Limited series · ENA
Doctor on the Edge
An Anxious Doctor, An Empathetic Nurse.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Jae-wook
Do Ji-ui
12 eps
Shin Ye-eun
Yuk Ha-ri
12 eps
Hong Min-gi
Hyeon Chi-yeon
12 eps
Lee Soo-kyung
Um Jung-seon
12 eps
Kim Yoon-woo
Yong Ju-cheon
12 eps
Joo In-young
Hwang Shin-hye
12 eps
Ha Eun-sung
Paramedic
1 eps
Park Gun-joo
Military Officer
1 eps
Kil Hae-yeon
O Mi-ja
5 eps
Woo Hyeon
Park Chun-sik
5 eps
Kim Ki-cheon
Lee Jang-su
2 eps
Jeong Seon-cheol
Captain
2 eps
Lee Yoon-mi
Hong Geum-ja
5 eps
Park Wan-kyu
Kim Jeong-bae
1 eps
Kim Deok-ju
Patient
1 eps
Uhm Tae-ok
Patient
1 eps
Lee Dong-chan
Patient
1 eps
Han Mi-ja
Patient
1 eps
Han Sang-cheul
Village Chief
1 eps
Kim Mi-jun
Ju-man's Mother
1 eps
Jung Ma-rin
Innkeeper
1 eps
Kim Hae-gon
Ko Chang-mok
3 eps
Jung Ae-yeun
Choi Hyang-mi
3 eps
Jung Yu-hyun
Secretary Choi
1 eps
Lee Won-jeong
Jo Dong-seop
1 eps
Shin Yoon-jung
Nurse
1 eps
Park Sin-un
Doctor
1 eps
Kwon Dong-won
Doctor
1 eps
Kim Ja-young
Jin Bae
1 eps
Lee Chae-yu
Ko Dok-hwa
3 eps
Park Da-yoon
Deok-hwa's Mother
3 eps
Kim Yoon-bae
Yeom Byeong-cheol
2 eps
Lee Eun-joo
Nurse
1 eps
Kim Geum-hee
Patient's Daughter
1 eps
Kim Hyun-chang
Construction Worker
1 eps
Lee Dae-gyu
Construction Worker
1 eps
Lee Seol
Lee hwa-young
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Doctor on the Edge actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Doctor on the Edge reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
In South Korea, military service is mandatory for all men. But a select few—like privileged medical students—can serve as public health doctors instead. This is the story of those privileged few. Do Ji-ui, a plastic surgeon, is assigned to Pyeondong-do, an isolated island no one wants to go to. From the very first day, ominous signs begin to appear. Can he survive a full year on this hellish island and make it out alive—or will the island break him before he can hold the line?
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
If I Just Tough It Out, Things Will Work Out Somehow!
S01E11
Reconciliation, Healing, And...
S01E10
It's Not Okay
S01E09
Courage to Forgive
S01E08
I Can't Do It. I Can't Ignore You.
S01E07
Words Left Unsaid
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Where to watch
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