Missing: The Other Side

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Missing: The Other Side
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Promotional poster
Also known asMissing
Hangul미씽: 그들이 있었다
Revised RomanizationMissing: Geudeur-i Isseotda
Genre
Created byStudio Dragon
Written by
  • Ban Gi-ri
  • Jeong So-young
Directed byMin Yeon-hong
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes12
Production
Production companyMays Entertainment
Distributor
Release
Original network
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseAugust 29 (2020-08-29) –
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)

Missing: The Other Side (Korean미씽: 그들이 있었다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Go Soo and Heo Joon-ho. It is a fantasy-thriller based in a mysterious village where spirits live. It premiered on OCN on August 29, 2020, airing every Saturday and Sunday at 22:50 (KST) time slot.[1]

A second season is in works, expected to air on tvN in the second half of 2022.[2]

Synopsis

Kim Wook (Go Soo) uses his good looks and smooth talking ways to swindle people out of their money. However, one day, after a mishap with some bad guys he arrives at Duon Village. It's no ordinary village. It's a place where the dead live—people whose bodies were never found. This village is invisible to the outside world, but for some reason, Kim Wook can see these villagers. He finds himself drawn to these people and end up helping them solve the mystery of their deaths.

Cast

Main

An ex-swindler who scammed people who are extorting money from poor people. By chance, he entered Duon Village after running away from gangsters whom he saw were abducting a woman.
The secret-keeper of Duon Village who is a living person. He lives in a shabby house nearby in the mountain, and was the one who saved Kim Wook when the latter fell from a cliff and landed on a tree. He had been the seeker for the missing bodies of the villagers for 10 years. He pretended to be a dead soul when he entered the village, with only Thomas Cha knows his and Kim Wook's true identities.
A bright civil servant leading a double life as a hacker. She is a professional when it comes to computing and always helps Kim Wook in finding information and always comes to rescue the team. She resigned from her job after Kim Nam-guk's death to take over his pawnshop.
A competitive detective who is restless and dedicated. He would catch the criminals assigned to him by any means, including to find his fiancée who went missing after their argument.
Shin Joon-ho's fiancée who is an orphan. She was abducted by unknown men and her soul ended up at Duon Village, where she met Kim Wook.
Foreman of Duon Village who have been there for over 100 years. In the village, he runs a cafe named Hawaii Cafe which also serve as an entrance for the dead to enter the village.
She was a captain with 30 years of experience while she was alive. But now he had become a figure with a mysterious past behind the roaring laughter as he lived in Industrial Complex 3.
  • Kim Dong-hwi as Oh Il-yong (Season 2)[6]
He is a third-year resident of an industrial complex struggling to track down his own death and his lost body.

Supporting

Chamjoeun Pawnshop
  • Moon Yoo-kang as Kim Nam-gook
Duon Village
  • Kang Mal-geum as Kim Hyeon-mi
  • Lee Joo-won as Park Yeong-ho
  • Lee Joo-myung as Jang-mi
  • Ahn Dong-yeop as Park Beom-soo
  • Lee Ki-chan as Park Byeong-eun
  • Go Dong-ha as Kim Joon-soo
  • Jang Sun-yool as Seo Ha-neul
  • Park Hye-jin as Choi Mi-ja
  • Jo Yeon-woo as Lee Eun-ji
  • Lee Won-gu as Woo Il-suk
Blue Sunshine (푸른 햇살) Orphanage
  • Kim Jung-eun as Jo Myeong-soon
  • Kang Seung-ho as Jang Myung-gyu
Missing Persons Squad
  • Ji Dae-han as Baek Il-doo
  • Kim Gun-ho as Im Wan-sik
  • Park Ye-ni as Detective Park
  • Lee Kyung-jae as Detective Lee
Choiseung Construction
  • Jung Young-sook as Han Yeo-hee, chairwoman of Choiseung Construction
  • Lee Yoon-jae as Lee Yong-min
  • Park Joong-geun as Han Sang-gil
  • Yoo Seung-il as Yoo Seung-ho
  • Choi Min-ah as Kim Soo-yeon, Han Yeo-hee's deceased daughter
Ilgong Freezing
  • Kim Nak-yun as Manager Wang Myung-chul
  • Yoo Il-han as gangster
  • Park Won-suk as gangster
  • Lee Da-il as gangster

Extended

  • Son Ji-yoon as Seo Ha-neul's mother
  • Hong Yoon-jae as Ahn Jin-ho, Seo Ha-neul's stepfather
  • Lee Hyo-bi as Jang Hyeon-ji, Jang Pan-seok's missing daughter

Viewership

Missing: The Other Side : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
123456789101112
14405788159568979877729549139279221257786
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[7]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[8]
Nationwide Seoul
1 August 29, 2020 1.657%
2 August 30, 2020 2.510% 2.623%
3 September 5, 2020 3.003% 3.573%
4 September 6, 2020 3.490% 3.616%
5 September 12, 2020 3.290% 3.683%
6 September 13, 2020 3.757% 3.866%
7 September 26, 2020 2.992% 2.890%
8 September 27, 2020 3.847% 3.852%
9 October 3, 2020 3.153% 3.241%
10 October 4, 2020 3.525% 3.483%
11 October 10, 2020 3.403% 3.831%
12 October 11, 2020 4.811% 4.508%
Average 3.287% [a]
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
  • 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).

International broadcast

  • The series is available on iQIYI with multi-languages subtitles in South East Asia and Taiwan.
  • * It aired in Malaysia on TV3 (Malaysia) started May 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

  1. ^ 안은재 (2020-05-08). "고수X허준호 주연 '미씽:그들이 있었다' 8월 첫 방송[공식]". 스포츠서울. Retrieved 2020-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Ha Sujeong (June 24, 2022). "'Missing 2' Go Soo, Heo Jun-ho → Lee Jung-eun, Kim Dong-hwi, complete lineup of trustworthy treasure.. Coming in the second half [Official]" ['미씽2' 고수·허준호→이정은·김동휘, 믿보배 라인업 완성..하반기 온다 [공식]] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
  3. ^ "[Photos] Script Reading Stills Added for the Upcoming Korean Drama "Missing: The Other Side" @ HanCinema :: The Korean Movie and Drama Database". www.hancinema.net. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  4. ^ "[HanCinema's News] Seo Eun-soo Cast for "Missing: The Other Side" @ HanCinema :: The Korean Movie and Drama Database". www.hancinema.net. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  5. ^ Song Geon-hee in "Missing: The Other Side", 헤럴드 (2020-07-02). "송건희, '미씽: 그들이 있었다' 캐스팅…'쌍갑포차' 이어 열일 행보(공식)". pop.heraldcorp.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Shin Young-eun (June 24, 2022). "미씽2' 고수·허준호·이정은·안소희·김동휘·하준, 캐스팅 확정" [Go Soo, Heo Jun-ho, Lee Jung-eun, Ahn So-hee, Kim Dong-hwi, Ha Jun, cast confirmed for 'Missing 2] (in Korean). Star Today, Maeil Business News. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
  7. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 20, 2020.

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