Revenant[4] (Korean: 악귀) is a 2023 South Korean television series written by Kim Eun-hee and starring Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, and Hong Kyung. It aired from June 23 to July 29, 2023, on SBS TV's Fridays and Saturdays at 22:00 (KST).[5][6][7] It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions.[8]
| Revenant | |
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| Hangul | 악귀 |
| Hanja | 惡鬼 |
| Literal meaning | Evil Spirit |
| Revised Romanization | Akgwi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Akkwi |
| Genre | |
| Developed by | Lee Ok-gyu (planning)[3] |
| Written by | Kim Eun-hee |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Movie Closer |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Ok-gyu |
| Producers | |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | June 23 – July 29, 2023 |
Synopsis
editThe series revolves around a young woman possessed by an entity and a professor of folklore who can see ghosts. Together they seek the truth behind mysterious suicides surrounding the city.
Cast
editMain
edit- Kim Tae-ri as Gu San-yeong[9]
- A public prosecutor who has been preparing for the 9th-grade civil service exam. She gets entangled in mysterious deaths, after receiving her late father's belongings.
- Oh Jung-se as Yeom Hae-sang[9]
- A folklore professor from a wealthy family. He has the ability to see spirits and gods.
- Hong Kyung as Lee Hong-sae[9]
- A lieutenant in the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Violent Crime Investigation Unit.
Supporting
edit- Kim Hae-sook as Na Byung-hee[10]
- Yeom Hae-sang's grandmother and CEO of Joonghyun Capital.
- Park Ji-young as Yoon Gyeong-moon[11]
- Gu San-yeong's mother.
- Kim Won-hae as Seo Mun-chun[11]
- Lee Hong-sae's partner.
- Yang Hye-ji as Baek Se-mi[12]
- Gu San-yeong's high school classmate who is preparing for the civil service exam.
- Lee Kyu-hoe as Kim Chi-won[13]
- Na Byung-hee's closest aide and vice president of Joonghyun Capital.
- Jin Seon-kyu as Gu Kang-mo[14]
- Gu San-yeong's father and a former folklore professor.
Others
edit- Ye Soo-jung as Kim Seok-ran[11]
- Gu San-yeong's paternal grandmother.
- Kim Shin-bi as Kim Woo-jin[15]
- Yeom Hae-sang's housemate.
- Lee Ji-won as Yoon-jeong[16]
- San-yeong's high school classmate.
Special appearances
edit- Kim Sung-kyu as voice phishing criminal[17]
- Park Hyo-joo as Yeom Hae-sang's mother[18]
- Lee Jae-won as Yeom Jae-woo, Hae-sang's father[19]
- Oh Yeon-ah as Choi Man-wol[20]
- Pyo Ye-jin as an influencer[21]
- Moon Sook as Funeral attendee[22]
- Cho Hyun-chul as Shaman[23]
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Chun Il-man[23]
- Kang Gil-woo as Yeom Seung-ok[24]
- Park So-yi as Lee Mok-dan[25]
- Shim Dal-gi as Lee Hyang-yi, Mok-dan's older sister, a demon who possessed San-yeong.[26]
- Lee Yoo-jun as Jung Han-ki
- A forensic scientist and retired member of the Seoul Cold Case Squad. Assists in reconstructing documents and briefly discusses with Seo Mun-chun about his deceased colleague Gye-chul from the Cold Case Squad (who was also played by Kim Won-hae).
Reception
editViewership
editRevenant : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[27]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 1 | 1.767 | 1.896 | 2.024 | 1.835 | 1.888 | 2.000 | 1.952 | 2.025 | 1.859 | 2.109 | 2.107 | 2.302 | 1.980 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[27] | TNmS[28] | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
| 1 | June 23, 2023 | 9.9% (3rd) | 10.8% (1st) | 8.0% (4th) |
| 2 | June 24, 2023 | 10.0% (2nd) | 10.8% (2nd) | N/A |
| 3 | June 30, 2023 | 11.0% (2nd) | 11.9% (1st) | 8.7% (4th) |
| 4 | July 1, 2023 | 10.0% (2nd) | 10.8% (2nd) | 8.4% (2nd) |
| 5 | July 7, 2023 | 10.8% (3rd) | 12.2% (1st) | 8.0% (4th) |
| 6 | July 8, 2023 | 9.5% (2nd) | 10.2% (2nd) | 7.9% (2nd) |
| 7 | July 14, 2023 | 10.6% (3rd) | 11.0% (2nd) | 9.1% (4th) |
| 8 | July 15, 2023 | 10.4% (2nd) | 11.1% (2nd) | 7.9% (2nd) |
| 9 | July 21, 2023 | 10.3% (2nd) | 11.1% (2nd) | 7.4% (6th) |
| 10 | July 22, 2023 | 10.9% (2nd) | 12.0% (2nd) | 8.5% (2nd) |
| 11 | July 28, 2023 | 10.3% (2nd) | 10.8% (1st) | 7.8% (3rd) |
| 12 | July 29, 2023 | 11.2% (2nd) | 12.0% (2nd) | 8.0% (2nd) |
| Average | 10.4% | 11.2% | —[a] | |
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Accolades
edit| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2024 | Best Drama | Revenant | Nominated | [29] |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Eun-hee | Nominated | |||
| Technical Award | Yang Ho-sam, Park Ji-won (Art direction) | Nominated | |||
| Korea Drama Awards | 2023 | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Oh Jung-se | Won | [30] |
| New York Festival TV & Film Awards | 2024 | Scifi/Fantasy/Horror | Revenant | Won[b] | [31] |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2023 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Kim Tae-ri | Won | [32] |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Hong Kyung | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Performance in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Kim Won-hae | Won | |||
| Best New Actress | Yang Hye-ji | Won | |||
| Best Young Actress | Park So-yi | Won | |||
| Best Performance | Jin Seon-kyu | Won | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Oh Jung-se | Nominated | [33] | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Kim Tae-ri | Nominated | |||
| Scene Stealer Award | Shim Dal-gi | Nominated | [34] | ||
| Best Supporting Performance in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Kim Hae-sook | Nominated | [35] | ||
| Park Ji-young | Nominated | ||||
| Seoul International Drama Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Korean Actress | Kim Tae-ri | Nominated | [36] |
| WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival | 2024 | Feature Made for Television/Cable | Revenant | Won[c] | [37] |
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ Seo Yu-na (June 25, 2023). "오정세, 母 사망 과거사 고백 "악귀 벗어나려다 죽어" '악귀'[결정적장면]" [Oh Jung Se, confesses to his mother's death "I died trying to escape the devil" 'Devil' [Crucial scene]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Lee Seung-gil (June 28, 2023). "오정세 도플갱어'라 불리는 배우, '악귀'에 출연한다" [Actor called 'Oh Jung-se doppelganger' appears in 'Demon'] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim Myung-mi (June 25, 2023). "김태리X김은희 '악귀' 압도적 1위, 순간 최고 시청률 13.1%까지" [Kim Tae-ri X Kim Eun-hee's Demon overwhelmingly tops the ratings, up to 13.1% at the moment] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim So-yeon (March 16, 2023). "[단독] 표예진, 김은희 작가 신작 '악귀' 카메오 출연" [[Exclusive] Pyo Ye-jin, Kim Eun-hee's new work 'Ghost' cameo appearance] (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ "Revenant - Cast (Korean Drama, 2023, 악귀)". Hancinema. January 2, 2024.
- ^ a b Choi Hee-jae (July 13, 2023). "조현철X최귀화, '악귀' 특별출연…태자귀 의문 증폭" [Cho Hyun-chul X Choi Gwi-hwa, special appearance in 'Ghost'... amplification of doubts] (in Korean). Xports News. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Choi Na-young (July 23, 2023). "강길우, '악귀'에 추력 더한 서늘한 연기 변신…오정세 조부로 안방압도" [Kang Gil-woo, cool acting transformation that added thrust to 'The Devil'... An Bang Apdo as Oh Jeong-se's Grandfather] (in Korean). OSEN. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Seo Yuna (July 23, 2023). "악귀 정체는 박소이 언니? 김해숙, 꽁꽁 숨긴 이름 불렀다 '악귀'[어제TV]" (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ Jeon-song (July 29, 2023). "[어게인TV] '악귀' 김태리, 시신 찾은 오정세에 "찾지 마세요…끝났다"" (in Korean). Herald POP. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Nate.
- ^ a b Nielsen Korea ratings:
- "Ep. 1". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). June 23, 2023. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- "Ep. 2". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). June 24, 2023. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- "Ep. 3". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). June 30, 2023. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- "Ep. 4". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 1, 2023. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- "Ep. 5". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 7, 2023. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- "Ep. 6". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 8, 2023. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- "Ep. 7". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 14, 2023. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- "Ep. 8". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 15, 2023. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- "Ep. 9". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 21, 2023. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- "Ep. 10". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 22, 2023. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- "Ep. 11". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 28, 2023. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- "Ep. 12". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). July 29, 2023. Archived from the original on July 30, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ TNmS ratings:
- "Ep. 1" (in Korean). TNmS. June 24, 2023. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 3" (in Korean). TNmS. July 1, 2023. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 4" (in Korean). TNmS. July 2, 2023. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 5" (in Korean). TNmS. July 8, 2023. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 6" (in Korean). TNmS. July 9, 2023. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 7" (in Korean). TNmS. July 15, 2023. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 8" (in Korean). TNmS. July 16, 2023. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 9" (in Korean). TNmS. July 22, 2023. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 10" (in Korean). TNmS. July 23, 2023. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 11" (in Korean). TNmS. July 29, 2023. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Break News.
- "Ep. 12" (in Korean). TNmS. July 30, 2023. Archived from the original on July 30, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023 – via Break News.
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- ^ Lee, Mi-ji (May 7, 2024). 김은희 작가 '악귀', 2024 휴스턴 국제 필름 페스티벌 금상 수상(공식) [Writer Kim Eun-hee's 'Ghost' wins the Gold Prize at the 2024 Houston International Film Festival(Official)] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved May 7, 2024 – via Naver.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Revenant at IMDb
- Revenant at HanCinema