Life (South Korean TV series)

Life is a 2018 South Korean television series written by Lee Soo-yeon and directed by Hong Jong-chan, starring Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo and Won Jin-ah. The series aired on JTBC from July 23 to September 11, 2018 and is also available for streaming on Netflix.

Synopsis
At one of South Korea's top medical centers, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered emergency medicine doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO.

Main

 * Lee Dong-wook as Ye Jin-woo
 * Choi Ro-woon as young Ye Jin-woo
 * An emergency medicine specialist.


 * Cho Seung-woo as Koo Seung-hyo
 * CEO of Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Won Jin-ah as Lee No-eul
 * A junior pediatric specialist.


 * Lee Kyu-hyung as Ye Seon-woo
 * Kim Yeon-ung as young Ye Seon-woo
 * Judge at the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service and an orthopedic specialist. He is Ye Jin-woo's brother.


 * Yoo Jae-myung as Joo Kyung-moon
 * Chief of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department.


 * Moon So-ri as Oh Se-hwa
 * Chief of the Neurosurgery Department and the Director of Sangkook University Hospital.

Recurring

 * Moon Sung-keun as Kim Tae-sang
 * Chief of the Orthopedic Surgery Department and the Deputy Director of Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Chun Ho-jin as Lee Bo-hoon
 * A psychiatrist and the former Director of Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Tae In-ho as Sunwoo Chang
 * A coordinator at the Transplant Center.


 * Yeom Hye-ran as Kang Kyung-ah
 * Manager of Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Choi Yu-hwa as Choi Seo-hyun
 * A reporter for the online newspaper Saegeul21.


 * Um Hyo-sup as Lee Sang-yeop
 * Chief of the Cancer Center and former Deputy Director of Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Kim Won-hae as Lee Dong-soo
 * Chief of the Emergency Department.


 * Jung Moon-sung as Jo Nam-hyung
 * Chairman of Hwajeong Group.


 * Choi Gwang-il as Jang Min-ki
 * Chief of the Transplant Center.


 * Woo Mi-hwa as Kim Jung-hee
 * Chief of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department.


 * Park Min-gwan as Ko Young-jae
 * Chief of the Pediatric Surgery Department.


 * Jung Hee-tae as Seo Ji-yong
 * Chief of the Ophthalmology Department.


 * Kim Do-hyun (actor) as Kang Yoon-mo
 * Chief of the Plastic Surgery Department.


 * Hwang In-joon as Choi Young-jin
 * An anesthesiologist.


 * Lee Hyun-kyun as Lee Hyeon-gyun
 * Director of the Restructuring Team at Sangkook University Hospital.


 * Lee Sang-hee as Kim Eun-ha
 * A nurse at the Emergency Department.


 * Son Min-ji as Ahn Hyun-i
 * A nurse at the Emergency Department.


 * Han Min as Park Jae-hyuk
 * An emergency medicine resident.

Extended

 * Lee Kyu-sung as Kyu-sung
 * Oh Hye-won as Mrs. Jung
 * A member of the Health Insurance and Assessment Committee.


 * Yoo In-soo as Choi Woo-jin
 * A resident at the Cancer Center.


 * Park Ji-yeon as Lee So-jung
 * A nurse at the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department.


 * Nam Gi-ae as the mother of Jin-woo and Sun-woo
 * Shin Sung-min as the driver

Production
The first script reading was held on March 29, 2018 at the JTBC building, in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.