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W (더블유; Deobeuryu) is a 2016 South Korean television series, starring Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo. Consisting of 16 episodes, it aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) on MBC from July 20 to September 14, 2016. W centers on the clash between "two worlds": the real world and an alternate universe inside a webtoon, from which the title of the television series was taken.
The series received praise for its unique premise and ranked first in Content Power Index in its premiere week. It achieved modest ratings of 11.63%, topping viewership ratings in its time slot for its entire run.
Synopsis[]
Is it possible live in the same place at the same time but in a completely different dimension? Oh Yeon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) is a second-year cardiothoracic resident doctor. Her father, a famous comic book creator, suddenly disappears one day and then Yeon Joo herself is kidnapped by a strange man covered in blood and taken to a different dimension. Kang Chul (Lee Jong Suk) is a former Olympic gold medalist in shooting and self-made millionaire. How will his world intertwine with Yeon Joo's other-dimension universe? Is Kang Chul the only person who can help Yeon Joo escape from a parallel universe?[1]
Cast[]
- Han Hyo Joo as Oh Yeon Joo
- Park Min Ha as Young Oh Yeon Joo
- Jeong Ji So as Young Oh Yeon Joo
- A second-year resident cardiothoracic surgeon in Myung-se Hospital. She is the daughter of the Oh Seong-moo, author and illustrator of the famous webtoon W. A fan of her own father's work, she goes to her father's studio to investigate his sudden disappearance. There, she is pulled into W's alternate universe and meets its protagonist Kang Chul with whom she eventually falls in love.
- Lee Jong Suk as Kang Chul
- The lead character of the popular comic series W. Calm, cool-minded and hardworking, Kang Chul is a multimillionaire, owner of broadcasting channel W and an Olympic gold medalist in shooting in his youth. His family was murdered by an elusive murderer, yet Kang Chul was immediately suspected to be the killer due to his shooting background. After being proven innocent, Kang Chul seeks vengeance on the murderer through his broadcasting channel. When he is stabbed on the rooftop of his penthouse by the murderer, he meets Oh Yeon-joo who saves his life and with whom he falls in love.
- Kim Eui Sung as Oh Sung Moo, an artist and Yeon Joo's father
- Once a failed webtoon artist, alcoholic and divorcé, he gains popularity from W. However, he notices that his webtoon and its characters have become a reality of their own. As a result, he perceived Kang Chul as a monster and sought to eliminate him.
- Lee Tae Hwan as Seo Do Yoon, Kang Chul's bodyguard
- Using his knowledge of the martial arts, he trained Kang Chul to fight and is always alongside him in beating bad guys.
- Jung Yoo Jin as Yoon Soo Hee, Kang Chul's secretary and high school friend
- Her romantic feelings for Kang Chul are subtly alluded to throughout the series through her obvious actions and behavior around him which led to reader's general expectations of their marriage. Originally intended to be the main female character, who would later become Kang Chul's love interest, she is replaced by Yeon Joo when Kang Chul falls in love with her.
- Park Won Sang as Prosecutor Han Chul Ho, Kang Chul's rival & a secondary antagonist of the webtoon
- He is a power-greedy prosecutor and a member of Congress who is also the presidential prospect of a new democratic party. To gain political popularity, he becomes the prosecutor in charge of Kang Chul's case when the latter was framed for his family's murder.
- Cha Kwang Soo as Son Hyun Suk, Kang Chul's boss
- The director of Project W, a program specializing in criminal investigation, and the general manager of the broadcasting channel W.
- Lee Si Eon as Park Soo Bong, Sung Moo's subordinate
- Kang Ki Young as Kang Suk Bum, Yeon Joo's co-worker
- Heo Jung Do as Park Min Soo, Yeon Joo's boss
- Lee Se Rang as Kil Soo Young, Yeon Joo's aunt
- Nam Ki Ae as Kil Soo Sun, Yeon Joo's mom
- Ryu Hye Rin as Sun Mi, Sung Moo's subordinate
- Park Sung Taek as Detective Park
- Yang Hye Ji as Yoon Hee, Sung Moo's subordinate
- Lee Chae Kyung as Nurse Jung
Soundtrack[]
Episodes[]
In this table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode | Title | Aired | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS | AGB Nielsen | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| Episode 01 | "Oh Sung Moo Has Disappeared!" | July 20, 2016 | 9.9% (10th) | 11.3% (7th) | 8.6% (17th) | 10.4% (10th) |
| Yeon Joo's professor urgently calls Yeon Joo and asks her to get a spoiler about a popular graphic novel series, W, from her father. He promises that he will give her the opportunity to perform a surgery if she does, so she visits her father. | ||||||
| Episode 02 | "Find Her, the Key to My Life" | July 21, 2016 | 10.1% (9th) | 11.5% (5th) | 9.5% (12th) | 10.7% (10th) |
| Sung Moo, who has disappeared for a while, is back. Yeon Joo tries to figure out what has happened to her last night, but Sung Moo doesn’t tell her anything. Meanwhile, Sung Moo starts drawing again to kill Kang Chul. | ||||||
| Episode 03 | "I Am Someone Who Will Do That" | July 27, 2016 | 11.6% (7th) | 13.7% (4th) | 12.9% (4th) | 15.0% (4th) |
| Soo Bong starts to believe what Yeon Joo says about getting dragged into the world of W. Yeon joo gets dragged into the graphic novel once again, and Kang Chul takes her to his place. He starts to ask questions about her. | ||||||
| Episode 04 | "What Is This World Where You Live in?" | July 28, 2016 | 13.4% (5th) | 14.7% (4th) | 12.9% (4th) | 14.3% (4th) |
| Kang Chul tells Hyun Seok that Yeon Joo is the only one who can reveal the secrets of his life. Meanwhile,Yeon Joo gets arrested because of So Hee. Kang Chul visits Yeon Joo in prison and tells her to answer his question in order to go back. | ||||||
| Episode 05 | "I've Come Here. To Your World" | August 3, 2016 | 15.1% (3rd) | 17.8% (1st) | 13.5% (3rd) | 14.3% (3rd) |
| Kang Chul heads to Myung Sei Hospital to see Yeon Joo. On his way, he sees the advertisement of the graphic novel and heads to a bookstore. Kang Chul realizes who he is and decides to make a proper ending for himself. | ||||||
| Episode 06 | "The End" | August 4, 2016 | 14.2% (5th) | 15.9% (2nd) | 12.2% (4th) | 12.2% (4th) |
| Yeon Joo hurriedly heads to Sung Moo's workroom, but Sung Moo has already been shot by Kang Chul. Kang Chul leaves his last letter to Yeon Joo, and heads to the Han River Bridge to make a proper ending for himself. | ||||||
| Episode 07 | "Chul and Yeon Joo Get Married" | August 10, 2016 | 15.2% (4th) | 17.3% (2nd) | 13.8% (4th) | 14.7% (3rd) |
| Kang Chul wakes up from sleep as if nothing has happened, and Yeon Joo gets arrested in Kang Chul's world. Yeon Joo tells Kang Chul that they should creat a new sequel on their own. Kang Chul decides to give up on catching the real culprit. | ||||||
| Episode 08 | "The Killer Is After You" | August 17, 2016 | 13.5% (5th) | 15.0% (4th) | 12.2% (5th) | 13.3% (4th) |
| Yeon Joo bleeds in Kang Chul's world, and Chul is worried that she could die. The real culprit is out in the real world and finds Yeon Joo. He tries to shoot her. To fix everything, Kang Chul asks Yeon Joo to draw something. | ||||||
| Episode 09 | "Make It a Happy Ending" | August 18, 2016 | 12.7% (4th) | 14.7% (3rd) | 11.3% (7th) | 12.5% (5th) |
| Yeon Joo gets dragged into the story again, but Kang Chul doesn't recognize her anymore. In order to make a logical happy ending, Sung Moo draws the real culprit's face, and it's the face that Kang Chul can reasonably accept as the real culprit. | ||||||
| Episode 10 | "The World Controlled by the Killer" | August 24, 2016 | 13.9% (5th) | 15.3% (3rd) | 12.3% (6th) | 13.7% (4th) |
| Yeon Joo is stuck in the world of W, and Kang Chul is bothered by the way Yeon Joo looks at him. Chul Ho gets in trouble with the appearance of the real culprit, but the culprit tells Chul Ho about what’s going to happen next. | ||||||
| Episode 11 | "What Happens Next?" | August 25, 2016 | 14.6% (6th) | 15.8% (5th) | 12.2% (6th) | 12.8% (5th) |
| Yeon Joo comes back to the real world and discovers that Sung Moo has lost his face. She finds out that the story was being drawn by the real culprit. Yeon Joo takes Sung Moo's tablet and starts drawing again to save Kang Chul. | ||||||
| Episode 12 | "Chul's Second Awakening" | August 31, 2016 | 13.3% (6th) | 15.1% (5th) | 11.1% (7th) | 12.0% (5th) |
| As soon as Kang Chul realizes once again that he is the character in a graphic novel, a gate to the real world appears. Kang Chul talks with the real culprit in Sung Moo's workshop. The real culprit says that Chul will soon cease to exist. | ||||||
| Episode 13 | "For the Last Episode of W" | September 1, 2016 | 12.9% (6th) | 15.0% (3rd) | 11.9% (5th) | 13.2% (5th) |
| A funeral service for Kang Chul is held in the world of W. Kang Chul and Yeon Joo dream of having a happy and ordinary life of a couple in the real world. However, another variable appears and the real culprit escapes and kidnaps Yeon Joo. | ||||||
| Episode 14 | "Secret of the Tablet" | September 7, 2016 | 13.1% (5th) | 15.3% (3rd) | 10.9% (5th) | 11.8% (4th) |
| Sung Moo gets his face back. He remembers the real culprit's memories and looks for Yeon Joo, but he soon finds out that Yeon Joo is dead. Meanwhile, Kang Chul falls into Han Chul Ho's trap while trying to look for the tablet. | ||||||
| Episode 15 | "Which Kind of Ending Will It Be?" | September 8, 2016 | 11.8% (6th) | 14.1% (4th) | 11.4% (6th) | 12.3% (4th) |
| Yeon Joo is back in the world of W, and she meets Kang Chul at the courthouse. Meanwhile, Han Chul Ho kidnaps Doh Yoon in order to get ahold of Kang Chul. Yeon Joo and Kang Chul try to decide on the ending of the story. | ||||||
| Episode 16 | "After W Ends" | September 14, 2016 | 10.6% (4th) | 10.9% (4th) | 9.3% (7th) | 9.8% (6th) |
| Yeon Joo and Kang Chul escape from their safe house after getting surrounded by the police. Kang Chul goes to Han Chul Ho in order to rescue Doh Yoon. However, Han Chul Ho now knows about the world of W. Will Chul be able to have a happy ending? | ||||||
| Average | 12.87% | 14.59% | 11.63% | 12.69% | ||
- Episode 8 was not aired on Thursday August 11 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Wednesday August 17, 2016.
International broadcast[]
| Country | Title | Series premiere | Network(s) / Station(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 두 개의 세계 무너진 차원의 틈 － W (Du gae-ui segye muneojin chawon-ui teum － W; lit: Two gaps in the world collapsed － W) | July 20, 2016 - September 14, 2016 | MBC (original) |
| Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Hong Kong |
W － 兩個世界 (W － Liǎng gè shìjiè; lit: W － Two worlds) | July 21, 2016 - September 15, 2016 (Thursday & Friday 20:55 - 22:00) | Oh!K |
| Taiwan | July 30, 2016 - September 24, 2016 (Saturday 19:00 - 22:00 (two episodes)) | LTV (龍華數位媒體科技) | |
| July 31, 2016 - September 25, 2016 (Sunday 20:00 - 23:00 (two episodes)) | |||
| October 19, 2016 - November 18, 2016 (Monday to Friday 22:00 - 23:00) | Star Chinese Channel | ||
| February 23, 2017 - March 27, 2017 (Monday- Friday 20:00 - 21:00) | SEC (星卫娱乐台) | ||
| June 1, 2017 - July 3, 2017 (Monday- Friday 21:00 - 22:00) | FOX (台灣頻道), FOX HD | ||
| December 26, 2016 - January 25, 2017 (Monday- Friday 21:00 - 22:00, December 26, 20:00 - 22:00) | CTS Main Channel | ||
| February 22, 2017 - March 27, 2017 (Monday - Friday 22:00 - 23:00) | 緯來戲劇台 | ||
| Hong Kong | April 3, 2017 - August 28, 2017 (Monday - Friday 20:30 - 21:30) | ViuTV | |
| Singapore | August 16, 2017 - September 12, 2017 | Channel U | |
| Philippines | W | March 12, 2018 - May 4, 2018 (Monday - Friday 22:00 - 22:45) | ABS-CBN |
| October 1, 2018 | Asianovela Channel | ||
| Thailand | W － รักข้ามมิติ (W － Rạk k̄ĥām miti; lit: W － Love-cross dimension) | November 14, 2016 | True4U |
| February 7, 2018 – April 4, 2018 (Every Wednesday and Thursday at 20.30 – 21.30.) | |||
| Finland | W – todellisuuden tuolla puolella (lit: W – On the other side of the reality) | June 24, 2018 | Yle |
Production[]
The series is helmed by director Jung Dae-yoon, who directed She Was Pretty and writer Song Jae-jung whose previous works include Nine: Nine Time Travels and Queen In-hyun's Man.
The first script reading of the drama was held in May 2016.
The drama is Han Hyo Joo's small screen comeback after six years.
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5th | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong Suk | Nominated |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Han Hyo Joo | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui Sung | |||
| Best Couple Award | Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo | Nominated | ||
| 1st Asia Artist Awards | Best Artist Award, Actor | Lee Jong Suk | ||
| Best Artist Award, Actress | Han Hyo Joo | |||
| 36th MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year | W | Won | |
| Grand Prize/ Daesang (Determined through fan vote) | Lee Jong Suk | |||
| Han Hyo Joo | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong Suk | Won | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Han Hyo Joo | |||
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Kim Eui Sung | |||
| Writer of the Year | Song Jae-jung | |||
| Best New Actor | Lee Si Eon | Nominated | ||
| Lee Tae Hwan | ||||
| Best New Actress | Jung Yoo Jin | |||
| Best Couple Award | Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo | Won | ||
| Kim Eui Sung and Lee Si Eon | Nominated | |||
| Korea Content Awards | Prome Minister Commendation | Song Jae-jung | Won | |
| 2017 | Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards | Korean Wave Program Excellence Prize | W | |
| 50th WorldFest International Film Festival | Special Jury Award | |||
| 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Jung Dae-yoon | |||
| Best Screenplay | Song Jae-jung | |||
| Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Drama | W | Won |
Trivia[]
- This drama took over the timeslot previously occupied by "Lucky Romance" and was followed by "Shopping King Louis" on September 21, 2016.[3]
- First script reading took place in early May 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.[3]
- Episode 8 was originally scheduled to air on Thursday, August 11, 2016, but instead aired on Wednesday, August 17, 2016. MBC aired the Summer Olympics on August 11, 2016, instead.[3]
Gallery[]
Official Poster
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Official Poster 2
Video Gallery[]
W - Official Trailer Lee Jong Suk & Han Hyo Joo 2016 New Korean Drama