Awaken (TV series)

Awaken is a 2020–2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Kim Seol-hyun, Lee Chung-ah and Kim Chang-wan. The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Shin Yoo-dam, revolves around two police officers as they dig up the secrets of mysterious events that occurred in a village 28 years ago.
It aired on tvN from November 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00.

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Synopsis

Do Jung-woo is the leader of a special task force in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who investigates a series of mysterious murders together with his team - a hot-headed officer named Gong Hye-won, and Jamie, a detective on loan from the FBI. They uncover clues that these crimes are somehow related to a tragic event that happened 28 years ago in a village called "White Night".

Cast

Main

Namkoong Min as Do Jung-woo
* as young Jung-woo
Kim Seol-hyun as Gong Hye-won
Lee Chung-ah as Jamie Leighton
* as young Jamie
Yoon Sun-woo as Moon Jae-woong
* as young Jae-woong

Supporting

People around Do Jung-woo

Woo Hyun as Jung Soon-gu
Jung Dae-ro as Baek Hyun-soo

People around Gong Hye-won

Kim Chang-wan as Gong Il-do
as Gong Hye-won's mother

People around Moon Jae-woong

Jang Hyuk-jin as Jang Yong-shik, CEO of MODU

Broadcasting Station

Yoon Kyung-ho as Lee Ji-wook
as Noh PD

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

Kim Won-hae as Hwang Byeong-cheol
Baek Ji-won as Lee Taek-jo
Choi Dae-chul as Yoon Seok-pil
Lee Shin-young as Jang Ji-wan
Kang Rae-yeon as Min Yoo-ra

Baekya Foundation

Kim Tae-woo as Oh Jung-hwan
as Kim Min-jae
Choi Jin-ho as Son Min-ho
Ahn Si-ha as Jo Hyun-hee
Lee Kan-hee

Others

as Sun Geul-nyeo
as Son Min-ho's private lawyer

Special appearances

Heo Jae-ho as truck driver
Nam Woo-hyun as Oh Kyung-min
Kwak Hee-joo as Kim Young-joon
Kim Nam-jin as Go Ji-young's mother
Lee Joon-sang as Baek Seung-jae
Shin Jae-hwi as Lee Tae-soo; nightclub guy
Joo Suk-tae as Choi Yong-suk
Yang Dong-geun as prisoner
Ha Min as Choi Yong-suk's wife
Jaejae as Restaurant staff

Production

In December 2019, 935 Entertainment, Namkoong Min's agency, reported that he had received an offer to play Do Jeong-woo, an investigator. At the same time, Han Ye-seul's agency, Partners Park, informed that she had been offered to appear in the series. Both confirmed their appearance in the series later on. In March 2020, Lee Chung-ah joined Namkoong Min in the cast. The script reading took place in April 2020. Yoon Kyung-ho joined the cast in June 2020. In August 2020, the filming of the drama was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2020, Baek Ji-won and Lee Shin-young were confirmed to appear in the series, as the script reading was continued from where it was left in August. The first stills from the production were released on November 3, 2020.