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Deserving of the Name

Details

• Title: 명불허전 / Myeongbulheojeon
• Also known as: Live Up to Your Name
• Genre: Medical, fantasy, period, historical, romance, comedy
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2017-Aug-12 to 2017-Oct-01
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
• Original Soundtrack: Deserving of the Name OST

Synopsis

When a low-born, but gifted acupuncturist from 17th century Joseon time-slips to 21st century Seoul, he butts heads with a prickly resident cardio-thoracic surgeon.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.08

(12 votes)

Cast

Joseon Era Hyeminseo Clinic Kim Nam Gil as Heo Im / Heo Bong Tak (30) Moon Woo Jin as child Heo Im Shin Rin Ah as Yun Yi (10) Moon Ga Young as Gong Mak Gae (20) Kim Byung Choon as Kwon Ji Oh Dae Hwan as Doo Chil (36) Jin Sun Kyu as Yun Yi's father Takeda Hiromitsu (다케다 히로미츠) as Sayaga / Kim Choong Sun (22) Choi Jae Sup as Ddak Sae (41) Palace Ahn Suk Hwan as minister of war Jo Seung Yun as King Sun Jo Maeng Sang Hoon as Yoo Chan Sung Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jin Oh (early 30s) Jang Woo Hyuk (장우혁) as Choong Ho Others Uhm Hyo Sup as Heo Jun (mid 60s) Byun Woo Suk as black man Cha Soon Hyung as Suzuki Park Min Soo as Kang

Correlation chart

Present Shinhye Hospital Kim Ah Joong as Choi Yun Kyung (32) Uhm Chae Young (엄채영) as child Yun Kyung Ryu Han Bi as teen Yun Kyung Noh Jung Ui as Oh Ha Ra (15) Ahn Suk Hwan as Shin Myung Hoon (62) Lee Dae Yeon as professor Hwang (mid 40s) Lee Jae Won as Kang Man Soo (32) Sung Joo as Kim Min Jae (late 20s) Seo Jung Yeon as Jung Yi Yun (mid 30s) Oh Jung Sook (오정석) as Soo Ho Lee Bo Yun (이보연) as nurse Kim Hyeminseo Clinic Yoon Joo Sang as Choi Chun Sool (73) Tae Hang Ho as Min Byung Ki (mid 40s) Min Ji Ah as Jun Jae Sook (late 30s) Shinhye Oriental Hospital Yoo Min Kyu as Yoo Jae Ha (30) Choi Seung Hoon as young Jae Ha Kim Myung Gon (김명곤) as Ma Sung Tae (70) Kwon Hyuk (권혁) as Goo Ji Woong (mid 40s) Lee Jae Kyoon as Jin Young Hoon (27) Kim Jung Hwan(김정환) as Sung Tae's secretary Others Maeng Sang Hoon as homeless Heo Sung Tae as gangster

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Bon Factory (본팩토리)
• Director: Hong Jong Chan
• Screenwriter: Kim Eun Hee

Episode Ratings

See Deserving of the Name/Episode Ratings

Notes

• The main character Heo Im is a real-life historical figure.
• Filming began June 2017.
• Kim Nam Gil makes a TV comeback through this drama after 4 years.

External Links

• Official site
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia

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