Misty () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo and Ji Jin-hee. The series marks Kim Nam-joo's small screen comeback after six years. It aired on JTBC from February 2 to March 24, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST).
Synopsis Go Hye-ran (Kim Nam-joo) becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Her husband Kang Tae-wook (Ji Jin-hee) ends up being her legal counsel despite their marriage being on the rocks after she aborted their unborn child and value career over family.
Cast Main Kim Nam-joo as Go Hye-ran, a skilled and popular anchorwoman. as young Go Hye-ran Ji Jin-hee as Kang Tae-wook, a former prosecutor now working as a public defender. Jeon Hye-jin as Seo Eun-joo, Kevin Lee's wife and Hye-ran's friend from school. Im Tae-kyung as Ha Myung-woo, a prisoner. Seo Ji-hoon as young Ha Myung-woo Ko Jun as Lee Jae-yeong / Kevin Lee, a pro-golfer and Seo Eun-joo's husband. Jin Ki-joo as Han Ji-won, junior anchorwoman and Hye-ran's rival. Ahn Nae-sang as Kang Ki-joon, a detective.
Supporting People at JBC Lee Geung-young as Jang Gyu-seok, JBC news director. Lee Sung-wook as Oh Dae-woong Koo Ja-sung as Kwak Gi-seok, a junior reporter. Lee Ah-hyun as Lee Yun-jung
Extended
as Prosecutor Byun Woo-hyun Lee Jun-hyeok as Jung Ki-chan Kim Soo-jin as Yoon Song-yi, Hye-ran's best friend and magazine reporter. as Choi Ki-seop Shin Kang-woo as Park Sung-jae as Tae-wook's father Kim Bo-yeon as Tae-wook's mother as Lee Young-shil, Hye-ran's mother. as Baek Dong-hyun, Kevin Lee's manager. Kim Bum-soo as Kim Bum-soo, winner of journalist of the year award. as Han Ki-hoon
Myung Ji-yun Goo Bon-seok as Senior Go Yang Dae-hyuk as Floor Director
Yang Hee-myung Seo Byung-deok Lee Do-hyun Lee Tae-hyun Oh Joo-hwan Lee Do-yoon Jo Soo-hyuk Go Man-kyoo Kim Kwang-tae as Kyoo Do-kwan
Ha Eun as Yoon Ho-young Jun Eun-hye Lee Joo-seok
as Kang In-han Kim Myung-gon as Jung Dae-han
Lee Tae-ho
Hwang In-joon Min Dae-shik Kang Chan-yang Han Joong-ki Choi Seung-il
Shin Sun-hee
Park So-yeon
Kim Joon-hee Hae Sun Lee Se-wook Kang Choong-hoon Jin Soo-nam Yook Hyo-myung Oh Seung-chan
Kang Hoo-jae Song Hyun-jin Sun Hyun-jin Sun Ah-rin Lim Jung-min Lee Jin-seung Jung Hyun-woo Lee Kwan-young Lim Yong-soon
Kim Wang-do
Special appearances Han Suk-joon Lee Geum-hee
Choo Ja-hyun
Production The series marks musical actor Im Tae-kyung small screen debut. The first script reading of the cast was held in October 2017 at JTBC building in Sangam-dong. Filming started in South Korea in October 2017. The staff and main actors then departed for Thailand in November for one week filming. Misty was rated 19 for the first 4 episodes by the Korea Communications Commission due to violence and sexual content. However, the rating was changed to rated 15 starting on episode 5.
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Special OST
Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratings Originalbroadcast date Title Average audience share Nielsen Korea TNmS Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 February 2, 2018 Fracture() 3.7% 2 February 3, 2018 Provoke() 5.074% 5.599% 4.4% 3 February 9, 2018 Duality() 3.885% 4.003% 4 February 10, 2018 Bottomless Pit() 4.789% 5.342% 4.1% 5 February 16, 2018 Scandal() 5.390% 5.960% 4.7% 6 February 17, 2018 Variable() 7.081% 7.832% 5.9% 7 February 23, 2018 Secret() 5.965% 6.356% 6.5% 8 February 24, 2018 Convict() 6.324% 7.141% 4.7% 9 March 2, 2018 Isolation() 6.908% 6.870% 6.0% 10 March 3, 2018 Threat() 7.693% 8.465% 7.8% 11 March 9, 2018 Confession() 6.658% 7.352% 5.6% 12 March 10, 2018 New Trial() 6.868% 6.926% 7.0% 13 March 16, 2018 Perjury() 7.467% 7.821% 6.4% 14 March 17, 2018 Truth 8.058% 8.266% 7.4% 15 March 23, 2018 Desperately Hoping 7.266% 7.713% 6.6% 16 March 24, 2018 Smoke and Fog Average In the table above, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref. 2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Drama Misty Best Director Mo Wan-il Best Actress Kim Nam-joo Best Supporting Actress Jeon Hye-jin 6th APAN Star Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim Nam-joo Best New Actress Jin Ki-joo 2nd The Seoul Awards Best Actress Kim Nam-joo 2019 23rd Asian Television Awards Best Direction (Fiction) Mo Wan-il Best Actress in a Leading Role Kim Nam-joo
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