Abyss (TV series)

Abyss
Promotional poster
Hangul
어비스
Genre
Created byStudio Dragon
Written byMoon Soo-yeon
Directed byYoo Je-won
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Producers
  • Lee Hyang-bong
  • Bae Lik-hyeon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyNeo Entertainment
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseMay 6 (2019-05-06) –
June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)
Related
Abyss: Another Universe

Abyss (Korean: 어비스; RR: Eobiseu) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Bo-young, Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Sung-jae. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST).[1][2][3]

Synopsis

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Go Se-yeon (Park Bo-young) is a beautiful prosecution lawyer at the top of her game, and Cha Min (Ahn Hyo-seop) is her friend, an unattractive but rich heir to a cosmetics empire. They are both revived into different bodies by supernatural beings using an "Abyss" after their deaths in separate incidents. The "Abyss" is a celestial object which has the power to revive anything that has died; the reincarnated bodies take on the appearance of that person's soul. Go Se-yeon takes on a 'plainer' appearance, whilst Cha Min becomes very attractive and young; virtually the opposite of before. They start working together to find out the reason for their revival and who caused Go Se-yeon's death.[4]

Cast

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Main

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A prosecution lawyer who is murdered by the Eomsan-dong serial killer. She tries to figure out who killed her and how she has been reincarnated.
The rich yet unattractive successor to a cosmetics company who is reincarnated as an attractive young man after his death. He has been friends with Go Se-yeon since childhood.
A skilled surgeon who is referred to as a legend in the medical community. He has a mysterious demeanour and hidden secrets.

Supporting

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Central District Prosecutors' Office / Dongbu Police Station

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A prosecution lawyer and one of Go Se-yeon's colleagues before her death.
The police detective who is head of the investigation into Go Se-yeon's death.
  • Song Sang-eun as Lee Mi-do (after plastic surgery)
Go Se-yeon's former colleague and Dong-cheol's ex-girlfriend, who has left Korea for the United States.

Lan Cosmetics

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Cha Min's fiancée who mysteriously disappears just before their wedding.
Cha Min's domineering mother and head of the family's cosmetics empire.
Cha Min's nanny and housekeeper.
Jang Hee-jin's mother.

Others

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The vengeful father of a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer.
Gi-man's daughter who is a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer.
Seo Ji-wook's father who is a chief judge.
  • Ha Sung-kwan [ko] as Se-yeon's father
  • Park Mi-hyun as Se-yeon's mother
  • Kim Yoon-bo as Kim Sil-jang[15]
The secretary of the chairman of Lan Cosmetics.
A detective in Team 1 and Park Dong-cheol's junior and right-hand man.

Special appearances

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Production

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The first script reading took place in February 2019 in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[17]

Actors Seo In-guk and Jung So-min, who acted in The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), made a special appearance.

Original soundtrack

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Abyss OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Recorded2019
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelStone Music Entertainment
Genie Music

Part 1

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Released on May 14, 2019
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Into The Abyss"
3:03
2."Into The Abyss" (Inst.) 3:03
Total length:6:06

Part 2

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Released on May 21, 2019
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Fallin'"Kim Feel3:34
2."Fallin'" (Inst.) 3:34
Total length:7:08

Part 3

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Released on June 4, 2019
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Stay"Kim Bo-hyung4:08
2."Stay" (Inst.) 4:08
Total length:8:16
Disc 2:
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Abyss" (Opening Title)Im Ha-young1:32
2."Alien, Abyss and Resurrection"Im Ha-young1:47
3."Appearance Calling"Im Ha-young1:54
4."Big Swirl"Daniel Lee1:00
5."Couldn't Happen If Normal"Yoo Jung-hyung2:39
6."Finding for Clue"Yoo Jung-hyung2:17
7."Gloomy Prelude"Im Ha-young1:40
8."Good Idea"Im Ha-young1:32
9."Infallible Operation"Im Ha-young1:22
10."Mature Friendship"Im Ha-young1:03
11."Daily Life After False Accusation"Yoo Jung-hyung2:11
12."Questions being Answered"Yoo Jung-hyung1:43
13."Rest During Chaos"Yoo Jung-hyung2:13
14."Rules and Narration of Abyss"Im Ha-young3:40
15."Sly Look"Im Ha-young2:34
16."The Thing that Shouldn't Have Happened"Yoo Jung-hyung2:02
17."Their Sad Time"Im Ha-young1:49
18."The Man Who's Got His Blood"Im Ha-young2:18
Total length:35:16

Viewership

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Abyss : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516
1980868776737639837587582627563502482548488518557643
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[18]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[19]
Nationwide Seoul
1 May 6, 2019 3.858% 4.836%
2 May 7, 2019 3.682% 4.620%
3 May 13, 2019 3.142% 3.791%
4 May 14, 2019 3.219% 4.024%
5 May 20, 2019 2.743% 3.345%
6 May 21, 2019 3.346% 3.720%
7 May 27, 2019 2.365% 2.817%
8 May 28, 2019 2.339% 2.956%
9 June 3, 2019 2.704% 3.353%
10 June 4, 2019 2.251% 2.979%
11 June 10, 2019 2.273% 2.360%
12 June 11, 2019 2.156% 2.537%
13 June 17, 2019 2.151% 2.370%
14 June 18, 2019 2.035% 2.168%
15 June 24, 2019 2.043% 2.308%
16 June 25, 2019 2.282% 2.889%
Average 2.662% 3.192%
  • 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

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2019 12th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Ahn Hyo-seop Nominated [20]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The character appears in a short crossover scene, alluding Director Yoo Je-won's previous work The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018) where the character originally appears.

References

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  1. ^ Park, So-young (January 11, 2019). "tvN, 상반기 드라마 라인업 후끈..이종석 이나영에 송중기까지 '지상파 압도'". OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Ahn, Tae-hyun (February 11, 2019). "'어비스' 박보영X안효섭, 출연…영혼 부활 커플로 만난다[공식]". Herald Corporation (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "'Abyss' cast excited by show's script". Korea JoongAng Daily. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^ "어비스 | 기획의도". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Song-hye (February 11, 2019). "'어비스' 박보영X안효섭, 캐스팅 확정…'영혼 부활 커플' 케미 예고 [공식입장]". Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Sung, Ji-eun (August 17, 2018). "Park Bo-young cast in upcoming tvN drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Lee, Yoon-jin (March 18, 2019). "tvN 새 드라마 '어비스', 김사랑, 특급 출연!...법조계의 여신 엄친딸 役!". News A (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Jang, Jin-li (February 11, 2019). '대세 배우' 안효섭, '어비스' 출연 확정...박보영과 연기 호흡 [공식입장]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  9. ^ Kim, Sun-woo (March 19, 2019). [단독] 안세하, '어비스' 특별 출연…재벌 2세 변신. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  10. ^ Park, Ah-reum (March 12, 2019). 이성재, ‘어비스’ 합류 “연기 인생 가장 강렬한 변신”(공식입장). Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  11. ^ Kim, Ji-won (March 14, 2019). "'어비스' 이시언X한소희X권수현, 캐스팅 확정...신스틸러 3인방 활약 예고". News Hankyung (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  12. ^ Park, Soo-in (February 19, 2019). 이시언 측 “‘어비스’ 출연 확정” 박보영과 연기 호흡(공식입장). Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  13. ^ Shin, So-won (March 7, 2019). "한소희, '어비스' 출연확정…박보영X안효섭과 호흡". My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  14. ^ Lee, Won-seok (March 20, 2019). 새 드라마 대본 리딩서 '콧소리'내며 상대 배우에게 애교 부리는 박보영. Insight (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  15. ^ Kim, Min-ji (March 13, 2019). 연극계 다크호스 심윤보, '어비스'로 안방극장 진출. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Kim, Soo-kyung (May 6, 2019). "'어비스' 정소민, 서인국과 외계인으로 등장 "일억 번째 별 떨어졌다"". News Hankyung (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  17. ^ Tae, Yu-na (March 20, 2019). "'어비스' 박보영X안효섭, 첫 대본 리딩...'영혼 소생 커플 탄생'". News Hankyung (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  18. ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  19. ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  20. ^ "'2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등". Sedaily (in Korean). September 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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