The Veil | |
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Hangul | 검은 태양 |
Hanja | 검은 太陽 |
Literal meaning | Black Sun |
Revised Romanization | Geom-eun Taeyang |
Genre | |
Created by | Hong Seok-woo (MBC) |
Written by | Park Seok-ho |
Directed by | Kim Sung-yong |
Creative director | Kim Ji-ha |
Starring | |
Composer | Kim Jang-woo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Kim Je-bok (MBC) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies |
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Budget | ₩15 billion (US$13.7 million) |
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. It aired on MBC TV from September 17 to October 23, 2021, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST).
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.
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.
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.
- Park Ha-sun as Seo Soo-yeon, Ji-hyuk's co-worker at the NIS and the head of Criminal Information Integration Center.
- Kim Ji-eun as Yoo Je-yi, Ji-hyuk's partner who graduated early from KAIST, and is a promising field agent.
Supporting
Foreign Intelligence Bureau
- Jang Young-nam as Do Jin-sook
- Kim Jong-tae [ko] as Kang Pil-ho
Criminal Information Integration Center
- Kim Do-hyun as Ha Dong-gyun
- Park Jin-woo as Cha Min-chul
- Kwon So-hyun as Goo Hyo-eun
Domestic Intelligence Bureau
- Lee Geung-young as Lee In-hwan
- Kim Min-sang [ko] as Jung Yong-tae
Others
- Kim Byung-ki as Bang Young-chan
- Yu Oh-seong as Baek Mo-sa
- Woo Ji-hyun as Wie Goo-pyung
- Hyun Bong-sik as Cheon Myung-gi
- Jung Ji-yoon as Kim Yeo-jin
- 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
- Kim Eun-woo as Pyo Jae-gyu
- Joo Jong-hyuk as Chang-gyu
- Ahn Ji-ho as Choi Sang-gyun
Special appearance
- Park Ji-yeon as Jung Eun-hee
Production
The series received a 15 billion won investment from MBC and Wavve for its production. It is labelled as "MBC's 60th anniversary special project".
It was reported that filming started in April 2021 and continued filming for six months until October 21.
Viewership
The Veil : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
1 | 1.239 | 1.579 | 1.814 | 1.562 | 1.753 | 1.594 | 1.534 | 1.350 | 1.468 | 1.440 | 1.297 | 1.590 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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Nielsen Korea | TNmS | |||
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) |
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Awards and nominations
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Nominated | |
MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Won | ||
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 | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Kim Do-hyun | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Kwon So-hyun | Nominated | |||
Best New Actress | Kim Ji-eun | Won |
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External links
- Official website
(in Korean)
- The Veil at IMDb
- The Veil at HanCinema