The Road: The Tragedy of One

The Road: The Tragedy of One
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Also known as	The Tragedy of One Birth of a Tragedy
Hangul	더 로드: 1의 비극
Revised Romanization	Deo Rodeu: 1-ui Bigeuk
Genre	iQiyi[2]
Release	August 4 (2021-08-04) – September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09)

The Road: The Tragedy of One

Baek Soo-hyeon (Ji Jin-hee) the protagonist is a trusted anchor with strong beliefs. His words are taken as the truth, but he is a cold-hearted man. He will use any means to get what he desires. He is married to Seo Eun-soo (Yoon Se-ah), who is a daughter of chairman of the Jegang Group, a heavy weight having influence in the political and economic worlds.

On a torrential rainy night a tragic incident takes place and the secrets connected with it result in silence, avoidance, and confusion, which eventually leads to another tragedy.

Cast

Main

• Ji Jin-hee as Baek Soo-hyeon
  • Park Sang-hoon as young Baek Soo-hyun^[10]

45 years old, BSN News night anchor, a trusted journalist, a faithful family head. He is hiding a dark secret^[11]

• Yoon Se-ah as Seo Eun-soo

42 years old, a popular miniature artist, Baek Soo-hyeon's wife, the daughter of the steel group chairman, Seo Gi-tae

• Kim Hye-eun as Cha Seo-yeong

42 years old, BSN late night news anchor, always hungry for success

Supporting

People around Baek Soo-hyeon and Seo Eun-soo

• Chun Ho-jin as Seo Gi-tae

65 years old, father of Seo Eun-soo, the president of a leading conglomerate, self-righteous and overbearing^[12]

• Kim Min-joon as Baek Yeon-woo

12 years old, son of Soo-hyeon and Eun-su

• Kang Sung-min as Oh Jang-ho

41 years old, documentary director, husband of Eun-soo's younger sister, Eun-ho

• Kim Sung-soo as Sim Seok-hoon

45 years old, detective of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit, once the childhood friend of Baek Soo-hyeon from hometown, they cut off ties after a middle school girl disappeared in their hometown, Yeongsan^[13]

• Jo Seong-joon as Seo Jeong-wook

The son of Seo Ki-tae and Bae Baek-suk, Seo Jung-wook is someone who is afraid of Seo Ki-tae, but his name goes up and down every time he has a drug problem, including the Gap-jil case.^[14]

People around Cha Seo-yeong

• Ahn Nae-sang as Choi Nam-gyu

55 years old, husband of Cha Seo-young, a former lawyer and CEO of a large investment firm^[15]

• Lee Seo as Choi Se-ra

21 years old, daughter of Choi Nam-gyu and his first wife.^[16]

• Nam Ki-won as Choi Jun-young

12 years old, son of Nam-gyu and Seo-young

Steelmaking Foundation

• Kang Kyung-hun as Bae Kyung-Sook

45 years old, chairman, steelmaking foundation,

• Ha Min as Yang Yang

55 years old, head of planning department, steelmaking cultural foundation

• Jo Seong-joon as Seo Jeong-wook

22 years old, son of Seo Gi-tae and Bae Kyung-Sook^[17]

• Kim Roi-ha as Hwang Tae-seop

60 years old, 4th term National Assembly member

• Hyun Woo-sung as Jo Sang-mu

Seo Gi-tae's right-hand man, 40 years old, director, steelmaking Group^[18]

Press people

• Baek Ji-won as Kwon Yeo-jin

49 years old, Soo-hyeon's senior, a former news anchor and the first female director of BSN's news agency^[19]

• Oh Yong as Kang Jae-yeol

45 years old, Newsnight producer

• Joo Ye-eun as Park Mun-hwa :33 years old, Newsnight reporter^[20]

Others

• Lee Jong-hyuk as Yoon Dong-pil

45 years old, CEO of a large entertainment establishment^[21]

• Jo Jung-hwan as Park Seong-hwan

41 years old, freelance entertainment reporter and has a bad relationship with Baek Soo-hyeon^[22]

• Han Joo-wan as Kim Young-shin

35 years old, detective of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit

• Kang Sung min as Oh Jang Ho

Special appearance

• Son Yeo-eun as Lee Mi-do

35 years old, Dark Dining employee^[23]

Production

On March 30, 2021, the main cast of the drama was confirmed as Ji Jin-hee, Yoon Se-ah and Kim Hye-eun.^[24] On May 12, Yoon Se-ah posted photos from filming site.^[25] On June 25 announcing the premiere date, photos from script reading site were released.^[26]

Original soundtrack

Score

Part 1

Part 2

Viewership

The Road: The Tragedy of One : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Nielsen Korea[30] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[30][31] Nationwide Seoul 1 August 4, 2021 3.365% (1st) 3.748% (1st) 2 August 5, 2021 3.970% (2nd) 4.839% (2nd) 3 August 11, 2021 2.735% (2nd) 3.190% (2nd) 4 August 12, 2021 3.201% (2nd) 3.586% (2nd) 5 August 18, 2021 1.900% (3rd) 2.119% (3rd) 6 August 19, 2021 2.115% (3rd) 2.306% (3rd) 7 August 25, 2021 1.845% (3rd) 2.015% (2nd) 8 August 26, 2021 2.161% (3rd) 2.243% (4th) 9 September 1, 2021 1.733% (3rd) 1.734% (3rd) 10 September 2, 2021 2.470% (2nd) 2.256% (2nd) 11 September 8, 2021 1.957% (2nd) 2.126% (2nd) 12 September 9, 2021 2.856% (2nd) 3.099% (2nd) Average 2.526% 2.772% In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. 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