Live Up to Your Name
| Live Up to Your Name | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | Live Up to Your Name, Dr. Heo[1] |
| Hangul | 명불허전 |
| Literal meaning | Deserving of the Name |
| Revised Romanization | Myeongbulheojeon |
| Genre |
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| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company | Bon Factory Worldwide[3] |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | August 12 – October 1, 2017 |
Live Up to Your Name
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.
Synopsis
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. Dazed, 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 time travels to Seoul 400 years later when he was about to drown.[8]
- Kim Ah-joong as Choi Yeon-kyung, a female surgeon who goes to clubbing after work to relieve stress.[8]
Supporting
- Moon Ga-young as Dong Mak-Gae, Heo Im's loyal assistant who has dreams of becoming a doctor just like her boss.
- Kim Myung-gon as Ma Sung-tae, a renowned but greedy doctor who is director of a renowned Eastern medicine hospital in Seoul. He is also the grandfather of Yoo Jae-Ha (Yeon-kyung's childhood friend).
- King Gwanghae.
- Imjin War.
- Maeng Sang-hoon as Yoo Chan-sung
- Lee Dae-yeon as Professor Hwang, her teacher and superior at the hospital.
- Oh Dae-hwan as Doo-chil, one of the servants of the corrupt Minister of War of Joseon.
- Tae Hang-ho as Min Byung-gi, one of the nurses at Yeon-kyung's grandfather's oriental medicine clinic.
- Kim Byung-choon as Kwon Ji
- Yoo Min-kyu as Yoo Jae-ha, a young doctor of oriental medicine who is Yeon-kyung's childhood friend and Sung-tae's grandson/ Yoo Jin-oh (Joseon), a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty who has a beef with Heo Im.
- Jin Seon-kyu as Yeon-i's father, the father of Yeon-i (one of Heo Im's patients)
- acupuncturistwho owns the Haeminseo Oriental Medicine Clinic and is Yeon-kyung's grandfather.
- Byeon Woo-seok as Heo Jun's assistant
- Kim Sung-joo as Kim Min-jae
- Roh Jeong-eui as Oh Ha-ra, a young girl with heart problems whose life is saved by Heo Im.
- Lee Do-yeop as Oh Ha-ra's father
- Lee Ga-ryeong as Gisaeng
- Shin Rin-ah as Yeon-i, a sick girl and one of Heo Im's patients during the Joseon Dynasty.
- Yeom Hye-ran as Restaurant owner (ep. #4)
- Hiromitsu Takeda as Sayaka (Joseon)
Ratings
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea | TNmS | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
| 1 | August 12, 2017 | 2.715% | 2.855% | 3.2% |
| 2 | August 13, 2017 | 3.995% | 4.536% | 3.3% |
| 3 | August 19, 2017 | 4.541% | 5.227% | 3.6% |
| 4 | August 20, 2017 | 5.998% | 6.572% | 5.0% |
| 5 | August 26, 2017 | 4.347% | 4.659% | 3.7% |
| 6 | August 27, 2017 | 5.617% | 5.968% | 4.7% |
| 7 | September 2, 2017 | 5.541% | 6.064% | 4.2% |
| 8 | September 3, 2017 | 6.357% | 6.712% | 4.8% |
| 9 | September 9, 2017 | 5.965% | 6.802% | 5.3% |
| 10 | September 10, 2017 | 6.520% | 7.688% | 6.0% |
| 11 | September 16, 2017 | 5.889% | 6.636% | 5.3% |
| 12 | September 17, 2017 | 6.164% | 6.848% | 5.0% |
| 13 | September 23, 2017 | 5.590% | 6.516% | 5.4% |
| 14 | September 24, 2017 | 5.364% | 6.142% | 3.4% |
| 15 | September 30, 2017 | 4.959% | 5.641% | 3.9% |
| 16 | October 1, 2017 | 6.907% | 7.888% | 5.5% |
| Average | 5.404% | 6.047% | 4.5% | |
Notes
- ^ On some websites (such as Korea JoongAng Daily), the pronunciation of Kim Chung-seon's original name (i.e. his Japanese name) is Sayaga (with the letter G in place of K)
- China.
References
- ^ Live up to your name, Dr.Heo [최초]김남길X김아중, 조선왕복 메디활극 명불허전 첫 티저 공개 170812 EP.1. YouTube (in Korean). tvN Drama. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Jie, Ye-eun. "Kim Nam-gil, Kim A-joong to star in 'Myeongbulheojeon'". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Park, Soo-jeong. "[단독]김남길·김아중, tvN '명불허전' 특급 만남". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). JTBC PLUS, JTBC Content Hub Co., Ltd. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Live up to your name '보고싶었소' 김남길, 다시 김아중 곁으로♥ #껌딱지컴백 171001 EP.16. YouTube (in Korean). tvN Drama. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- Sports Donga(in Korean). Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- Herald Pop (in Korean). Herald Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Shin, Young-eun. "'명불허전' 김남길, 독보적 능청카리스마…"김남길 is 뭔들"". Naver (in Korean). Maekyung. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Sports Chosun. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Korea JoongAng Daily: Lessons from a Japanese defector
- ^ Hancinema: Live up to Your Name - Cast (Korean Drama, 2017, 명불허전)
- ^ RPM9 전자신문엔터테인먼트: (ET-ENT 인터뷰) 배우 다케다 히로미츠(Takeda Hiromitsu)! 한국을 정말 사랑하는 아티스트
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Live Up to Your Name at HanCinema
- Live Up to Your Name at IMDb
- Live Up to Your Name at Netflix
