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Phantom
Promotional poster
Also known asGhost
Genre
Created byStudioS (SBS)
Written byKim Eun-hee
Directed byKim Hyung-shik
Park Shin-woo
StarringSo Ji-sub
Lee Yeon-hee
ComposerChoi Seung-wook
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerChoi Moon-suk
Production locationKorea
Running timeWednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production companyHB Entertainment
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
Release30 May (2012-05-30) –
9 August 2012 (2012-08-09)
Korean name
Hangul유령
Hanja幽靈
Revised RomanizationYuryeong
McCune–ReischauerYuryŏng

Phantom (Korean: 유령; RR: Yuryeong), also known as Ghost is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring So Ji-sub, Lee Yeon-hee, Um Ki-joon, Kwak Do-won, and Song Ha-yoon. The police procedural tackles crimes and clues in the cyber world, weaving a massive, twist-filled mystery of murders, identity switches, corruption and conspiracy.

It aired on SBS TV from May 30 to August 9, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

Kim Woo-hyun is the only son of a prominent police officer. Determined to make his own mark, he breezes through the police academy, and along the way racks up accolades, top of the class honors, a lot of praise and perhaps envy from his colleagues. Assigned to the cyber investigations unit, Detective Kim finds himself entrenched in an intense cat and mouse game with faceless enemies in the cyber world. Tirelessly hunting a hacker named Hades, he traces the hacker's location to an apartment building and arrives just in time to witness an actress fall to her death from the high-rise.

What appears initially to be a suicide case reveals a trail of crime and conspiracy as Hades broadcasts a video clip showing a perpetrator pushing the actress to her death. Suspected to be the perpetrator, Hades is hunted down by Woo-hyun, who finds out that Hades is in fact his past roommate in the police academy, Park Ki-young. Ki-young escapes, and later infiltrates the police headquarters in search of an important evidence proving his innocence. He is caught by Yoo Kang-mi, with whom he watches a video titled 'Phantom' that reveals a murder linking right back to Woo-hyun. Ki-young once again escapes, but calls Woo-hyun to meet up with him in an abandoned factory. The factory explodes, and one died while the other suffered severe burns. In a mistaken identity, Ki-young is sent to the hospital for treatment. Ki-young recovers and assumes Woo-hyun's identity, working together with Kang-mi to defeat the enigmatic nemesis and do justice for his friend's sacrifice.

Cast

Main characters

Cyber Investigation Team

Supporting characters

Guest appearances

  • Choi Daniel - Park Gi-young / Hades (ep 1-2, 6)
  • Esom - Shin Hyo-jung (ep 1)
  • Kim Sung-oh - Shin Hyo-jung's fan (ep 1)
  • Lee Joon - passerby (ep 1)
  • Jung Da-hye - Jung So-eun (ep 3)
  • Kang Sung-min - Yang Seung-jae (ep 3-4)
  • Kwak Ji-min - Kwon Eun-sol (ep 7)
  • Han Bo-bae - Kwak Ji-soo (ep 7-8)
  • Ha Seung-ri - Jung Mi-young (ep 7-8)
  • Kim Min-ha - Kim Hee-eun
  • Jin Kyung - Oh Yeon-sook
  • Jung Myung-joon - TV news announcer
  • Jang Hang-jun - building owner
  • Jeon In-taek - Jo Kyung-moon
  • Kwon Tae-won - Nam Sang-won

Reception

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings AGB Nielsen
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 30 May 2012 10.7% 13.4% 7.6% 8.6%
2 31 May 2012 12.1% 14.5% 8.9% 9.9%
3 6 June 2012 13.0% 17.7% 11.4% 13.3%
4 7 June 2012 14.2% 17.3% 11.8% 12.3%
5 13 June 2012 11.9% 15.3% 10.6% 11.9%
6 14 June 2012 13.1% 16.0% 12.2% 13.7%
7 20 June 2012 12.7% 14.9% 10.8% 11.8%
8 21 June 2012 14.1% 17.0% 11.2% 12.6%
9 27 June 2012 13.1% 15.8% 11.1% 11.6%
10 28 June 2012 13.5% 17.0% 11.0% 12.0%
11 4 July 2012 14.1% 17.1% 11.4% 12.0%
12 5 July 2012 15.6% 17.9% 13.8% 15.0%
13 11 July 2012 15.7% 19.6% 13.3% 14.3%
14 12 July 2012 17.0% 20.4% 14.2% 15.7%
15 18 July 2012 15.3% 18.3% 13.4% 14.9%
16 19 July 2012 16.0% 19.8% 13.9% 15.4%
17 25 July 2012 14.5% 16.9% 13.3% 15.0%
18 26 July 2012 16.5% 19.4% 15.3% 16.0%
19 8 August 2012 13.3% 16.5% 12.9% 14.3%
20 9 August 2012 13.7% 16.4% 12.2% 12.8%
Average 14.0% 17.0% 12.0% 13.2%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor So Ji-sub Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor Kwak Do-won Won
1st K-Drama Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor So Ji-sub Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special So Ji-sub Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Um Ki-joon Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Lee Yeon-hee Nominated
Special Acting Award, Actor in a Drama Special Kwak Do-won Won
Jang Hyun-sung Nominated
Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special Song Ha-yoon Nominated
Top 10 Stars So Ji-sub Won

Original soundtrack

Phantom
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
ReleasedJuly 17, 2012
GenrePop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B
LabelHB Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment
Phantom OST
No.TitleArtistLength
1."유령(같이 사랑했잖아) - Title" (Phantom (We Used to Love))MBLAQ4:00
2."그리워 운다" (I Miss You So I Cry)Shin Bora4:14
3."그리워서 눈물나서" (Tears Fall Because I Miss You)Lee Soo-young4:05
4."Burn Out"Block B3:47
5."어떻게" (How)Lee Ki-chan4:15
6."GHOST"Various Artists1:29
7."Save You"Various Artists2:40
8."Goodbye, My Face"Various Artists2:50
9."Mysterious Man"Various Artists2:10
10."Steganography"Various Artists2:10
11."New Life"Various Artists3:12
12."Beautiful Agony"Various Artists2:26
13."Stuxnet"Various Artists1:49
14."Slow Walking"Various Artists1:00
15."Black Out"Various Artists1:32
16."유령(같이 사랑했잖아) (Inst.)" (Phantom (We Used to Love) (Inst.))Various Artists4:00
17."Burn Out (Inst.)"Various Artists3:47

Notes

  1. Credited as Kim Byul.

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