Live Up to Your Name

2017

Heo Im (Kim Nam-gil) is a Joseon doctor of Traditional Korean medicine, specializing in acupuncture. He worked at a clinic for the poor during the 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 comes and he awakens in modern Seoul-Korea, realizing 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 begins an unlikely relationship across time and space.

Genres:

Also Known As:

Live Up to Your Name, Dr. Heo, Deserving of the Name

Director:

Hong Jong-chan

Writer:

Kim Eun-hee

Episodes:

Running Time:

70 minutes

Network:

tvN

Country of Origin:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

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Source: Wikipedia

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Lee Dae-yeon
Lee Dae-yeon
Professor Hwang, her teacher and superior at the hospital.
Yoon Joo-sang
Choi Chun-Sool, a renowned acupuncturist who owns the Haeminseo Oriental Medicine Clinic and is Yeon-kyung's grandfather.
Lee Ga-ryeong
Gisaeng
Maeng Sang-hoon
Yoo Chan-sung

Yeom Hye-ran

Restaurant owner (ep. #4)

Moon Ga-young

Dong Mak-Gae, Heo Im's loyal assistant who has dreams of becoming a doctor just like her boss.

Roh Jeong-eui

Oh Ha-ra, a young girl with heart problems whose life is saved by Heo Im.

Yoo Min-kyu

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.

Lee Do-yeop

Oh Ha-ra's father

Kim Ah-joong

Choi Yeon-kyung, a female surgeon who goes clubbing after work to relieve stress.

Shin Rin-ah

Yeon-i, a sick girl and one of Heo Im's patients during the Joseon Dynasty.

Kim Nam-gil

Heo Im (Child: Moon woo-jin)/ Heo Bong-tak, an acupuncturist who time travels to Seoul 400 years later when he was about to drown.

Jin Seon-kyu

Yeon-i's father, the father of Yeon-i (one of Heo Im's patients)

Kim Myung-gon

Ma Sung-tae, a renowned but greedy doctor who is the director of a renowned Eastern medicine hospital in Seoul. He is also the grandfather of Yoo Jae-Ha (Yeon-kyung's childhood friend).

Byeon Woo-seok

Heo Jun's assistant

Um Hyo-sup

Heo Jun, a legendary physician from the Joseon period who was active during the reigns of King Seonjo and King Gwanghae.

Oh Dae-hwan

Doo-chil, one of the servants of the corrupt Minister of War of Joseon.

Ahn Suk-hwan

Shin Myung-hoon, the director of the hospital where Yeon-kyung works and consequently her boss/ Minister of War (Joseon), an unnamed corrupt war minister of the Joseon dynasty during the Imjin War.