''Dr. Kkang'' () is a 2006

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starring

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and

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. It aired on MBC from April 5 to May 25, 2006, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

When a gangster (''

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'') pretends to be a doctor in order to hide from the mob he left behind, he doesn't realize that this innocent deception will set him on the path towards love and redemption. Kang Dal-go, a mid-level member of a

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gang, gets kicked out of the gang after being investigated by the police and is forced to flee for his life. Hiding out in

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, he gets hired as a doctor at a nearby hospital, where he quickly clashes with Kim Yoo-na, a dedicated and outspoken doctor. Gradually, however, the former gang member and the beautiful physician begin to fall in love in the midst of their clashes, to the dismay of prosecutor Seok Hee-jung, who is also pursuing Yoo-na. Dal-go may want to start a new life, but it's uncertain if his past will allow him to do so, and what Yoo-na's reaction will be once she discovers the truth.

Cast

as Kang Dal-go *

as Dr. Kim Yoo-na *

as Prosecutor Seok Hee-jung *

Kim Hye-ok Kim Hye-ok (; born May 9, 1958) is a South Korean actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

as Yeon-ji, Dal-go's mother *Kim Hak-chul as Song Kwang-ho, Shark Fin gang boss *

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as Jo Jang-shik, Shark Fin gangster * Park Si-eun as Lee Hye-young, Yoo-na's sister-in-law *

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as Kim Jin-gyu, Yoo-na's brother *

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as Dr. Bong * Jo Mi-ryung as Nurse Seo *Choi Jae-won as Detective Kim, Yoo-na's brother and Hye-young's husband *

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as Detective Bae *Yoo Tae-sung as Taek-soo *Kim Soo-kyum as Soon-ae *Kim Ha-kyun as Prosecutor Hwang *Kim Chul-ki as Do Jin-shik, Dal-go's lawyer *

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as a junior high school student *Choi Beom-ho

References

External links

''Dr. Kkang'' official MBC website

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