Missing: The Other Side
2020 South Korean television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Missing: The Other Side (Korean: 미씽: 그들이 있었다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Go Soo and Huh Joon-ho. It is a fantasy thriller based in a mysterious village where spirits live. It premiered on OCN from August 29 to October 11, 2020, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:50 (KST).[1]
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| Also known as | Missing |
| Hangul | 미씽: 그들이 있었다 |
| Revised Romanization | Missing: geudeur-i isseotda |
| McCune–Reischauer | Missing: kŭdŭri issŏtta |
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| Created by | Studio Dragon |
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| Directed by | Min Yeon-hong |
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| Music by | Park Se-jun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | OCN (season 1) |
| Release | August 29 – October 11, 2020 |
| Network | tvN (season 2) |
| Release | December 19, 2022 – January 31, 2023 |
The second season was moved from OCN to tvN, and aired from December 19, 2022 to January 31, 2023, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).[2][3]
It was a project of Studio Dragon, and was produced by Mays Entertainment.[4]
Series overview
Synopsis
Kim Wook (Go Soo) uses his good looks and smooth talking to swindle people out of their money. After a mishap with some bad guys, however, he arrives in Duon Village, a place where the dead live, or people whose bodies were never found. This village is invisible to the outside world, but Wook can see these villagers. He finds himself drawn to these people and helps them solve the mystery of their deaths.
Cast
Main
- Go Soo as Kim Wook
- An ex-swindler who scams people who extort money from poor people. By chance, he enters Duon Village after running away from gangsters whom he saw abducting a woman.
- Huh Joon-ho as Jang Pan-seok
- The secret-keeper of Duon Village. He is a living person. He lives in a shabby house near a mountain, and was the one who saved Kim Wook when the latter falls from a cliff and lands on a tree. He becomes good friends with Kim Wook, and takes care of him. He has been the seeker for the missing bodies of the villagers for 10 years. He pretends to be a dead soul when he enters the village, with only Thomas Cha knowing his and Kim Wook's true identities.
- Ahn So-hee[5] as Lee Jong-ah
- A bright civil servant leading a double life as a hacker. She is a professional when it comes to computers, and always helps Kim Wook in finding information and comes to rescue the team. She resigns from her job after Kim Nam-guk's death to take over his pawnshop.
- Ha Jun as Shin Joon-ho
- A competitive detective who is restless and dedicated. He would catch the criminals assigned to him by any means. He is also looking for his fiancée, Choi Yeo-na, who goes missing after an argument.
- Seo Eun-soo[6] as Choi Yeo-na (Season 1)
- Shin Joon-ho's fiancée is an orphan. She is abducted by unknown men and her soul ends up at Duon Village, where she meets Kim Wook.
- Song Geon-hee[7] as Thomas Cha/Cha Kwon-muk (Season 1); (Season 2: special appearance)
- Foreman of Duon Village who has been there for over 100 years. In the village, he runs a café named Hawaii Café, which also serves as an entrance for the dead to enter the village.
- Lee Jung-eun as Kang Eun-sil (Season 2)[8]
- She was a captain with 30 years of experience while she was alive. Now she has become a figure with a mysterious past behind her roaring laughter as she lives in Industrial Complex 3.
- Kim Dong-hwi as Oh Il-yong (Season 2)[8]
- He is a third-year resident of an industrial complex struggling to track down his own death and lost body.
Supporting
Chamjoeun Pawnshop
- Moon Yoo-kang as Kim Nam-gook
- Kang Tae-joo as Kang Dae-seong - A public service agent at the community center where Jong-a works. He also has a part-time job at a pawnshop.
Duon Village
- Kang Mal-geum as Kim Hyeon-mi
- Lee Joo-won as Park Yeong-ho
- Lee Ju-myoung as Jang-mi
- Ahn Dong-yeop as Park Beom-soo
- Lee Ki-chan as Park Byeong-eun
- Go Dong-ha as Kim Joon-soo
- Jang Sun-yool as Seo Ha-neul
- Park Hye-jin as Choi Mi-ja
- Jo Yeon-woo as Lee Eun-ji
- Lee Won-gu as Woo Il-suk
Blue Sunshine (푸른 햇살) Orphanage
- Kim Jung-eun as Jo Myeong-soon
- Kang Seung-ho as Jang Myung-gyu
Missing Persons Squad
- Ji Dae-han as Baek Il-doo
- Kim Gun-ho as Im Wan-sik
- Park Ye-ni as Detective Park
- Lee Kyung-jae as Detective Lee
Choiseung Construction
- Jung Young-sook as Han Yeo-hee, chairwoman of Choiseung Construction
- Lee Yoon-jae as Lee Yong-min
- Park Joong-geun as Han Sang-gil
- Yoo Seung-il as Yoo Seung-ho
- Choi Min-ah as Kim Soo-yeon, Han Yeo-hee's deceased daughter
Ilgong Freezing
- Kim Nak-yun as Manager Wang Myung-chul
- Yoo Il-han as gangster
- Park Won-suk as gangster
- Lee Da-il as gangster
Village Industrial Complex 3
- Kwon Ah-reum as Yang Eun-hee[9]
- Ji Dae-han as Bake Il-do[10]
- Lim Sun-woo as Moon Se-young[10]
- Jung Eun-pyo as Jung Young-jin[10]
- Choi Myung-bin as Moon Bo-ra[10]
Extended
- Son Ji-yoon as Seo Ha-neul's mother
- Hong Yoon-jae as Ahn Jin-ho, Seo Ha-neul's stepfather
- Lee Hyo-bi as Jang Hyeon-ji, Jang Pan-seok's missing daughter
- Lee Kyo-yeop as Lee Geun-hyung, Jong-ah's hometown friend.[11]
- Song Duk-ho as Jo Jung-sik[12]
- Cho Eun-sol as Park Young-joon[12]
- Lee Deok-hee as Kim Myeong-ja[12]
- Oh Yoon-hong as Kim Gun-joo[13]
- Kim Tae-yeon as Alice[12]
- Kwon Hyuk as Lee Tae-hyun (Season 2)[14]
- Park Sang-hoon as Min Seung-jae[15]
- Lee Ga-yeon as Min Ye-won[15]
- Kim Se-dong as Lee Soo-ok[15]
- Oh Yu-na as Choi Jeong-ah[15]
- Nam Hyun-woo as Go Sang-cheol[15]
- Jung Yoon-jae as Kim Pil-joong[15]
- Nam Hyun-woo as Go Sang-cheol[16]
- Kim Seo-heon as Choi Ha-yoon[16]
- Yoo Il-han as Jang Do-ri[16]
- Moon Ji-won as Ahn Hye-joo[17]
- Lee Cheon-moo as Lee Young-rim[18]
- Go Eun-young as Oh Yoo-jung[19]
- Kim Gun-ho as Lee Man-sik[20]
- Jae Han as Baek Il-do[21]
Special appearance
Viewership
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 1 | 440 | 578 | 815 | 956 | 897 | 987 | 772 | 954 | 913 | 927 | 922 | 1257 | – | 786 | ||
| 2 | 890 | 1055 | 934 | 1042 | 1012 | 1027 | 995 | 1053 | 1019 | 1107 | 941 | 1013 | 1126 | 1361 | 1041 | |
Missing: The Other Side : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[23]
Season 1
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[24] | |||
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | August 29, 2020 | 1.657% | N/A | ||
| 2 | August 30, 2020 | 2.510% | 2.623% | ||
| 3 | September 5, 2020 | 3.003% | 3.573% | ||
| 4 | September 6, 2020 | 3.490% | 3.616% | ||
| 5 | September 12, 2020 | 3.290% | 3.683% | ||
| 6 | September 13, 2020 | 3.757% | 3.866% | ||
| 7 | September 26, 2020 | 2.992% | 2.890% | ||
| 8 | September 27, 2020 | 3.847% | 3.852% | ||
| 9 | October 3, 2020 | 3.153% | 3.241% | ||
| 10 | October 4, 2020 | 3.525% | 3.483% | ||
| 11 | October 10, 2020 | 3.403% | 3.831% | ||
| 12 | October 11, 2020 | 4.811% | 4.508% | ||
| Average | 3.287% | —[a] | |||
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Season 2
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[25] | |||
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | December 19, 2022 | 3.735% (1st) | 4.246% (1st) | ||
| 2 | December 20, 2022 | 4.073% (1st) | 4.023% (2nd) | ||
| 3 | December 26, 2022 | 4.399% (1st) | 5.130% (1st) | ||
| 4 | December 27, 2022 | 4.544% (1st) | 4.848% (1st) | ||
| 5 | January 2, 2023 | 4.667% (1st) | 5.326% (1st) | ||
| 6 | January 3, 2023 | 4.443% (1st) | 5.054% (1st) | ||
| 7 | January 9, 2023 | 4.421% (1st) | 5.163% (1st) | ||
| 8 | January 10, 2023 | 4.454% (1st) | 4.538% (1st) | ||
| 9 | January 16, 2023 | 4.265% (1st) | 4.576% (1st) | ||
| 10 | January 17, 2023 | 4.592% (1st) | 4.920% (1st) | ||
| 11 | January 23, 2023 | 3.783% (1st) | 3.877% (1st) | ||
| 12 | January 24, 2023 | 3.975% (1st) | 3.809% (1st) | ||
| 13 | January 30, 2023 | 4.914% (1st) | 5.282% (1st) | ||
| 14 | January 31, 2023 | 5.902% (1st) | 6.459% (1st) | ||
| Average | 4.441% | 4.804% | |||
Notes
References
External links
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