K-drama Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist: Kim Min-jae plays a masterful doctor in period drama adapted from novel of the same name
- Kim Min-jae stars as a gifted doctor who falls afoul of palace politics and is subsequently banished from court in Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist
- He ends up in a village where he is soon at loggerheads with the local doctor. Eventually they work together, and save a suicidal widow (Kim Hyang-gi)
Three years after making his leading man debut in Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency, Kim Min-jae is back in his second period drama. He stars as the titular protagonist in Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist, based on an award-winning novel of the same name.
Kim plays Yoo Se-yeop, a gifted young nobleman who coasted through scholarly trials at an early age. Possessing a redoubtable knowledge of all the medical texts of the day, he has achieved the post of Royal Acupuncturist – second only to the Royal Physician in the King’s medical retinue – despite his still very rosy cheeks.
Just like the leads of the contemporary medical dramas that are so popular on Korean television, Se-yeop is supremely confident and can miraculously save any patient within moments, thanks only to a few carefully placed acupuncture needles.
During the early portion of the show, as viewers learn of Se-yeop’s many attributes, we discover that he has a 100 per cent cure rate, a line more suited to describing a lawyer.
Naturally, Se-yeop is exceptionally handsome. His good looks routinely gets throngs of women into a tizzy as they wait their turn for a consultation.