Live Up to Your Name

 

 


Live Up to Your Name is a 2017 historical time travel South Korean television series. It brings Heo Im (a medical scientist from the Joseon Dynasty portrayed by Kim Nam-gil) to present day Seoul, where he meets the surgeon, Choi Yeon-kyung (Kim Ah-joong). The series marks Kim Nam-gil's small screen comeback after four years. It aired on tvN from August 12 to October 1, 2017 at 21:00 (KST).

Its final episode recorded a 6.907% nationwide audience share according to Nielsen paid platform making the episode one of the highest rated in Korean cable television history.

 




Plot

Heo Im (Kim Nam-gil) is a Joseon doctor of Traditional Korean medicine, specializing in acupuncture. He worked at the clinic for the poor during daytime and earned a fortune by making secret visits to nobles and high-ranking officials' houses at night. After gaining notoriety for his great skills, he was tasked to help treat the king's migraines. Unfortunately, his anxiety got the best of him and he was charged with treason. Unwilling to accept jail, he escaped capture but was chased by soldiers. He was eventually cornered into a river and fatally shot by arrows and fell to his supposed death. Death never came and he awakened in modern Seoul-Korea and realizes he has somehow time traveled. Lost and confused, he runs into Choi Yeon-kyung (Kim Ah-joong), a cardiothoracic fellow surgeon at Shinhae Hospital and began an unlikely relationship between time and space.

 


Cast

Main

·         Kim Nam-gil as Heo Im / Heo Bong-tak

An acupuncturist who ends up in Seoul 400 years later when he was about to die.

·        Kim Ah-joong as Choi Yeon-kyung

A surgeon who goes to clubs at night to release her stress.

Supporting

·         Moon Ga-young as Dongmakgae

·         Kim Myung-gon as Yoo Sung-tae / Yoo Jin-oh (Joseon)

·         Um Hyo-sup as Heo Jun

·         Ahn Suk-hwan as Shin Myung-hoon / Minister of War (Joseon)

·         Maeng Sang-hoon as Yoo Chan-sung

·         Lee Dae-yeon as Professor Hwang

·         Oh Dae-hwan as Doo-chil

·         Tae Hang-ho as Min Byung-gi

·         Kim Byung-choon as Kwon Ji

·         Yoo Min-kyu as Yoo Jae-ha

·         Jin Seon-kyu as Yeon-i's father

·         Yoon Joo-sang

·         Byeon Woo-seok as Heo Jun's assistant

·         Kim Sung-joo as Kim Min-jae

·         Roh Jeong-eui as Oh Ha-ra

·         Lee Ga-ryeong as Gisaeng

·         Yeom Hye-ran as Restaurant owner (ep. #4)

·         Hiromitsu Takeda as Sayaga (Joseon) / Kim Chung-sun (Baptized name after Imjin War)

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