Soul (South Korean TV series)

*Soul*
Soul
	Promotional poster for Soul
Also known as	Hon; Possessed;
Genre	Horror; Crime; Romance;
Written by	In Eun-ah; Go Eun-nim; Park Young-sook;
Directed by	Kim Sang-ho; Kang Dae-sun;
Starring	Lee Seo-jin; Lim Ju-eun;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	10
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	August 5 –; September 3, 2009

Soul (Korean: 혼; Hanja: 魂; RR: Hon; lit. "spirit", "ghost"; also known as Possessed) is a 2009 South Korean crime horror television drama series, starring Lim Ju-eun and Lee Seo-jin. It is about a high school girl possessed by spirits and the criminal profiler who exploits her powers in his quest for justice, played by Im and Lee respectively.^[1]^[2] It aired on MBC from August 5 to September 3, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 10 episodes.

Plot

Cheerful high school girl Ha-na (Lim Ju-eun) is always the first to come out and protect her introverted twin sister Doo-na (Park Ji-yeon), who has a slight limp. After Doo-na passes away in a fire, Ha-na finds that her body no longer completely belongs to herself. Doo-na's angry spirit now lives in Ha-na, giving her special powers and monstrous strength. Genius criminal psychologist Shin Ryu (Lee Seo-jin) is an expert profiler who is determined to see justice served. When he learns about Ha-na's abilities, he uses her powers to eliminate criminals that are above the law, and to plan his revenge on the man (Kim Kap-soo) who helped his family's killer go free.^[3]

Cast

Lee Seo-jin as Shin Ryu
Lim Ju-eun as Yoon Hana
- Ahn Seo-hyun as young Hana
Park Ji-yeon as Yoon Doo-na
- Kim Ji-won as young Doo-na
Park Geon-il as Jung Shi-woo
Lee Jin as Lee Hye-won
Jeon Boram as Shin So-yi
Kim Sung-ryung as Ha-na and Doo-na's mother
Kim Kap-soo as Baek Do-shik
Yoo Yeon-seok as Baek Joong-chan
Lee Kyu-han as Seo Joon-hee
Chu Hun-yub as Kim Yoon-oh
- Nam Da-reum as young Yoon-oh
Jung Da-sol as Kan Ho-sa
Kwak Min-suk
Kim Kwang-kyu as Bae Seong-bin
Choi Soo-eun
Kwon Hyun-sang
Noh Seung-jin
Jo Han-chul
Lee Soon-sung
Tae Hwang
Choi Bum-ho

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	MBC Drama Award	Best New Actress	Lim Ju-eun	Won
	MBC Drama Award	Viewer's Favorite Drama of the Year	Soul	Nominated
	DramaBeans Awards	Favourite Thriller	Soul	Nominated	^[4]
		Breakout Performance of The year	Lim Ju-eun	Nominated
		Most Underrated Drama	Soul	Nominated

International broadcast

Premiere	Network	Region
September 3, 2009^[5]	KNTV	Japan
28 February 2010	TVB	Hong Kong
June 5, 2011	HD Jade	Hong Kong
January 18, 2014^[6]	Channel 3	Thailand

References

^ Lee Hyo-won, Han Sang-hee (August 4, 2009). "Let Horror Take Control of Summer Heat". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
^ Oh, Jean (August 5, 2009). "New horror special to chill summer nights". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
^ "Possessed". MBC Global Media. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "How was 2009 for you? » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps". Dramabeans. December 6, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ "Ｋｎｔｖドラマ紅の魂～私の中のあなた～". Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ สิงร่างวิญญาณหลอน. Channel 3 (in Thai).

External links

[1] Lee Hyo-won, Han Sang-hee (August 4, 2009). "Let Horror Take Control of Summer Heat". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

[2] Oh, Jean (August 5, 2009). "New horror special to chill summer nights". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

[3] "Possessed". MBC Global Media. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

[4] "How was 2009 for you? » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps". Dramabeans. December 6, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2022.

[5] "Ｋｎｔｖドラマ紅の魂～私の中のあなた～". Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[6] สิงร่างวิญญาณหลอน. Channel 3 (in Thai).

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