The film Ghost Doctor, which was directed by Boo Sung-Chul, tells the tale of two doctors whose paths cross and who each gain wisdom from one another. The conceited intern, proud for his brilliance, teaches the conceited doctor humility when the doctor coaches the intern to face his fears. Their lives are dictated by mysteries, and a friendship is what makes everything right in the end. Ghost Doctor is a must-watch movie with a unique plot that includes humorous timing and a sad romance.
Ghost Doctor Season 1: Plotline What Is The Korean Drama Series About?
In his hospital, Cha Young-Min is regarded as one of the top surgeons. Any patient that Young-Min takes on is one that he works to save. He has, however, grown a petty mentality to protect himself from the bullying other doctors have given him because of his brilliance. Cha Young-Min suffers an accident while taking over Chairman Jang Kwang-activities, Deok’s which renders him unconscious. He wanders until he encounters Go Seung-Tak, an intern who has just begun his internship at the hospital, after his soul separates from his body. Unexpectedly, Young-Min has the ability to possess Seung-Tak. He takes advantage of this and tests the procedure on himself first. After that, he and Seung-Tak reach an understanding, and he keeps treating the emergency patients that arrive at the hospital in an effort to save their lives. Young-Min eventually comes out of his coma and resumes his regular life.
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The Accident That Went On To Connect The Two Doctors.
Cha Young-Min initially refused to perform the surgery on Chairman Jang Kwang-Deok, but after being pleaded with repeatedly, he agreed to do so and finished the procedure successfully. He received an urgent SMS from his ex, Jang Se-Jin, who is also the chairman’s daughter, as he waited for the Chairman to awaken. He walked away from his patient, but as the chairman headed towards the hospital, he ran into trouble. He was involved in an accident on the way, which rendered him unconscious and ultimately transformed him into a spirit. He travelled till he discovered he could possess Go Seung-Tak and made use of this.
Seung-Tak was possessed by Cha Young-Min anytime he needed to do surgery on a patient without getting his consent. Seung-Tak became enraged and requested a break. Since he was a young child, when he and his father were involved in a boating accident, Seung-Tak has had the ability to see ghosts and communicate with them. Seung-Tak was profoundly affected by this accident, which also left him without a father and with the capacity to communicate with spirits. Seung-Tak began working in the hospital after his mother, who served as the hospital’s director, and grandfather, who served as the institution’s chairman, demanded that he complete his internship there. After being prompted, he eventually acknowledged being able to view Young-Min while at work. He then made an agreement with Young-Min to do surgery on the patients for whom he had been guaranteed a safe procedure in addition to the emergency patients.
Seung-Tak and Young-Min both concentrated on the patients, but they soon realised there was a broader play going on. They learned that Young-accident Min’s was actually an effort to disrupt his operation against the Chairman rather than an accident. The Chairman’s surgery was successful, but those responsible for the deception gave him medications that caused him to remain in a coma. They also did not want Young-Min to awaken for fear that he would ruin everything. Both Young-Min and Seung-Tak make an effort to search thoroughly for information and leave no stone unturned in their pursuit of the criminals. Dr. Ahn, Seung-Won, the assistant director, and Min-ho, the Chairman’s son, are found to have been involved. Young-Min and Seung-Tak set out to prove all the evidence so that they can hand the perpetrators to the police.
What Happened To Doctor Ahn?
Young-Min was mentoring Dr. Ahn and preparing him for the position of a senior doctor. However, Ahn had no clue about what Young-Min had done for him, instead believing Han Seung-Won had assisted him in sabotaging the operations on the Chairman. He backstabbed Young-Min and worked with Seung-Won until he realized that he had single-handedly destroyed any chance he had to become a successful doctor after Seung-Won had tossed him out after he did his work. Ahn realized his mistake and could not find a way out, so he reached out to his mentor to help him gain back his honesty and walk on the right path. Young-Min took pity on him and sought him out with the help of Seung-Tak. They devised a plan to bring down Seung-Won and Min-Ho legally.
Ahn met with Seung-Won to discuss their further plans and, in the meantime, recorded him, which served as hard evidence against them. Ahn then went on to confess and serve his time in jail, also condemning both Min-Ho and Seung-Won in the process. He was arrested along with Min-Ho and Seung-Won and the entire matter was brought to light. However, the arrests happened away from public view so as to safeguard the hospital and its residents.
Who Was Tess?
Tess, short for Hippocrates, according to him, was a doctor before he turned into a spirit. His real name was Oh Joo-Myung, and his granddaughter, Oh Soo-Jung, was Seung-Tak s friend. Tess had died in his sleep after a long surgery and then woke up to find himself trapped in the hospital as a ghost. He could not let himself move on when, on the day he died, Seung-Tak and his father were wheeling him in for emergency surgery. However, Seung-Tak s father had already left the world, and little Seung-Tak was barely holding on to his life. Tess possessed the doctor in charge of Seung-Tak s operation, and little Seung-Tak, while being a coma spirit himself, witnessed the incident. Another witness was Oh Soo-Jung, who had been waiting for her grandfather to return home with the cake he had promised her instead, had woken up to the news of his death and had witnessed his spirit visiting them. She followed him to the hospital and witnessed the incident.
Since that day, after his interaction with Tess, Go Seung-Tak has retained the ability to see spirits and also interact with them. However, this had major implications for his normal life. He was unable to perform any surgeries without noticing the spirits of the cadaver breathing down his neck. After Young-Min s accident, though both of them had a love-hate relationship, Young-Min coached Seung-Tak through his fears and different operations. Young-Min even encouraged him to operate on his body as a form of fieldwork.
Young-Min, on the other hand, had been possessed by Tess occasionally to save the emergency patients that had been wheeled in. Young-Min s determination to save the patients who were going to be assigned to a different hospital due to a shortage of doctors, funds, and politics, Young-Min took them on and Tess lent him a hand. However, Young-Min had a competitive spirit and wanted to achieve the genius he was famous for by himself. Young-Min pushed himself to his limit and eventually succeeded in being known for his genius due to his hard work.
The zeal to save the patients at any cost is what connected the two doctors. The fact that Tess had previously possessed Young-Min to help him out could also serve as a factor that had made it possible for Young-Min to successfully possess Seung-Tak. Not to mention, Seung-Tak was operated on indirectly by Tess and he retained the ability to see ghosts after the surgery, which pushed Seung-Tak to be the perfect vessel for Young-Min to possess. Their determination and pact to help those in need of help made them more alike than anything.
Ghost Doctor Season 1: Ending Explained What Happened To Cha Young-Min After He Finally Woke Up?
While Seung-Tak could interact with the ghosts while they were in a coma, however, once they woke up from their coma, the patients forgot all interactions and resumed their previous life. Seung-Tak dreaded the day Young-Min would wake up and forget every moment they shared and their friendship. While he was anxious, he found out that Young-Min had recorded a video that would help him recall and accept the friendship they shared and also the important discussions he was to have with his girlfriend, Se-Jin. Seung-Tak under Young-Min s mentoring and Tess support, performed the surgery with the help of Dr. Ahn, who had secured his place on the team to make sure that Min-Ho and Seung-Won could not injure Young-Min in any way.
The operation was successful and Young-Min had woken up, and as a means to play a prank, he pretended to not remember anything that had happened. However, his facade cracked when Seung-Tak barged in to show him the video he had made and wanted him to remember everything on his own accord. Seung-Tak was desperate not to lose the mentor and the best friend he had found in Young-Min, and due to the situations that had tied them, Young-Min ended up remembering everything. After this, they set out to set things right and make sure that perpetrators were captured. Dr. Ahn turned himself in and also implicated both Min-Ho and Seung-Won.
Tess, in the end, possessed the servicewoman and finally gifted Soo-Jung the cake he was supposed to take to her on the day of his death as a means to make peace with everything and move on from this realm. He had also stayed back to look after his best friend, Chairman Go Jae-Sik, Go Seung-Tak s grandfather and the founder of the hospital. He decided that the hospital was in good hands, while observing Young-Min and Seung-Tak and decided to move on.
Ghost Doctor Season 1 is a pleasure to watch with different characters absolutely pulling the heartstrings of the audience, and the plot of possessing people to help others while investigating the mystery on the side is absolutely refreshing. The Korean drama industry seems to churn out gems each time they decide to drop a release.
