Abyss (TV series)
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| Abyss | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 어비스 |
| RR | Eobiseu |
| MR | Ŏbisŭ |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Studio Dragon |
| Written by | Moon Soo-yeon |
| Directed by | Yoo Je-won |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producers |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Neo Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | May 6 – June 25, 2019 |
| 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]
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
Main
- Park Bo-young as Go Se-yeon (after reincarnation) / Lee Mi-do (before plastic surgery)[5][6]
- Kim Sa-rang as Go Se-yeon (before her death)[7]
- Lee Soo-min as young Go Se-yeon
- 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.
- Ahn Hyo-seop as Cha Min[5][8]
- Ahn Se-ha as Cha Min (before his death)[9]
- Yang Han-yeol as young Cha Min
- 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.
- Lee Sung-jae as Oh Yeong-cheol / Oh Seong-cheol[10]
- A skilled surgeon who is referred to as a legend in the medical community. He has a mysterious demeanour and hidden secrets.
Supporting
Central District Prosecutors' Office / Dongbu Police Station
- Kwon Soo-hyun as Seo Ji-wook / Oh Tae-jin[11]
- Kim Yeon-ung as young Seo Ji-wook
- A prosecution lawyer and one of Go Se-yeon's colleagues before her death.
- Lee Si-eon as Park Dong-cheol[12]
- 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
- Han So-hee as Jang Hee-jin / Oh Su-jin[13]
- Shim Hye-yeon as young Oh Su-jin (Ep. 5)
- Kang Ye-seo as teenage Oh Su-jin
- Cha Min's fiancée who mysteriously disappears just before their wedding.
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Eom Ae-ran[14]
- Cha Min's domineering mother and head of the family's cosmetics empire.
- Park Sung-yeon as Park Mi-soon
- Cha Min's nanny and housekeeper.
- Lee Ji-hyun as Jang Sun-young
- Jang Hee-jin's mother.
Others
- Lee Cheol-min as Park Gi-man
- The vengeful father of a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer.
- Choi Da-in as Park Mi-jin
- Gi-man's daughter who is a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer.
- Lee Dae-yeon as Seo Cheon-shik
- Seo Ji-wook's father who is a chief judge.
- Ha Sung-kwan 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.
- Kim Sung-bum as Detective Choi
- A detective in Team 1 and Park Dong-cheol's junior and right-hand man.
Special appearances
- Seo In-guk as male alien "grim reaper" (Ep. 1)[16][a]
- Jung So-min as female alien "grim reaper" (Ep. 1)[16][a]
Production
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
| Abyss OST | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music |
Part 1
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Into The Abyss" | 3:03 | |
| 2. | "Into The Abyss" (Inst.) | 3:03 | |
| Total length: | 6:06 | ||
Part 2
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fallin'" | Kim Feel | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Fallin'" (Inst.) | 3:34 | |
| Total length: | 7:08 | ||
Part 3
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stay" | Kim Bo-hyung | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Stay" (Inst.) | 4:08 | |
| Total length: | 8:16 | ||
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Abyss" (Opening Title) | Im Ha-young | 1:32 |
| 2. | "Alien, Abyss and Resurrection" | Im Ha-young | 1:47 |
| 3. | "Appearance Calling" | Im Ha-young | 1:54 |
| 4. | "Big Swirl" | Daniel Lee | 1:00 |
| 5. | "Couldn't Happen If Normal" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 2:39 |
| 6. | "Finding for Clue" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Gloomy Prelude" | Im Ha-young | 1:40 |
| 8. | "Good Idea" | Im Ha-young | 1:32 |
| 9. | "Infallible Operation" | Im Ha-young | 1:22 |
| 10. | "Mature Friendship" | Im Ha-young | 1:03 |
| 11. | "Daily Life After False Accusation" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 2:11 |
| 12. | "Questions being Answered" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 1:43 |
| 13. | "Rest During Chaos" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 2:13 |
| 14. | "Rules and Narration of Abyss" | Im Ha-young | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Sly Look" | Im Ha-young | 2:34 |
| 16. | "The Thing that Shouldn't Have Happened" | Yoo Jung-hyung | 2:02 |
| 17. | "Their Sad Time" | Im Ha-young | 1:49 |
| 18. | "The Man Who's Got His Blood" | Im Ha-young | 2:18 |
| Total length: | 35:16 | ||
Viewership
Abyss : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[18]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 980 | 868 | 776 | 737 | 639 | 837 | 587 | 582 | 627 | 563 | 502 | 482 | 548 | 488 | 518 | 557 | 643 | |
| 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% | |||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Ahn Hyo-seop | Nominated | [20] |
