Misty (TV series)

Misty (Korean: 미스티) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo and Ji Jin-hee. The series marks Kim Nam-joo's small screen comeback after six years.^[4][5] It aired on JTBC from February 2 to March 24, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST).^[6][7][8]

Misty
Promotional poster
Hangul	미스티
Revised Romanization	Miseuti
McCune–Reischauer	Misŭt'i
Genre	Melodrama Mystery Thriller Romance
Created by	JTBC Plot Line
Written by	Jae In (Jane Jae-in Kim)[1]
Directed by	Mo Wan-il
Creative directors	Yoo Jae-kyoo (Lighting) Won Ji-hwan (Art) Jang Han-seung (Martial arts) Gaemi (Music) Kang Eun-kyung (Script)[2]
Starring	Kim Nam-joo Ji Jin-hee
Composer	Go Sung-pil's Music Score (고성필스코어뮤직)[2]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Hahm Young-hoon Hwang Jee-woo Oh Hwan-min
Producers	Kim Bo-kyung Park Woo-ram
Production locations	South Korea Thailand
Cinematography	Jang Jong-kyung[2]
Editor	Han Ji-woo[2]
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Story & Pictures Media[3]
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	February 2 (2018-02-02) – March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)

Synopsis

Go Hye-ran (Kim Nam-joo) becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Her husband Kang Tae-wook (Ji Jin-hee) ends up being her legal counsel despite their marriage being on the rocks after she aborted their unborn child and value career over family.

Cast

Main

• Kim Nam-joo as Go Hye-ran, a skilled and popular anchorwoman.^[9]
  • Park Shi-woo [ko] as young Go Hye-ran
• Ji Jin-hee as Kang Tae-wook, a former prosecutor now working as a public defender.^[10]
• Jeon Hye-jin as Seo Eun-joo, Kevin Lee's wife and Hye-ran's friend from school.
• Im Tae-kyung as Ha Myung-woo, a prisoner.^[11]
  • Seo Ji-hoon as young Ha Myung-woo
• Go Jun as Lee Jae-yeong / Kevin Lee, a pro-golfer and Seo Eun-joo's husband.
• Jin Ki-joo as Han Ji-won, junior anchorwoman and Hye-ran's rival.^[12]
• Ahn Nae-sang as Kang Ki-joon, a detective.

Supporting

People at JBC

• Lee Geung-young as Jang Gyu-seok, JBC news director.
• Lee Sung-wook as Oh Dae-woong
• Koo Ja-sung as Kwak Gi-seok, a junior reporter.^[13]
• Lee Ah-hyun as Lee Yun-jung

Extended

• Kim Hyung-jong [ko] as Prosecutor Byun Woo-hyun^[14]
• Lee Jun-hyeok as Jung Ki-chan
• Kim Soo-jin as Yoon Song-yi, Hye-ran's best friend and magazine reporter.^[15]
• Kang Deuk-jong [ko] as Choi Ki-seop
• Shin Kang-woo as Park Sung-jae
• Jun Kook-hwan [ko] as Tae-wook's father
• Kim Bo-yeon as Tae-wook's mother
• Yeon Woon-kyung [ko] as Lee Young-shil, Hye-ran's mother.
• Jung Young-ki [ko] as Baek Dong-hyun, Kevin Lee's manager.
• Kim Bum-soo as Kim Bum-soo, winner of journalist of the year award.
• Kwak In-joon [ko] as Han Ki-hoon
• Lee Sang-yi
• Myung Ji-yun
• Goo Bon-seok
• Son Kwang-eop [ko] as Senior Go
• Yang Dae-hyuk as Floor Director
• Jo Jae-wan [ko]
• Yang Hee-myung
• Seo Byung-deok
• Lee Do-hyun
• Lee Tae-hyun
• Oh Joo-hwan
• Lee Do-yoon
• Jo Soo-hyuk
• Go Man-kyoo
• Kim Kwang-tae
• Yoon Bong-kil [ko] as Kyoo Do-kwan
• Kim Jung-hak [ko]
• Ha Eun
• Kim Hyung-mook [ko] as Yoon Ho-young
• Jun Eun-hye
• Lee Joo-seok
• Yang Young-jo [ko]
• Maeng Bong-hak [ko]
• Lee Kyoo-seop [ko]
• Nam Kyung-eup [ko] as Kang In-han
• Kim Myung-gon as Jung Dae-han
• Han Ki-joong [ko]
• Choi Bum-ho [ko]
• Lee Tae-ho
• Jin Hyun-kwang [ko]
• Choi Il-joon [ko]
• Hwang In-joon
• Min Dae-shik
• Kang Chan-yang
• Han Joong-ki
• Choi Seung-il
• Jun Jin-ki [ko]
• Shin Sun-hee
• Park Hun-rak [ko]
• Park So-yeon
• Jung Myung-joon [ko]
• Kim Joon-hee
• Hae Sun
• Lee Se-wook
• Kang Choong-hoon
• Jin Soo-nam
• Yook Hyo-myung
• Oh Seung-chan
• Son In-yong [ko]
• Kang Hoo-jae
• Song Hyun-jin
• Sun Hyun-jin
• Sun Ah-rin
• Lim Jung-min
• Lee Jin-seung
• Jung Hyun-woo
• Lee Kwan-young
• Lim Yong-soon
• Kang Chul-sung [ko]
• Kim Wang-do

Special appearances

• Han Suk-joon
• Lee Geum-hee
• Song Min-gyo [ko]
• Choo Ja-hyun^[16]

Production

• The series marks musical actor Im Tae-kyung small screen debut.^[11][16]
• The first script reading of the cast was held in October 2017 at JTBC building in Sangam-dong.^[17]
• Filming started in South Korea in October 2017. The staff and main actors then departed for Thailand in November for one week filming.^[6][18]
• Misty was rated 19 for the first 4 episodes by the Korea Communications Commission due to violence and sexual content.^[19] However, the rating was changed to rated 15 starting on episode 5.

Original soundtrack

Misty OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	42:15
Language	Korean, English, Italian
Label	OU Entertainment[20] NHN Bugs Corp.[20][21]

Part 1

Released on February 17, 2018 (2018-02-17)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"사랑은 아프다" (Painful Love)	Lee Seung-chul	Gaemi (개미), Kim Se-jin	Lee Seung-chul[22]	4:07

Part 2

Released on February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"			KLANG	3:12
2.	"Don’t Cry"	Jamon Maple	Gaemi (개미)	KLANG	3:31
Total length:					6:43

Part 3

Released on March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Someday"	Gaemi (개미)	Gaemi (개미)	Lee Seung-chul	4:00

Part 4

Released on March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"영원" (Forever)	Lee Jung-hyun	Gaemi (개미)	Min Young-ki	3:38

Part 5

Released on March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"그 길에" (On The Way)	Hana	Tom and Jerry (톰이랑 제리), Jin Min-ho	Lim Han-byul	4:15

Special OST

Released on March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"사랑은 아프다" (Painful Love)	Lee Seung-chul	Gaemi (개미), Kim Se-jin	Lee Seung-chul	4:07
2.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"			KLANG	3:12
3.	"Don’t Cry"	Jamon Maple	Gaemi	KLANG	3:31
4.	"Someday"	Gaemi	Gaemi	Lee Seung-chul	4:00
5.	"영원" (Forever)	Lee Jung-hyun	Gaemi	Min Young-ki	3:38
6.	"그 길에" (On The Way)	Hana	Tom and Jerry (톰이랑 제리), Jin Min-ho	Lim Han-byul	4:15
7.	"Misty"		Gaemi, Lee Geon-young		3:05
8.	"There Were None"		Park Mi-seon		3:00
9.	"Blind Love"		Klozer		2:45
10.	"Run"		Park Jung-hwan		2:00
11.	"Dangerous Affair"		Jo Yoon-jung		2:07
12.	"Desire"		Park Mi-seon		2:46
13.	"Glass Ceiling"		Gaemi		1:48
14.	"Return"		Lee Sung-goo		2:57
15.	"Provoke"		Gaemi, Lee Geon-young		3:19
16.	"Stress"		Jo Yoon-jung		2:01
17.	"Behind"		Lee Geon-young		3:49
18.	"Don't Be Crying"		Lee Geon-young		3:28
19.	"Memorize"		Gaemi		3:45
20.	"Naraka"		Park Yoon-seo		2:43
21.	"Counterattack"		Park Jung-hwan		2:31
Total length:					42:15

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	0.725	1.101	0.761	1.029	1.116	1.510	1.248	1.322	1.402	1.720	1.317	1.428	1.391	1.820	1.356	1.715	1.310

Misty : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[23]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			Nielsen Korea[23]		TNmS
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	February 2, 2018	Fracture (균열)	3.473% (6th)	3.513% (4th)	3.7%
2	February 3, 2018	Provoke (도발)	5.074% (1st)	5.599% (1st)	4.4%
3	February 9, 2018	Duality (이면)	3.885% (1st)	4.003% (1st)	3.2%
4	February 10, 2018	Bottomless Pit (나락)	4.789% (2nd)	5.342% (1st)	4.1%
5	February 16, 2018	Scandal (추문)	5.390% (2nd)	5.960% (1st)	4.7%
6	February 17, 2018	Variable (변수)	7.081% (1st)	7.832% (1st)	5.9%
7	February 23, 2018	Secret (비밀)	5.965% (1st)	6.356% (1st)	6.5%
8	February 24, 2018	Convict (단죄)	6.324% (1st)	7.141% (1st)	4.7%
9	March 2, 2018	Isolation (고립)	6.908% (1st)	6.870% (1st)	6.0%
10	March 3, 2018	Threat (위협)	7.693% (1st)	8.465% (1st)	7.8%
11	March 9, 2018	Confession (고백)	6.658% (1st)	7.352% (2nd)	5.6%
12	March 10, 2018	New Trial (복심)	6.868% (2nd)	6.926% (1st)	7.0%
13	March 16, 2018	Perjury (위증)	7.467% (1st)	7.821% (1st)	6.4%
14	March 17, 2018	Truth (진실)	8.058% (1st)	8.266% (1st)	7.4%
15	March 23, 2018	Desperately Hoping (무망)	7.266% (1st)	7.713% (1st)	6.6%
16	March 24, 2018	Smoke and Fog (연무)	8.452% (1st)	8.938% (1st)	7.9%
Average			6.334%	6.756%	5.7%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series 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(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Drama	Misty	Nominated	[24][25]
		Best Director	Mo Wan-il	Nominated
		Best Actress	Kim Nam-joo	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Jeon Hye-jin	Nominated
	6th APAN Star Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kim Nam-joo	Nominated	[26]
		Best New Actress	Jin Ki-joo	Nominated
	2nd The Seoul Awards	Best Actress	Kim Nam-joo	Won	[27]
2019	23rd Asian Television Awards	Best Direction (Fiction)	Mo Wan-il	Nominated	[28]
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Kim Nam-joo	Won