The Great Doctor aka Faith (Korean Drama with English Sub)

THE GREAT DOCTOR...AKA.....FAITHCompany.....................................PMPpicture quality..............................ExcellentSubtitles......................................English, Chinese, MAYLAYEnglish subtitles..........................ExcellentEpisodes.....................................24Length.........................................60 minutesRegion........................................AllPlatform......................................flatscreen tvType............................................time travel...romanceActor...........................................Lee Min Ho ( Boys Over Flowers)MY SELLERS LIST.....................THREE YEARS OF EXCELLENCEBLG WORLD, ASIAN DRAMA STORE, ASIAN MALL, ASIAN ENTERTAINMENTKONA & MORE, TIMOTHYNG001, SUI_GENERIS, CINFLIX ( used )StorylineThis is the story of a female plastic surgeon who is transported to the Josen type past to save the Queen who has been cut on the neck with a sword. This brave and devoted soldier bravely enters the swirling vortex to find THE GREAT HEALER. Upon arriving in our time he encounters many dangerous things, like cars and security guards. It is very funny. He grabs her through the portal with her medical bag with suppli. He has promised that she can go home after she saves the Queen. Home being Heaven, of course, where else would she live. Ultimately, the King forbids her to return and the portal closes. She now has to adjust to this new place, but for how long? The faithful soldier falls in love with her. But as much as he loves her , he plans to let her return to heaven as promised. There is a lot of palace mysteries and revolts going on there. It is amazing how they could pack so many things into this drama. As others find out about THE GREAT DOCTOR FROM HEAVEN, they plan to take her for their own purposes. To have that power would be amazing, and to plan to either go with her to Heaven or go by themselves there. This is a very fast paced show and you just can't walk away. Plan for a marathon of this show, before you know it , it will be 1 in the morning. Some of the evil characters have magic powers. They are really cool. The main evil guy even falls in love with our doctor too. He has doctors tools and a mysterious book that were left a hundred years before. You will never guess where they came from, who brought them or what is the secrets that are locked in the book. It's hard to believe that this woman gets poisoned more than once. What a way to get her to be with you. I was really amazed at how good this is. I almost didn't buy it because Lee Min Ho was in it. I hated him in Boys Over Flowers, yes, I'm a Jihoo fan. If I turn the show off at the proper place on that series I can have my ending. You won't want to miss this one.I write reviews for dramas and music from Korea,Taiwan, China, and Japan. I have over 80 reviews of only Asian dramas, music and more. This is the only area I review. If you like my reviews you can click on my name at the top to see more. If you find this helpful, you can click that too. I hope that this review can be helpful to someone. THERE'S A DRAMA FOR THAT

I believe reviews of tv series on dvd should distinguish between the series itself and the particular implementation on that dvd set.Series:This series is my all-time favorite kdrama and the only one so far that I have purchased on dvd after watching on TV. The music is great. Female lead Kim Hae-Sun is adorable. Kim Mi-Kyung is memorable (as usual) in a supporting role as Court Lady Choi. The chief villain works -- he is so over-the-top he ought to be awful, but they pull it off and by the end you may even feel sorry for him. It drags a bit in the middle (maybe it should have been about 18 episodes instead of 24) but they nailed the first episode and the 2nd half of the finale. Choi Young's visit to "heaven" in ep 1 alone is worth the price. The time-traveling doctor's use of English in the 14th century is great -- where else do you get to hear "X-Men" and "FBI witness protection program" (in English) in the Mongol era and have it make sense ?References to future events are touching if you know enough Korean history. Look up Queen Noguk & Yi Sung-Gye if you watch it.It was broadcast in my area as "Faith". As near as I can tell, that word only appears once in the series, near the end of the finale. The word matters.DVD implementation:OK, nothing outstanding but no terrible flaws, just one LOL flaw. The story summary on the back of the box ("tells the story of medical officer Gyung-chang") has NOTHING to do with the actual contents. Someone must have gotten confused with some other kdrama set in the Koryo period and featuring a doctor. Whoops.Has Korean & Mandarin Chinese soundtracks; Korean/Mandarin/Malay subtitles. I went with Korean & English. Not a lot of special features, just some "previously on" type bits at the start of some episodes (which I like) and some "making of" stills at the end of the finale.Although it is supposed to be region 3 and not playable in North American players, and the box says "ntsc 3", it played just fine in my BD player. I was prepared for a struggle with VLC region settings, but that wasn't necessary. I believe the disks I received are actually "all region" with no copy protection. I don't know what disks you might get, but it seems other reviews were also able to watch it ok.Sad note:Per Wikipedia, the series got decent ratings but cost so much to make that it was a financial flop. People weren't paid, lawsuits were filed, and the show-runner committed suicide.

I discovered this drama after watching it on Dramafever. After watching it there a couple of times, I decided I wanted to have my own copy. Korean dramas are very popular so it's easy to get fooled by bootleg copies especially if you're a Korean drama novice so I make my purchases carefully.Since I was not familiar with this distributor, I immediately watched the entire DVD series as quickly as I could because I wanted to be able to return it if the product was inferior in any way. I am happy to say that this DVD series is high quality (no skipping or scratches, good sound) and I'm keeping it, so there! ;)The subs were pretty good, although there were a few typos here and there. They use British style English so Americans might be a bit perplexed by some of the word choices and question their accuracy. Since they had more time to fine tune the translation, they should be better than the subs on sites like Dramafever, which have a very short time from the time the episodes air on Korean TV to post them to an international audience.I am not going to review the drama itself, except to make a couple of quick points that will not give away the plot. This is one of those rare dramas where you are rooting for both main couples to have a successful relationship. The actors who played the King and Queen were especially cute.If you watched Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi (The Legend) starring Bae Yong Joon a few years back, this drama is almost a 5 year Legend reunion. Several of the Legend cast members appear in cameos or significant secondary roles. Many of the filming locations will also bring dejavu to Legend lovers.