Confession (South Korean TV series)

Confession (Korean: 자백; RR: Jabaek) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Jun-ho, Yoo Jae-myung and Shin Hyun-been. It aired on tvN from March 23 to May 12, 2019.^[1]

Confession
Promotional poster
Hangul	자백
Genre	Legal drama
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Im Hee-Cheol
Directed by	Kim Cheol-Kyu Yun Hyeon-gi
Starring	Lee Jun-ho Yoo Jae-myung Shin Hyun-been
Music by	Kim Joon-seok Jeong Se-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Min Hyun-il
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Ace Factory
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	March 23 (2019-03-23) – May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)

Synopsis

Choi Do-hyun becomes a lawyer in order to clear his father's name after he has been wrongly accused of murder.

Cast

Main

• Lee Jun-ho as Choi Do-hyun^[2][3]
• Yoo Jae-myung as Gi Choon-ho^[4][5]
• Shin Hyun-been as Ha Yoo-ri^[6]
• Nam Gi-ae as Madame Jin^[7]

Supporting

People around Choi Do-hyun

• Choi Kwang-il as Choi Pil-su
• Lee Ki-hyuk as Lee Hyun-joon

People around Gi Choon-ho

• Jung Hee-tae as Detective Seo
• Jang Jae-ho as Detective Lee
• Jeon Do-hyun as Kim Dae-seok

Others

• Moon Sung-keun as Cho Myung-geun
• Song Young-chang as Chairman Oh
• Yoo Sung-joo as Ji Chang-ryul
• Kim Jung-gi as Yang In-beom
• Kim Young-hoon as Park Si-kang
• Choi Dae-hoon as Secretary Hwang
• Kim Jung-hwa as Jenny Song
• Ryu Kyung-soo as Han Jong-goo
• Song Yoo-hyun as Cho Gyeong-seon
• Jeong Gi-seop as Cha Seung-hu
• Kim Seong-hun as Sung Jun-sik
• Yoon Kyung-ho as Heo Jae-man^[8]
• Tae In-ho

Production

The first script reading of the cast was held on January 5, 2019.^[9]

Original soundtrack

Confession OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	MUSIC&NEW Vlending

Part 1

Released on April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Let Me Hear It" (들려줘)	Kang Ji-won, Basick	Kang Ji-won	Song Ji-eun, Basick	3:54
2.	"Let Me Hear It" (Inst.)		Kang Ji-won		3:54
Total length:					7:48

Part 2

Released on April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The End"	Kang Ji-won	Kang Ji-won	Jungin	3:50
2.	"The End" (Inst.)		Kang Ji-won		3:50
Total length:					7:40

Part 3

Released on April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Reason: It's You"	Movie Man & Master Chung	Movie Man & Master Chung	Yoari	3:20
2.	"Reason: It's You" (Inst.)		Movie Man & Master Chung		3:20
Total length:					6:40

Ratings

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	1125	1217	898	1303	833	1150	852	1134	895	1174	868	1035	734	1032	962	1313	1033

Confession : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[10]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[11]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	March 23, 2019	4.569%	4.704%
2	March 24, 2019	5.386%	6.461%
3	March 30, 2019	4.501%	4.913%
4	March 31, 2019	5.573%	6.176%
5	April 6, 2019	4.027%	4.761%
6	April 7, 2019	5.458%	6.462%
7	April 13, 2019	4.079%	4.661%
8	April 14, 2019	5.425%	6.419%
9	April 20, 2019	3.846%	4.846%
10	April 21, 2019	5.594%	6.421%
11	April 27, 2019	3.846%	4.347%
12	April 28, 2019	5.122%	6.047%
13	May 4, 2019	3.378%	3.759%
14	May 5, 2019	4.841%	5.686%
15	May 11, 2019	4.849%	5.738%
16	May 12, 2019	6.275%	7.030%
Average		4.798%	5.527%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2019	12th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Shin Hyun-been	Nominated	[12]