Awaken (TV series)
|Awaken|
|Hangul||낮과 밤|
|Genre|
|Created by|
|Written by||Shin Yoo-dam|
|Directed by||Kim Jung-hyun|
|Starring|
|Country of origin||South Korea|
|Original language||Korean|
|No. of episodes||16|
|Production|
|Producers|
|Camera setup||Single-camera|
|Running time||70 minutes|
|Production companies|
|Distributor||tvN|
|Release|
|Original network||tvN|
|Picture format||1080i (HDTV)|
|Audio format||Dolby Digital|
|Original release||November 30, 2020|
|External links|
|Website|
|Production website|
- Son Ki-won
- Kim Nam-pyo
- Kim Jae-hoon
- Kim Jong-hak Production
- Story Vine Pictures
January 19, 2021
Awaken (Korean: 낮과 밤; RR: Natgwa Bam; lit. Day and Night) is a 2020–2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Kim Seol-hyun, Lee Chung-ah and Kim Chang-wan.[1][2] The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Shin Yoo-dam, revolves around two police officers as they dig up the secrets of mysterious events that occurred in a village 28 years ago.[3][4]
It aired on tvN from November 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 (KST).[5]
Synopsis[edit]
Do Jung-woo, the leader of a special task force in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, ends up investigating a series of mysterious murders. Together with his team, which includes hot-headed Officer Gong Hye-won and Jamie, a detective on loan from the FBI, they uncover clues that these crimes are somehow related to a tragic event that happened 28 years ago in a village called "White Night".
Someone is killing people related to that village. Who? And why now?
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Namkoong Min as Do Jung-woo[6][7]
- A special team leader of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency who is capable of writing a legend.
- Kim Seol-hyun as Gong Hye-won[8]
- An avid police officer who does not choose any means and methods, and a special team inspector at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
- Lee Chung-ah as Jamie Leighton[9]
- Adopted to the United States as a child, she is an FBI-dispatched investigator who returned to Korea as the FBI Behavior Analysis Team Leader.
- Yoon Sun-woo as Moon Jae-woong
- A hacker from MODU with dissociative identity disorder. He has two personalities: a weak personality and a psychopath.
Supporting[edit]
People around Do Jung-woo[edit]
- CEO of Soonjung LP. He is a widower who took care of Jung-woo and helped him to live under a different name.
- Jung Dae-ro as Baek Hyun-soo
People around Gong Hye-won[edit]
- Kim Chang-wan as Gong Il-do
- Gong Hye-won's father who is the Director of Baekya Biotech Research Institute
People around Moon Jae-woong[edit]
Broadcasting Station[edit]
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency[edit]
- Kim Won-hae as Hwang Byeong-cheol
- Deputy Chief of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
- Baek Ji-won as Lee Taek-jo[12]
- Director of Information Management in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
- Choi Dae-chul as Yoon Seok-pil
- A detective in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Special Team who is a competent hacker.
- Lee Shin-young as Jang Ji-wan[13]
- A member of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Special Team.
- Kang Rae-yeon as Min Yoo-ra
Baekya Foundation[edit]
- Kim Tae-woo as Oh Jung-hwan[14]
- Chief secretary of the current president
- Yoo Ha-joon
- Choi Jin-ho as Son Min-ho
- Former leader of White Night
- A scientist working for Baekya Foundation, former Head of Research of White Night
Others[edit]
- Reporter Lee Ji-wook's source of information.
Special appearances[edit]
- Heo Jae-ho as truck driver (Ep. 1)
- Nam Woo-hyun as Oh Kyung-min (Ep. 1)
- Kwak Hee-joo as Kim Young-joon (Ep. 1)
- Kim Nam-jin as Go Ji-young's mother (Ep. 1)
- Lee Joon-sang as Baek Seung-jae (Ep. 1)
- Shin Jae-hwi as nightclub guy (Ep. 1)
- Joo Suk-tae as Choi Yong-suk (Ep. 1)
- Yang Dong-geun as prisoner (Ep. 1)
- Ha Min as Choi Yong-suk's wife (Ep. 2)
- Jaejae[16]
Production[edit]
In December 2019, 935 Entertainment, Namkoong Min's agency reported that he had received the offer to play Do Jeong-woo, an investigator. At the same time, Han Ye-seul's agency Partners Park informed that she had been offered to appear in the series.[17] Both confirmed their appearance in the series later on.[18] In March 2020, Lee Chung-ah joined Namkoong Min in the cast.[19] The script reading took place in April 2020.[20][21] Yoon Kyung-ho joined the cast in June 2020.[22] In August 2020, the filming of the drama was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[23][24] In October 2020, Baek Ji-won and Lee Shin-young were confirmed to appear in the series,[12][25] as the script reading was continued from where it was left in August.[26][27] The first stills from the production were released on November 3, 2020.[28]
Original soundtrack[edit]
|Awaken|
|Soundtrack album by|
|Released|
|Genre||Soundtrack|
|Language|
|Label|
- 2020
- 2021
Part 1[edit]
|No.||Title||Music||Artist||Length|
|1.||"Gray Zone"||Idiotape||3:01|
- DR
- ZEZE
Part 2[edit]
|No.||Title||Artist||Length|
|1.||"Set Me Free - Day Version"||Jemma||3:37|
|2.||"Set Me Free - Night Version"||Ha Dong Qn||3:31|
|Total length:||7:08|
Part 3[edit]
|No.||Title||Lyrics||Artist||Length|
|1.||"Reverse"||Kim Ho-kyung||Mook||7:24|
|2.||"Reverse" (Inst.)||Mook||7:24|
|Total length:||14:48|
|No.||Title||Artist||Length|
|1.||"Daybreak"||Roh Hyoung-woo||10:36|
|2.||"A place unknown"||Yang Sung-woo||3:04|
|3.||"That night"||Roh Hyoung-woo||6:12|
|4.||"Shadow"||Shim Hyung-bo||3:10|
|5.||"Pale"||Yang Sung-woo||5:14|
|6.||"Investigation"||Roh Hyoung-woo||6:00|
|7.||"Disappearing"||Kim Ji-min||2:32|
|8.||"Run away from the truth"||Kim Ji-min||4:25|
|9.||"For what"||You Jung-ho||3:35|
|10.||"Disclosure"||Roh Hyoung-woo||9:50|
|11.||"Crime Scene"||Oh Hee-joon||3:04|
|12.||"Scene of the Crime"||Yang Sung-woo||3:08|
|13.||"Truck chase"||Shim Hyung-bo||3:08|
|14.||"Fallen"||Shim Hyung-bo||2:38|
|15.||"Walking"||You Jung-ho||2:49|
|16.||"Dark Fate"||Shim Hyung-bo||3:08|
|17.||"The Truth"||Oh Hee-joon||4:02|
|Total length:||76:35|
Viewership[edit]
|Season||Episode number||Average|
|1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16|
|1||1119||973||977||1067||948||1016||796||1016||904||963||1203||1099||1174||1222||1236||1353||1066|
International broadcast[edit]
The series is available with multi-languages subtitles on iQIYI and VIU in South East Asia.[34][35]
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
- TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas
- 2020s South Korean television series
- 2020 South Korean television series debuts
- Korean-language television shows
- South Korean drama television series
- South Korean romantic drama films
- South Korean mystery television series
- Television productions postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Television series by Kim Jong-hak Production
- 2021 South Korean television series endings