Chimera (South Korean TV series)
Chimera | |
---|---|
File:Chimera South Korean TV series.jpg
Promotional poster
|
|
Hangul | 키마이라 |
Genre | Crime thriller |
Created by | OCN (Plan Production) |
Written by | Lee Jin-mae |
Directed by | Kim Do-hoon |
Starring | |
Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Lee Kyung-seok (CP) |
Producer(s) | Lee Jin-seok |
Production company(s) | JS Pictures[1] |
Budget | ₩13 billion[2] (~US$11.089 million) |
Release | |
Original network | OCN |
Original release | October 30 December 19, 2021 |
–
External links | |
[{{#property:P856}} Website] |
Chimera (Hangul: 키마이라; RR: Kimaira)[lower-alpha 1] is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Do-hoon and written by Lee Jin-mae. Starring Park Hae-soo, Lee Hee-joon and Claudia Kim, the series tells the story of three leading characters who dig through secrets of the past 30 years to find a culprit named 'Chimera'.[3] It aired every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 on OCN from October 30 to December 19, 2021. (KST).[4][5]
Contents
Synopsis
The title of the drama is borrowed from Greek mythology. Chimera is the name of a monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake, and breathes fire through its mouth.
An explosion took place in the past. That explosion led to a serial murder case known as the Chimera case. 35 years later, a similar explosion takes place.
Cast
Main
- Park Hae-soo as Cha Jae-hwan, 35 years old, a perfectionist homicide detective
- Lee Hee-joon as Lee Joong-yeob, a surgeon
- Claudia Kim as Eugene Hathaway, a profiler from the FBI
Supporting
People around Cha Jae-Hwan
- Nam Gi-ae as Cha Eun-soo, 60 years old, Jae-hwan's mother
- Kang Shin-il as Han Joo-seok, 60 years old, head of the Violent Crimes division
Joongsan West Special investigation headquarters
- Woo Hyun as Bae Seung-gwan, 60 years old, Joongsan Police Chief
- Heo Jun-seok as Go Kwang-soo, 38 years old, head of the Special Investigation Headquarters
- Kwon Hyuk-hyun as Lee Geon-yeong, 29 years old, representative of a powerful team of special investigations. A young detective who is best friends with Jae-hwan. He is jealous of Eugene, former FBI agent[6]
- Yoon Ji-won as Jang Ha-na, 29 years old, an agent of the special investigation team. She is good at computers and works in an image analysis room[7]
- Kim Ji-hoon as Jo Han-cheol, 42 years old, homicide detective
- Jung Young-ki as Im Pil-seong, 38 years old, homicide detective
Seo-ryun group
- Kim Gwi-sun as Lee Min-ki, 64 years old, Member of Parliament[8]
- Kim Ho-jung as Lee Hwa-jeong, 58 years old, president of Seoryun Hospital
- Lee Ki-young as Seo Hyun-tae, 64 years old, Chairman of Seo-ryun Group
Others
- Cha Joo-young as Kim Hyo-kyeong, 35 years old, an elite reporter belonging to the investigative reporting team of a broadcasting company[9]
- Lee Seung-hoon as Ham Yong-bok, a former detective who was involved in the Chimera investigation with Joo-joo and Seung-gwan, and now owns a beauty salon.[10]
- Han Ji-wan as Ryu Sung-hee
Production
The filming of the series, produced at a cost of ₩13 billion, was temporarily halted in June 2019 due to sexual harassment allegations.[2] An assistant director (the offender) and producer were fired as a result. Production company JS Pictures issued an apology to the victim (a writer) and the cast and crew.[11]
The series was slated for release in the second half of 2019, but did not air until October 2021 for unspecified reasons.[12][1]
Viewership
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Graph:Chart' not found.
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share [13][14] |
|
---|---|---|---|
Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | October 30, 2021 | 0.949% | N/A |
2 | October 31, 2021 | 1.352% | 1.741% |
3 | November 6, 2021 | 0.868% | N/A |
4 | November 7, 2021 | 1.084% | N/A |
5 | November 13, 2021 | 1.002% | N/A |
6 | November 14, 2021 | 1.427% | 1.515% |
7 | November 20, 2021 | 0.935% | N/A |
8 | November 21, 2021 | 1.571% | N/A |
9 | November 27, 2021 | 1.101% | N/A |
10 | November 28, 2021 | 2.108% (5th) | 2.075% (2nd) |
11 | December 4, 2021 | 1.239% | N/A |
12 | December 5, 2021 | 2.088% | 1.915% |
13 | December 11, 2021 | 1.185% | N/A |
14 | December 12, 2021 | 2.018% (4th) | 1.935% (4th) |
15 | December 18, 2021 | 1.744% (N/A) | (N/A) |
16 | December 19, 2021 | 2.390% (N/A) | 2.423% (N/A) |
Average | % | % | |
Note
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official website Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Chimera at IMDb
- Chimera at Daum Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Chimera at HanCinema
- Articles with short description
- Use mdy dates from October 2021
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Korean-language text
- Official website not in Wikidata
- OCN television dramas
- Korean-language television shows
- South Korean thriller television series
- South Korean crime television series
- Television series by JS Pictures
- 2021 South Korean television series debuts
- 2021 South Korean television series endings