Daily Dose of Sunshine (Korean: 정신병동에도 아침이 와요) is a 2023 South Korean web series directed by Lee Jae-kyoo, and starring Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, Jang Dong-yoon and Lee Jung-eun. It is based on the Kakao webtoon of the same Korean title by Lee Ra-ha, a former nurse, which highlights the author's real-life experiences.[3][4] It was released on Netflix on November 3, 2023.[5][6]
Synopsis[edit]
The series centers on Jung Da-eun, a skilled nurse in the Department of Psychiatry at Myungshin University Hospital, and her interactions with the patients under her care.[3]
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Main[edit]
- Park Bo-young as Jung Da-eun: a third-year nurse who gets transferred from Internal Medicine to the Psychiatric Department.[7]
- Yeon Woo-jin as Dong Go-yun: a proctologist with an erratic personality.[7]
- Jang Dong-yoon as Song Yu-chan: Da-eun's best friend who always quarrels with her.[7]
- Lee Jung-eun as Song Hyo-shin: the chief nurse of the Psychiatric Department.[7]
Supporting[edit]
Psychiatric Department[edit]
- Park Ji-yeon as Hong Jeong-ran: Da-eun's college classmate and a nurse at the Psychiatric Department.[8]
- Jeon Bae-soo as Yoon Man-cheon: a nurse at the Psychiatric Department.[9]
- Lee Yi-dam as Min Deul-re: a nurse at the Psychiatric Department.[10]
- Lee Sang-hee as Park Soo-yeon: a nurse at the Psychiatric Department.[11]
- Yoo In-soo as Ji Seung-jae: an intern student who has panic disorder.[12]
- Chang Ryul as Hwang Yeo-hwan: Da-eun and Yu-chan's friend who is a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Department.[13]
- Kim Jong-tae as Im Hyeok-soo: a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Department.
- Gong Sung-ha as Cha Min-seo: a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Department.[14]
- Im Jae-hyuk as Kong Cheol-woo: a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Department.[15]
Patients[edit]
- Jung Woon-sun as Oh Ri-na: Da-eun's first patient who has a bipolar disorder.[9]
- Jo Dal-hwan as Kim Sung-sik: Da-eun's patient who has a anxiety disorder.[16]
- Kim Dae-gun as Choi Joon-gi: a patient who loses his child and wife and goes through difficult times.[17]
- Roh Jae-won as Kim Seo-wan: Da-eun's patient who has a bipolar disorder.
- Kim Yeo-jin as Kwon Ju-yeong
- Kwon Han-sol as Jung Ha-ram
Others[edit]
- Park Sung-yeon as an internal medicine head nurse
- Joo In-young as Nurse Lee[18]
- Hwang Young-hee as Da-eun's mother
- Cha Mi-kyung as Ri-na's mother
- Park Jung-yeon as Hye-won[19]
- Kim Joo-ah as Park Byeong-hui
- Oh Min-ae as Seo-wan's mother[20]
- Gong Min-jeung as Heo Ji-an: Da-eun's psychiatrist at Hayan Hospital.[21]
- Hwang Ja-neung[22]