
Yong Pal(2015)
Operating under the alias Yong-pal, a surgeon gets enmeshed in a dark conspiracy involving a chaebol heiress forcibly put in a medically induced coma.


“A fateful encounter lighting breakup but… destiny never give up.”
After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

Song Hye-kyo
Kang Mo-yeon

Song Joong-ki
Yoo Shi-jin

Kim Ji-won
Yoon Myung-joo

Jin Goo
Seo Dae-young

Onew
Lee Chi-hoon

Kang Shin-il
Lieutenant General Yoon

Cho Tae-kwan
Daniel Spencer

Jo Jae-yun
Jin Young-soo

Hyun Jyu-ni
Doctor Pyo

Jeon Soo-jin
Ri Ye-hwa
Descendants of the Sun is a drama, action & adventure series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of surgeon, friendship, army, romance, hospital, bromance. Created by Kim Eun-sook, it stars Song Hye-kyo, Song Joong-ki, Kim Ji-won. After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.
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