Forest of Secrets

Contents: Season 1 • Season 2

Details

Title: 비밀의 숲 / Bimilui Sup
Also known as: Secret Forest / Stranger
Genre: Drama, legal, mystery, thriller

User/Viewer Ratings

4.14

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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 (이태형) 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)
Song Soo Hyun (송수현) as student

Special 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

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

This drama is currently airing.
Some information on this page may be incomplete, missing or even wrong.

Forest of Secrets 2

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

Synopsis

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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 (이현균) as Vice-Chief Prosecutor

Prosecutors' Office of Uijeongbu

Park Ji Yun (박지연) as Jung Min Ha
Lee Joon Hyuk as Seo Dong Jae

National Police Agency

Jun Hye Jin as Choi Bit
Ha Sung Kwang (하성광) 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 (나철) as Kim Kyung Suk
Kim Bum Soo (김범수) as Kim Soo Hang
Lee Ka Sup (이가섭) as Song Ki Hyun
Oh Kyung Joo (오경주) as Go Chang Yong

Hanzo Group

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

Others

Hong Seo Jun as Assistant director of prosecution
Choi Hee Seo as Seo Dong Jae's wife
Tae In Ho as Kim Byung Hyun (President of Sungmoon Ilbo)
Kang Shin Hyo as Lee Yong Ho (suspect)
Park Mi Hyun (박미현)
Kim Kwi Sun as Nam Jae Ik (assemblyman)
Moon Jong Won as Jun Seung Pyo

Special appearances

Lee Kyu Hyung as Yoon Se Won

Production Credits

Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Ace Factory (에이스팩토리)
Director: Park Hyun Suk
Screenwriter: Lee Soo Yun

Episode Ratings

See Forest of Secrets 2/Episode Ratings

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