Actor Kim Ji-won made a striking declaration as a "medical dark hero" with a bold new look.
The SBS new Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: the era of the white mafia," directed by Lee Jeong-rim and written by Pyeon Seong-geun (hereafter "Doctor X"), set to premiere on Oct. 9, released the "main poster X version" on the 11th, capturing attention with a powerful aura.
"Doctor X" is a medical noir that depicts the exploits of Gye Soo-jung, a "mad genius of the operating room" who smashes massive corruption with surgical skills that know neither failure nor compromise. The fact that the "SBS cider universe," which has written an undefeated box-office record with Taxi Driver, The Fiery Priest and The Judge from Hell, is presenting a medical genre for the first time has already raised expectations. Lee Jeong-rim, director of the dramas VIP and Revenant, directed, and a trusted cast of star actors including Kim Ji-won, Lee Jung-eun, Son Hyunjoo and Kim Wooseok have joined. The previously released first teaser video proved its buzz by surpassing 5.15 million views within three days of release.
The released main poster overwhelms the eye with strong contrast as Gye Soo-jung (played by Kim Ji-won), dressed all in black, stands against a blood-red background.
Kim Ji-won, wearing a jet-black leather coat instead of a white doctor's gown, delivers a shockingly different image from typical medical drama doctor characters. Her confident, cold stare staring straight ahead and chilling eyes foreshadow the extraordinary charisma of Gye Soo-jung, the "medical dark hero" who will overturn the game at Guseo University Hospital, filled with "white mafia" chasing only power and profit, with surgical skills that reach the realm of the divine.
The giant "X" shape completed with surgical tools and organ images tangled beneath Gye Soo-jung's feet also instantly showcases the distinctive medical noir world of "Doctor X."
The producers said, "This poster contains Gye Soo-jung's powerful declaration to overturn the game in her own way against injustice," and added, "Please look forward to what thrilling catharsis Gye Soo-jung, who has the godly hands that save patients and who traverses the boundary between good and evil, will deliver against the white mafia."
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