Secret Healer

Secret Healer OST
Secret Healer OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2016
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean
Label	KT Music

*Secret Healer*
Secret Healer
	Promotional poster
Genre	Historical; Fantasy; Romance; Comedy
Written by	Yang Hyuk-moon
Directed by	Jo Hyun-tak
Starring	Yoon Shi-yoon; Kim Sae-ron; Lee Sung-jae; Yum Jung-ah; Kwak Si-yang
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Choi Joon-hyeong; Ji Sung-wook; Lee Mi-ji; Park Joon-seo
Producers	Kim Eun-young; Lee Se-young
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Apollo Pictures ; Drama House ; Media N Art
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	May 13 –; July 16, 2016

The story of the series is inspired by the book titled Dongui Bogam. It aired on cable network JTBC's Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) time slot from May 13 to July 16, 2016 for 20 episodes.

Synopsis

Queen Shim (Jang Hee-jin), is a royal queen in the palace who, unable to have a child, seeks the help of a shaman named Hong-joo (Yum Jung-ah) to give birth to a prince. Hong-joo told Queen Shim to deceive a young shaman named Hae-ran (Jung In-seon) who possessed special abilities enabling her to sleep with the king so she can become pregnant. Hong-joo then uses black magic to transfer the fetus to the Queen and plans to kill Hae-ran. Unfortunately, Hae-ran finds out everything, predicting the sad fate of the Queen's babies before dying. Queen Shim later gives birth to twins, Crown Prince Soonhwae (Yeo Hoe-hyun) and princess Yeon-hee (Kim Sae-ron), but was forced to abandon the princess due to the curse. With the help of Shaman Choi Hyun-seo (Lee Sung-jae), Yeon-hee grows up as a beautiful young girl, but she is forced to remain isolated and away from everyone, living in a house surrounded by talismans. Poong-yeon (Kwak Si-yang), Hyun-seo's son, has had a crush on her since he was young. A young scholar named Heo Jun (Yoon Shi-yoon), the son of a slave and a rich master, has a chance encounter with Yeon-hee and Heo Jun ties their fate as they journey together to lift the princess' curse which causes everyone she loves to die an awful death.

Cast

Main

Yoon Shi-yoon as Heo Jun
Kim Sae-ron as Princess Seo-ri / Yeon-hee
Lee Sung-jae as Choi Hyun-seo
Yum Jung-ah as Shaman Choi Hong-joo
Kwak Si-yang as Poong-yeon

Supporting

Royal household

People of Sogyeokseo

Lee Yi-kyung as Yo-kwang
N/A as Cheon-choo
N/A as Cheon-kwon
N/A as Ok-hyung
N/A as Gae-yang

Heo Jun's family

Jo Dal-hwan [ko] as Heo Ok
N/A as Heo Yoon

Extended

Moon Ga-young as Sol-gae, Poong-yeon's confidant and escort warrior
Min Do-hee as Soon-deuk, Heo Jun's assistant
Choi Sung-won as Dong-rae, the one and only friend of Heo-jun also a merchant from Sangdan
Hwang Young-hee as Ms. Jeong
Hwang Mi-young [ko] as So-yaeng
Kim Seo-yeon as an escort maid
Kim Chae-eun as Moo-mae
Song Jae-in as a Ginyeo
Jung Yoo-min as Hwa-jin
Kim So-hye [ko] as Mi-hyang
Kim Jong-hoon as Bat-soe
Kim Yong-ho
Kim Won-jin
Kwon Hyuk-poong [ko]
Song Yong-ho
Kim Seung-pil
Lee Ga-kyung
Go Eun-min
Song Kyung-hwa
Son Young-soon [ko]
Lee Gyu-bok
Nam Tae-boo
Kwon Hyeok-soo
Moon Soo-jong
Yoo Il-han
Seok Bo-bae
Jang Yong-cheol
Ahn Min-sang
Park Se-jin
Yoo Seung-il
Seol Joo-mi

Special appearances

Kim Young-ae as Queen Yoon
Lee David as King Myeongjong
Jung In-sun as Hae-ran, Seo-ri's mother
Yoon Bok-in as Mrs. Ok, Poong-yeon's mother
Jeon Mi-seon as Mrs. Son, Heo Jun's stepmother
Kim Hee-jung as Mrs. Kim
Shim Hoon-gi [ko] as Jong Sa-gwan
Lee Cho-hee as Kisaeng Man-wol
Park Chul-min as a People in Sadang
Im Hyun-sung [ko] as Too Jun-kkoon
Kang Han-na as Queen Park
Kim Kap-soo as Heo Jun after 40 years
Ahn Gil-kang as a Mysterious man
Nam Da-reum as Heo Jun's disciple

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			AGB Nielsen		TNmS
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	May 13, 2016	A Cursed Child (저주가 깃든 아이)	2.606%	2.401%	2.2%
2	May 14. 2016	That Kite! I Will Bring It Back (저 연! 제가 가져 오겠습니다)	1.830%	2.063%	1.9%
3	May 20, 2016	Everyone is Born For a Reason (사람은 누구나 태어난 이유가 있어)	2.422%	2.616%	2.2%
4	May 21, 2016	Do You Want To Save Everyone? You Only Have To Die. Only You (모두를 살리고 싶으냐? 너만 죽으면 된다. 너만)	1.903%	<2.106%	1.7%
5	May 27, 2016	Please, Don't Leave Me (제발 절 두고 가지 마세요)	2.545%	2.631%	2.2%
6	May 28, 2016	We Will Meet Again in Front of Despair and Fate (절망과 운명 앞에서 다시 만나다)	2.705%	3.225%	2.0%
7	June 4, 2016	"My Lord, It is Starting Again." Hinting Misfortune ("대감 이제 다시 시작입니다." 불행 암시)	2.986%	3.112%	2.2%
8	June 4, 2016	Heo Joon, grab the approaching Yeon Hee "Hong ssi..?" (허준, 다가오는 연희 잡고 아련 "홍시..?")	2.525%	2.683%	2.2%
9	June 10, 2016	Heo Jun, You'll See. "I am Your Choice" (허준, 나가보면 알겠지. "내가 너의 결계가 맞는지")	2.380%	2.589%	2.1%
10	June 11, 2016	Attacked by the 'Red Gentleman's Robe'! ('붉은 도포'에 습격당하다!)	2.004%	<2.276%	1.7%
11	June 17, 2016	Whatever You Look Like, to me it's all the same Yeon Hee (네가 어떤 모습이든 나에겐 다 똑같은 연희다)	2.260%	2.467%	2.2%
12	June 18, 2016	Please Don't Go (제발 가지마)	2.095%	<2.634%	1.7%
13	June 24, 2016	Yeon Hee who has entered the palace, declares war to Hong Joo (궁으로 들어간 '공주' 서리, 홍주에 선전포고)	2.797%	3.003%	2.3%
14	June 25, 2016	Stick The Knife In! (칼을 꽂다!)	1.692%	<2.143%	1.6%
15	July 1, 2016	Heo Jun, I have to solve my ancestral black magic! (허준, 선조가 걸린 흑주술을 풀어야만 한다!)	2.742%	3.017%	2.4%
16	July 2, 2016	Heo Jun's Worn-out Ebony Sword (홍주가 휘두른 흑단검에 쓰러진 풍연)	1.797%	<2.058%	1.6%
17	July 8, 2016	??????? (허준 - 연희, 남은 시간만이라도 함께 있게 해주세요)	2.322%	2.184%	1.9%
18	July 9, 2016	??????? (절벽에 떨어진 허준 - 폭주하는 연희)	1.697%	<2.218%	1.6%
19	July 15, 2016	??????? (허준, 연희 살리기 위해 고군분투 "너를 위해 살 거다")	2.709%	3.182%	2.1%
20	July 16, 2016	???????	2.773%	2.944%	1.9%
Average			2.340%	<2.578%	2.0%

This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS and MBC and EBS).

Original soundtrack

OST Part 1

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Love (연)"	Lush	3:50
2.	"Love (연)" (Inst.)		3:50
Total length:			7:40

OST Part 2

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"You For Just One Day (단 하루만 너를)"	Jeon Sang-geun	3:15
2.	"You For Just One Day (단 하루만 너를)" (Inst.)		3:15
Total length:			6:30

OST Part 3

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Distressed (달)"	Lim Jeong-hee	3:42
2.	"Distressed (달)" (Inst.)		3:42
Total length:			7:24

OST Part 4

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Always (늘)"	Way, Choa (Crayon Pop)	4:00
2.	"Always (늘)" (Inst.)		4:00
Total length:			8:00

Remark

Episode 7 did not air on Friday June 3 due to the broadcast of the 52nd Paeksang Arts Awards. This episode was aired on Saturday June 4, the same day as episode 8.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	9th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Kim Sae-ron	Won