A navy lieutenant crashes into a guarded doctor's heart like a torpedo—will she let him sink or swim?
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestLieutenant senior Kang Seok-min(Kwon Sang-woo) joined the navy to follow in his dead father's footsteps, with the dream of becoming an admiral. At the hospital where Seok-min's sister, Soo-jin(Kim Jung-hwa), a young doctor who is still an intern, Seok-min runs into Hae-rin, a female doctor at the hospital. He tries to get close to Hye-rin(Myung Sae-bin) but she has shut others out since her boyfriend from college died. Hae-rin's senior from the medical school Seung-ha, who is also the son of the director of the hospital, has been in love with Hae-rin since the college days. However, he could only love her from afar since his friend confessed his love first. After the death of his friend, Seung-ha plays the role of a guardian for Hae-rin, but only to win her love. Seok-min's honest and yet impulsive behavior throws Hae-rin off. Nevertheless, ever since Seok-min gets involved in a critical situation on the naval base Hae-rin finds her heart drawn to Seok-min...
Acting
Kwon Sang-woo's breakthrough charm before Stairway to Heaven
Costume
Naval whites that launched a thousand fan sites in 2003
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Kwon Sang-woo's first leading roles before he became a Hallyu star with Stairway to Heaven the same year.
The navy setting was unusual for 2003 K-dramas, which typically favored chaebol businessmen or doctors as male leads—making Seok-min's working-class military ambition a refreshing deviation.
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