Hospital Ship (TV series)

Hospital Ship
Promotional poster
Hangul
병원선
GenreMedical
Romance
Created byHan Hee (MBC)
Written byYoon Sun-joo
Directed byPark Jae-bum
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
  • Kim Hee-yeol
  • Jun San
Producers
  • Kim Sang-woo
  • Yoo Hyun-jong
Production locationsGeojedo, South Korea
Running time35 min
Production companyPan Entertainment
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseAugust 30 (2017-08-30) –
November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)

Hospital Ship (Korean병원선; RRByeong-wonseon) is a South Korean television series starring Ha Ji-won and Kang Min-hyuk. The series is directed by Park Jae-bum and written by screenwriter Yoon Sun-joo.[1][2] It aired on MBC every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) and started on August 30, 2017.[3][4][5][6]

Plot

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The story is about a group of young doctors who provide medical care to the locals who live in rural villages via a hospital ship that sails around the little islands.

Song Eun Jae is an immensely talented surgeon. There was a time when the hospital ship was just used for standard checkups and administering medicine. With Song Eun Jae on board, it can provide complicated surgery. She has seen a lot of success as a surgeon, but also a lot of struggles in her family life. When an unfortunate incident leads her to a ship instead of a prestigious hospital, she has little compassion for the stubborn elderly patients.

Kwak Hyun is the emotional opposite of his senior doctor, Song Eun Jae. Growing up with a father who is a lauded humanitarian, Kwak Hyun strives to be a warm and caring person. He heals not just with medicine but a smile. It seems natural that he works at his father's ship, but Kwak Hyun also has some emotional scars. He cannot match Song Eun Jae's medical skills, but he is infinitely better at connecting with patients.

Kim Jae Geol has Hallyu looks and an extensive lineage in medicine. His father is a respected doctor. Growing up, his dad always preferred his brilliant brother, which led Jae Geol to become a loner at heart. His father was obsessed with western medicine. As a form of rebellion, Kim Jae Gol studied oriental medicine, much to his father's disapproval. His goal in boarding the ship was to escape his father's shadow. At the ship, however, he must work under Song Eun Jae, who is just as strict, emotionless and disdainful of oriental medicine.

Now, these three doctors have to put aside their polar opposite personalities in order to treat their patients. As they all soon learn, working for your fellow humans has its own way of bringing people together.[7]

Cast

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Main

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She is a capable surgeon and future chief at a large hospital located in Seoul who later joins the crew on the hospital ship due to her mother passing away

Son of a famous well known surgeon. He becomes a doctor because of his father and later volunteers to join the hospital ship as his military service.

A chaebol oriental doctor whose father is a director of a general hospital. He was placed on the hospital ship and is good friends with Joon-young.

  • Kim In-sik as Cha Joon-young

A dentist who was placed on the hospital ship. He and Jae-geol are good friends.

Supporting

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Hospital people

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Hospital ship people

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Family members

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Others

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Special appearance

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Production

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First script reading took place July 6, 2017 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.[13][14] Filming took place in Geojedo, South Korea.[15]

Original soundtrack

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Hospital Ship
OST Album
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Recorded2017
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean, English
LabelPan Entertainment, RIAK

Part 1

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."let it go, let it be"Apollo
  • Apollo
  • Kim Seung-hyun
  • Park Sung-soo
RAINZ04:26
2."let it go, let it be" (Inst.) 
  • Apollo
  • Kim Seung-hyun
  • Park Sung-soo
 04:26
Total length:08:52

Part 2

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Strange Day" (낯선 하루)
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Yoon Oh-ran
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
Ma Eun-jin (Playback)04:02
2."Strange Day" (Inst.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
Total length:08:04

Part 3

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Touch Of Love"
  • Apollon
  • Heo Sung-jin
  • Heo Sung-jin
  • Ha Young-joo
  • Hong Sung-joon
Yang Da-il03:45
2."Touch Of Love" (Inst.) 
  • Heo Sung-jin
  • Ha Young-joo
  • Hong Sung-joon
 03:45
Total length:07:30

Part 4

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I Feel Love"Kim Bum-jooKim Bum-jooSoyeon (Laboum)03:32
2."I Feel Love" (Inst.) Kim Bum-joo 03:32
Total length:07:04

Part 5

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Stain" (얼룩)Jung Min-wook
  • Yang Sung-woo
  • Lee Jong-soo
Chahee (Melody Day)02:58
2."Stain" (Inst.) 
  • Yang Sung-woo
  • Lee Jong-soo
 02:58
3."Stain" (Ballad Ver.)Jung Min-wook
  • Yang Sung-woo
  • Lee Jong-soo
Chahee (Melody Day)02:58
4."Stain" (Ballad Ver. (Inst.)) 
  • Yang Sung-woo
  • Lee Jong-soo
 02:58
Total length:11:52

Special Track

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistsLength
1."Strange Day" (낯선 하루 (Acoustic Ver.))
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Yoon Oh-ran
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
Ma Eun-jin04:02
2."Strange Day" (Guitar Ver.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
3."Strange Day" (Piano Ver.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
4."Strange Day" (Bossa Ver.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
5."Strange Day" (Slow Guitar Ver.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
6."Strange Day" (Slow Piano Ver.) 
  • Cadence
  • Lee Jong-soo
 04:02
7."After the rain"  Various Artists3:01
8."Lean on your shoulder"  Various Artists3:52
9."Memories"  Various Artists2:22
10."Seaside in autumn"  Various Artists3:32
11."Warm Gaze"  Various Artists4:52
12."Voyage"  Various Artists2:04
Total length:42:12

Ratings

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  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Episode # Original Broadcast Date Average Audience Share
TNmS Ratings[16] AGB Nielsen[17]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 August 30, 2017 10.8% (9th) 11.4% (6th) 10.6% (7th) 11.9% (5th)
2 11.9% (7th) 12.5% (4th) 12.4% (4th) 13.8% (4th)
3 August 31, 2017 8.9% (12th) 9.5% (7th) 8.9% (9th) 9.9% (6th)
4 9.9% (7th) 10.5% (6th) 10.7% (5th) 11.4% (3rd)
5 September 6, 2017 9.1% (10th) 10.1% (5th) 10.3% (8th) 10.5% (5th)
6 10.7% (7th) 12.1% (4th) 11.8% (4th) 11.9% (4th)
7 September 7, 2017 10.2% (9th) 11.4% (6th) 11.3% (6th) 11.7% (5th)
8 11.8% (6th) 12.5% (3rd) 13.0% (4th) 13.6% (3rd)
9 September 13, 2017 9.6% (9th) 9.7% (7th) 9.8% (9th) 10.2% (8th)
10 11.7% (7th) 11.2% (4th) 12.0% (4th) 12.1% (4th)
11 September 14, 2017 10.1% (9th) 10.1% (9th) 11.0% (6th) 11.6% (6th)
12 11.5% (7th) 11.2% (6th) 12.9% (4th) 13.2% (4th)
13 September 20, 2017 9.8% (9th) 10.4% (7th) 9.8% (9th) 10.4% (6th)
14 11.1% (7th) 12.1% (4th) 11.6% (6th) 12.0% (4th)
15 September 21, 2017 9.3% (12th) 9.7% (9th) 10.5% (8th) 11.0% (5th)
16 11.3% (7th) 11.5% (4th) 12.4% (4th) 12.6% (4th)
17 September 27, 2017 9.2% (15th) 9.0% (10th) 9.8% (8th) 9.8% (9th)
18 10.8% (10th) 11.0% (7th) 10.6% (7th) 10.6% (5th)
19 September 28, 2017 8.5% (15th) 9.2% (10th) 9.3% (11th) 9.5% (11th)
20 10.1% (8th) 10.7% (7th) 11.3% (6th) 11.4% (6th)
21 October 4, 2017 5.5% (18th) 6.4% (8th) 5.6% (14th) 5.8% (13th)
22 6.8% (10th) 7.5% (5th) 6.6% (9th) 6.8% (9th)
23 October 5, 2017 6.3% (19th) 7.1% (15th) 7.1% (16th) 6.7% (15th)
24 7.3% (15th) 8.3% (9th) 8.3% (11th) 8.1% (11th)
25 October 11, 2017 8.9% (14th) 9.4% (9th) 7.5% (16th) 6.7% (15th)
26 10.2% (9th) 10.3% (7th) 9.3% (9th) 8.4% (11th)
27 October 12, 2017 6.5% (NR) 6.6% (18th) 8.5% (13th) 8.6% (13th)
28 7.6% (16th) 7.9% (12th) 10.0% (8th) 9.8% (10th)
29 October 18, 2017[b] 8.1% (15th) 8.6% (12th) 8.3% (10th) 8.9% (8th)
30 8.6% (11th) 8.7% (11th) 8.6% (8th) 9.1% (7th)
31 October 19, 2017 7.0% (NR) 6.9% (NR) 7.1% (NR) 7.2% (19th)
32 8.7% (14th) 8.0% (15th) 8.7% (12th) 8.4% (13th)
33 October 25, 2017[c] 6.5% (NR) 5.8% (NR) 7.3% (16th) 7.4% (15th)
34 7.3% (17th) 6.6% (17th) 7.9% (13th) 7.8% (12th)
35 October 26, 2017 6.6% (NR) 6.3% (NR) 7.0% (NR) 7.5% (17th)
36 7.7% (16th) 7.0% (16th) 8.4% (11th) 8.3% (11th)
37 November 1, 2017 6.6% (15th) 6.3% (17th) 7.2% (12th) 6.9% (14th)
38 8.1% (9th) 8.2% (8th) 9.0% (5th) 8.5% (7th)
39 November 2, 2017 6.4% (NR) 6.6% (18th) 7.2% (18th) 7.4% (14th)
40 7.4% (15th) 7.2% (15th) 8.6% (9th) 9.1% (9th)
Average 8.86% 9.14% 9.46% 9.66%

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2017 10th Korea Drama Awards Hallyu Star Award Kwon Mina Won [18]
36th MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Ha Ji-won Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Won
Popularity Award, Actress Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kang Min-hyuk Nominated
Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Jung Kyung-soon [ko] Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Wang Ji-won Nominated
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Kwang-kyu Nominated
Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Miniseries Park Joon-geum Nominated
Best New Actor Lee Seo-won Nominated
Best New Actress Kwon Mina Nominated

International broadcast

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  • In Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong, the series started airing on Oh!K from August 31, 2017.
  • In Myanmar, the series airing on Channel-7 HD (Myanmar) and CANAL+MAE MADE HD.
  • In Japan, the series airing on KNTV.
  • In Philippines, the series will be airing on TV5 this 2021.
  • In Vietnam, the series will air on VTV3 starting July 3, 2018.
  • In India, the series aired on Zee Anmol under the title Aspataal Ka Jahaaz , on Upconing (2018)
  • Hospital Ship Drama is available online in Hindi dubbed on MX Player and Playflix in India.

Notes

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  1. ^ Credited as Lee Min-ho.
  2. ^ Delayed by an hour due to a football match.
  3. ^ Delayed by 30 minutes due to a football match.

References

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