Bad Guy (TV series)
| Bad Guy | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for Bad Guy | |
| Also known as |
Bad Boy Bad Man |
| Genre | Melodrama |
| Directed by | Lee Hyung-min |
| Starring |
Kim Nam-gil Han Ga-in Kim Jae-wook Oh Yeon-soo Jung So-min |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Korea Nagoya, Japan |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company(s) |
Good Story NHK[1] |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Original run | 26 May 2010 – 5 August 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Prosecutor Princess |
| Followed by | My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 나쁜 남자 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Nappeun Namja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nappŭn Namja |
Bad Guy (Hangul: 나쁜 남자; RR: Nappeun namja) is a 2010 South Korean melodrama television series, starring Kim Nam-gil, Han Ga-in, Kim Jae-wook, Oh Yeon-soo and Jung So-min.[2][3][4][5] Directed by Lee Hyung-min,[6] it aired on SBS from May 26 to August 5, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes.
Plot
In one night, Gun-wook (Kim Nam-gil) lost everything because of the Hong family. They took him in, believing he was President Hong's illegitimate son Tae-sung, and then cast him aside into the streets when it turned out to be a mistake. Years later, Gun-wook returns for revenge, taking down the Hongs and their Haeshin corporation step by step. The real Hong Tae-sung (Kim Jae-wook) and sisters Mo-ne (Jung So-min) and Tae-ra (Oh Yeon-soo) are all chess pieces in his impeccable revenge plan, but he never planned on meeting and falling in love with the smart and equally ambitious Jae-in (Han Ga-in).[7][8][9][10]
Synopsis
Episode 1
The first episodes throws you in the middle of the story while using flashbacks to build its plot. It begins with the rooftop murder of Choi Sun-young, the ex-girlfriend of Hong Tae-sung. The murderer is left a mystery. It introduces Moon Jae-in right after the murder, as she is driving by in front of the building where the murder took place and hits a mystery man that clues indicate to be Shim Gun-wook. When Jae-in exits her vehicle to help the mystery man he is gone. Jae-in has recently gone through a break up with Gyu-hwan, a rich man, whose mother tried to pay her off to leave her son alone. Next, it introduces the sisters Hong Tae-ra and Hong Mo-ne, and Tae-ra's daughter So-dam, who are staying at a Jeju Island hotel for Mo-ne's lavish 20th birthday party. The mercenary Jae-in tries to get an invitation to the party in order to seduce Hong Tae-sung, the son and heir of the wealthy chaebol Hae Shin Group. All throughout the show Gun-wook, a stunt double in the movies, experiences flashbacks that reveal his childhood. He was taken away from the loving family that raised him and brought to the Hong family, in the belief that he was the bastard child of the Hong patriarch, who is the president of Hae Shin Group. But once they ran a DNA test and realized their mistake, he was cruelly kicked out of the Hong house, where he landed on broken glass that scarred his back. The Hong family later took in another boy, the real Hong Tae-sung.
Episode 2
The second episode begins with the introduction of Mrs. Shin and President Hong, the powerful couple behind Hae Shin Group, as they attend their daughter Mo-ne's birthday party. It also introduces the real Hong Tae-sung. During the party, Mo-ne becomes upset with her family for making all her decisions for her, since they've arranged for her to marry Uhm Sang-mu, the heir of the Chunsu Group. In rebellion, Mo-ne secretly begins to see Gun-wook behind her family's back. Meanwhile, Tae-sung is investigated by detectives for the murder of Choi Sun-young, but is set free and ruled out as a suspect after he establishes his alibi. Mistaking Gun-wook for Tae-sung, Jae-in tries to arrange for a way to meet him so she can seduce him. In Gun-wook's house are newspaper clippings, photos, and diagrams devoted to his revenge against the Hong family. The flashbacks continue, revealing that after the Hong family threw him out, Gun-wook was waiting for his parents to come pick him up. But while on their way, Gun-wook's parents got into a car crash and died.
Episode 3
The third episode begins with the Hong family forbidding Mo-ne from seeing Gun-wook, but she refuses and continues dating him. When it's revealed that Mo-ne's fiance Sang-mu was having an affair with Jeon Hye-joo, an actress who works alongside Gun-wook, the Hong family breaks off their engagement. Jae-in is finally able to met Gun-wook, whom she still mistakenly thinks is Tae-sung, and they begin dating. Gun-wook begins to ignore Mo-ne, leaving her heartbroken just as he planned. Meanwhile Tae-sung is grieving over Sun-young's death, and decides to fly to Japan.
Episode 4
The fourth episode begins with Jae-in finding out Gun-wook's real identity. She becomes angry and refuses to go on with their relationship. Mo-ne continues to have feelings for Gun-wook, so her family offers her a deal: she can marry Gun-wook if he proves himself to the family by flying to Japan and bringing Tae-sung back home to Korea. Gun-wook agrees to this deal. He flies to Japan where he continues his plan of revenge. Jae-in is also sent by Mrs. Shin to Japan to retrieve an art piece for her gallery. In Japan, Jae-in and Tae-sung both get invited to the same party taking place on a yacht, and finally meet each other. But while they're exchanging introductions, Gun-wook pretends to be drowning. Tae-sung jumps into the water to save him, and Gun-wook almost drowns Tae-sung. In another flashback, it's revealed that Gun-wook had a connection with the murdered girl Sun-young, they grew up in the same orphanage.
Cast
Main characters
- Kim Nam-gil as Shim Gun-wook[11]
- Kim Jae-wook as Hong Tae-sung[11][13][14][15]
- Oh Yeon-soo as Hong Tae-ra[12][16]
- Jung So-min as Hong Mo-ne[17][18]
Supporting characters
- Kim Hye-ok as Mrs. Shin
- Jeon Gook-hwan as President Hong
- Shim Eun-kyung as Moon Weon-in[19]
- Ji Hoo as Lee Beom-woo
- Kim Min-seo as Choi Sun-young
- Kim Jung-tae as Jang Gam-dok
- Ha Joo-hee as Jeon Hye-joo
- Park Ah-in as Da-rim
- Jung Seung-oh as Uhm Sang-mu
- Jeon Min-seo as Hong So-dam, Tae-ra's daughter
- Song Ji-eun as Gun-wook's mother
- Song Joo-yeon as Song Joo-yeon
- Kang Soo-han as young Gun-wook
- Park Joon-mok as young Tae-sung
- Moon Ga-young as young Tae-ra
- Lee Ji-eun as young Sun-young
- Chae Gun as young Beom-woo
Production
In analyzing his character Gun-wook, Kim Nam-gil described him as "an innocent but bad guy," saying, "You can't hate him because while his actions may be based on vengeance; he's actually lonely and is longing for love." About portraying the pretty, smart and ambitious Moon Jae-in, Han Ga-in said she "accepted the role in the drama because I wasn't scared to brush off my goddess image from commercials." Hong Tae-ra's mundane life is shattered when she falls for Gun-wook, and Oh Yeon-soo admitted feeling nervous about her love scene with Kim.[5]
Regarding the racy kissing scene between him and Oh, Kim commented that "Actually, I thought it would be good if it were steamy. I wanted to give this married woman with a child and a family a dangerous fantasy, or even a vicarious sense of satisfaction." He added that he prefers working with married women than single ones, saying, "The difference between shooting a melodrama with married and single actresses are they themselves seem to feel more comfortable and talk openly. It gives us a chance to become close and talk about this and that while not having to worry about getting involved in a scandal. In a way, married people are my seniors in life so I can learn a lot from them. I want to shoot more melodramas with married actresses from now on."[2]
In the middle of filming, Kim received his draft notice for mandatory military service.[20] He applied for a deferment in order to wrap up the shoot for the series, but it was not granted.[21] Kim shot as much as he could (his scenes were reduced, and a body double was also used) until July 13, then entered the army two days later on July 15, 2010.[22]
Ratings
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[23] | AGB Nielsen[24] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
| 1 | 2010 May 26 | 12.0% | 12.4% | 11.7% | 13.1% |
| 2 | 2010 May 27 | 12.8% | 12.9% | 10.7% | 11.8% |
| 3 | 2010 June 3 | 12.2% | 12.5% | 12.1% | 12.8% |
| 4 | 2010 June 9 | 14.2% | 14.3% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
| 5 | 2010 June 10 | 15.1% | 15.5% | 14.2% | 16.0% |
| 6 | 2010 June 30 | 7.2% | 8.1% | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| 7 | 2010 July 1 | 8.3% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| 8 | 2010 July 7 | 7.9% | 8.1% | 7.0% | 7.2% |
| 9 | 2010 July 8 | 8.7% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 8.7% |
| 10 | 2010 July 14 | 8.9% | 9.9% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| 11 | 2010 July 15 | 8.1% | 8.2% | 6.4% | 7.4% |
| 12 | 2010 July 21 | 8.0% | 8.3% | 6.1% | 7.1% |
| 13 | 2010 July 22 | 8.9% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 8.1% |
| 14 | 2010 July 28 | 7.8% | 8.1% | 6.4% | 7.3% |
| 15 | 2010 July 29 | 12.4% | 12.7% | 10.4% | 11.3% |
| 16 | 2010 August 4 | 8.8% | 8.8% | 7.5% | 8.5% |
| 17 | 2010 August 5 | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average | 10.0% | 10.3% | 9.8% | 10.1% | |
International broadcast
Renamed as Black and Red (赤と黒) in Japan, it first aired twice on cable channel NHK BS Premium dubbed in Japanese.[25] It was later broadcast in its original Korean audio with Japanese subtitles on the main terrestrial channel NHK starting September 4, 2011, airing two episodes a day from Monday to Thursday for a total of two weeks.[26] NHK was also one of the drama's investors.[1]
It aired in Taiwan on Gala TV beginning October 5, 2011.[27]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hong, Lucia (17 February 2010). "NHK to co-produce and air Korean drama Bad Boy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Choi, Ji-eun (31 March 2010). "Press conference for drama Bad Guy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 May 2010). "Kim Jae-wook says Kim Nam-gil "like a time bomb" - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 May 2010). "Kim Jae-wook says Kim Nam-gil "like a time bomb" - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Han, Sang-hee (25 May 2010). "Will Kim, Han create magic thru Bad Boy". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (31 March 2010). "The six actors of TV series Bad Guy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 May 2010). "PREVIEW: SBS TV series Bad Boy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Kim, Lynn (27 May 2010). "Bad Boy - One hour to taste the devilish charms". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (18 June 2010). "On the set of SBS TV series Bad Boy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Yoon, In-a (6 August 2010). "REVIEW: TV series Bad Boy - Final episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Choi, Ji-eun (16 June 2010). "INTERVIEW: Bad Boy Actors Kim Nam-gil and Kim Jae-wook". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Choi, Ji-eun (16 June 2010). "INTERVIEW: Bad Boy actresses Han Ga-in and Oh Yun-soo". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 August 2010). "INTERVIEW: Model and actor Kim Jae-wook - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 August 2010). "INTERVIEW: Model and actor Kim Jae-wook - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 August 2010). "INTERVIEW: Model and actor Kim Jae-wook - Part 3". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "Oh Yun-soo on Her Part in 'Unfriendly' Soap". The Chosun Ilbo. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (22 June 2010). "MY NAME IS: Jung So-min". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "Rookie actress Jung grips TV audience". The Korea Times. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (13 July 2010). "MY NAME IS: Sim Eun-kyung". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Ko, Jae-wan (29 June 2010). "Kim Nam-gil receives military draft notice for July 15". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ↑ Kim, Lynn (12 July 2012). "Kim Nam-gil to enter Korean military next week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Park, Jong-kyu (15 July 2010). "Kim Nam-gil bids farewell to fans upon entering military". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ "Kim Nam Gil Red and Black Interview: "Coexistence of passionate love and caring each other is nice"". K-Style via KimNamGilStory. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
- ↑ "Bad Guy, starring Kim Nam Gil, will be broadcast by the Japanese network NHK". Korea.com. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
- ↑ http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/B051520111005U/
External links
- Bad Guy official SBS website (Korean)
- Bad Guy at HanCinema
- Bad Guy at the Internet Movie Database