Ghost Doctor (2022)

best bromance/friendship drama, with a lot of fun

I loved this drama so much ,, the Main leads are amazing ,, they have chemistry together more than the female lead with Rain
Rain and Kim Beom did an amazing job playing their roles ,, every time they show up I smile instantly
not just because of their charm but their characters were like real brothers
I'm not saying it's BL ,, Not at all but there was Brotherly love ,,, pure friendship love for one another and it showed a lot
It's Brotherhood of the best kind ,,they depended on each other in everything literally
And it's not just them ,,, the other ghosts were amazing ,,each one had his own story and his own struggle ,, I wished the writer spent more time exploring the other ghosts lives than wasting time on draggy romance
The start of the drama was really powerful but in the middle the romance became so slow and annoying
they waited for too long to reach the point of mentoring KST ,,, he was used as a vessel most of the time
It got ridiculous when it became all about romance and they forgot the Villain ,, he did nothing but few threats here and there
the plot was too week but had so much potential
it was ruined by romance
but the comedy was good ,, I laughed a lot
it was light not dark
had amazing emotions between the ghosts and their stories
the medical stuff was fun not boring
I recommend it so much because it's enjoyable watch

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Slow paced bromance with predictable story done well!

The comedy and acting was great! Chemistry between the 2 leads was phenomenal and I loved their friendship lol; we really spend enough time with them that by the end it feels like they've been friends for years. The story is a pretty predictable what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of drama, but the writing is done well and i feel myself care about even the side characters' plights as much as the main storyline.

definitely watch it for the bromance and messages about life, not for any kind of amazing villain plot. i did 1.5x my way through most of the first half due to the slow pace of the story, but it really ramps up near the end with everything concluding in a lovely happy bow that leaves you feeling warm n fuzzy<3 no real loose ends. kind of love when a drama knows when to end nicely these days, rather than cliffhang the audience in hopes of a second season to be drawn out further.

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Ghost in Eunsang Hospital

Bravo for Kim Beom's cool acting. Plays the role of Go Seung-Tak, a childish rich young man, always smiling and mischievous. Kim Beom also had to play the fierce and perfectionist Cha Young-Min.

His face and body gestures alternated smoothly.

While Rain only acts as the tough and cynical Cha Young-Min.
As a viewer, I was disappointed to see Rain losing his charm. Her cheeks looked too thin. Is Rain on a strict diet?

When side by side with Kim Beom, he looks untidy. Maybe because Rain (1982) is acting as a professor, while Kim Beom (1989) is only an intern, right? They are only 7 years apart in age, but Rain looks like his father Kim Beom.😭😭

Overall, the Korean drama Ghost Doctor is pretty good.

Tells about a coma ghost with all its problems. Including humanist stories that have a happy ending, thanks to the rescue by Cha Young-Min who entered Go Seung-Tak's body.

Similar to the Korean drama Hospital Playlist and the Korean drama Hospital Ship, only with a different angle. The Korean drama Hospital Playlist tells the story of doctor friendship, the Korean drama Hospital Ship tells of doctors in the countryside.

Meanwhile, the Korean drama Ghost Doctor combines stories of the occult, the world of ghosts and power struggles. There is a love story in all three dramas.

So for those who like the medical and supernatural genres, the Korean drama Ghost Doctor is highly recommended.

Moreover, according to AGB Nielson, this drama won a rating of 4,432% at the beginning of the episode nationwide, and closed at 7,953% at the end of the episode. Meanwhile, the Korean drama community on mydramalist gave a rating of 8.6, or it could be interpreted that many like the Korean drama Ghost Doctor. 😊😊

I will write my next review here:
https://www.maria-g-soemitro.com/2023/01/ghost-doctor-ada-hantu-di-igd-rs-eunsang.html

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I started watching purely based on curiosity as most Kdramas about doctors are really good and I was definitely not disappointed. I started watching when a few episodes had already aired but caught up immediately and was eagerly waiting for the next episode each weak. The plot was interesting and not as predictable as I first thought. Moreover they had the right amount of seriousness and comedy in each scene which made the show very pleasant to watch.

As for the characters, I loved them. The dynamic between the two main leads Ko Sung Tak (Kim Bum) and Cha Young Min (Rain) was great. I loved how their relationship develloped over the course of the series. Also both characters had great personal development and learned how to deal with their short commings and they helped each other grow. I also loved the playfull yet sweet relationship between Sung Tak and Oh Soo Jung (Son Na Eun), though I wished she would have had a more present role in the show.

However, the antagonist where a bit lacking they were portayed as big bad evil people but reminded me more of bullies. Also I found the chemistry between Jang Se Jin(Uee) and Young Min a bit awkward, plus the relationship she devoloped with Sung Tak was a odd and leaning towards becomming a bit creepy.

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Neither disappointed nor impressed

I have enjoyed many medical dramas, and am thus looking forward to watch this drama. I won’t say I’m disappointed, nor would I say I’m impressed with this drama.

Most medical dramas touched me at some point or another, but this drama did not. Perhaps due to lack of stronger backstories for the coma patients (where was the walnut man’s son?), and backstories of the other docs and staff at the hospital (e.g. the cleaner Ms Kim (any particular reason why Tess possessed her time and again?), and the doctor who defended the 2ML (Seung Tak) when the rest mocked at him?)).

Different from most sentiments, I thought the first 5-6 episodes are slower and repetitive (possessing humans and saving lives), compared to the last 5-6 episodes, with the unveiling of some backstories of coma patients, the MLs and their budding mentorship-friendship (reminds me of similar mentorship-friendship between the MLs in HK medical drama The Last Breakthrough - btw this is an underrated gem not-to-be-missed), the 1ML (Young Min) reflecting on when to really stop saving patients and the 2ML (Seung Tak) learning to be a real surgeon.

It would have been better if there are stronger backstories of the coma patients, and a "reunion” of the MLs with the patients who awoke from their coma.

Random musings:

1. Certain side profile of Rain in the drama resembles Lee Joon Gi. How about a drama with both of them as brothers?
2. Why did both 2ML and 2FL not have fathers, and were doted by their respective grandfathers?
3. Wasn’t the motorcyclist who banged into Rain shown to be a menacing dark ghost emanating black smokes, peering at the Leads from behind doors in one episode and Tess remarking him to spell troubles, but he turned out to be a harmless coma ghost who just need help from the Leads to recover from his coma?
4. Why was the backstory of the guy coma patient featured only 4-5 episodes after the backstory of the lady was featured and the lady recovered and discharged from the hospital – common sense would have the leads find out the backstory of each coma patients at about the same time, to help them out of their coma. It almost seemed like the guy coma patient has been totally forgotten, and added in as an afterthought.
5. Is skin slitting with a surgical knife a common shot to mark the start of surgery? Similar to Kids Lives Matter with the mechanical skin-slitting start of surgery scene, there are numerous bloody and heart thumping surgical scenes through this drama.

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Good for a Medical Drama!

I loved it! It wasn't something that I had on my watch list initially...but I wanted to try something different and I was also interested in seeing how Kim Bum acts. I've only seen him in Boys Over Flowers. Needlessly to say, I loved him in this.

I am also a fan of medical dramas, I binged Greys Anatomy as well as House so I was curious to see how this would measure up. I'm glad to say that it did not disappoint. I also like a bit of fantasy so it was great for that as well.

At first I was wondering why this drama was so long...I am sure it could've wrapped up everything in 12 episodes, but now that I've finished it, I love how they tied everything off so nicely. I also love the character's growth and progression. I also LOVE that the ending didn't feel rushed (like so many dramas do).

It's a must-watch for sure! Makes you think about the value of life and how you never know when it's your time to go. So therefore you should do what makes you happy.

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Fort potentiel (non tenu)

Attractif pour son super cast avec Rain, Kim Bum et Uee (entre autres).

Le plot est original (chirurgien dans le coma, qui utilise/partage le corps d'un jeune interne maladroit pour continuer à opérer), mais l'histoire est loin d'être toujours cohérente et son traitement devient "barbant" au bout de quelques épisodes.
Fan des leads, j'ai tout de même continué à naviguer entre les interventions et les complots/malveillances au sein de l'hôpital, mais avec beaucoup de zapping.
La bromance entre les 2 ML est très sympa, mais elle ne suffit pas à tenir en haleine.

Les images sont belles (celles des champs opératoires sont réalistes) et la réalisation soignée. Les OST sont très actuelles, très KPop.

Conclusion : je suis un peu déçue, car avec un tel plot et un tel casting, ce drama avait un excellent potentiel...

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This one took a lot to get me interested

Let me start by saying that I have to have at least ONE character that I really like to enjoy a show. The two male leads were extremely unlikeable for quite a few episodes. A friend kept telling me to stick it out, it gets better, and it did, somewhat. However, I never felt fully invested in the show.

LIKES: Loved Rain and Kim Bum's acting. Rain, especially, was able to wring emotions from me with his looks, his mannerisms, and, let's be honest, his crying. For me, it was worth watching just for their acting, and their bromance. This was a relationship that started out with hate/antagonism and it was a very enjoyable journey watching them come to terms with their connection with one another, and develop a deep friendship. There was a lot of humor when these two played off each other.

I also liked the other coma ghosts, especially the head guy (he was awfully funny, too).

THINGS THAT WERE DISAPPOINTING: The romance. My favorite genre is romance, so I never thought I'd say this, but they should have stuck with the bromance. The romance was just boring.

The bad guys. These bad guys seemed like caricatures to me, like they should be twirling their imaginary villain moustaches. They got away with so much for so long, and the justice served just seemed like an afterthought.

Changing rules for coma ghosts - 1) you can't go past the desk at the front lobby, yet suddenly you're out in the community. 2) WAY too much leeway to a slacker intern who has made no bones about the fact that he isn't committed to being a doctor - by all means, let him do surgeries!!!

BOTTOM LINE: Just my opinion, this is a good one to watch for excellent acting, but other than that it was ho-hum for me.

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Balanced medical drama + killer bromance => great watch => great rewatch

Only Rain and Kim Bum could pull off this bromance and make this drama shine... the main romance otherwise was kind of lackluster, but the bromance more than made up for it. Liked the concept overall of certain doctors being so dedicated that even as ghosts they cannot leave their life's work of saving people, and a passionate but jaded doctor as well as an inexperienced but idealistic newbie coming to a middlepoint to cooperate and save lives. It was also nice that the antagonist bad doctors weren't just one dimensionally evil for no reason from the beginning, rather they lost that passion over the years as they had to be realistic to keep their careers; the "bad" doctors also come around and help the younger passionate doctors when they can do it. Overall the plot didn't drag, which is amazing for a medical drama that focuses on hospital politics (by the end they usually have to play out politics that viewer's aren't interested in anymore, but in this show it really never dragged). Could've done with a little less Uee/Rain melo scenes, those were the only ones I 2xed or fast forwarded.

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A Feel-Good Watch

This marks my first K-Drama in about two years (not counting Netflix dramas). The reason why I enjoy K-Dramas are the goofy love triangles or the angsty family rivalries. I didn't get ANY of that with this drama.

Why did I rate this drama so high? Because the character development was AMAZING! There isn't a laser focus on 1-3 characters. You learn, get to know, and relate with every single character that gets at least 5 minutes of screen time.

Although I do love a good ole fashioned love triangle K-Drama, I appreciated the fact that this one wasn't oversaturated with unrequited love. It focused on the message of being a good doctor and why they all became doctors.

To keep this review short and sweet. This was a great step back into the world of K-Dramas for me. It was refreshing in both comedy and the drama storytelling. The entire cast was a perfect fit for their parts. I couldn't imagine a "x could have done it better" scenario.

I would suggest this drama to any new or old K-Drama fan. Maybe not as a binge (there are some filler episodes that are kind of mean to get through), but definitely to either fall in love with K-Dramas or find your love for them again.

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