Hospital Ship () 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. It aired on MBC every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) and started on August 30, 2017.
Plot 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.
Cast Main Ha Ji-won as Song Eun-jae 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 Kang Min-hyuk as Kwak Hyun 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. Lee Seo-won as Kim Jae-geol Choi Seung-hoon as young Jae-gol 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 Hospital people Kwon Mina as Yoo Ah-rim Kim Kwang-kyu as Choo Won-gong as Pyo Go-eun
Hospital ship people Lee Han-wi as Bang Sung-woo as Yang Choon-ho Song Ji-ho as Kang Jung-ho
Family members Cha Hwa-yeon as Oh Hye-jung, Eun-Jae's mother (Ep. 1-3) Kim Sun-young as Oh Mi-jung, Eun-jae's aunt Jo Sung-ha as Song Jae-joon Jung In-gi as Kwak Sung Nam Gi-ae as Lee Soo-kyung, Kwak Hyun's mother as Kim Soo-kwon Park Joon-geum as Han Hee-sook Lee Tae-ri as Song Woo-jae, a 28-year-old student and Eun-jae's younger brother
Others
Wang Ji-won as Choi Young-eun Jeon No-min as Kim Do-hoon Kang Da-hyun as Kwak Ji-eun as Kang Yong-soo Lee Da-hae Jo A-ra as Yang Ji-young
Park Seung-chan Lee Chung-hee Seo Dan-won Min Dae-sik Jang Mun-gyu as Ki Kwan-sa Sung Hyun-mi Ryu Sung-ryul Kim Mi-hye Shin Shin-beom Lee Chae-kyung Song In-seob as Woojin's grandfather Joo Boo-jin as Hospital patient
Lim Chae-yeon Lee Dal Kim Il-hyun Hae Sun Moon Kyung-min Jung Young-geum Kang Jung-goo
as Park Oh-wol Oh Ji-yeon Nam Eun-ji Jung Yeon Kim Jong-soo Park Dong-il Sa Jae-won Park Ji-il
Sa Chae-won
Special appearance Jo Hyun-jae as Jang Sung-ho (Ep. 1-2, 10) Park Sun-ho as Kim Jae-hwan (Ep. 1, 23-24) Jung Dong-hwan as Jang Tae-joon, Jang Sung-ho's father
Production First script reading took place July 6, 2017 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea. Filming took place in Geojedo, South Korea.
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Special Track
Ratings In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. Episode #Original Broadcast DateAverage Audience ShareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1August 30, 201710.8% 11.4% 10.6% 11.9% 2 12.4% 3August 31, 20178.9% 9.5% 8.9% 9.9% 49.9% 10.5% 10.7% 11.4% 5September 6, 20179.1% 10.1% 10.3% 10.5% 610.7% 12.1% 11.8% 11.9% 7September 7, 201710.2% 11.4% 11.3% 11.7% 811.8% 13.6% 9September 13, 20179.6% 9.7% 9.8% 10.2% 1011.7% 11.2% 12.0% 12.1% 11September 14, 201710.1% 10.1% 11.0% 11.6% 1211.5% 11.2% 12.9% 13.2% 13September 20, 20179.8% 10.4% 9.8% 10.4% 1411.1% 12.1% 11.6% 12.0% 15September 21, 20179.3% 9.7% 10.5% 11.0% 1611.3% 11.5% 12.4% 12.6% 17September 27, 20179.2% 9.0% 9.8% 9.8% 1810.8% 11.0% 10.6% 10.6% 19September 28, 20178.5% 9.2% 9.3% 9.5% 2010.1% 10.7% 11.3% 11.4% 21October 4, 2017 6.4% 226.8% 7.5% 6.6% 6.8% 23October 5, 20176.3% 7.1% 7.1% 6.7% 247.3% 8.3% 8.3% 8.1% 25October 11, 20178.9% (14th)9.4% (9th)7.5% (16th)6.7% (15th)2610.2% (9th)10.3% (7th)9.3% (9th)8.4% (11th)27October 12, 20176.5% (NR)6.6% 8.5% 8.6% 287.6% (16th)7.9% (12th)10.0% (8th)9.8% (10th)29October 18, 20178.1% (15th)8.6% (12th)8.3% (10th)8.9% (8th)308.6% (11th)8.7% (11th)8.6% (8th)9.1% (7th)31October 19, 20177.0% (NR)6.9% (NR)7.1% (NR)7.2% (19th)328.7% (14th)8.0% (15th)8.7% (12th)8.4% (13th)33October 25, 20176.5% (NR) (NR)7.3% (16th)7.4% (15th)347.3% (17th)6.6% (17th)7.9% (13th)7.8% (12th)35October 26, 20176.6% (NR)6.3% (NR)7.0% (NR)7.5% (17th)367.7% (16th)7.0% (16th)8.4% (11th)8.3% (11th)37November 1, 20176.6% (15th)6.3% (17th)7.2% (12th)6.9% (14th)388.1% (9th)8.2% (8th)9.0% (5th)8.5% (7th)39November 2, 20176.4% (NR)6.6% (18th)7.2% (18th)7.4% (14th)407.4% (15th)7.2% (15th)8.6% (9th)9.1% (9th)Average
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.201710th Korea Drama AwardsHallyu Star AwardKwon Mina36th MBC Drama AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)Ha Ji-wonTop Excellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesPopularity Award, ActressExcellence Award, Actor in a MiniseriesKang Min-hyukPopularity Award, Actor Excellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesExcellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesWang Ji-wonGolden Acting Award, Actor in a MiniseriesKim Kwang-kyuGolden Acting Award, Actress in a MiniseriesPark Joon-geumBest New Actor Lee Seo-won Best New ActressKwon Mina
International broadcast 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.
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