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Live Up to Your Name (2017)

First aired August 12, 20171h/ep1 season · 16 epsEnded
6.9

62 votes

Drama
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Overview

Heo Im is an oriental doctor, acknowledged as the best in acupuncture and moxibustion in Joseon. His success is blocked due to his low status.

Created By

Hong Jong-chan

Top Billed Cast

Kim Nam-gil

Kim Nam-gil

Dr. Heo Im

Kim A-joong

Kim A-joong

Choi Yeon-Kyung

Yoo Min-kyu

Yoo Min-kyu

Yoo Jae-Ha / Yoo Jin-O

Mun Ka-young

Mun Ka-young

Dong Makgae

Uhm Hyo-seop

Uhm Hyo-seop

Heo Jun

Ahn Suk-hwan

Ahn Suk-hwan

Shin Myung-Hoon

Lee Dae-yeon

Lee Dae-yeon

Professor Hwang

Oh Dae-hwan

Oh Dae-hwan

Doo-Chil

Tae Hang-ho

Tae Hang-ho

Min Byung-Ki

Sung Joo

Sung Joo

Kim Min-Jae

Min Ji-a

Min Ji-a

Jeon Jae-Sook

Kim Myung-gon

Kim Myung-gon

Yoo Sung-Tae

Shin Rin-a

Shin Rin-a

Yeon-Yi

Roh Jeong-eui

Roh Jeong-eui

Oh Ha-Ra

Seo Jeong-yeon

Seo Jeong-yeon

Jung Yi-Yeon

Maeng Sang-hun

Maeng Sang-hun

Yoo Chan-Sung

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Korean

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

October 1, 2017

Networks

tvN

Production

Studio DragonBon Factory

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User Reviews

ParkMin

ParkMin

4.0

Things can get really muddy when talking about the science of acupuncture, although this is a fantasy but to try and push one narrative over the other this desperately is a tough sell in this scenario. I don't think the drama managed to navigate mixed medicine practices from a modern medicine point of view successfully. In fact, the entire thing was dropped very quickly a few episodes later without being brought up again. So why did they ever bother? The first 5 episodes were enjoyable without overbearing time-travel cliches. However, everything turned to worse with episode 6, that's where the…

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