Behind The White Tower

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Drama: Behind The White Tower / The Great White Tower
Revised romanization: Hayeon Keotap
Hangul: 하얀 거탑 / 하얀거탑
Director: An Pan-Seok, Kwan-seok Han
Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel)
Network: MBC
Episodes: 20
Release Date: January 6 - March 11, 2007 / January 22 - March 15, 2018 (UHD version)
Runtime: Sat/Sun 21:40 (60 min.)
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Set in a university hospital, Behind The White Tower follows one brilliant doctor's relentless pursuit of his ambition to its conclusion. By microscopically depicting the hidden side of the medical profession, it sheds light on a variegated spectrum of human types. The show recounts the friendship and conflict between two male doctors, one with a brilliant gift for his craft and the other with an innate warmth and a firm devotion to the healing art, and tenaciously investigates the lust for power that moves human beings in the White tower that is the university hospital.

Notes

Based on novel "Shiroi Kyoto" by Toyoko Yamasaki (published from September, 1963 to June, 1965 in magazine Sunday Mainichi ).
"Behind The White Tower" was re-broadcast from January 22 - March 15, 2018. The rebroadcast was aired in "Ultra HD" format.
Related titles:
1. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (1966)
2. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (Fuji TV / 1978-1979)
3. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (Fuji TV / 2003-2004)
4. Behind The White Tower | Hayeon Keotap (MBC / 2007)
5. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (TV Asahi / 2019)

Cast



Kim Myung-Min	Lee Sun-Kyun	Cha In-Pyo	Song Seon-Mi	Kim Bo-Kyeong
Jang Joon-Hyuk	Choi Do-Young	No Min-Kook	Lee Yun-Jin	Kang Hee-Jae



Lee Jung-Kil	Kim Chang-Wan	Byun Hee-Bong	Lim Seong-Eon	Jung Han-Yong
Lee Joo-Wan	Woo Yong-Kill	Oh Kyung-Hwan	Min Soo-Jung	Min Choong-Sik



Ki Tae-Young	Kim Min-Joo	Lee Hee-Do	Han Sang-Jin	Kim Yong-Min
Yeom Dong-Il	Ha Eun-Hye	Yoo Pil-Sang	Park Geon-Ha	Ham Min-Seung

Additional Cast Members:

Jung Young-Sook - Joon-Hyuk's mother
Jang So-Yeon - Yoo Mi-Ra
Lee Mu-Saeng - Kwon Hyung-Jin
Nam Yoon-Jung - Kim Young-A
Yang Hee-Kyeong - Hong Sung-Hee
Son Byung-Ho - Kim Hoon
Park Hyuk-Kwon - Hong Sang-Il
Kim Do-Yeon - Lee Young-Soon
Park Kwang-Jung - Park Chang-Sik
Jang Hyun-Sung - Jo Myung-Joon
Park Young-Ji - Oh Nam-Ki
Jung Kyung-Ho - Kwon Soon-Ki
Kim Jung-Hak - Lee Jae-Myung
Lee A-In - Lee Jin-Joo
Lee Jung-In - Lee Jin-Joo's mother
Choi Beom-Ho - Kwon Soon-Il
Shin Kwi-Sik - Won Yong-Min
Min Dae-Sik - radiology technologist
Jung Se-Hyung - resident
Park Sung-Kyun
Park Mi-Sook
Jo Mun-Ui

Comments

Park Min Oct 15 2022 6:01 pm You may think it's a medical drama like any other medical one but it leans heavily on the business/political aspect while being in a hospital setting. So don't expect the typical medical formula of patients/cases every few episodes.

There was a scene where every single doctor and personal in the hospital gathering to watch one operation, who's running the hospital then? The drama failed to keep hold of my attention since it didn't have any interesting elements other than the male lead being a semi bad guy. Some plot lines left unfinished or untouched like the infidelity one. The ending and the last two episodes felt forced to provoke some emotions and leave a stronger lasting impression by the viewers since all the prior episodes were lacking.

The drama had one of the weakest performances I've seen from Lee Sun Kyun. Keep in mind if you wanted to watch it that the remaster version, although it looks slightly better, it chops off scenes from every single episode.

Gasenadi Apr 23 2012 3:11 am Son Byung-Ho, familiar actor in dramas and movies (hilarious in Going by the Book) is not in the credits. He's the civil rights lawyer. Then missing also are the defense lawyers and the cameo of Song-il's son, who requested the autopsy but had to return to military duty before the trial.

Gasenadi Apr 23 2012 12:53 am Wonderful, suspenseful, gripping drama. But it frays my last nerve when hard-working actors and actresses get left out of well-deserved credits. If I knew their names, I would surely try to add them myself. Where are the actors that played the desperate married couple Dr. Jang kept leaving in that poor resident's inexperienced hands. And who plays Song-il's enraged brother? How about McKlellan and wife? That's 5 actors so far (up to ep.10) left out of the credits.

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