A Beautiful Mind () is a South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Park So-dam, Yoon Hyun-min and Park Se-young. It aired from June 20 to August 8, 2016, on KBS2's Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 KST time slot.
Though the drama had its supporters, the number of episodes were brought down to 14, from the planned 16 due to low viewership ratings.
Synopsis
Inspired by Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein, it tells the story of a world-renowned but unsympathetic neurosurgeon and his involvement with the mysterious deaths in the hospital he works in.
Cast
Main
Jang Hyuk as Lee Young-oh
Baek Su-ho as teenage Lee Young-oh. Park Ha-joon as kid Lee Young-oh 36 years old assistant professor at the department of neurology in Hyunsung hospital. He is a genius neurosurgeon who is unable to feel empathy. He is daring and has impeccable observational, deductive and logical skills which he uses to make lightning quick diagnosis. He creates the illusion of an empathy he cannot feel through the reading of minute physiological cues. Park So-dam as Gye Jin-sung 26 years old traffic policewoman who upholds onto her principles strongly. She is honest, straightforward and rules-sticking. Yoon Hyun-min as Hyun Suk-joo 36 years old cardio-thoracic surgeon who is popular among patients and highly trusted by his colleagues. He's ranked first for being the doctor that patients want to visit the most, the staff that colleagues want to work with the most, and also the senior that juniors wants to take after. Park Se-young as Kim Min-jae 34 years old senior research fellow at the department of neurology in Hyunsung hospital. She graduated from a university at the countryside and came from a disadvantaged background. She is a lady of both intelligence and looks. Huh Joon-ho as Lee Gun-myung 58 years old head of cardio cerebrovascular center in Hyunsung Hospital. He is impartial and treats all patients the same.