Mystic Pop-up Bar
Mystic Pop-up Bar is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young. Based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo, it is the first series to air on JTBC's Wednesday–Thursday time slot in eight years. The series aired from May 20 to June 25, 2020.
Synopsis
Mystic Pop-up Bar tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha run by an ill-tempered woman named Weol-ju, an innocent part-time employee named Han Kang-bae, and a former afterlife detective known as Chief Gwi who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their problems. Kang-bae has a unique ability that is useful to Weol-ju - with a touch, he can make people pour out all their troubles. This is very useful to Weol-ju who needs to settle the grudges of 100,000 souls.Cast
Main
- Hwang Jung-eum as Weol-ju
- *Park Si-eun as young Weol-ju
- Yook Sung-jae as Han Kang-bae
- Choi Won-young as Chief Gwi / Crown Prince Yi-Hon
- * Song Geon-hee as young Crown Prince Yi-hon
Supporting
Realm of the Dead
- Yeom Hye-ran as God of the Underworld, Yeomradaewang
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Department Chief Yeom / Lord Kim Jin
- Na In-woo as Kim Won-hyung
- Oh Young-sil as Samsin
- Yoo Jae-myung as Jade Emperor
Kapeul Mart
- Jung Da-eun as Kang Yeo-rin
- Ahn Tae-hwan as Choi Jin-dong
- Na Seung-Ho as Ma Seung-Ho
- Baek Soo-hee as Kim Da-bin
- Park Ha-na as Song Mi-ran
- Park Joo-hyung as Assistant Manager Park
Special appearances
- Park Eun-hye as Crown Prince's mother / Shin Ji-hye
- Kim Hee-jung as Wol-joo's mother
- Yang Dae-hyuk as Bad customer at Gapeul Mart
- Hwang Bo-ra as Chun-hyang
- Lee Sang-hwa as Heung-bu
- Kwak Sun-young as Eun-soo / Sun-hwa
- Seo Ji-hye as Han Kang-bae's dream girlfriend
- Baek Ji-won as Ms. Andong
- Youn-a as lady-in-waiting
- Yoo Sung-joo as Chairman Choi / Local governor
- Oh Kyung-joo as Park Byung-jae
- Oh Ha-nee as Yu-mi
- Woo Hyun as Kim Du-young
- Jung Eun-pyo as Choi Seok-pan
- Lee Joo-shil as Lee Kkeut-sun
- Jung Jung-ah as upset customer
- Oh Man-seok as Oh Sang-gun
- Lee Ji-hyun as Jin-seok
- Kim Mi-hwa as health drink vendor
- Kwon Hyeok-soo as a company executive
- Lee Seo-an as Chae Su-gyung
- Tae In-ho as Kang In-ho
- Yoon Park as The Gout Lovers actor
- Ha Shi-eun as The Gout Lovers actress
- Choi Dae-hoon as Jang Bok-su
- Hwang Hyo-eun as Mrs. Kim
- Park Young-soo as Mr. Jang
- Kim Yong-gun as Kapeul Mart Chairman
- Han So-eun as Shin Bo-ra / Ice Witch
- Shin Hyun-soo as Kim Do-young
- Moon Jeong-hee as Hyun-ok
- So Chan-whee as herself
- Ahn Chang-hwan as Mr. Han
- Lee Soo-ji as Mr. Han's co-worker
Production
The first script reading took place in August 2019 at JTBC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.The filming began in September 2019 and ended on February 28, 2020.