‘Mary Kills People’ Lee Bo-young, Lee Min-ki, and Kang Ki-young have released a ‘Mercy VS Murder teaser’ that raises a groundbreaking topic.

MBC new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Mary Kills People’ (planned by Kwon Sung-chang/directed by Park Joon-woo/written by Lee Soo-ah/produced by Mr.Romance, Moving Pictures Company, Studio Anzailen), which will be aired for the first time at 10 p.m.on Friday, August 1st, is a suspense drama that tells the story of a doctor who helps incurable patients achieve assisted death and a detective who tracks them down.

‘Mary Kills People’ is heralding a whole new level of perfection with the gathering of ‘acting masters’ who breathe life into characters, including Lee Bo-young, Lee Min-ki, Kang Ki-young, Baek Hyun-jin, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Tae-woo, and Seo Young-hee.In particular, director Park Joon-woo, who pioneered a new genre with his unique directing sense in ‘Taxi Driver’ and ‘Crash’, and writer Lee Soo-ah, who expressed the boundaries between reality and emotion in flexible narratives in movies such as ‘The Law of Sensuality’ and ‘My Special Brother’ and drama ‘Unemployment Benefit Romance’, have come together to create a work that is expected to heat up the second half of 2025.



In relation to this, on the 4th(today), ‘Mary Kills People’ released a ‘Mercy VS Murder Teaser’ that shows the drastically different perspectives on assisted dying and the inherent dilemma of human beings.Woo So-jung(played by Lee Bo-young), an emergency medicine doctor who helps with assisted dying on the border of life and death, Jo Hyun-woo(played by Lee Min-ki), a terminally ill patient who is useless to any treatment, and Choi Dae-hyun(played by Kang Ki-young), who helps patients with assisted dying together with Woo So-jung, keep your heart pounding with nonstop suspense bombs.

First, the Maria Welfare Hospital and the Virgin Mary statue create a strange atmosphere, while desperate voices such as “Please treat me too” and “I would be grateful if you could kill me” resonate, creating tension.Then, the intense phrase “I didn’t want to kill you” catches the eye, and the images of patients writhing in pain are continuously shown.Woo So-jung looks at the patient with worried eyes, making a heavy statement, “Can you call it treatment if you only increase the suffering of patients who cannot be treated?”

After the eerie phrase, “I just didn’t want to save you,” is displayed, the screen changes and Woo So-jung, who was in the bathtub, is sucked into the water and disappears.At the same time, Woo So-jung makes a firm statement, saying, “I don’t want to be someone who ignores the patient’s suffering anymore.” After some hesitation, Woo So-jung brings a pillow to someone’s face, causing an ominous scene.

Then, right after Jo Hyun-woo walks down the hallway with a serious expression, Woo So-jung, gripped by extreme fear, starts knocking on the car window.This is coupled with the voice saying, “No matter what good reason you came up with, this is just murder,” which heightens the sense of anxiety.The phrase, “Is this mercy or elaborate murder?” is added, and Woo So-jung’s sharp eyes are emphasized, raising curiosity about the turbulent narrative that will unfold in “Mary Kills People.”

The production team said, “In the ‘Mercy VS Murder Teaser,’ we wanted to show the contrasting points of ‘assisted death,’ which runs through the core of ‘Mary Kills People,’” and added, “Please watch ‘Mary Kills People,’ which will raise social issues through characters with opposing positions.”

Meanwhile, MBC new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Mary Kills People’ will premiere on Friday, August 1st at 10 PM.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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