Korean TV series “Kill Me, Heal Me” has won best drama at the World Fest-Houston International Film Festival, the television network that aired the show said Tuesday.

The MBC show starring actor Ji Sung and actress Hwang Jeong-eum won the Grand Prize in the TV Series-Dramatic category this year, the broadcaster said.

In “Kill Me, Heal Me,” a first-year psychiatry resident (Hwang) falls in love with the heir (Ji) to a family-owned conglomerate.


The heir suffers from dissociative personality disorder which is thought to have been caused by childhood trauma.

“‘Kill Me, Heal Me’ is the first TV series in Asia that deals with dissociative personality disorder,” Kim Jin-man, who produced the show, said in response to the award. “You find yourself grappling with the issue of child abuse, as you laugh and cry with the show’s protagonists.”

Two other MBC shows were honored at the festival. “Treasure Ship of Joseon,” a special TV documentary on the discovery of a Joseon era (1392-1910) ship from the ocean, took second place in the TV special-documentary category. “The King of Mask Singer,” a singing competition program, captured third in entertainment.

WorldFest is the oldest independent film and video festival in the world, according to its website. (Yonhap)