El Sanador

Healer was my first Kdrama for the current round, I had rounds before with Japanese and Korean dramas, but this time I think its here to stay. Healer was the happy cause my friend was recommended me to see it, it was engaging at the very first episode seasoning with action, mystery and romance. The main lead, Ji Chang Wook, was excellent, his female lead Park Min Young was so so in this Kdrama. The chemistry was a little forced and I'm not sure who needs to be blame here. The plot was full with action from the right kind and not too force, Kdrama should be more like the Healer.

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Unique story with excellent acting

This is one of my favorite dramas. It has great acting, a unique storyline, it’s fast paced with lots of action, the leads have great chemistry and a touching romance, and all of the side characters are well fleshed out with depth and growth.

Storyline:
I’ve watched hundreds of dramas and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a plot similar to this one. The male lead is a specialized courier that transports highly sensitive goods at a premium price. He’s extremely talented and is similar to James Bond in his skills. There’s a lot of scenes that will remind you of James Bond or Mission Impossible. One of his jobs requires him to get close to the female lead who is a rookie reporter. When they find out that not only do they have a shared past but that murder was involved, they decide to solve the mysteries of their past together which puts their lives in danger. The action scenes are really good, there are some great side characters, the romance is touching, and there’s lots of character growth.

Acting:
The male lead (Ji Chang Wook- a favorite of mine) pulls off the wounded, unwanted orphan that wants to be left alone really well. He draws you in with his sad and lonely life. And as you see him go from a tough badass to a sweet little puppy so seamlessly, you can’t help but be impressed with his acting skills. The female lead with her quirky little dances and spunky personality endears you to her. This is early on in Park Min Young’s career but you can already see her great acting skills shining through. From the female leads dad, to the genius hacker, to their madly successful reporter friend, the acting stands out in this drama.

Romance:
The romance is done so well in this drama. They fall in love gradually, at a realistic pace. But once they finally get together their chemistry is explosive. They never doubt one another and always have each other’s back. There’s lots of kisses, hugs, cuddles, and skinship. And yes, the kisses are realistic and steamy.

This drama will take you on a journey of emotions from sad and crying to laughing to being on the edge of your seat. It has just the right amount of sadness and angst too. There’s just enough to get you interested without being too over the top and upsetting you. And the mystery and suspense is really good. If there was anything I found fault with it was how convoluted and complicated the story was which was hard to follow sometimes. If it weren’t for that it would be a perfect 10. But it’s still an excellent drama worthy of watching multiple times.

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Healer

Tem dias que terminei Healer e até agora não consegui superar hahaha que saudade! Tinha um tempão que não sentia essa sensação de luto logo após assistir algo. Apesar do final meio ambíguo e com algumas pontas soltas, se tornou um dos meus k-dramas favoritos! Comecei a assistir principalmente por gostar do trabalho de Ji Chang-wook e por querer conhecer uma das suas obras mais famosas. Sabia que era um drama de ação e investigação, mas fui surpreendida por encontrar algo muito mais completo. Healer consegue ser uma ação, uma investigação jornalística, uma história sobre identidade e pertencimento e, ao mesmo tempo, um romance extremamente envolvente. Nenhum desses elementos parece competir pelo espaço dos outros. Pelo contrário, eles se complementam. Eu amei os personagens. Por trás do Healer tínhamos Jung-hoo, um homem solitário, desconfiado e emocionalmente ferido. Foi impossível não me apegar a ele. Young-shin é um doce, uma moça extremamente cativante e fofa. A química deles é perfeita. A construção do mistério também merece destaque. Tudo é muito envolvente!

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Interesting...

I have started watching K-dramas since 2019 and I have learned the formulae they follow and the facets that make up a 30-60 mins, 16-20 episodes. With that being said I'm no K-drama connoisseur(at least not yet) but throughout my viewing experience, I was engrossed in the scenes that would affect the protagonists severely. Everything was in order, 18 episodes in, with the good side cast trying to get out of the enemy's web but it was all hopeless until the they write in a Dues ex machina in the form of biochemicals. Don't get me wrong, I think it was alright since they did some foreshadowing with the russian coverup that Ji Chang Wook used, but why was that the killing blow for the antagonists only leaves me to ask more questions. Hacking scenes are your classic clichés, spamming the keyboard and hitting enter to signify the hack or whatever. It's tiring to see it. But I can forgive it since it's part of the drama experience, everything is exaggerated and that is fine. The cast was alright, nothing to write home about. Park min young's role is pretty simple and tame. At first I was interested to see how her upbringing with ex-convicts would have played an important role but most of time she ends up in these situations where she is helpless and needs Ji Chang Wook to save her. But, I was surprised to find that a show that totals 20 hrs in viewtime fails to end gracefully or at least that's how I felt. In the past, I would despise an entire show/drama just for its ending being rushed, but I think it's unfair especially if the show/drama is captivating through its story telling and good cast. I would have liked to see some closure about the ending but alas this drama was released in 2014 and I'm writing this review 3 days after watching the show in 2021.

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One of the best Kdrama of all times. If you want to go for the best romantic thriller drama, Here it is. I'll give it 10/10 since it has EVERYTHING that a romantic thriller drama must have.
It is the drama that has the Best plot, best story along with the amazing superb romance and chemistry between the leads. Ji chang wook and park min young were the best for their roles of Healer and Chae young shin respectively. Music keeps grabbing your attention throughout the series.
Not only love, but the concept of family is also impressive, along with the best portrayal of what reporters have to face in order to support some reality or truth.
No side characters and no over acting. I didn't get bored EVEN FOR A SECOND while watching Healer.
A must watch ??

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Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young - Perfection!

Healer is fantastic, from the first scene to the last. Ji Chang Wook is perfectly cast as Healer Seo Jung Hoo/Bong Soo, a night courier who can get any job done, for the right price. Chang Wookie was born to play roles like this, he is well suited to the physical and athleticism that makes the part so appealing. Park Min Young, as ever, is a joy. How lucky are all the leading men she has worked with? She has effortless chemistry with them all. Yoo Ji Tae and the fabulous Kim Mi Kyung round out the main cast.

Coat Rating - A solid 7, some very nice coats, but I will forever be enamoured by lovely Chang Wookie in his black leather jacket, zipped up tight, black jeans and boots. I think he should dress in nothing else.

Highly recommended.

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Action/Thriller/Romance and JICHANGWOOK

I just finished watching this drama...and I feel nothing right now.
I feel numb... and in an hour..i'm planning to watch episode 15 and 16 of TRUE BEAUTY. I am not ready.
Sorry to include another kdrama but, my feelings right now will be crushed by the end of today. I hope you guys understand. HAHA.
Anyways, I've always wanted to watch this but sometimes I lose intrest or scared.. but
Out of nowhere, I felt like I should watch it, cuz I miss Ji chang wook... and IDEK
WHATVER, But... this drama was amazing!! The cast, genre, plot, settings, and action.
The kissing scene tho!! that was fire!! They may not have kiss a lot, but their chemistry was on point.
Every time an episode ends it makes me want to keep going even though I have SCHOOOL!!! Guys, just a head up, If you're planning to watch this, please do so on the weekend because you might get stressed out when ur behind school haha.
I wish they showed us more scenes on how they fell for each other, like... it's kinda...obvs, but not really. Especially the mother and daughter scene.. I would die for their scenes!
Each episode was flawless, it wasn't rushed or drag but on the last episode, I feel like they rushed it, and the ending just made me tear up due to that reason. The TWIST PER EPISODE Was to die for tho!!!
I don't know what else to say but, if you're looking for a thriller, action, and less romance, that is not cringing... then I recommend this!!
- 2/4/21 8:23PM

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Dieci anni, ma non li dimostra. Questo mi pare il primo pregio di Healer, in generale. Il secondo pregio è che, pur misurando ormai a tre cifre i drama visti, questo è riuscito a tenermi incollata per tutte (quasi) le venti puntate. Un mix equilibrato di azione, humor, romanticismo, commedia, noir, drammi familiari e...anche un po' di cliché che, quando pochi e ben gestiti, alimentano quell' 'aria di famiglia'che mi fa amare il drama coreano. Divertimento assicurato.
Fantasmagorica la quantità di cattivi contro cui lottano i nostri eroi: tutti ben organizzati gerarchicamente come in una piramide del male al cui vertice sta lo stramaledetto e strapotente 'anziano' che tesse e tira ogni filo. Al di sotto i pochi cattivi potentissimi e alla base la sterminata marmaglia di picchiatori, sicari, rapitori, hacker. Ogni comparto con la sua divisa: completi grigi per i cervelloni, completo nero per cani da riporto o da intimidazione, giubbotti e jeans scuri per la bassa truppa dei picchiatori e sequestratori.
Mi ha fatto morire dal ridere...
Il cast, senza una grinza, dai protagonisti ai comprimari. Il fatto poi che i due attori principali siano tra i miei preferiti (e, credo, anche tra i più amati, in generale) non è stato irrilevante per il godimento dello spettacolo.
Park Min Young brava (anche se non eccelsa!) e carina come sempre; che se i drama avessero qualche nesso con la realtà sarebbe un po' da invidiare da qualsiasi ragazza romantica. Non ce n'è tante che, come lei, abbiano avuto ai propri piedi quasi tutta la 'meglio gioventù' degli attori coreani e 'stia bene' con ciascuno di loro.
In questo caso Ji Chang Wook, bravo (anche se non eccelso!) e carino come sempre. Un dark boy dallo sguardo tenero che usa qui con parsimonia la sua adorabile (anche se non sempre, adorabile, altrove) propensione a gigioneggiare.
La ajumma Kim Mi Kyung è indiscutibilmente brava attrice: tra le più brave. Sa fare al meglio ogni parte le venga assegnata ma qui non mi ha del tutto convinta...saranno stati i capelli arricciati come fili di plastica?
Nota fastidiosa: c'è un limite anche alla implausibilitá delle situazioni dramatiche che accetto per amore di spettacolo. Qui, la moglie invalida del fratello cattivo. Una vita incomprensibile a fianco di un uomo che non ama e che ha, addirittura, contribuito alla morte del suo grande amore e una ribellione improvvisa, tardiva e altrettanto incomprensibile nelle ultime puntate.
Infine i baci. A prescindere dalla fama ( per me usurpata, ma sta in buona compagnia!) di JCW come il migliore baciatore di drama, Healer offre uno dei baci più iconici (così si dice) della storia recente del drama: sul tetto, mentre vien giù la neve e con il (piccolissimo) pseudo erotismo di lei con il viso coperto dal berretto di lana. Mah! (Provate a fare un confronto, per esempio, con Eric Mun in Another miss Ho!)
Ambientato nel mondo del giornalismo, grazie alla spettacolarità dell'azione e alla ben calibrata recitazione di tutti, passa sotto traccia (forse solo per i non coreani) che, in realtà e sia pure in forma leggera, lo sfondo storico della narrazione siano gli anni, trascorsi, della dittatura e la disillusione per una riconquistata democrazia che non ha saputo davvero offrire un cambiamento negli equilibri di potere della società coreana (giugno 2025)

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Healer and his hacking partner runs errands for whoever pays them. He meets an internet news site reporter chae yong shin during one of his errands. Chae yong shin admires a famous news reader kim moon ho and considers him as her idol. Healer was given a task of finding more about chae yong shin by kim moon ho. So healer joins the reporting team of chae yong shin as her junior. Healer comes across a photograph of his father and his friends at kim moon ho's brother's place and the same photo is there with chae yong shin as well. Healer has the same photograph along with him. Healer doesn't have any family. His father and four other friends ran a pirate radio show back then. As healer digs more into chae yong shin's family background, he comes to know some unsettling truths about his own father . He finds out that his father was framed for murdering his own friend. He tries to prove his father's innocence while winning over chae yong shin's heart. Jo chang wook, Park Min Young and Yoo Ji Tae all have acted well. A good story and script. A Miniseries without any draggy episodes.An amazing and interesting drama, a must watch from me.

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Actually this my first time writting a review.????
These days i didn’t watch many drama and before I already dropped so many dramas. Like goblin, scarlet heart ryo etc.
So when I decided to watch healer I didn’t expect anything. But it turns out to be super GOOD drama??
Healer hold a special place in my heart.

The first eps may seems long, they introduced so many characters in one eps so I got their name mix up and the story is really hard to understand. ????
But its getting better and got me hooked after 8 episode????

The storyline is like no other and I do like their parents back story. It has so many plot twist and has a little bit of everything, action, romance, mystery and comedy. And what i like the most about the story is there is no love triangle in the drama. Yayy! Since I always have a second male lead syndrome I’m happy they don’t have it here. ??

Ji chang wook and park min young have a really great chemistry and i just love seeing them together. From the first moment when they meet, the night’s telephone scene, the hug schene and of course the ‘snow’ kiss schene. I love everything ???? They’re really cute and sweet together. My couple goals.

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