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 Before & After |
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| A medical drama centered around plastic surgery with a target viewer audience
consisting of females in their twenties and thirties. Perhaps this drama can also
be described as a social satire commenting on the current boom in plastic surgery
in Korea.
What kind of stories do people who seek plastic surgery have to tell?
What kind of lives and personal relationships do doctors and nurses at a plastic
surgery clinic have?
Although “Before & After” touches upon a popular Korean trend, plastic
surgery has never been the main theme in a Korean TV drama before. Delivering
comical and touching moments interspersed within stories of people seeking plastic
surgery for a variety of reasons, the drama will bring laughter and tears to
viewers as they reflect on the growing popularity of plastic surgery among Koreans.
The stories of people who seek a plastic surgery clinic and the kind of love
and work that a medical staff faces in their lives are brought together in this
situational drama.
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| Starring |
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Hong Ki-nam (age: 24 /
B&A Plastic Surgery Clinic, nurse) - actress So
Lee-hyun
Graduated from a
2-year nurse college. She believes that personal and business relationships are
very important in life. Her mother is a hairdresser while her father, who is
jobless, is addicted to gambling. She has two other siblings and grew up in a
happy family. She stays positive even under the most difficult circumstances.
Oddly, she hates receiving help from others and will always repay anyone who
ever lent her any assistance. She’s not keen about staying neat and well-groomed
and it shows. She lives at Geon-su’s home rent-free while telling her family
that she’s living at a dormitory provided by the clinic. Geon-soo always
outsmarts her. At the clinic, Nurse Yang, who oozes with sophistication even
among the rich and powerful people in Cheongdam-dong, always takes advantage of
her. While watching Doctor Choi Yong-woo operating on a patient, she is charmed
by his looks and smitten with love. She is too shy to approach Yong-woo whom she
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Han Geon-soo (age: 32 /
Specialist in cosmetic surgery, Head doctor of B&A Plastic Surgery Clinic) -
actor Lee Jin-wook
Graduates from Seoul National
University’s medical school. He believes that it doesn’t hurt to make as much
money as you can and date the prettiest girl you can find. As the only son of
the late Dr. Han, the most eminent plastic surgeon in the medical field, he was
born with a sharp intellect and had a comfortable upbringing. He never
experienced failure in his life. Moreover, he has a keen sense of what is
beautiful and his reputation as a skilled plastic surgeon grew during his
internship. But the unexpected death of his father puts his father’s clinic in
financial trouble as a private moneylender demand repayment. On top of these
troubles, the nurses and doctors he hired to rescue the clinic’s fortunes turn
out to be a handful as they constantly challenge his authority. He gradually
becomes attracted to the unsophisticated and ugly Hong Ki-nam who is unlike any
of the stunning girls he dated before...
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Choi Yong-woo (Specializes in
deformities, Former medical staff at a German hospital that is famous for
correcting facial deformities) - actor Kim
Sung-min
He is more interested
in the field of corrective surgery that treats patients with deformities rather
than cosmetic surgery. He has a cynical view on the boom in cosmetic surgery.
Not only does he sparingly talk about himself, but he also avoids social
interaction and personal relationships. Being lonely most of his life, he finds
satisfaction when he studies. He discovers his true calling when he meets Dr.
Han while he was in high school and so decides to become a doctor who
specializes in reconstructive surgery. To repay his debt to Dr. Han, he chooses
to help Dr. Han’s son, Geon-soo, but it turns out to be difficult to get along
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Yoon Seo-jin (age: 28 /
B&A Plastic Surgery Clinic, PR director) - actress Jung
Ae-yeon
Born with beautiful
looks that were enhanced with plastic surgery, she has a flawless face. She
graduated from an elite college and has a fine reputation in the plastic surgery
field. She’s a perfectionist who strictly adheres to her daily appointments
without the slightest deviation. She abhors doing nothing at work. Most of the
time she rarely makes any mistakes or has any embarrassing moments except when
Hang-joon is around. Hang-joon is always in the same room when she makes
mistakes such as farting out loud. After work, she studies in a master’s degree
program and also attends social gatherings to enjoy the high life. After
experiencing a painful breakup with a boyfriend in college, she made up her mind
to make the first move in approaching someone she likes. Her mother passed away
when she was young and so she shares a common background with Geon-soo, who
rarely saw his father, who was always too busy to spend any time with him.
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