Phantom (), 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 So Ji-sub - Kim Woo-hyun / Park Ki-young Lee Yeon-hee - Yoo Kang-mi Um Ki-joon - Jo Hyun-min Kwak Do-won - Kwon Hyuk-joo Song Ha-yoon - Choi Seung-yeon
Cyber Investigation Team Kwon Hae-hyo - Han Young-seok G.O - Lee Tae-kyun Im Ji-kyu - Byun Sang-woo Baek Seung-hyeon - Kang Eun-jin Bae Min-hee - Lee Hye-ram
Supporting characters Choi Jung-woo - Shin Kyung-soo Jang Hyun-sung - Jeon Jae-wook Yoon Ji-hye - Goo Yeon-joo Jung Dong-hwan - Kim Seok-joon Lee Tae-woo - Kim Seon-woo Jung Moon-sung - Yeom Jae-hee Myung Gye-nam - Jo Kyung-shin Lee Jae-yoon - Jo Jae-min Park Ji-il - Director Moon Lee Ki-young - Im Chi-hyun Lee Won-keun - Kwon Do-young
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 shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1 30 May 201210.7%13.4%7.6%8.6% 2 31 May 201212.1%14.5%8.9%9.9% 3 6 June 201213.0%17.7%11.4%13.3% 4 7 June 201214.2%17.3%11.8%12.3% 5 13 June 201211.9%15.3%10.6%11.9% 6 14 June 201213.1%16.0%12.2%13.7% 7 20 June 201212.7%14.9%10.8%11.8% 8 21 June 201214.1%17.0%11.2%12.6% 9 27 June 201213.1%15.8%11.1%11.6% 10 28 June 201213.5%17.0%11.0%12.0% 11 4 July 201214.1%17.1%11.4%12.0% 12 5 July 201215.6%17.9%13.8%15.0% 13 11 July 201215.7%19.6%13.3%14.3% 14 12 July 201217.0%20.4%14.2%15.7% 15 18 July 201215.3%18.3%13.4%14.9% 16 19 July 201216.0%19.8%13.9%15.4% 17 25 July 201214.5%16.9%13.3%15.0% 18 26 July 201216.5%19.4%15.3%16.0% 19 8 August 201213.3%16.5%12.9%14.3% 20 9 August 201213.7%16.4%12.2%12.8% Average 14.0% 17.0% 12.0% 13.2%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2012 Top Excellence Award, Actor So Ji-sub Excellence Award, Actor Kwak Do-won Excellence Award, Actor So Ji-sub Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special So Ji-sub Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Um Ki-joon Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Lee Yeon-hee Special Acting Award, Actor in a Drama Special Kwak Do-won Jang Hyun-sung Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special Song Ha-yoon Top 10 Stars So Ji-sub
Original soundtrack
Notes
References
External links Phantom official SBS website