The Veil (South Korean TV series)

The Veil
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Hangul	검은 태양
Hanja	검은 太陽
Literal meaning	Black Sun
Revised Romanization	Geom-eun Taeyang
Genre	Action[1] Thriller[2]
Created by	Hong Seok-woo (MBC)[3]
Written by	Park Seok-ho[3]
Directed by	Kim Sung-yong[3]
Creative director	Kim Ji-ha[3]
Starring	Namkoong Min Park Ha-sun Kim Ji-eun
Composer	Kim Jang-woo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12[4]
Production
Executive producers	Kim Myung (CP) Yoo Hong-ku Kelly SH Song Eun-do[3]
Producer	Kim Je-bok (MBC)[3]
Running time	60 minutes[2]
Production companies	MBC 3Mana Creative Ateod Co. Ltd.[3]
Budget	₩15 billion (US$13.7 million)[1]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	September 17 (2021-09-17) – October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23)

The Veil (Korean: 검은 태양) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Park Ha-sun, and Kim Ji-eun. Its screenplay, written by Park Seok-ho, won the 2018 MBC Drama Screenplay Contest.^[4][5] It aired on MBC TV from September 17 to October 23, 2021, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST).^[6][7]

A two-part spin-off of the series titled Moebius: The Veil, which was focused on the backstories of Park Ha-sun, Jung Moon-sung and Jang Young-nam's characters, aired on October 29–30, 2021.^[8]

Synopsis

It is about a top field agent in the National Intelligence Service (NIS). After going missing a year ago, he returns to the organization to find an internal traitor who dropped him into the abyss.^[9]

Cast

Main

• Namkoong Min as Han Ji-hyuk, the best field agent in the NIS who is admired by his colleagues for his shrewd and perfect performance.^[1][10]
• Park Ha-sun as Seo Soo-yeon, Ji-hyuk's co-worker at the NIS and the head of Criminal Information Integration Center.^[5]
• Kim Ji-eun as Yoo Je-yi, Ji-hyuk's partner who graduated early from KAIST, and is a promising field agent.^[5]

Supporting

Foreign Intelligence Bureau

• Jang Young-nam as Do Jin-sook^[11]
• Kim Jong-tae [ko] as Kang Pil-ho^[11]

Criminal Information Integration Center

• Kim Do-hyun as Ha Dong-gyun^[12]
• Park Jin-woo as Cha Min-chul
• Kwon So-hyun as Goo Hyo-eun^[13]

Domestic Intelligence Bureau

• Lee Geung-young as Lee In-hwan^[11]
• Kim Min-sang [ko] as Jung Yong-tae^[12]

Others

• Kim Byung-ki as Bang Young-chan^[11]
• Yu Oh-seong as Baek Mo-sa^[14]
• Woo Ji-hyun as Wie Goo-pyung
• Hyun Bong-sik as Cheon Myung-gi
• Jung Ji-yoon as Kim Yeo-jin^[15]
• Hwang Hee as Oh Kyung-seok
• Jo Bok-rae [ko] as Kim Dong-wook
• Ok Ja-yeon as Lin Wei

Extended

• Jung Moon-sung as Jang Chun-woo^[16]
• Kim Eun-woo as Pyo Jae-gyu^[17]
• Joo Jong-hyuk as Chang-gyu^[18]
• Ahn Ji-ho as Choi Sang-gyun^[19]

Special appearance

• Park Ji-yeon as Jung Eun-hee^[20]

Production

The series received a 15 billion won investment from MBC and Wavve for its production.^[4] It is labelled as "MBC's 60th anniversary special project".^[21]

It was reported that filming started in April 2021 and continued filming for six months until October 21.^[22]

Viewership

The Veil : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Nielsen Korea.[23] Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen Korea[23] TNmS[24] Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 September 17, 2021 7.2% (9th) 8.2% (6th) 5.4% (14th) 2 September 18, 2021 8.0% (4th) 8.5% (4th) 7.9% (2nd) 3 September 24, 2021 9.8% (5th) 10.1% (5th) 8.4% (6th) 4 September 25, 2021 8.3% (4th) 8.6% (3rd) 7.5% (4th) 5 October 1, 2021 9.4% (5th) 9.8% (5th) 8.6% (6th) 6 October 2, 2021 8.6% (4th) 9.2% (3rd) 8.3% 7 October 8, 2021 8.4% (6th) 8.7% (5th) 7.1% 8 October 9, 2021 7.8% (4th) 8.6% (3rd) 7.6% 9 October 15, 2021 8.3% (6th) 8.4% (4th) 6.3% 10 October 16, 2021 7.6% (5th) 7.7% (4th) 6.7% 11 October 22, 2021 7.4% (7th) 7.5% (8th) 12 October 23, 2021 8.8% (3rd) 9.2% (3rd) 7.6% (3rd) Average 8.30% 8.71% 7.34% Special September 18, 2021 4.3% (17th) 4.2% (18th) 4.6% (15th) In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Awards and nominations Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Ref. APAN Star Awards 2022 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Namkoong Min Nominated [25] MBC Drama Awards 2021 Grand Prize (Daesang) Won [26] Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Nominated Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Park Ha-sun Nominated Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Jong-tae Nominated Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Jang Young-nam Won [27] Best Supporting Actor Kim Do-hyun Nominated Best Supporting Actress Kwon So-hyun Nominated Best New Actress Kim Ji-eun Won [28] References ^ a b c d "Namgoong Min wins lead in MBC's new blockbuster series". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 27, 2021. ^ a b "The Veil". MBC Global Media. Retrieved September 18, 2021. ^ a b c d e f g "프로그램 정보". MBC & iMBC (in Korean). 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Retrieved May 27, 2021. ^ "권소현, '검은 태양' 출연 확정…국정원 요원 구효은 役 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved May 27, 2021. ^ Kim Ji-won (June 8, 2021). "유오성, '검은 태양' 출연 확정…3년 만의 드라마 복귀 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). TenAsia. Retrieved June 8, 2021. ^ Yang Yoo-jin (September 10, 2021). "정지윤, '검은 태양' 몰입도 높일 신스틸러…강렬한 존재감 예고" (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Naver. ^ Kim Bo-young (July 16, 2021). "'슬의생2' 정문성, MBC '검은태양' 출연 확정 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved July 16, 2021. ^ Lee Ho-young (September 9, 2021). "'검은 태양' 김은우, 출연확정…남궁민과 호흡 [공식입장]" (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved September 9, 2021 – via Naver. ^ Jeong Hee-yeon (September 17, 2021). "신예 주종혁, '윰세'→'검은 태양' 열일 행보" (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Naver. ^ Son Jin-ah (September 25, 2021). "남궁민, 안지호 데리고 어딘가로 향하는 모습 포착(검은 태양)" (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Naver. ^ Kang Nae-ri (October 1, 2021). "박지연, 오늘(1일) '검은 태양' 특별 출연…탈북자로 변신" (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Naver. ^ "'검은 태양' 남궁민 "명심해, 의심하는 게 곧 생존이야"". Naver (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved July 30, 2021. ^ Kim Hyun-rok (October 22, 2021). "남궁민, 종영 D-1 '검은 태양' 6개월 대장정 끝…'믿보배' 명성 입증" (in Korean). SpoTV News. Retrieved January 19, 2022 – via Naver. ^ a b "Nielsen Korea (Nationwide)". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021. ^ "TNmS ratings for the current episode" (in Korean). October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021. ^ Lee, Seul-bi (August 31, 2022). "김혜수→이준호 '2022 APAN STAR AWARDS' 수상 후보 공개" [Kim Hye-soo → Lee Jun-ho's '2022 APAN STAR AWARDS' nominees revealed] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Naver. ^ Hwang Hye-jin (December 30, 2021). "남궁민, 대상에 오열→♥진아름 언급 "아름아 사랑해"[MBC 연기대상]" [Namgoong-min, a fever at Daesang → ♥ Jin Ah-reum mentions "I love you, beautiful" [MBC Acting Awards]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Naver. ^ Lee Seung-rok (December 30, 2021). "이상엽·장영남, 미니시리즈 우수연기상 [MBC연기대상]" [Lee Sang-yeop and Jang Young-nam, Excellence Award for Miniseries [MBC Acting Awards]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Naver. ^ Kim Han-na (December 30, 2021). "'MBC 연기대상' 신인상, '옷소매' 강훈-'검은태양' 김지은" ['MBC Acting Awards' Rookie of the Year Award, 'Clothes Sleeve' Kang Hoon – 'Black Sun' Kim Ji-eun] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Naver. External links Official website (in Korean) The Veil at IMDb The Veil at HanCinema Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Veil_(South_Korean_TV_series)&oldid=1203805992"