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The Fiery Priest (열혈사제; Yeolhyeolsaje; lit. Hot Blooded Priest) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam Gil, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Ha Nui, Go Joon and Keum Sae Rok. It was the first drama to air on SBS's Fridays and Saturdays 22:00 KST timeslot, airing from February 15 to April 20, 2019.
The Fiery Priest is the highest-rated mini-drama to air in 2019 on public broadcast according to AGB Nielsen Korea. Kim Nam Gil won numerous accolades for his portrayal of a priest with anger management issues. The action-comedy drama also featured parodies from other movies and dramas, notably from Mr. Sunshine, Nameless Gangster, The Matrix, and Reply 1988.
Synopsis[]
| “ | When his fellow clergyman dies under shady circumstances, a hot-tempered priest who's unable to turn a blind eye to injustice hunts for answers. | ” |
—Official Description[1] | ||
People commit a variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimonies every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say all people are equal before religions. But it is time to discriminate against people who only use them in their own interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern-day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.[2]
Cast[]
- Kim Nam Gil as Kim Hae Il / Michael
- Moon Woo Jin as Young Kim Hae Il
- Kim Sung Kyun as Goo Dae Young
- Lee Ha Nui as Park Kyung Sun
- Go Joon as Hwang Cheol Bum
- Geum Sae Rok as Seo Seung Ah
Soundtrack[]
Episodes[]
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Episode | Aired | Title | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| Episode 01 | February 15, 2019 | "A Priest in Trouble" | 10.4% (9th) | 11.6% (7th) | 9.3% |
| Episode 02 | "Hae Il Moves to Gudam" | 13.8% (4th) | 15.6% (3rd) | 11.9% | |
| Kim Hae Il's reckless ways gets him sent to Father Lee Yeong Jun's church in Gudam. Park Kyeong Seon sucks up to her superiors. | |||||
| Episode 03 | February 16, 2019 | "Hae Il Meets Cheol Bum" | 8.6% (14th) | 9.5% (12th) | 7.4% |
| Episode 04 | "Father Lee's Death" | 11.2% (9th) | 12.6% (9th) | 9.1% | |
| While Father Lee resists pressure to sell land to Hwang Cheol Beom, Hae Il tries his best to stay out of trouble. Gu Dae Yeong gets a new partner. | |||||
| Episode 05 | February 22, 2019 | "Hae Il Investigates the Death of Father Lee" | 12.8% (5th) | 14.7% (3rd) | 11.0% |
| Episode 06 | "The Case Gets Closed" | 16.2% (2nd) | 18.5% (1st) | 13.3% | |
| Angered by the false accusations against Father Lee, Hae Il takes matters into his own hands. Kyeong Seon refuses to reinvestigate. | |||||
| Episode 07 | February 23, 2019 | "The Church Gets Desolate" | 13.0% (4th) | 14.8% (4th) | 11.1% |
| Episode 08 | "A Cooperative Investigation" | 15.7% (3rd) | 18.0% (3rd) | 13.4% | |
| Hae Il crashes Cheol Beom's award ceremony, discovers revealing documents among Father Lee's belongings and writes a letter to the pope. | |||||
| Episode 09 | March 1, 2019 | "Cooperative Investigation Begins" | 14.0% (4th) | 15.9% (3rd) | 11.9% |
| Episode 10 | "Hae Il Investigates On His Own" | 17.2% (2nd) | 19.5% (1st) | 14.3% | |
| With witnesses gone and zero help from Dae Yeong, the reinvestigation kicks off with a rocky start. Hae Il suspects Cheol Beom is interfering. | |||||
| Episode 11 | March 2, 2019 | "Hae Il And Seung Ah Find The Witnesses" | 13.1% (4th) | 15.0% (4th) | 10.4% |
| Episode 12 | "Dae Young's Old Partner" | 16.0% (3rd) | 18.2% (3rd) | 12.8% | |
| Cheol Beom's minions steal away the witnesses. Hae Il finds that Seo Seung Ah is different from Dae Yeong. The church receives more bad news. | |||||
| Episode 13 | March 8, 2019 | "Kyeong Seon Meets Dong Ja" | 15.3% (4th) | 17.1% (3rd) | 11.9% |
| Episode 14 | "The Corrupt Food Service Company" | 17.7% (2nd) | 19.7% (1st) | 14.2% | |
| Hae Il confronts Gi Yong Mun, and educates himself on the corrupt forces at work. Jeong Dong Ja eyes Kyeong Seon as a potential recruit. | |||||
| Episode 15 | March 9, 2019 | "To Tame A Fighting Dog" | 12.5% (5th) | 14.6% (4th) | 10.8% |
| Episode 16 | "Raid Wangmat Foods" | 16.1% (3rd) | 18.3% (3rd) | 13.7% | |
| Kyeong Seon is transferred, Hae Il prepares to put his big plan into action, and Cheol Beom triggers a painful memory for Dae Yeong. | |||||
| Episode 17 | March 15, 2019 | "Hae Il Reports The Bribery Case" | 15.4% (4th) | 17.4% (3rd) | 11.5% |
| Episode 18 | "Kyeong Seon Is Back" | 17.5% (2nd) | 19.5% (2nd) | 13.7% | |
| Hae Il publicly humiliates Dong Ja at a press conference. Kyeong Seon, who's desperate to return, is tasked with cleaning up the mess. | |||||
| Episode 19 | March 16, 2019 | "A New Lead Comes Up" | 14.2% (4th) | 15.7% (4th) | 12.0% |
| Episode 20 | "A Covert Infiltration" | 18.1% (3rd) | 20.3% (3rd) | 14.3% | |
| An invitation is extended to Kyeong Seon. Hae Il, Dae Yeong and Seung Ah plot to break into Cheol Beom's villa to poke around for evidence | |||||
| Episode 21 | March 22, 2019 | "Escape from the Villa" | 14.6% (3rd) | 16.5% (3rd) | 12.3% |
| Episode 22 | "Save Him" | 17.2% (2nd) | 19.0% (1st) | 14.9% | |
| After covering up the break-in as a simple theft, Hae Il and the others are alerted to an assassination that is about to take place. | |||||
| Episode 23 | March 23, 2019 | "Hae Il's Past Is Revealed" | 14.8% (4th) | 16.7% (4th) | 12.6% |
| Episode 24 | "Hae Il Saves Kyeong Seon" | 17.9% (3rd) | 19.6% (3rd) | 15.5% | |
| Kyeong Seon wants answers from Hae Il, whose past is creeping up on him. Police return to the villa. Cheol Beom tries to finish what he started. | |||||
| Episode 25 | March 29, 2019 | "Break-In to Kyeong Seon's House" | 15.3% (3rd) | 17.4% (3rd) | 11.9% |
| Episode 26 | "Kyeong Seon Cooperating with Hae Il" | 18.5% (2nd) | 20.9% (1st) | 14.6% | |
| The police's shoddy handling of Kyeong Seon's attacker upsets her, Cheol Beom turns on Gang Seok Tae, and Hae Il collects information on Rising Moon. | |||||
| Episode 27 | March 30, 2019 | "Hae Il and Kyeong Seon Devising a Scheme" | 15.6% (4th) | 17.4% (4th) | 14.0% |
| Episode 28 | "Kyeong Seon and Seung Ah Entering the Lair of Anton" | 18.2% (3rd) | 19.8% (3rd) | 16.1% | |
| The clock is ticking as the team coordinates an operation to secure evidence that Kim Geon Yong ordered the hit on Kyeong Seon. | |||||
| Episode 29 | April 5, 2019 | "Scheme to Find out the Owner of Rising Moon" | 15.5% (3rd) | 17.7% (3rd) | 13.0% |
| Episode 30 | "The Secret of Sister Kim" | 19.8% (2nd) | 22.2% (1st) | 16.9% | |
| Kyeong Seon wiggles back into Seok Tae's good graces. The team's search for accounting ledgers leads them to Kim In Kyeong's notorious past. | |||||
| Episode 31 | April 6, 2019 | "Let Me Teach You A Lesson" | 17.7% (4th) | 19.9% (4th) | 15.7% |
| Episode 32 | "Father Kim, Go to Argentina" | 19.4% (3rd) | 21.6% (2nd) | 17.3% | |
| Hae Il proposes a risky idea involving the fortune in the vault, but is soon hit with a personal crisis. Seok Tae and Cheol Beom each make their moves. | |||||
| Episode 33 | April 12, 2019 | "Scheme to Sneak in the Safe" | 16.2% (3rd) | 18.6% (3rd) | N/A |
| Episode 34 | "The Safe and People Locked in There" | 20.3% (1st) | 22.8% (1st) | ||
| Lee Jung Gwon proves himself a cruel adversary for Hae Il, who's furious his friends have been hurt. The team cooks up a scheme to grab the money. | |||||
| Episode 35 | April 13, 2019 | "Cheol Bum Suggests To Hae Il For A Cooperation" | 17.2% (4th) | 18.9% (4th) | |
| Episode 36 | "Father Han Trying To Persuade Dong Ja" | 20.0% (3rd) | 22.1% (2nd) | ||
| Hae Il makes a reluctant agreement with Cheol Beom, who says there's more to Father Lee's murder. Dong Ja spills her secrets to Han Seong Gyu. | |||||
| Episode 37 | April 19, 2019 | "Father Han Falling into a Critical Condition" | 16.7% (3rd) | 18.4% (2nd) | 14.6% |
| Episode 38 | "The Truth of Father Lee's Death" | 20.3% (1st) | 22.2% (1st) | 18.1% | |
| When Jung Gwon crosses a line, Hae Il is driven over the edge— and hell-bent on getting revenge. Cheol Beom confesses. | |||||
| Episode 39 | April 20, 2019 | "Showdown" | 18.6% (4th) | 21.1% (4th) | 15.9% |
| Episode 40 | "Unexpected Visit" | 22.0% (3rd) | 24.7% (1st) | 18.5% | |
| Hae Il is saved from his darkest hour. Dae Yeong and Kyeong Seon do the right thing. Justice comes for Cheol Beom and Seok Tae. | |||||
| Average | 16.1% | 18.1% | — [note 1] | ||
Production[]
The first script reading took place on October 26, 2018 at the SBS Ilsan Production Center in Tanhyun, South Korea.
The Fiery Priest was first scheduled to air as a Monday-Tuesday drama following My Strange Hero, but due to SBS deciding to cancel the weekend special drama time slot (Saturday nights at 21:05 KST) after Fates & Furies, it became the network's first Friday-Saturday night drama. Haechi was then chosen to follow My Strange Hero.
This series marks Lee Myoung Woo's last project for SBS, after 12 years of partnership. In October 2019, he moved to Taewon Entertainment.
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Kim Nam Gil | Nominated |
| 14th Seoul International Drama Awards | Excellent Korean Drama | The Fiery Priest | Won | |
| Best Actor | Kim Nam Gil | |||
| 12th Korea Drama Awards | Best Drama | The Fiery Priest | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Park Jae-bum | |||
| Star of the Year Award | Go Jun | Won | ||
| Popular Character Award (Male) | Ahn Chang-hwan | |||
| 32nd Grimae Awards | Best Actor | Kim Nam Gil | ||
| Best Picture (Drama) | Yoon Dae-young, Park Jong-ki | |||
| SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Kim Nam Gil | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Lee Ha Nui | Won | ||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Kim Sung Kyun | |||
| Best Supporting Team | The Fiery Priest | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Go Jun | |||
| Wayve Award | The Fiery Priest | |||
| Best New Actor | Eum Mon-suk | |||
| Best New Actress | Keum Sae Rok |
Trivia[]
- This drama was the first in its timeslot and was followed by "Nokdu Flower" on April 26, 2019.[3]
Gallery[]
Official Poster
Notes[]
- ↑ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.