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Deserving of the Name

Details

• Title: 명불허전 / Myeongbulheojeon
• Also known as: Live Up to Your Name
• Genre: Medical, fantasy, historical, 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.

Cast

Joseon Era Hyeminseo Clinic Kim Nam Gil as Heo Im (30) Moon Woo Jin (문우진) 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 (진선규) as Yun Yi's father Takeda Hiromitsu (다케다 히로미츠) as Sayaga / Kim Choong Sun (22) Choi Jae Sup (최재섭) as Ddak Sae (41) Palace Ahn Suk Hwan as minister of war Jo Seung Yun (조승연) 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 (변우석) as black man

Present Shinhye Hospital Kim Ah Joong as Choi Yun Kyung (32) 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 (성주) 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) Kim Myung Gon (김명곤) as Ma Sung Tae (70) ?? as Goo Ji Woong (mid 40s) Lee Jae Gyoon (이재균) as Jin Young Hoon (27) Kim Jung Hwan(김정환) as Sung Tae's secretary

Production Credits

• Director: Hong Jong Chan
• Screenwriter: Kim Eun Hee (김은희)

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.

External Links

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• Korean Wikipedia

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