Daily Dose of Sunshine

Warning: This drama deals with several mental illnesses and viewers may be triggered or find episodes hard to watch, especially when dealing with one of these conditions.
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Daily Dose of Sunshine

Details

• Title: 정신병동에도 아침이 와요 / Jeongsinbyeongdong-edo Achimi Wayo
• Also known as: Morning Comes to Psychiatric Wards
• Genre: Medical, drama, comedy
• Episodes: 12
• Broadcast network: Netflix
• Broadcast period: 2023-Nov-03

Synopsis

Jung Da Eun (Park Bo Young) is a nurse who starts working in the mental health department of a hospital. As a newcomer, she grapples with numerous challenges and stumbles along the way. However, she tries to do her best, giving a warm smile to all her patients. During her work, she meets Dong Go Yoon (Yun Woo Jin), a doctor specializing in proctology. He is friendly and starts to have feelings for Da Eun.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(4 votes)

Cast

Main Cast

• Park Bo Young as Jung Da Eun
  • Ahn Tae Rin as child Da Eun
• Yun Woo Jin as Dong Go Yoon
• Jang Dong Yoon as Song Yoo Chan
  • Han Ji Ahn (한지안) as child Yoo Chan
• Lee Jung Eun as Song Hyo Shin

Myungshin University Medical Center - Psychiatry Unit

Nurses

• Lee Yi Dam as Min Deul Re
• Lee Sang Hee as Park Soo Yun
• Park Ji Yun as Hong Jung Ran
• Jun Bae Soo as Yoon Man Chun
• Ko Eun Young as night shift nurse (ep 2)
• Yoo In Soo as Ji Seung Jae (trainee with panic disorder, ep 3, 12)
• Park Jung Yun as Hye Won (trainee, ep 3)
• Yoo Ji Soo as Young Sun (trainee, ep 3)
• Shin Hee Gook as night shift nurse

Doctors

• Jang Ryool as Hwang Yeo Hwan
• Kim Jong Tae as Im Hyuk Soo
• Im Jae Hyuk as Gong Chul Woo
• Gong Sung Ha as Cha Min Seo

Bipolar Disorder - people around Oh Ri Na

• Jung Woon Sun as Oh Ri Na
• Cha Mi Kyung as Ri Na's mother
• Seo Dong Gap (서동갑) as Judge Jung Jin Sup
• Moon Soo Young (문수영) as bartender
• Jo Seung Yun (조승연) as grocery store employee

Social Anxiety - people around Kim Sung Shik

• Jo Dal Hwan as Kim Sung Shik
• Lee Seo Hwan as Sung Shik's brother
• Lee Joo Won as Sung Shik's superior
• Hwang Jung Yoon as pet store employee (ep 2)

Psychosis - people around Kim Seo Wan

• Noh Jae Won (노재원) as Kim Seo Wan
• Oh Min Ae as Seo Hwan's mother
• Lee Kyu Hoe as Seo Hwan's father
• Yang Seung Wook as private institute student

Paranoia and Delusion - people around Jung Ha Ram

• Kwon Han Sol as Jung Ha Ram
• Choi Nam Wook (최남욱) as taxi driver

Pseudodementia - people around Kwon Joo Young

• Kim Yeo Jin as Kwon Joo Young
• Son Dong Soo (손동수) as Kwon Joo Young's husband
• Lee Seung Joo (이승주) as Shin Ha Yun (Kwon Joo Young's daughter)

Tactile Illusion caused by PTSD - people around Choi Joon Ki

• Kim Dae Gun (김대건) as Choi Joon Ki
• Lee Hyun Seo (이현서) as Kyung Seo
• Na Mi Hee as Choi Young Ki

Borderline Personality Disorder - Han Jae Hee

• Yoo Eun Ah (유은아) as Han Jae Hee

Schizophrenia - Song Ae Shin

• Go Seo Hee (고서희) as Song Ae Shin (Hyo Shin's sister)

Borderline Intellectual Functioning - people around Park Byung Hee

• Kim Joo Ah (김주아) as Park Byung Hee
• Park Mi Hyun as Byung Hee's mother

Hayan General Hospital

• Kong Min Jung as Heo Ji Ahn
• Joo In Young as Nurse Lee
• Park Jung Yoon (박정윤) as Yoon Ji Sun (patient)
• Hong Roo Hyun (홍루현) as psychiatrist

Others

Supporting

• Hwang Young Hee as Da Eun's mother

Extended

• Park Sung Yun as internal medicine head nurse
• Son Se Yoon (손세윤) as internal medicine nurse #1
• Kim Se Hee (김세희) as internal medicine nurse #2
• Han Seo Wool (한서울) as internal medicine patient
• Park Han Sol as Na Ra (Deul Re's friend)
• Park Joo Yong (박주용) as Soo Yun's husband
• Moon Yo Han (문요한) as Jin Woo (Soo Yun's son)
• Shim Ji Yoo as Eun Woo (Soo Yun's daughter)
• So Kyu Sup (소규섭) as resident
• Hwang Ja Neung (황자능) as resident
• Choi Ye Eun (최예은) as resident
• Lee Jung Eun as Yoo Chan's mother (ep 2, 3, 7)
• Jung Choong Goo (정충구) as Yoo Chan's father (ep 2, 3, 7)
• Hong Ye Ji as hairdresser (ep 4)
• Choi Nam Wook as taxi driver (ep 4)
• Jun Kook Hyang as Park Soo Yun's mother (ep 5)
• Jung Jong Yul (정종열) as Deul Re's uncle (ep 6, 8)
• Woo Mi Hwa as Deul Re's mother (ep 8-9)
• Lee Yun Joo as elevator nurse (ep 11)

Production Credits

• Production Company: Film Monster (필름몬스터)
• Directors: Lee Jae Kyu, Kim Nam Soo (김남수)
• Original writing: Lee Ra Ha (이라하)
• Screenwriters: Lee Jae Kyu, Oh Bo Hyun (오보현), Kim Da Hee (김다희)

Notes

• Based on the webtoon of the same title by Lee Ra Ha (이라하).
• In addition to the illnesses covered by patients, Major Depressive Disorder and Panic Disorder are covered by the main cast over a series of episodes; suicide and self-harm are recurring topics.

Recognitions

• 2024 10th APAN Star Awards:
  • Best New Actor (Noh Jae Won (노재원))

• 2024 3rd Blue Dragon Series Awards:
  • Best Drama
  • Best Actress (Park Bo Young)

External Links

• Netflix
• HanCinema
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia