Hometown (South Korean TV series)

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For the 1985 American television series, see Hometown (American TV series).
Hometown
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Promotional poster
Hangul 홈타운
Genre
Written by Joo Jin[lower-alpha 1][3]
Directed by Park Hyun-seok[3]
Starring
Composer(s) Choi Seong-kwon
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 12[4]
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Geon-hong
Producer(s)
  • Kwon Byung-wook
  • Baek Chang-joo
Running time 60 minutes[4]
Production company(s)
Release
Original network tvN
Original release September 22 (2021-09-22) –
October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Hometown (Hangul: 홈타운; RR: Homtaun) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Yoo Jae-myung, Han Ye-ri and Uhm Tae-goo. It aired on tvN from September 22 to October 28, 2021.[5][6]

Synopsis

Set in 1999, Hometown is about a bizarre murder in a small town. It finds the truth of a recording tape containing mysterious serial killings.[7][8]

Cast

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Main cast (L to R: Yoo Jae-myung, Han Ye-ri, Uhm Tae-goo) promoting the series on Marie Claire Korea in September 2021

Main

  • Yoo Jae-myung as Choi Hyung-in, a veteran violent crime detective with fifteen years of experience who is living in misery after losing his wife to a horrific terrorist crime.[1][7]
  • Han Ye-ri as Jo Jung-hyun, Kyung-ho's sister who lives with the social stigma of being a terrorist's family. Ironically, her life was destroyed by her brother's crime but it was reconstructed through his daughter.[5][7]
    • Song Ji-hyun as young Jo Jung-hyun[9]
  • Uhm Tae-goo as Jo Kyung-ho, a convicted terrorist who is sentenced to life in prison for committing a gas attack in the town's train station in 1989.[1][5]

Supporting

People around Hyung-in

  • Kim Sae-byuk as Im Se-yoon, Hyung-in's wife.[10]
  • Choi Kwang-il (ko) as Im In-gwan, Hyung-in's father-in-law.
  • Song Young-chang as Yang Won-taek, Hyung-in's boss.
  • Jo Bok-rae (ko) as Lee Si-jeong, a passionate detective with four years of experience.[11][12]
  • Tae In-ho as Son Ji-seung, a prosecutor.

People around Jung-hyun

  • Lee Re as Jo Jae-young, Kyung-ho's daughter who is a middle school student. She is living with her aunt Jung-hyun, but suddenly disappears.[13]
  • Park Mi-hyeon (ko) as Kim Kyung-sook, Kyung-ho's mother and Jae-young's grandmother.[14]
  • Lee Hae-woon as Jung Young-seop, Jung-hyun's classmate and head of the editorial department of Gyeongcheon High School.[15]
  • Kim Jung as Jung Min-jae, Jung-hyun's classmate and member of the editorial department of Gyeongcheon High School.
  • Cha Rae-hyung as Kang Yong-tak, Jung-hyun's classmate and member of the editorial department of Gyeongcheon High School.
  • Kim Ye-eun as Choi Kyung-joo, Jung-hyun's best friend since high school.[16]

Gyeongcheon Girls' Middle School students

  • Heo Jung-eun as Moon Sook, Jae-young's best friend.[17]
  • Park Si-yeon as Production Director Jung
  • Park Seo-jin as DJ Han
  • Kim Ji-an as Lee Kyung-jin[18]

Others

  • Kim Shin-bi as Kim Hwan-gyu, a Chinese restaurant employee who lives an honest life after leaving a bad past behind.[19]
  • Yoo Seong-ju as Pastor Woo
  • Kim Soo-jin as Jung Min-sil

Production

The series was first announced to be aired on OCN.[1] It was also included on OCN's promotional video for its 2021 line-up.[8][20] However, in July 2021, it was confirmed that it would air on tvN instead.[5]

Viewership

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Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[21]
Nationwide Seoul
1 September 22, 2021 2.827% (2nd) 3.090% (2nd)
2 September 23, 2021 3.307% (2nd) 4.303% (2nd)
3 September 29, 2021 2.582% (2nd) 2.781% (2nd)
4 September 30, 2021 2.043% (2nd) 2.376% (2nd)
5 October 6, 2021 1.970% (3rd) 2.246% (2nd)
6 October 7, 2021 1.644% (3rd) 1.845% (2nd)
7 October 13, 2021 1.326% (N/A) 1.245% (9th)
8 October 14, 2021 1.277% (8th) 1.330% (7th)
9 October 20, 2021 1.055% (N/A) 1.142% (N/A)
10 October 21, 2021 1.074% (N/A) 1.030% (N/A)
11 October 27, 2021 1.163% (N/A) 1.242% (N/A)
12 October 28, 2021 1.520% (6th) 1.494% (7th)
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating/ranking is not known.
  • 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).

Note

  1. ↑ Joo Jin is the pen name of director Cho Hyun-hoon, who was pointed out as one of the perpetrators of the Me Too movement in 2018.[2]

References

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External links

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