags: • Country: South Korea • Type: Drama • Episodes: 16 • Aired: Jun 3, 2022 - Jul 23, 2022 • Aired On: Friday, Saturday • Original Network: • Duration: 1 hr. 3 min. • Score: 8.0 (scored by • Ranked: #2245 • Popularity: #1360 • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older • Watchers: 9,347 • Favorites: 0 Rewatch Value 2.0 Cold delivery and predictable ending I will start by saying this: Shin Sung Rok as Jayden Lee carried the whole drama from the beginning to the end. So Ji Sub did a decent job. However, his delivery felt too cold and emotionless most of the time. While his expressions showed a little of his character, the tone and delivery of hi...

Every time I start to watch a K-drama that seems boringly straightforward, the writers flummox me with a twist in the tale. So on the face of it, this is a revenge drama because a really great cardiothoracic surgeon loses his licence to practice because he’s set up and made responsible for a botched surgery. If you are like me, and have no stomach for blood, then you will need to look away a lot. But dang! They know you will look away so they have a seemingly innocuous dialogue during surgery - ‘let me suture it’ - to be used later. And if you miss it, then you end up being part of the evil that’s setting up the good doctor to fail. I am amazed at how much evil these writers can cook up. We’ve seen a straightforward ‘Make my son the next king’ trope - which feels like Ramayan where Kaikeyi has the king send Ram off into vanvas (exile in a forest) - but the story has the Korean king turn into a people eating monster and the son is sent off to a remote corner of the ‘Kingdom’ where people have turned into zombies. Now, we have seen a kid who loses his hard working dad to injustice at a food company grow up to be a restaurateur and avenge that injustice in Itaewon Class. So after the two episodes dropped on Disney + Hotstar, some reviewers dismissed the show as too straightforward. I knew I had to dig my heels in, and see where the simple story of a doctor-turned lawyer led. After all, So Ji-Sub, the model turned actor - who has a string of successes behind him - would not ch...