Lee Jin-uk Joins Lim Yoon-a In Tvn’s Korean Remake Of ‘unnatural’

The actor will play a brilliant but emotionally guarded forensic doctor in the medical mystery scheduled for 2027.

Lee Jin-uk is trading bedside care for the autopsy room in his next television role.

tvN confirmed on October 22 that he will star in Unnatural, the working title of its Korean adaptation of the Japanese drama. He joins Lim Yoon-a in a story about forensic specialists uncovering the truth behind suspicious deaths.

The series is scheduled to premiere in 2027.

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A formidable doctor who keeps his distance

Lee will play Goo Seung-hyeok, a veteran forensic doctor at U.D.I, a fictional institution responsible for autopsies and examinations.

His expertise makes him an exceptional investigator, but connecting with the living is another matter. Seung-hyeok rarely reveals his emotions and maintains a cool distance from those around him.

The character’s combination of technical precision and emotional restraint places Lee at the center of a drama in which the evidence left behind by the dead can change the lives of others.

‘Unnatural’ Korean Remake Casts Lee Jin-uk Alongside Yoona for 2027 / News1

Lim Yoon-a plays a fellow forensic specialist

Lim Yoon-a, also known as Girls’ Generation’s Yoona, stars as Song Do-eun, another forensic doctor at U.D.I.

Their characters belong to a team investigating unnatural deaths, examining what happened and uncovering circumstances that might otherwise remain hidden.

The premise brings medical investigation and mystery together, with the autopsy room serving as the starting point for each search for the truth.

A Japanese mystery reimagined for Korean television

The Korean production adapts the Japanese series Unnatural, which originally aired on TBS in 2018.

Its central setting remains a fictional forensic institution whose specialists investigate deaths that demand closer examination. The adaptation gives that premise a Korean setting and a new cast of characters.

Unnatural is written by Min Ji-eun and directed by Park Yoo-young. An exact premiere date has not yet been announced.

Editor’s Note

TBS’s official catalog lists the original Unnatural as a 10-episode series written by Akiko Nogi, broadcast from January 12 to March 16, 2018. The broadcaster describes it as an episodic medical mystery combining investigations with human drama. Those details refer to the Japanese original; the Korean adaptation’s episode count has not been established by the announcement cited here.