
By Kwon Mee-yoo, Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporters
The year 2007 was one of hit medical dramas like "White Tower" (MBC) and "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee" (SBS). Yet another medical drama, "New Heart", now brings the hospital back to the TV screens.
Director Park Hong-gyoon, who previously directed the hit drama "The Age of Heroes" (2004) and "So In Love" (2006), admitted some unease about adding another medical series to the list, but that he was taking slightly different approach, during a press conference Tuesday at a hospital in Seoul.
"While `Behind the White Tower' is about hospital politics and `Surgeon Bong Dal-hee' traces the emotional and professional growth of young doctors, `New Heart' will mainly focus on the medical field", he said. Park added that they avoided using the tripod in order to fully capture the realism of the surgery and characters in action.
"New Heart" differentiates itself from other medical dramas by focusing on heart surgeons. The drama captures the pa...|
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