Awaken (TV series)
| Awaken | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 낮과 밤 |
| Literal meaning | Day and Night |
| Revised Romanization | Natgwa Bam |
| 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 | |
| Executive producer | Soo Jae-hyun |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | November 30, 2020 – January 19, 2021 |
Awaken (Korean: 낮과 밤; RR: Natgwa Bam) 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 is the leader of a special task force in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who investigates a series of mysterious murders together with his team - a hot-headed officer named 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".
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Namkoong Min as Do Jung-woo[6][7]
- Oh Han-kyul as young Jung-woo
- 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]
- Kwon Ye-eun as young Jamie
- Adopted in the United States as a child, she is an FBI-dispatched investigator who returns to Korea as an FBI Behavior Analysis Team Leader.
- Yoon Sun-woo as Moon Jae-woong
- Jang Sun-yool as young 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]- Woo Hyun as Jung Soon-gu
- 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
- Jo Kyung-sook as Gong Hye-won's mother
People around Moon Jae-woong
[edit]- Jang Hyuk-jin as Jang Yong-shik, CEO of MODU
Broadcasting Station
[edit]- Yoon Kyung-ho as Lee Ji-wook[10][11]
- Kim Ki-nam as Noh PD
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
- A pathologist from the National Forensic Service who performs autopsies.
Baekya Foundation
[edit]- Kim Tae-woo as Oh Jung-hwan[14]
- Chief secretary of the current president
- Yoo Ha-joon as Kim Min-jae
- 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
- Baekya Foundation Director and wife of Lee Byeong-seon, Director of Hangang Hospital in Seoul, mother of Lee Tae-soo
Others
[edit]- Jo Hye-won as Sun Geul-nyeo
- Reporter Lee Ji-wook's source of information.
- Lee Ju-won as Son Min-ho's private lawyer
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 Lee Tae-soo; nightclub guy (Ep. 1 - 10)
- 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 as Restaurant staff[16]
Production
[edit]In December 2019, 935 Entertainment, Namkoong Min's agency, reported that he had received an 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]| Untitled | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
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Part 1
[edit]Part 2
[edit]| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 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]Awaken : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[32]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[32][33] | |
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | November 30, 2020 | 4.704% (1st) | 5.422% (1st) |
| 2 | December 1, 2020 | 4.475% (1st) | 4.971% (1st) |
| 3 | December 7, 2020 | 4.012% (1st) | 4.485% (1st) |
| 4 | December 8, 2020 | 4.218% (1st) | 4.847% (1st) |
| 5 | December 14, 2020 | 3.921% (1st) | 4.568% (1st) |
| 6 | December 15, 2020 | 4.384% (1st) | 5.089% (1st) |
| 7 | December 21, 2020 | 3.451% (1st) | 3.829% (1st) |
| 8 | December 22, 2020 | 4.103% (1st) | 4.589% (1st) |
| 9 | December 28, 2020 | 4.111% (1st) | 4.462% (1st) |
| 10 | December 29, 2020 | 4.391% (1st) | 5.043% (1st) |
| 11 | January 4, 2021 | 4.790% (1st) | 5.474% (1st) |
| 12 | January 5, 2021 | 4.623% (1st) | 5.360% (1st) |
| 13 | January 11, 2021 | 4.795% (1st) | 5.002% (1st) |
| 14 | January 12, 2021 | 5.036% (1st) | 5.647% (1st) |
| 15 | January 18, 2021 | 5.397% (1st) | 6.067% (1st) |
| 16 | January 19, 2021 | 6.214% (1st) | 6.764% (1st) |
| Average | 4.539% (1st) | 5.101% (1st) | |
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- Awaken at IMDb
- Awaken at HanCinema