Undercover (2021 TV series)

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Undercover
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Hangul 언더커버
Genre Drama
Thriller
Created by JTBC
Based on Undercover
by Peter Moffat and James Hawes
Written by
  • Baek Cheol-hyeon
  • Jung Hye-eun
  • Song Ja-hoon
Directed by Song Hyun-wook
Starring
Composer(s) Eom Ki-yeop
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Lim Byung-hoon
Producer(s)
  • Kim Ye-ji
  • Park Woo-ram
  • Lee Hyeong-hoon
  • Kim Jae-geum
Editor(s) Irene
Running time 70 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original network JTBC
Original release April 23 (2021-04-23) –
June 12, 2021 (2021-06-12)
Chronology
Related shows Undercover (UK)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Undercover[1][2] (Hangul: 언더커버; RR: Eondeokeobeo) is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Song Hyun-wook and starring Ji Jin-hee, Kim Hyun-joo, Jung Man-sik, and Heo Joon-ho.[3] Based on BBC drama series of the same name,[4][5][6] it portrays the story of Han Jeong-hyeon (Ji Jin-hee), an agent at the National Intelligence Service, and a Human Rights lawyer, Choi Yeon-soo (Kim Hyun-joo). It aired on JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) from April 23 to June 12, 2021.[7][8] The series is also available on streaming media TVING in South Korea.[9] Kim Hyun-joo and Ji Jin-hee previously starred together in Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest (2004) and I Have a Lover (2015).

The series ended on June 12, 2021 with viewer ratings of 5.2% nationwide and 6.1% in the metropolitan Seoul area. It is its own best ratings achieved during its run.[10]

Synopsis

Han Jeong-hyeon (Ji Jin-hee) is an agent of the National Intelligence Service (formerly the Agency for National Security Planning), who has been hiding his identity for the past 30 years as a father and owner of a bicycle repairing shop. Choi Yeon-soo (Kim Hyun-joo), his wife and a Human Rights lawyer, becomes the first Director of the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO). These characters are trying to uncover the truth, pitted against a huge force holding a top position. The series tests their relationship as husband and wife when the secret life of Jeong-hyeon comes to light.

Cast

Main

Lee Seok-kyu is agent at the National Intelligence Service, formerly the Agency for National Security Planning. He was selected as the new agent of NIS when he was in a police academy. At first he was tasked to spy on Choi Yeon-soo under the pseudonym Han Jung-hyun in order to take down Kim Tae-yeol who was targeted by NIS, eventually both of them were in mutual love and got married. Years later, he lives a peaceful life with his family until one day an NIS agent named Do Yeong-geol comes back to his life and he is enlisted to take down his own wife, Choi Yeon-soo.
A human right lawyer for more than 20 years. She passed her bar test at the age of 20. A righteous person, she consistently seeks justice for years to Hwang Jung-ho for 20 years after he was unjustly jailed. She joined a mass protest with Kim Tae-yeol, Kang Choong-mo and others to protest against the corrupted South Korean government who failed in protecting Hwang Jung-ho's innocence. In one of a chaotic protest against the government, she met Lee Suk-kyu, under the pseudonym Han Jung-hyun. Both of them ended in mutual love, without her knowing who Suk-kyu was, therefore getting married with him. Years later, because of her consistency in defending Hwang Jung-ho, she is promoted as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials by the government. However due to this promotion, her husband is tasked to stop her.

Supporting

Family of Han Jeong-hyeon and Choi Yeon-soo

Suk-kyu/Jeong-hyeon and Yeon-soo's autistic older son. He has an obsession with bicycles, therefore he helps his father operate their bicycle repair shop.
Suk-kyu/Jeong-hyeon and Yeon-soo younger daughter. A middle school student with maturity and intelligence beyond her age. She resembles her mother in everything
Lee Suk-kyu's father and a war veteran, being proud of his son who serves the country like he did in the past. He believes that Suk-kyu went to the US when actually he has to live under name of Han Jeong-hyeon. His health deteriorates as he waits for his son to come back to him. Since Suk-kyu cannot reveal his identity, he spends time with his father in the hospital, posing as a social worker. Man-ho never realizes that his son is always with him even until his death.

National Intelligence Service

People around Choi Yeon-soo

  • Lee Han-wi as Bae Goo-taek
  • Bae Yoon-kyung as Song Mi-seon[16]
  • Kim Soo-jin as Min Sang-ah, Choi Yeon-soo's best friend in college, and a political reporter for a major media house
  • Choi Kwang-il as Hwang Jung-ho
    • Im Ji-kyu as young Hwang Jung-ho
30 years ago, he was wrongly accused of a murder case and was sentenced to death. Therefore, while he was incarcerated on death row, Choi Yeon-soo is determined to seek justice for him as his lawyer. However his case hasn't got any shed of light for 30 years, even after his health severely deteriorated.

Others

  • Lee Seung-joon as Kang Choong-mo, Choi Yeon-soo's good friend in college, now a high ranking government official working at the Blue House
    • Hong Jin-gi as young Kang Choong-mo
  • Kang Young-seok as Jung Cheol-hoon, a passionate detective
  • Park Jin-woo as Detective Gu
  • Son Jong-hak as Yoo Sang-dong
  • Song Young-gyu as Kwak Moon-heum, Chief Prosecutor
  • Cha Soon-bae as Song Moon-bae, Chief Editor at Daehan Jeil Daily[17]

Special appearances

Kim Tae-yeol is a president of Hankuk University Student Council and leader of the mass protest against the government in 1991. Eventually he was accused as a communist and being targeted, then murdered by NIS.
  • Jang Eui-don as police university instructor (ep. 1)
  • Lim Jung-ok as Nurse Kim (ep. 1-2)
  • Kim Dong-ho as Cheon Woo-jin, Im Hyeong-rak's subordinate (ep. 2 & 8)
  • Jung In-gi as Kim Myung-jae, Secretary General of the Blue House
  • Kim Kyung-min as Mr. Park
  • Shim Hyung-tak as Lee Min-yool (ep. 3-4)
A man who claims himself being intentionally beaten by Han Seung-goo so that Yeon-soo would be hindered to be the new chief of Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials. Actually at that time, he abused his girlfriend and being caught by Seung-goo who said that a bigger person might not hit smaller person.
  • Park Joo-hyung as drug gang boss (ep. 4)
  • Kim Young-woong as subway control room staff (ep. 3)
  • Lee Se-na as Kim Da-kyung (ep. 4)
Ex-girlfriend of Lee Min-yool. Being guilty with Seung-goo's situation, she confessed about what happened between her, Min-yool and Seung-goo to Yeon-soo.
  • Seo Joon
  • Lim Hyung-guk[18]
  • Ahn Se-ho as Kim Kwang-cheol, an assistant to Do Yeong-geol[19]

Production

Development

In April 2020, the remake of the British miniseries was announced.[20]

Casting

In July, JTBC confirmed that with the joining of Yeon Woo-jin and Han Sun-hwa the cast is completed: Ji Jin-hee, Kim Hyun-joo, Han Go-eun, Heo Joon-ho, Jung Man-sik, Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Geun-hyung, Lee Seung-joon, Lee Han-wi, Kim Soo-jin, Choi Dae-chul, Son Jong-hak, Song Young-gyu and Choi Kwang-il.[21][22] This drama serves as a reunion project for Ji Jin-hee and Kim Hyun-joo after starring together in the 2015 drama I Have a Lover. It also reunites Ji Jin-hee and Heo Joon-ho who both starred in the 2019 drama Designated Survivor: 60 Days. Also reuniting in this series are Jung Man-sik, Choi Dae-chul and Choi Kwang-il who starred in the 2019 drama Vagabond.

Original soundtrack

Undercover
Soundtrack album by Various
Released 2021
Genre Soundtrack
Language
Label Kakao Entertainment

Part 1

Released on April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)[23]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "That Kind of Person" (그런 사람) Han Dong-geun 3:33
2. "That Kind of Person" (Inst.)   3:33

Part 2

Released on April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30)[24]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "On a Secluded Road" (타이틀 외딴길에서) Sondia, Kim Joon-Hwi 3:54
2. "On a Secluded Road" (Inst.)   3:54

Part 3

Released on May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08)[25]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "My Day" (나의 하루) Sondia 4:08
2. "My Day" (Inst.)   4:08

Part 4

Released on May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)[26]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Where Are You"   KATIE 4:03
2. "Where Are You" (Inst.)   4:03

Part 5

Released on May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)[27]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "I remember this moment" (이 순간을 기억해요) 고영배 of 소란 3:01
2. "I remember this moment" (Inst.)   3:01

Part 6

Released on May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)[28]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와) Huh Gak 3:56
2. "With You Under the Sky" (Inst.)   3:56

Part 7

Released on June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05)[29]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.)) Safira.K (사피라 K) 3:55
2. "With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.) (Inst.))   3:55

Special

Released on June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)[30]
No. Title Artist Length
1. "That Kind of Person" (그런 사람) Han Dong-geun 3:34
2. "On a Secluded Road" (타이틀 외딴길에서) Sondia, Kim Joon-Hwi 3:53
3. "My Day" (나의 하루) Sondia 4:08
4. "Where Are You"   KATIE 3:39
5. "I remember this moment" (이 순간을 기억해요) 고영배 of 소란 3:01
6. "Under the Lonely Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와) Huh Gak 3:56
7. "With You Under the Sky (English Ver.)" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.)) Safira.K (사피라 K) 3:55
8. "When I Close My Eyes"   Choi Sol Ji (최솔지) 3:05
9. "Your undercover"   Park Mi Ji (박미지) 2:24
10. "Into the battlefield"   Ahn So Young (안소영), Hong Seung Hyun (홍승현) 3:28
11. "Dark Forces"   Park Min Ji (박민지) 3:14
12. "Untruth"   Ahn So Young (안소영), Hong Seung Hyun (홍승현) 3:30
13. "Sunrise"   Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽) 4:26
14. "Lonely Road"   Park Min Ji (박민지) 4:25
15. "A door without a memory"   Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽) 2:37
16. "The widow’s cruse"   Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽) 2:37
17. "Successful Resolution (성공적해결)"   Roark, Park Kyu Seo (박규서) 1:49
18. "Clues to the Crime"   Eom Gi Hyun (엄기현) 2:34
19. "Traces of the Past"   Kim Tae Jin (김태진) 2:47
20. "Endless Run (끝없는질주)"   Roark, Park Kyu Seo (박규서) 1:50
21. "A Secret Agent"   Park Min Ji (박민지) 2:42

Viewership

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Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[31][32]
Nationwide Seoul
1 April 23, 2021 3.471% (7th) 4.139% (5th)
2 April 24, 2021 3.785% (5th) 4.866% (1st)
3 April 30, 2021 2.800% (NR) 3.355% (9th)
4 May 1, 2021 3.367% (4th) 4.283% (1st)
5 May 7, 2021 2.885% (NR) 3.466% (6th)
6 May 8, 2021 4.243% (3rd) 5.115% (1st)
7 May 14, 2021 3.041% (10th) 3.963% (5th)
8 May 15, 2021 4.175% (5th) 5.555% (2nd)
9 May 21, 2021 3.777% (6th) 4.471% (4th)
10 May 22, 2021 4.187% (4th) 4.939% (2nd)
11 May 28, 2021 3.768% (5th) 4.503% (4th)
12 May 29, 2021 3.816% (5th) 4.696% (2nd)
13 June 4, 2021 3.922% (5th) 4.437% (5th)
14 June 5, 2021 4.517% (5th) 5.279% (3rd)
15 June 11, 2021 3.916% (8th) 4.645% (4th)
16 June 12, 2021 5.229% (4th) 6.115% (2nd)
Average 3.806% 4.614%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This drama airs 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).
  • NR denotes that the series did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

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