New Heart

This article is about the Korean drama series. For the Mêlée song, see Mêlée (band).

Not to be confused with Newhart.

New Heart
250px Promotional poster for New Heart
Genre	Medical drama Romance
Written by	Hwang Eun-kyung
Directed by	Park Hong-kyun
Starring	Ji Sung Kim Min-jung Cho Jae-hyun Lee Ji-hoon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	23
Production
Production location(s)	South Korea
Running time	60 minutes Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Release
Original network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	12 December 2007 (2007-12-12) – 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Legend
Followed by	Who Are You?
External links
Website

Korean name
Hangul	뉴하트
Revised Romanization	Nyu Hateu
McCune–Reischauer	Nyu Hat'ŭ

New Heart (Hangul: 뉴하트) is a 2007 South Korean medical drama television series, starring Ji Sung, Kim Min-jung, Cho Jae-hyun and Lee Ji-hoon. Directed by Park Hong-kyun and written by Hwang Eun-kyung, it aired on MBC from December 12, 2007 to February 28, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 23 episodes.

Synopsis

New Heart is a drama about heart surgeons who work in the thoracic surgery department of the fictional Kwanghee University Hospital.

Lee Eun-sung (Ji Sung) graduated from a newly established medical school in the provinces. He applies for a residency program the hospital and has high hopes of becoming a great doctor, despite his poor performance academically. Nam Hye-suk (Kim Min-jung) graduated at top of her medical school and is the first person to achieve perfect scores.

Eun-sung and Hye-suk's characters are opposites. Eun-sung is impulsive and compassionate, but lacks sound medical practice. Hye-suk is calculating and cold, but has a brilliant mind. They both must prove themselves to the new head of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Choi Kang-guk (Cho Jae-hyun). He believes only a very specific kind of person is capable of being a cardiothoracic surgeon. Although he is a medical genius, he is stubborn and refuses to maintain the status quo and abide by hospital policies. Eun-sung and Hye-suk are the only applicants for the cardiothoracic residency positions at Kwanghee University Hospital. Dr. Choi is forced to accept them whilst attempting to restore the reputation of the cardiothoracic department of the hospital.

Famous actor Lee Dong-gwon (Lee Ji-hoon) is admitted into the hospital for cardiac arrhythmia. He immediately falls in love with Hye-suk, who was his classmate from elementary school. A love triangle develops as Dong-gwon becomes jealous when he observes the developing relationship between Eun-sung and Hye-suk.

Cast

• Ji Sung as Lee Eun-sung
• Kim Min-jung as Nam Hye-suk
• Cho Jae-hyun as Choi Kang-guk
• Lee Ji-hoon as Lee Dong-gwon
• Sung Dong-il as Lee Seung-jae
• Jung Dong-hwan as Park Jae-hyun
• Lee Ki-young as Kim Jung-gil
• Jung Ho-keun as Min Young-kyu
• Kang Ji-hoo as Woo In-tae
• Jang Hyun-sung as Kim Tae-joon
• Shin Dong-mi as Jo Min-ah
• Lee Chang-joo as Lee In-ho
• Son Yeo-eun as Choi Hyun-jung
• Shin Da-eun as Kim Mi-mi
• Park Chul-min as Bae Dae-ro
• Park Kwang-jung as Kim Young-hee
• Kim Jun-ho as Seol Rae-hyun
• Jung Kyung-soon as Jo Bok-gil
• Lee Eung-kyung as Kim Hye-sook
• Jang Se-yoon as nurse
• Kwon Yong-woon as gangster
• Kim Yoo-jung as Yoon-ah (guest appearance)
• Eun Ji-won (cameo)

International broadcast

It aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2010 as part of the network's "Hallyu Alpha Summer Festival."

External links

• New Heart official MBC website (Korean)
• New Heart at MBC Global Media
• New Heart at HanCinema