Gyeongseong Creature
Gyeongseong Creature | |
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Also known as | K Project[1] |
Hangul | 경성크리처 |
Hanja | 京城크리처 |
Revised Romanization | Gyeongseongkeuricheo |
McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsŏngk'ŭrich'ŏ |
Genre | |
Created by | Kakao Entertainment (planning)[6] |
Written by | Kang Eun-kyung |
Directed by |
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Starring | |
Music by | Kim Tae-seong |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original languages |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Cinematography | Song Yo-hun |
Editor | Jo In-hyung |
Running time | 65–73 minutes |
Production companies |
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Budget | ₩70 billion[8] |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | December 22, 2023 present | –
Gyeongseong Creature (
Synopsis
Season 1
In the spring of 1945 in Gyeongseong, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, Jang Tae-sang, the master of the city's most lucrative pawnshop, and Yoon Chae-ok, a tracker searching for her missing mother, confront a strange creature born from biological experiments conducted in secret within Ongseong Hospital.[3]
Cast and characters
Main
- Park Seo-joon as Jang Tae-sang / Ho-jae:[9] a wealthy man who is the owner of the House of Golden Treasure (Geumokdang), the best pawn shop in Gyeongseong. He is also the best informant in Gyeongseong.
- Han So-hee as Yoon Chae-ok:[9] a specialist in finding missing people.
- Claudia Kim as Yukiko Maeda (Japanese: 前田有紀子, Hepburn: Maeda Yukiko):[10] a powerful Japanese noblewoman who secretly controls the Gyeongseong area.
Supporting
- Kim Hae-sook as Mrs. Nawol:[11] deacon of Geumokdang who has been with Tae-sang since he was a child, she guards and takes care of orders when the owner is not around.
- Jo Han-chul as Yoon Jung-won:[12] Yoon Chae-ok's father and husband of Choi Seong-sim.
- Wi Ha-joon as Kwon Jun-taek:[1] an independence activist and Tae-sang's close friend.
- Park Ji-hwan as Gu Gap-pyeong:[13] Geumokdang's butler.
- Ok Ja-yeon as Na Young-chun:[14] the owner of Moonlight Bar.
- Ahn Ji-ho as Park Beom-o:[15] a boy who works at Geumokdang.
- Choi Young-joon as Lieutenant Colonel Kato (Japanese: 陸軍中将賀東, Hepburn: Rikugun-Chūjō Gatō):[16] the chief of the military at Onseong Hospital.
- Hyun Bong-sik as Ichiro (Japanese: 一郎, Hepburn: Ichirō):[16] the director of Onseong Hospital.
- Kim Do-hyun as Commissioner Ishikawa (Japanese: 石川委員, Hepburn: Kyokuchō Ishikawa):[15] the chief of Japanese police in Gyeongseong and husband of Yukiko Maeda.
- Woo Ji-hyun as Ryu Sachimoto (Japanese: 幸本龍, Hepburn: Sachimoto Ryū):[17] an artist who is assigned by Ichiro to draw the results of experiments at Onseong Hospital.
- Lee Kyu-sung as Mori:[18] Ishikawa's subordinate who is given the task of keeping an eye on Tae-sang.
- Ji Woo as Myeong-ja:[19] a gisaeng from Chunwol-gwan and Ishikawa's mistress who has disappeared.
- Kang Mal-geum as Choi Seong-sim / Seishin:[20] Chae-ok's mother who is the subject of biological experiments by the Japanese military.
- Im Chul-soo as Mr. Oh:[15] an independence activist disguised as a cleaner at Onseong Hospital in order to find his missing brother.
- Kim Yoon-woo as Choi Yeong-gwan:[21]
- Jo Jae-ryong as Soma:[15] a Japanese military officer who is assigned to manage the prisoners at Ongseong Hospital's underground prison.
- Yeon Je-wook as Lee In-hyuk:[15] an independence activist who is also Jun-taek's comrade.
- Kim Yool-ho[15]
Special appearance
- Lim Ki-hong as Mr. Wang:[15]
- Woo Jung-won as Shim Sun-deok:[15] as Tae-sang's mother.
Background and production
Season 1
In January 2022, production team confirmed the casting and revealed that the filming was currently in progress.[22]
On March 3, 2022, it was reported that Wi Ha-joon tested positive for COVID-19 and the filming was suspended since the actor was self quarantined.[23]
On August 3, 2022, it was reported that actress Han So-hee suffered a minor injury to her face while filming an action scene for the series.[24] On August 11, Han's agency confirmed that she had recovered from the injury and returned to filming the following week.[25]
In October 2022, it was reported that the series had finished filming and started post-production.[26]
Season 2
In November 2022, Netflix confirmed the production of a second season.[27][28] The filming schedule was yet to be decided.[29]
In August 2023, it was announced that actor Bae Hyun-sung would be joining the cast in Season 2.[30]
In September 2023, it was reported that Han So-hee felt unwell while filming the second season and was tested positive for COVID-19; she was recovering at home according to her agency.[31]
In January 2024, Netflix announced that Season 2 will be set in the present time,[32][33] and released in 2024.[34][35] Also in the same month, producers confirmed that actor Lee Moo-saeng had joined the cast of the forthcoming season.[36]
Release
Gyeongseong Creature was exclusively released on Netflix on December 22, 2023.[37][38] The series consists of 10 episodes split into two parts, with the first seven released as Part 1, and the remaining three episodes released as Part 2 on January 5, 2024.[39][37]
Reception
Critical response
On the
Viewership
Gyeongseong Creature ranked first in South Korea three days after its release, was Number 3 in Netflix's "Global Top 10" weekly list of the most-watched non-English television shows, and received a warm response in 20 countries, being listed in the Top 10 including India, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan.[46][47] It remained a Top 10 Netflix show for an additional three weeks.[48][49][50]
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 10 | 7 | December 22, 2023 | |
3 | January 5, 2024 | |||
2 | TBA | TBA |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |||||||||
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Season 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | "Najin" Transliteration: "Najin" (Korean: 나진; 納人) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
2 | 2 | "Mother" Transliteration: "Seongsim" (Korean: 성심; 惺沁) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
3 | 3 | "Signal" Transliteration: "Sinho" (Korean: 신호; 信號) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
4 | 4 | "Imprinting" Transliteration: "Gakin" (Korean: 각인; 刻印) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
5 | 5 | "Desperation" Transliteration: "Satu" (Korean: 사투; 死鬪) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
6 | 6 | "Chaos" Transliteration: "Hondon" (Korean: 혼돈; 混沌) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
7 | 7 | "Chase" Transliteration: "Sulrae" (Korean: 술래; 鬼) | December 22, 2023 | |||||||||
8 | 8 | "Awakening" Transliteration: "Jagak" (Korean: 자각; 自覺) | January 5, 2024 | |||||||||
9 | 9 | "Atrocity" Transliteration: "Yaman" (Korean: 야만; 野蠻) | January 5, 2024 | |||||||||
10 | 10 | "Tear" | January 5, 2024 |
Original soundtrack
Season 1
The season one soundtrack of the series was led by music director and composer Kim Tae-seong.[51]
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Forever" | 4bout |
| Suho | 3:37 |
2. | "Time" | Choe Jeong-in | Choe Jeong-in | Baek A | 3:07 |
3. | "Time" (Elec. Ver.) | Choe Jeong-in | Choe Jeong-in | Leafy | 3:59 |
4. | "Forever" (Inst.) |
| 3:37 | ||
5. | "Time" (Inst.) | Choe Jeong-in | 2:42 | ||
6. | "Time" (Elec. Ver.; Inst.) | Choe Jeong-in | 3:59 | ||
Total length: | 21:01 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Gyeongseong Creature Opening Title" | Choe Jeong-in | 1:51 |
2. | "Gyeongseong Creature Main Theme" | Choe Jeong-in | 1:56 |
3. | "Time" (Orchestra Ver.) |
| 3:16 |
4. | "Maruta" |
| 5:52 |
5. | "Ties" |
| 2:52 |
6. | "Only" | Ong Seong-eun | 3:11 |
7. | "My Fatherland" | Lim Mi-hyun | 5:28 |
8. | "Keumokdang" | Kim Yeon-jeong | 1:33 |
9. | "Cherry Blossom" | Choe Jeong-in | 2:17 |
10. | "Mother" | Choe Jeong-in | 3:19 |
11. | "Reasoning" | Lim Mi-hyun | 3:02 |
12. | "The Birth of a Goddess" | Choe Jeong-in | 2:02 |
13. | "In the Hospital" | Yoon Chae-young | 3:22 |
14. | "Irrevocable" | Choe Jeong-in | 3:47 |
15. | "Na Jin" | Choe Jeong-in | 1:41 |
16. | "Sacrifice" | Choe Jeong-in | 3:26 |
17. | "The Shape of Life" | Choe Jeong-in | 2:36 |
18. | "Secreats" | Lim Mi-hyun | 1:44 |
19. | "Same Dream" | Yoon Chae-young | 2:46 |
20. | "To. My Daughter" | Choi Jeong-in | 2:40 |
Total length: | 58:41 |
See also
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