Faith (2012 TV series)
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Promotional poster for Faith
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| Also known as | The Great Doctor |
| Genre |
Fantasy Historical fusion Romance Medical drama |
| Written by | Song Ji-na |
| Directed by |
Kim Jong-hak Shin Yong-hwi |
| Starring |
Lee Min-ho Kim Hee-sun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Cinematography | Seok Deuk-won Lee Young-cheol |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | Faith SPC |
| Distributor | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| First shown in | South Korea |
| Original release | 13 August – 30 October 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Chaser |
| Followed by | The King of Dramas |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sin-ui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin-ŭi |
Faith (Hangul: 신의; Hanja: 信義; RR: Sin-ui; also known as The Great Doctor) is a 2012 South Korean television drama broadcast by SBS from August 13, 2012, to October 30, 2012, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. It is about a modern-day plastic surgeon (Kim Hee-sun), who is kidnapped and travels back in time to the Goryeo period, 700 years in the past. There, she falls in love with her kidnapper, a warrior who is the leader of the royal guard (Lee Min-ho).
The title Sin-ui, can mean faith, as in belief in justice. The Hanja means Divine Doctor, but in Hangul it also means divine healer or great doctor.
After King Gongmin of Goryeo marries the Yuan princess Noguk, they return to Goryeo. On the way they are attacked and the queen is fatally injured. According to the advice of his royal advisor, the king orders royal bodyguard Choi Young to pass through a mystical portal ("heaven's gate") and find the "heaven's doctor". Choi Young travels to the future and brings back Yoo Eun-soo, a modern-day doctor from Seoul, who saves the queen's life. He makes a promise that he will return her to her world, but the scheming royal advisor persuades King Gongmin to force Eun-soo to stay as she can be useful to him.
As Eun-soo accustoms herself to her new surroundings, gradually she and Choi Young fall in love with each other. But problems arise as others become fascinated with her as the "Heaven's doctor", and Eun-soo becomes a pawn in the political power plays between King Gongmin, the Yuan overlords, the sociopathic nobleman Ki-chul and Prince Deok-seung, King Gongmin's uncle. Constantly risking his life, Choi Young thwarts numerous attempts by Ki-chul and Deok-seung to kidnap and possess Eun-soo, which almost resulted in the death of the king and queen.
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