My Roommate Is a Gumiho
My Roommate Is a Gumiho | |
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Hangul | 간 떨어지는 동거 |
Hanja | 肝 떨어지는 同居 |
Literal meaning | Frightening Cohabitation |
Revised Romanization | Gan Tteor-eojineun Donggeo |
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Based on | My Roommate Is a Gumiho (webtoon) by Na |
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Directed by |
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Starring | |
Composer | Moon Sang-nam |
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Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Executive producer | Jang Jeong-do |
Producers | Park Joon-seo Han Seok-won |
Running time | 70 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | TVN |
Release | May 26 July 15, 2021 | –
My Roommate Is a Gumiho (Korean: 간 떨어지는 동거) is a 2021 South Korean television drama series starring Jang Ki-yong and Lee Hye-ri. The series tells story of romance between a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox named Shin Woo-Yeo and a female college student named Lee Dam who accidentally swallows Shin Woo-Yeo's bead. It premiered on streaming platform iQIYI worldwide and cable channel TVN on May 26, 2021, and aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22.40 (KST) for 16 episodes till July 15.[1][2]
The series ended on July 15, 2021, with its last episode recording an average nationwide viewership ratings of 4%. It attained an average viewership of 948 thousand per episode during its run.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]Gumiho, literally "nine-tailed fox", is a creature that appears in the folktales and legends of Korea.
It is based on an original webtoon. It tells the story of a male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being that has his fox beads taken away by a female college student in an accident, so they live together in his house to solve this problem.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Jang Ki-yong as Shin Woo-yeo[4]
- A 999-year-old Gumiho who wants to become a human.
- Lee Hye-ri as Lee Dam[5]
- A college student born in 1999 who accidentally swallows a fox bead. She has never been in a relationship before.
- Kang Han-na as Yang Hye-sun[6]
- Shin Woo-yeo's friend who used to be Gumiho for 700 years but has now turned into a human. She's slow-witted but an expert in romance.
- Kim Do-wan as Do Jae-jin
- Has a history of being dumped and eventually develops a relationship with Yang Hye-sun. He is Dam and Choi Soo-kyung's best friend.
Supporting
[edit]- Bae In-hyuk as Gye Sun-woo
- Lee Dam's senior in college who is a ladies' favorite. He develops interest on Lee Dam because she keeps on avoiding him. Later they also get tied by a red thread of destiny but eventually it cuts off as Sun-woo leaves the country for higher study.
- Park Kyung-hye as Choi Soo-kyung
- Lee Dam's and Do Jae-jin's best friend.
- Choi Woo-sung as Lee Dan
- Lee Dam's younger brother
- Kim Do-yeon as Gye Seo-woo[7]
- Gye Sun-woo's younger sister.
- Kim Kang-min as Jung Seok[8]
- Lee Dam, Choi Soo-kyung and Do Jae-jin's senior.
- Bang Eun-jung as Jeon Da-young[9]
Special appearances
[edit]- Lee Kyu-sung as Mountain Spirit Transformation[10]
- Jung So-min as Seo-hwa
- The woman Shin Woo-yeo loved in the past and left a lasting impression. She was his first love who lost her life because of the fox bead Woo-yeo transferred into her.[11]
- Kim Eung-soo as Shin Woo-yeo's transformation (ep. 1)[12]
- Han Ji-eun as leader of publishing company (ep. 1, 5–6)[13]
- Go Kyung-pyo as Sansin – a mountain spirit that watches over Shin Woo-yeo and Lee Dam (ep. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14)[14]
- Jang Sung-kyu as Lee Dam's blind date and Do Jae-jin's senior. (ep. 6)
- He was arrogant and self-obsessed. He looked down on Dam during their first meet and as a result, fell down on the floor due to Shin Woo-yeo's magic.[15]
- Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Hyun-kyung (ep. 6)[16]
- Lee Dam and Lee Dan's mother, and a fashion magazine editor.
- Kang Mi-na as Choi Jin-ah (ep. 8, 11)[17]
- Do Jae-jin's ex-girlfriend.
- Son Seong-yoon as Seo Young-joo, a professor of ancient history at Seogwan University[18]
- Lee Jun-hyuk as Professor Park Bo-gum
- The professor was famous for his rigor in the history department.[19]
- Oh Jung-se as Do Jae-gang, Jae-jin's brother [20]
- Shim Hyung-tak as Gye Sun-woo's uncle, owner of a restaurant
Production
[edit]This is the first Korean TV series produced by iQIYI.[21] It is a joint production between China and South Korea.[22] Lee Hye-ri and Jang Ki-yong both starred in Schoolgirl Detectives previously. Lee and Park Kyung-hye also previously worked together in a workplace themed drama Miss Lee. Kang Han-na and Kim Do-wan previously starred together in the 2020 drama Start-Up.
Original soundtrack
[edit]My Roommate Is a Gumiho | |
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Soundtrack album by Various | |
Released | 2021 |
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Part 1
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "DOOR (Your Moon)" |
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| Jeong Se-woon | 3:49 |
2. | "DOOR (Your Moon)" (Inst.) |
| 3:49 |
Part 2
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "My All" (우연이 아닌것만 같아서) | Hana |
| Kim Na-young | 3:34 |
2. | "My All" (Inst.) |
| 3:34 |
Part 3
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Drawing of the Beginning" (시작의 드로잉) | PINKMOON | PINKMOON | Yoo Yeon-jung (WJSN) | 3:24 |
2. | "Drawing of the Beginning" (Inst.) | PINKMOON | 3:24 |
Part 4
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "One Step Closer" (한 걸음 가까이) | Kim Seung-jun (Psycho Tension) | Psycho Tension (Kim Seung-jun, Choi Mi-hyun, Yoon Seok-ju) | Choi Nakta | 4:06 |
2. | "One Step Closer" (Inst.) | Psycho Tension (Kim Seung-jun, Choi Mi-hyun, Yoon Seok-ju) | 4:06 |
Part 5
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Nothing Left To Say" (어떤 말도 할 수가 없는 나인데) |
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| Kassy | 4:16 |
2. | "Nothing Left To Say" (Inst.) |
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Part 6
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Next To You" (그댈 담은 밤) | Hana | Tom With Jerry | Yang Da-il | 4:35 |
2. | "Next To You" (Inst.) | Tom With Jerry | 4:35 |
Part 7
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "You & I" (그대와) |
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| Youngjae (Got7), Soyeon (Laboum) | 3:38 |
2. | "You & I" (Inst.) |
| 3:38 |
Part 8
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Moon" (달 (치즈)) | Moonchong |
| Cheeze | 3:53 |
2. | "Moon" (Inst.) | 3:53 |
Part 9
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Big Change" | Moon Seong-nam | Moon Seong-nam | Jung Yu-ji | 3:18 |
2. | "Big Change" (Inst.) | 3:18 |
Viewership
[edit]Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 1239 | 1057 | 923 | 1165 | 1069 | 886 | 786 | 949 | 839 | 867 | 845 | 854 | 820 | 871 | 909 | 1091 | 948 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[32][33] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | May 26, 2021 | 5.282% (1st) | 5.888% (1st) |
2 | May 27, 2021 | 4.279% (1st) | 4.838% (1st) |
3 | June 2, 2021 | 4.123% (2nd) | 4.769% (2nd) |
4 | June 3, 2021 | 4.354% (1st) | 4.670% (1st) |
5 | June 9, 2021 | 4.304% (1st) | 4.882% (1st) |
6 | June 10, 2021 | 3.688% (2nd) | 4.000% (2nd) |
7 | June 16, 2021 | 3.159% (2nd) | 3.564% (2nd) |
8 | June 17, 2021 | 4.238% (2nd) | 5.200% (2nd) |
9 | June 23, 2021 | 3.374% (1st) | 3.460% (1st) |
10 | June 24, 2021 | 3.772% (2nd) | 4.101% (2nd) |
11 | June 30, 2021 | 3.691% (1st) | 4.092% (1st) |
12 | July 1, 2021 | 3.476% (2nd) | 4.193% (2nd) |
13 | July 7, 2021 | 3.234% (2nd) | 3.932% (2nd) |
14 | July 8, 2021 | 3.549% (2nd) | 4.418% (2nd) |
15 | July 14, 2021 | 3.625% (2nd) | 4.321% (2nd) |
16 | July 15, 2021 | 3.982% (2nd) | 4.571% (2nd) |
Average | 3.883% | 4.431% | |
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- My Roommate Is a Gumiho at Naver (in Korean)
- My Roommate Is a Gumiho at Daum (in Korean)
- My Roommate Is a Gumiho at IMDb
- My Roommate Is a Gumiho at HanCinema
- My Roommate Is a Gumiho at iQiyi
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