MBC’s upcoming Friday-Saturday drama Mary Kills People is heating anticipation with the release of two striking two-person posters featuring the lead stars.
Each visual captures contrasting emotional currents and complex relationships surrounding life, death, and the morally gray space in between.
Premiering August 1 at 10 p.m., Mary Kills People is a suspenseful and emotionally layered drama that follows Woo So-jung (Lee Bo Young), an emergency room doctor who secretly provides assisted death to terminal patients, and the people entangled in her dangerous mission.
The series is helmed by Taxi Driver and Crash director Park Joon-woo, known for his intense visual storytelling, with a script by Lee Soo-ah, the writer behind Unemployment Benefit Romance and My Special Brother, known for weaving empathy into complex narratives.
Lee Bo-young leads the cast as Woo So-jung, a woman navigating the fine line between mercy and crime. Lee Min Ki plays Jo Hyun-woo, a terminally ill patient confronting the end of his life, while Kang Ki Young takes on the role of Choi Dae-hyun, a former plastic surgeon-turned-co-conspirator who assists So-jung in her controversial mission. Together, they explore themes of dignity, guilt, and choice in the face of death—promising a never-before-seen transformation for all three actors.
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The newly revealed posters amplify the drama’s emotional tension. In the first, Woo So-jung and Jo Hyun-woo lock eyes—a stare filled with both compassion and inner turmoil. His questioning gaze, paired with the haunting line, “Why are you doing this? Helping someone die…”, captures the tangled emotions of trust, fear, and reluctant acceptance between a doctor and a man preparing to say goodbye.
In contrast, the poster featuring Woo So-jung and Choi Dae-hyun offers a different energy altogether—one of unity, purpose, and quiet determination. Standing side by side, So-jung looks ahead, lost in moral reflection, while Dae-hyun gazes at her with unspoken resolve. His line, “You don’t need to feel guilty about what we’re doing…”, hints at a deeper partnership rooted in shared conviction.
With subdued color tones and deliberate compositions, the posters visually underscore the emotional contrasts at the heart of the show—between compassion and conflict, guilt and understanding, isolation and alliance. They also raise compelling questions: What drives a person to help others die with dignity? And what kind of relationships form when morality meets mortality?
The production team shared, “These two posters vividly highlight the emotional temperature differences between Lee Bo-young, Lee Min-ki, and Kang Ki-young, as their characters stand on the threshold between life and death. Audiences can look forward to a gripping exploration of intense choices, fragile empathy, and the bonds that form in the most unlikely places.”
Highlighting powerful themes, complex characters, and emotionally charged storytelling, Mary Kills People is set to challenge viewers’ perspectives—and keep them on the edge of their seats.
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