Reporters and buried secrets drive action thriller Healer
by javabeans
I’m still trying to figure out how all the pieces of KBS’s Healer fit together, but on the upside at least all of the parts seem interesting. It sounds part action movie, part suspense thriller, part mystery, and part spy caper; the last teaser video put me in mind of City Hunter, but since I loved that drama, it’s not a bad association in my book.
The drama began filming last month but has only just recently started releasing stills, which we see here featuring the three leads. Ji Chang-wook plays the titular Healer, a code name for whatever top-secret activities he’s engaging in on top of the “errand boy” role he’s described as, and thus all the black leather and cutting-edge techie tools. Yoo Ji-tae is the star reporter who holds secret information about something that happened in 1992 and links together the past with the present generation.
Park Min-young is a reporter from a B-list internet news site who wants to be a serious journalist and also happens to have a connection to that past event. For some reason, Yoo Ji-tae feels a sense of responsibility toward her in relation to it, and to assuage that guilty conscience he decides to help her succeed as a famous reporter.
The drama is set in the world of media and journalism, with a pirate radio broadcast from 1992 linking the story together and our characters in the present day being primarily media-related, from the lowest tier to the upper elite. I’m speculating here, but since we know that the Healer is a highly skilled techie guy who works closely with a hacker, I’m hoping to see him shake up the establishment in an exciting way.
Lest that sound too heavy for you, Healer is described as a fun and energetic action romance, which, if the show can deliver, sounds like just my bag. It premieres on Monday, December 8.
Via TV Report
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1 crazedlu
November 6, 2014 at 10:22 AM
Why Park Min-young? Wahhh. But on the upside, they finally gave her different hair. BANGS!!!!
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houstontwin
November 6, 2014 at 10:44 AM
Sadly, I agree with you. She is very limited.
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2 houstontwin
November 6, 2014 at 10:45 AM
Doesn't Healer's title remind you of "The Doctor's Son"? Too thrillers with names ironically associated with the antithesis of violence.
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jules
November 6, 2014 at 11:16 AM
Do you mean Cruel/Heartless City?
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houstontwin
November 8, 2014 at 9:02 AM
Yes, thanks.
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3 houstontwin
November 6, 2014 at 10:45 AM
Oops...two...
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4 Edelyne
November 6, 2014 at 11:06 AM
PMY in another CH like movie!! I did like her in CH so i hpe Healer will not be bad....*fingers crossed*
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amy
November 6, 2014 at 4:23 PM
agree :)
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5 DBChen
November 6, 2014 at 11:07 AM
Made me think of the Taiwanese drama Channel X. I like the City Hunter connotation too. Looking forward to it
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6 Mandy
November 6, 2014 at 11:24 AM
If Ji Chang-wook didn't drop out of Mr. Back, I think he'd have looked fantastic with Jang Nara. I'm only saying this since both the female leads in Healer and Mr. Back are obvious candies and PMY's version of candy is seriously bad.
This does look mighty promising on paper though. And the City Hunter similarities can't be a bad thing.
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paroles
November 6, 2014 at 12:47 PM
That's true... He would've looked fantastic with JNR, but the drama may not do as well ratings wise. I don't know.
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fab
November 7, 2014 at 9:58 AM
He was cast to play the grandpa role? Ow I am glad he didn't get it because SHK is powerful! :d
Chang-Wook is on the other hand prefect for this show, and I think he and PMY would make a great couple...
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7 JT
November 6, 2014 at 11:34 AM
I'll give this drama a shot because it has been ages since I have seen Yoo Ji Tae in a drama. Downside is PMY.
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Megumi
November 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM
Yeah I love Yoo Ji Tae and I'm really amped up to see this drama just for him, it does look like it's going to be a thrilling drama if done in a right way.
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8 cherkell
November 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM
I think you're all overlooking the obvious here:
HOW UBER-HOT JI CHANG WOOK IS DRESSED TOTALLY IN BLACK
Discuss. :D
P.S. *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* :P
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parny
November 6, 2014 at 12:42 PM
Hahaha! ??
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missDVM
November 6, 2014 at 2:41 PM
Cherkell,
You always make my day about Ji Chang Wook!
lol
Have a great one!
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urbangirl
November 6, 2014 at 9:36 PM
As I was reading the first comments, I began to wonder, "Where's Cherkell and her squeeeee?" And here you are! ?
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9 klir
November 6, 2014 at 1:38 PM
Is that Ji Chang Wook or Lee Min Ho in title photo?
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kanz
November 6, 2014 at 1:54 PM
Of course Ji Chang Wook!
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ChocoChoco
November 7, 2014 at 6:58 PM
I, too, was dumbfounded for a moment.
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10 kanz
November 6, 2014 at 1:59 PM
Don't worry folks, in case it reminds you to Pinocchio because of similar setting in journalism world, I can say the show is totally different from Pinocchio. It will include lots of action, maybe thriller and obviously romance but not between unrelated uncle-niece. :)
Btw PMY is not that bad... See City Hunter and A New Leaf. She can play decent female lead characters too.
Healer fighting!!
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11 Bex
November 6, 2014 at 2:34 PM
I'm intrigued by this drama, it's plot seems interesting and not something I would normally go for but I think I'm going to give it a shot especially as I'll need something once liar game finishes.
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12 anglvue
November 6, 2014 at 2:56 PM
alright, so i never thought ji chang wook was very attractive but...oh my. that picture of him makes me go "rawr!" oh, and the drama sounds interesting too.
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13 Zia
November 6, 2014 at 3:02 PM
Sounds interesting. one of the most anticipated drama of mine. Park Min Young lots of love
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14 GoldenDivad
November 6, 2014 at 3:54 PM
I <3 PMY.... Fighting ?
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15 meenuby
November 6, 2014 at 7:18 PM
Wow, PMY looks like a completely different person with those bangs and that side profile. I can't recognize her at all!
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16 Faith
November 7, 2014 at 7:16 AM
woaw! s it jst anticipatin dz drama? i really cnt wait. PMY !!!!!!! lukn really diff. n gggguuddd. am in jst for her n jcw.d chemstry beta b gud. HEALER! FIGHTING
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17 ann
November 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM
PMY was in skk scandal, in city hunter, a new leaf, some not that good dramas, but almost all the time she's an awesome leading lady. And I believe she'll be fantastic here too. Stop the hate, people. Let's love our girls
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jastinnne
November 8, 2014 at 2:24 AM
best comment on this page, my i'm really tired of this " evil commens" here. Thanks!
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Adal
November 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM
+1
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18 lynn
November 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM
Ji Chang Wook will grab the next best actor award!!fighting Chang Wook ah!!
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