India, Sept. 22 -- Kim Ji Won is set to return to the K-drama scene after two years with Doctor X: Mafia in White, a medical noir series that puts her in the role of an exceptionally skilled surgeon. The first trailer introduces a blunt and fiercely confident doctor whose surgical ability is matched by her refusal to conform to hospital hierarchies.
Kim Ji Won plays Gye Soo Jung
Following Queen of Tears in 2024, Kim Ji Won plays Gye Soo Jung, a surgeon known as "Doctor X" and the "mad dog of the operating room". She joins Guseo University Hospital through a doctor-placement agency run by Jang Hee Sook, played by Lee Jung Eun.
Soo Jung has little interest in pleasing senior doctors or navigating institutional politics. Her confidence stem...