Through the Darkness
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- Title: 악의 마음을 읽는 자들 / Agui Maeumeul Ingneun Jadeul
- Also known as: Those Who Read the Minds of Evil
- Genre: Drama, crime, mystery, thriller
- Episodes: 12
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 2022-Jan-14 to 2022-Mar-12
- Air time: Friday & Saturday 22:00
- Original soundtrack: Through the Darkness OST
Synopsis
A criminal profiler struggles to understand the minds of serial killers.
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Cast
- Criminal Behavior Analysis Team
- Kim Nam Gil as Song Ha Young
- Lee Chun Moo (이천무) as child Ha Young (ep 1, 11)
- Jin Sun Kyu as Kook Young Soo
- Ryeoun as Jung Woo Joo
- Mobile Investigation Unit
- Kim So Jin as Yoon Tae Koo
- Lee Dae Yeon as Baek Joon Shik
- Kim Won Hae as Heo Kil Pyo
- Jung Soon Won as Nam Il Young
- Supporting cast
- Gong Sung Ha as Choi Yoon Ji (Fact Today reporter)
- Ha Do Kwon as Shin Ki Ho (Fact Today director)
- Lee Ha Nui (이하늬) as Im Moo Shik (Daehan Daily reporter)
- Kim Hye Ok as Park Young Shin (Ha Young's mother)
- Jo Young Jin as Lee Jin Chul
- Seo Dong Gap (서동갑) as Kim Bong Shik
- Red Cap Case (ep 1-2)
- Yoon Hye Ri (윤혜리) as Choi Hwa Yun (victim)
- Oh Kyung Joo (오경주) as Bang Ki Hoon (Hwa Yun's boyfriend)
- Kim Hyun as Hwa Yun's mother (ep 1-2, 11)
- Kim Duk Joo (김덕주) as Hwa Yun's landlady
- Ko Gun Han as Yang Yong Chul
- Oh Seung Hoon as Jo Kang Moo
- Oh Hee Joon as Kang Yoo Min (police officer)
- Hwang Jung Min as Turtle supermarket owner
- Lee Shi Young as single mom
- Heo Sun Haeng (허선행) as medical examiner
- Changeui Neighborhood Case (ep 3-4)
- Noh Ha Yun (노하연) as Lee Soo Hyun (victim)
- Lee Hun Joo (이헌주) as Soo Hyun's mother
- Ki Hwan (기환) as Soo Hyun's father
- Kwon Eun Sung (권은성) as Lee Ji Wook (Soo Hyun's brother)
- Lee Jong Yoon (이종윤) as Jang Deuk Ho (convict)
- Son Young Soon as Lee Chun Young (elderly recycler)
- Woo Jung Kook as Jo Hyun Kil
- Lee Jae Eun as motel owner
- Jung Young Geum as landlord
- Choi Nam Wook as convenience store owner
- Bae Sung Il as detective
- The First Serial Killers (ep 5-10)
- Han Joon Woo as Koo Young Choon
- Kim Joong Hee (김중희) as Nam Ki Tae
- Sung No Jin (성노진) as forensic examiner
- Goo Sung Hwan (구성환) as Hwang Dae Sun (ep 5)
- Busstop pickups case (ep 11-12)
- Choi Sol Hee as Yang Ji Sook
- Na Chul as Woo Ho Sung
- Hong Eun Jung (홍은정) as Manyeon busstop woman
- Yoon Ya Gi (윤가이) as Geumchan village busstop woman
- Noh Eun Ha (노은하) as ATM woman
- ?? as An Yu Yun
- Bo Ra Na (보라나) as massage parlor owner
- Kim Bong Soo (김봉수) as Ji Sook's father
- Kim Bong Hee (김봉희) as Ji Sook's mother
- Yu Jae Hee (유재희) as Ji Sook's daughter
- Extended cast
- Park Jin Young as Doctor (ep 1 epilogue)
- Kim Yoon Seul (김윤슬) as cotton candy girl (ep 1)
- Choi Da Young (최다영) as nurse (ep 1)
- Jung Man Sik as Captain Park Dae Woong (ep 1-2, 11-12)
- Moon Dong Hyuk as Moon Tae Soo (ep 1-2, 11)
- Hong Ye Ji as bookstore employee (ep 6)
Production Credits
- Production Company: Studio S
- Director: Park Bo Ram
- Original writing: Kwon Il Yong (권일용), Ko Na Moo (고나무)
- Screenwriter: Sul Yi Na
Episode Ratings
See Through the Darkness/Episode Ratings
Notes
- Based on the 2018 novel "Those Who Read the Minds of Evil" (악의 마음을 읽는 자들) by Kwon Il Yong (권일용) and Ko Na Moo (고나무). Kwon Il Yong is South Korea's first criminal profiler.
Recognitions
- 2022 30th SBS Drama Awards
- Grand Prize (Daesang) (Kim Nam Gil)
- Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Fantasy Drama (Jin Sun Kyu)
- Best New Actor (Ryeoun)
- Best New Actress (Gong Sung Ha)
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