Forest of Secrets

For dramas of the same name, see Stranger (disambiguation).

Contents:  Season 1 • Season 2

Details

• Title: 비밀의 숲 / Bimilui Sup
• Also known as: Secret Forest / Stranger
• Genre: Drama, legal, mystery, thriller
• Related TV shows: Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard (tvN/TVING, 2024)

User/Viewer Ratings

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Season 1

Forest of Secrets

• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2017-Jun-10 to 2017-Jul-30
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
• Original Soundtrack: Forest of Secrets OST

Synopsis

Though he is rational, a childhood brain surgery leaves prosecutor Hwang Shi Mok (Cho Seung Woo) to lack emotion. Cold and lonely, he's one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. When he meets Police Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin (Bae Doo Na) at a murder crime scene, they join forces to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.

Cast

Correlation Chart

Main Cast

• Cho Seung Woo as Hwang Shi Mok (35)
  • Gil Jung Woo as 10-year-old Shi Mok
  • Song Eui Joon (송의준) as 15-year-old Shi Mok
• Bae Doo Na as Han Yeo Jin (30)

Seoul Eastern District Public Prosecutors' Office

• Yoo Jae Myung as Lee Chang Joon (mid 40s)
• Lee Joon Hyuk as Seo Dong Jae (early 40s)
• Shin Hye Sun as Young Eun Soo (mid 20s)
• Lee Kyu Hyung as Yoon Se Won (30s)
• Park Sung Geun as Kang Won Chul (40s)
• Lee Tae Hyung as Kim Ho Sub
• Kim So Ra as Choi Young
• Kim Ji Hoon as Lee Moon Woo
• Jun Seo Yeon (전수연) as Jo Hye Sun
• Han Chang Hyun (한창현) as Prosecution Division 2 Chief
• Park Sung Kyun (박성균) as Prosecution Division Chief

Yongsan Police Station

• Choi Byung Mo as Kim Woo Kyun (mid 40s)
• Park Jin Woo as Kim Soo Chan (mid 40s)
• Choi Jae Woong as Jang Gun (late 30s)
• Jun Bae Soo as Police Detective Team Leader
• Song Ji Ho as Park Soon Chang
• Yoon Jong In (윤종인) as Police Detective

Others

• Lee Kyung Young as Lee Yoon Bum
• Yoon Se Ah as Lee Yun Jae
• Lee Ho Jae as Young Il Jae
• Seo Dong Won as Kim Jung Bon
  • Kim Jin Sung as 15-year-old Jung Bon
• Nam Ki Ae as Young Eun Soo's mother
• Ye Soo Jung as Park Moo Sung's mother
• Jang Sung Bum as Park Kyung Wan
• Park Yoo Na as Kwon Min Ah / Kim Ga Young
• Jung Dong Geun (정동근) as Woo Byung Joon
• Bae Hyo Won (배효원) as Secretary Yang
• Kim Kyung Ryong as Hwang Shi Mok's step father
• Chun Min Hee (천민희) as Pub owner
• Kwak In Joon as Current Issue MC
• Jun Yeo Jin as Kang Jin Sub's wife
• Lee Eun Ho (이은호) as Nurse
• Lee Dong Yong (이동용) as Taxi driver
• Seo Kwang Jae as Judge
• Jung Hyun Suk as Journalist
• Son Dong Hwa (손동화) as Doctor
• Song Soo Hyun as Han Yi Ji (junior high school student)
• Lee Han Na (이한나) as Junior high school student
• Yoon Ji On (윤지온) as Cafe part-timer
• Byun Joo Hyun (변주현) as Matsuyama
• Jung Dong Kyu as Minister of National Defense
• Lee Yoon Sang (이윤상) as Chairman Cho
• Park Ki Ryung (박기륭) as Bae Sang Wook
• Kang Min Tae (강민태) as drunk taxi passenger
• Kim Na Kyung (김나경) (voice)
• Kim Keum Soon as the sabor owner (ep 3)

Special guest appearances

• Uhm Hyo Sup as Park Moo Sung
• Park Soon Chun as Hwang Shi Mok's mother
• Yoon Kyung Ho as Kang Jin Sub
• Lee Jae Yong as Kim Nam Jin
• Sun Woo Jae Duk as Ahn Seung Ho
• Lee Jae Won as Kim Tae Kyun
• Tae In Ho as Kim Byung Hyun
• Yoon Ji On as cafe part-timer (ep 3)

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, IOK Media, Signal Entertainment Group
• Director: Ahn Gil Ho
• Screenwriter: Lee Soo Yun

Recognitions

• 2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards:
  • Daesang (Grand Prize)
  • Best Actor (Cho Seung Woo)
  • Best Screenplay (Lee Soo Yun)
• 2017 The Seoul Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize) (Drama)

Episode Ratings

See Forest of Secrets/Episode Ratings

Notes

• This is a pre-produced drama.
• Filming began January 2017 and finished May 2017.
• The first tvN drama series to air on Saturdays and Sundays.
• It was featured on New York Times list of 10 Best TV Shows of 2017.

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Season 2

Forest of Secrets 2

• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2020-Aug-15 to 2020-Oct-04
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
• Original Soundtrack: Forest of Secrets 2 OST

Synopsis

The prosecutor's office and the police are on opposite sides of the debate in regards to how investigations should be handled. Prosecutor Woo Tae Ha (Choi Moo Sung), along with the other prosecutors want discretionary power over investigations. Conversely, Choi Bit (Jun Hye Jin) and the rest of the police prefer jurisdiction of the investigations separate from the prosecutor's office.

As this predicament continues on, Prosecutor Hwang Shi Mok (Cho Seung Woo) and Detective Han Yeo Jin (Bae Doo Na) hunt after the facts behind a hidden case.

Cast

Correlation chart

Main Cast

• Cho Seung Woo as Hwang Shi Mok
• Bae Doo Na as Han Yeo Jin

Supreme Prosecutors' Office

• Kim Young Jae as Kim Sa Hyun
• Choi Moo Sung as Woo Tae Ha

Prosecutors' Office of Seoul Eastern District

• Park Sung Geun as Kang Won Chul
• Lee Hyun Kyoon as Vice-Chief Prosecutor

Prosecutors' Office of Uijeongbu

• Park Ji Yun as Jung Min Ha
• Lee Joon Hyuk as Seo Dong Jae

National Police Agency

• Jun Hye Jin as Choi Bit
• Ha Sung Kwang as Kim Myung Han (Director of Information Bureau)
• Lee Hae Young as Shin Jae Yong

Seoul Yongsan Police Station

• Jun Bae Soo as Choi Yoon Soo (team leader)
• Yoon Tae In (윤태인) as Seo Sang Won
• Choi Jae Woong as Jang Gun
• Song Ji Ho as Park Soon Chang

Uijeongbu Police Station

• Jung Seung Gil as Park Joong Ki
• Park Sung Il (박성일) as Lee Dae Sung
• Bae Je Ki as Goo Joon Sung
• Kwon Hyuk Bum as Oh Byung Gun
• Na Chul as Kim Kyung Suk
• Kim Bum Soo as Kim Soo Hang
• Lee Ga Sub as Song Ki Hyun
• Oh Kyung Joo (오경주) as Go Chang Yong

Hanzo Group

• Yoon Se Ah as Lee Yun Jae
• Jung Sung Il as Park Sang Moo
• ?? as Lee Sung Jae (president)
• Kim Hak Sun as Oh Joo Sun (lawyer)

Others

• Choi Hee Seo as Lee Yoo Ahn (Seo Dong Jae's wife)
• Tae In Ho as Kim Byung Hyun (president of Sungmoon Ilbo)
• Kim Dong Hwi as Kim Hoo Jung (survivor of the Tongyeong drowning accident)
• Yoo Sung Joo as Hoo Jung's father (attorney)
• Jang Ryool as Yoo Jung Oh (detective)
• Jin So Yun as Noh Joo Eun

Cameos

• Lee Tae Hyung as Kim Ho Sub (ep 16)
• Kim Won Hae as Police Director Noh (ep 16)

Extended Cast

• Kim Dae Gook as reporter
• Lee Kyu Hyung as Yoon Se Won (ep 5, 16)
• Kang Shin Hyo as Lee Yong Ho (suspect, ep 1-2)
• Yoo In Soo as Seung Jun (victim of Tongyeong drowning accident, ep 1, 14)
• Seo Jin Won as Park Gwang Soo (ep 2, 9-10, 13-14)
• Kim Hyun Mok as Dongducheon police officer (ep 3)
• Park Jung Pyo as Prison Guard Jung (ep 5)
• Kim Kwi Sun as Nam Jae Ik (assemblyman, ep 5-6)
• Park Jung Eon as Jun Ji Won (lawyer, ep 6)
• Shin Hee Gook as Gyeonggi Nambu police officer (ep 6)
• Moon Jong Won as Jun Seung Pyo (ep 7, 10-11)
• Park Mi Hyun as Gwang Soo's wife (ep 9-10, 12-14)
• Ryu Sung Rok as Jun Ki Hyuk (ep 10-12)
• Hong Seo Jun as Shin Dong Un (deputy prosecutor general, ep 15-16)
• Son Ji Yoon as Assisting Officer Bae Jae Yun

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Ace Factory (에이스팩토리)
• Director: Park Hyun Suk
• Screenwriter: Lee Soo Yun
• Continuity: Kang Sook
• Storyboard: Kang Sook

Episode Ratings

See Forest of Secrets 2/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

• 2020 5th Asia Artist Awards: Best Acting Award (Lee Joon Hyuk)

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External Links

• Official site - Season 1
• Official site - Season 2
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia - Season 1
• Korean Wikipedia - Season 2