Doctor Cha

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Main

• Uhm Jung-hwa as Cha Jeong-seok: a full-time housewife of twenty years who decides to return to her medical career after surviving an unexpected crisis.
  • Park Joo-won as young Cha Jeong-seok
• Kim Byung-chul as Seo In-ho: the perfectionist husband of Jeong-suk and the chief surgeon at a university hospital, who has an affair with his first love Seung-hee, and is the father of her illegitimate daughter who is the same age as his daughter.
  • Park Tae-in as young Seo In-ho
• Myung Se-bin as Choi Seung-hee: In-ho’s first love who is a family medicine professor and is mother to In-Ho’s illegitimate daughter.
  • Moon Ye-jin as young Choi Seung-hee
• Min Woo-hyuk as Roy Kim: a charismatic surgeon who gets entangled with Jeong-suk. He was adopted by American parents and tries to find his biological family by registering his DNA

Supporting

• Song Ji-ho as Seo Jung-min: Jeong-suk and In-ho’s son who is a first-year surgical resident.
• Jo Ah-ram as Jeon So-ra: Jung-min’s girlfriend who is a third-year surgical resident.
• Baek Joo-hee as Baek Mi-hee: Jeong-suk’s friend who is a dermatologist.
• Park Joon-geum as Kwak Ae-sim: In-ho’s mother and Jeong-suk’s mother-in-law.
• Kim Mi-kyung as Oh Deok-rye: Jeong-suk’s mother who works as a caregiver in a geriatric hospital.
• Lee Seo-yeon as Seo Yi-rang: Jeong-suk and In-ho’s daughter.
• So A-rin as Choi Eun-seo: Seung-hee and In-ho’s daughter.
• Park Chul-min as Yoon Tae-sik: the chief of surgery department.
• Kim Byung-chun as Im Jong-kwon: the chief of the family medicine department.
• Lim Hyun-soo as Lee Do-gyeom: a first-year resident in the family medicine department.
• Kim Ye-eun as Min Chae-yoon: an intern in the family medicine department.

Extended

• Jo Eun-yoo as Hwang Mi-ra: a surgeon at a university hospital.
• Song Young-ah as Park Ji-yeon: a third-year chief resident.
• Song Young-chang as Chairman Oh Chang-gyu: a VIP patient.
• Sung Byung-sook as Jang Hae-nam: a patient who was imprisoned for killing her husband.
• Kim Hyun-mok as Hwang Seong-gyu: a patient who has Crohn’s disease.
• Seo Yoon-ji as Seo-yeon: Seong-gyu’s wife.
• Nam Myeong-ryeol as Park Ho-won

Special appearances

• Kang Ji-young as Yoo Ji-seon: a single mother.
• Choi Eun-kyung as a shaman

Storyline

It tells the story of a medical graduate turned housewife but decided to return to the medical field, and a doctor husband who maintains a perfect dual life. He is great at his job and he is also great at cheating on his wife.

About Doctor Cha TV Series

Doctor Cha (Korean: 닥터 차정숙) is a South Korean television series starring Uhm Jung-hwa in the title role, along with Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin, and Min Woo-hyuk.

The series was a commercial hit and became one of the highest-rated series in Korean cable television history.

It was reported that Doctor Cha was initially scheduled for release in October 2022. However, in November 2022, JTBC announced that the series was included in their 2023 drama lineup.

The series is remade in Turkey in 2024 Bahar.

Doctor Cha Release Date

Doctor Cha aired on JTBC from April 15 to June 4, 2023, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST) for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Netflix in selected regions.

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