Undercover (2021 TV series)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Undercover
Promotional poster
Hangul
언더커버
Genre
JTBC Studios
Original release
NetworkJTBC
ReleaseApril 23 (2021-04-23) –
June 12, 2021 (2021-06-12)
Related
Undercover (UK)

Undercover

KST) from April 23 to June 12, 2021.[7][8] The series is also available on streaming media TVING in South Korea.[9] Kim Hyun-joo and Ji Jin-hee previously starred together in Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest (2004) and I Have a Lover
(2015).

The series ended on June 12, 2021 with viewer ratings of 5.2% nationwide and 6.1% in the metropolitan Seoul area. It is its own best ratings achieved during its run.[10]

Synopsis

Han Jeong-hyeon (Ji Jin-hee) is an agent of the National Intelligence Service (formerly the Agency for National Security Planning), who has been hiding his identity for the past 30 years as a father and owner of bicycle repairing shop. Choi Yeon-soo (Kim Hyun-joo), his wife and a Human Rights lawyer, becomes the first Director of the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO). These characters are trying to uncover the truth, pitted against a huge force holding a top position. The series tests their relationship as husband and wife when the secret life of Jeong-hyeon comes to light.

Cast

Main

Lee Seok-kyu is agent at the National Intelligence Service, formerly the Agency for National Security Planning. He was selected as the new agent of NIS when he was in a police academy. At first he was tasked to spy on Choi Yeon-soo under pseudonym of Han Jung-hyun in order to take down Kim Tae-yeol who was targeted by NIS, eventually both of them were in mutual love and got married. Years later, he lives a peaceful life with his family until one day an NIS agent named Do Yeong-geol comes back to his life and he is enlisted to take down his own wife, Choi Yeon-soo.
A human right lawyer for more than 20 years. She passed her bar test at the age of 20. A righteous person, she consistently seeks justice for years to Hwang Jung-ho for 20 years after he was unjustly being jailed. She joined a mass protest with Kim Tae-yeol, Kang Choong-mo and others to protest against the corrupted South Korean government who failed in protecting Hwang Jung-ho's innocence. In one of a chaotic protest against the government, she met Lee Suk-kyu, under pseudonym of Han Jung-hyun. Both of them were ended in mutual love, without her knowing who Suk-kyu was, therefore getting married with him. Years later, because of her consistency in defending Hwang Jung-ho, she is promoted as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials by the government. However due to this promotion, her husband is tasked to stop her.

Supporting

Family of Han Jeong-hyeon and Choi Yeon-soo
Suk-kyu/Jeong-hyeon and Yeon-soo's
autistic
older son. He has an obsession with bicycles, therefore he helps his father operate their bicycle repair shop.
Suk-kyu/Jeong-hyeon and Yeon-soo younger daughter. A middle school student with maturity and intelligence beyond her age. She resembles her mother in everything
Lee Suk-kyu's father and a war veteran, being proud of his son who serves the country like he did in the past. He believes that Suk-kyu went to the US when actually he has to live under name of Han Jeong-hyeon. His health deteriorates as he waits for his son to come back to him. Since Suk-kyu cannot reveal his identity, he spends time with his father in the hospital, posing as a social worker. Man-ho never realizes that his son is always with him even until his death.

National Intelligence Service

People around Choi Yeon-soo

  • Lee Han-wi as Bae Goo-taek
  • Bae Yoon-kyung as Song Mi-seon[16]
  • Kim Soo-jin as Min Sang-ah, Choi Yeon-soo's best friend in college, and a political reporter for a major media house
  • Choi Kwang-il as Hwang Jung-ho
    • Im Ji-kyu as young Hwang Jung-ho
30 years ago, he was wrongly accused of a murder case and being
sentenced to death. Therefore, while he was incarcerated on death row
, Choi Yeon-soo is determined to seek justice for him as his lawyer. However his case hasn't got any shed of light for 30 years, even after his health severely deteriorated.

Others

  • Lee Seung-joon as Kang Choong-mo, Choi Yeon-soo's good friend in college, now a high ranking government official working at the Blue House
    • Hong Jin-gi as young Kang Choong-mo
  • Kang Young-seok as Jung Cheol-hoon, a passionate detective
  • Park Jin-woo as Detective Gu
  • Son Jong-hak as Yoo Sang-dong
  • Song Young-gyu as Kwak Moon-heum, Chief Prosecutor
  • Cha Soon-bae as Song Moon-bae, Chief Editor at Daehan Jeil Daily[17]

Special appearances

Kim Tae-yeol is a president of Hankuk University Student Council and leader of the mass protest against the government in 1991. Eventually he was accused as a communist and being targeted, then murdered by NIS.
  • Jang Eui-don as police university instructor (ep. 1)
  • Lim Jung-ok as Nurse Kim (ep. 1-2)
  • Kim Dong-ho as Cheon Woo-jin, Im Hyeong-rak's subordinate (ep. 2 & 8)
  • Jung In-gi as Kim Myung-jae, Secretary General of the Blue House
  • Kim Kyung-min as Mr. Park
  • Shim Hyung-tak as Lee Min-yool (ep. 3-4)
A man who claims himself being intentionally beaten by Han Seung-goo so that Yeon-soo would be hindered to be the new chief of Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials. Actually at that time, he abused his girlfriend and being caught by Seung-goo who said that a bigger person might not hit smaller person.
  • Park Joo-hyung as drug gang boss (ep. 4)
  • Kim Young-woong as subway control room staff (ep. 3)
  • Lee Se-na as Kim Da-kyung (ep. 4)
Ex-girlfriend of Lee Min-yool. Being guilty with Seung-goo's situation, she confessed about what happened between her, Min-yool and Seung-goo to Yeon-soo.
  • Seo Joon
  • Lim Hyung-guk[18]
  • Ahn Se-ho as Kim Kwang-cheol, an assistant to Do Yeong-geol[19]

Production

Development

In April 2020, the remake of the British miniseries was announced.[20]

Casting

In July, JTBC confirmed that with the joining of Yeon Woo-jin and Han Sun-hwa the cast is completed:

Heo Joon-ho who both starred in the 2019 drama Designated Survivor: 60 Days. Also reuniting in this series are Jung Man-sik, Choi Dae-chul and Choi Kwang-il who starred in the 2019 drama Vagabond
.

Original soundtrack

Undercover
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released2021
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelKakao Entertainment

Part 1

Released on April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)[23]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."That Kind of Person" (그런 사람)Kim Young-sungKim Young-seong, Seo Jae-ha, Do-hoonHan Dong-geun3:33
2."That Kind of Person" (Inst.)   3:33

Part 2

Released on April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30)[24]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."On a Secluded Road" (타이틀 외딴길에서)Park Kang- ilPark Kang- ilSondia, Kim Joon-Hwi3:54
2."On a Secluded Road" (Inst.)   3:54

Part 3

Released on May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08)[25]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."My Day" (나의 하루)Donnie JDonnie JSondia4:08
2."My Day" (Inst.)   4:08

Part 4

Released on May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)[26]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Where Are You"Safira.K(Psycho Tension)Psycho Tension (DOO, Safira.K, Jeong Seongmin)KATIE4:03
2."Where Are You" (Inst.) Psycho Tension 4:03

Part 5

Released on May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)[27]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I remember this moment" (이 순간을 기억해요)Noheul(노을)Noheul(노을)고영배 of 소란3:01
2."I remember this moment" (Inst.) Noheul(노을) 3:01

Part 6

Released on May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)[28]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와)HanaTom Irang Jerry, Um Ki-yeop, Safira.Huh Gak3:56
2."With You Under the Sky" (Inst.)   3:56

Part 7

Released on June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05)[29]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.))하나, Safira.kTom Irang Jerry, Um Ki-yeop, Safira.Safira.K (사피라 K)3:55
2."With You Under the Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.) (Inst.))   3:55

Special

Released on June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)[30]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."That Kind of Person" (그런 사람)Kim Young-sungKim Young-seong, Seo Jae-ha, Do-hoonHan Dong-geun3:34
2."On a Secluded Road" (타이틀 외딴길에서)Park Kang- ilPark Kang- ilSondia, Kim Joon-Hwi3:53
3."My Day" (나의 하루)Donnie JDonnie JSondia4:08
4."Where Are You"Safira.K(Psycho Tension)Psycho Tension (DOO, Safira.K, Jeong Seongmin)KATIE3:39
5."I remember this moment" (이 순간을 기억해요)Noheul(노을)Noheul(노을)고영배 of 소란3:01
6."Under the Lonely Sky" (하늘 아래 그대와)HanaTom Irang Jerry, Um Ki-yeop, Safira.Huh Gak3:56
7."With You Under the Sky (English Ver.)" (하늘 아래 그대와 (English Ver.))하나, Safira.kTom Irang Jerry, Um Ki-yeop, Safira.Safira.K (사피라 K)3:55
8."When I Close My Eyes"  Choi Sol Ji (최솔지)3:05
9."Your undercover"  Park Mi Ji (박미지)2:24
10."Into the battlefield"  Ahn So Young (안소영), Hong Seung Hyun (홍승현)3:28
11."Dark Forces"  Park Min Ji (박민지)3:14
12."Untruth"  Ahn So Young (안소영), Hong Seung Hyun (홍승현)3:30
13."Sunrise"  Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽)4:26
14."Lonely Road"  Park Min Ji (박민지)4:25
15."A door without a memory"  Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽)2:37
16."The widow’s cruse"  Um Gi Yeop (엄기엽)2:37
17."Successful Resolution (성공적해결)"  Roark, Park Kyu Seo (박규서)1:49
18."Clues to the Crime"  Eom Gi Hyun (엄기현)2:34
19."Traces of the Past"  Kim Tae Jin (김태진)2:47
20."Endless Run (끝없는질주)"  Roark, Park Kyu Seo (박규서)1:50
21."A Secret Agent"  Park Min Ji (박민지)2:42

Viewership

Undercover : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)