Goblin
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- Title: 쓸쓸하고 찬란하神-도깨비 / Sseulsseulhago Chanranhasin - Dokkaebi
- Also known as: The Lonely, Shining Goblin / Goblin: The Lonely and Great God / Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
- Genre: Fantasy, romance
- Episodes: 16 + 3 Special
- Broadcast network: tvN
- Broadcast period: 2016-Dec-02 to 2017-Jan-21
- Air time: Friday & Saturday 20:00
- Original Soundtrack: Goblin OST
Synopsis
The fantasy tale between a goblin who needs a mortal bride to ends his immortal life, an amnesiac grim reaper who stays together with the goblin to oversees the passing souls, and a human woman who suddenly appears claimed to be the goblin's bride, who actually destined to be killed.
Cast
- Main Cast
- Gong Yoo as Kim Shin (939 years old, goblin)
- Kim Go Eun as Ji Eun Tak (19, human bride)
- Han Seo Jin as child Eun Tak
- Lee Dong Wook as Wang Yeo (late 30s, grim reaper)
- Kim Min Jae as younger Wang Yeo (king of Goryeo) (ep 1, 7-13)
- Yoo In Na as Kim Sun / Sunny (mid-late 20s)
- Kim So Hyun as younger Kim Sun (queen of Goryeo, Shin's sister) (ep 1, 7-13)
- Yook Sung Jae as Yoo Duk Hwa (mid-late 20s)
- Kim Hyun Bin as teen Duk Hwa
- Jung Ji Hoon (정지훈) as child Duk Hwa
- Supporting Cast
- Lee El as Samshin Granny (goddess of birth and fate)
- Kim Sung Kyum as President Yoo Shin Woo (81, Duk Hwa's grandfather)
- Yum Hye Ran (염혜란) as Ji Yun Sook (Eun Tak's aunt)
- Jung Young Ki (정영기) as Park Kyung Shik (Eun Tak's male cousin)
- Choi Ri (최리) as Park Kyung Mi (Eun Tak's female cousin)
- Others
- Jo Woo Jin as Secretary Kim Soo Bok
- Nam Da Reum as Kim Soo Bok (boy Shin helps in Paris)
- Hwang Suk Jung as fortune teller ghost
- Park Kyung Hye (박경혜) as ghost that follows Eun Tak
- Park Se Wan as ghost with glasses
- Hong Boo Hyang (홍부향) as mother of ghost with glasses (ep. 5)
- Ko Bo Kyul (고보결) as Eun Tak's class president
- Lee Moon Soo (이문수) as Shin's loyal old man (Goryeo era)
- Yoon Kyung Ho as Shin's loyal subordinate (Goryeo era) / Kim Woo Shik (job applicant)
- Kim Byung Chul as Park Joong Won (Goryeo king's eunuch)
- Kim Nan Hee (김난희) as Eun Tak's homeroom teacher
- Kim Min Young as Park Soo Jin (Eun Tak's class bully)
- Ma Min Hee (마민희) as Eun Tak's classmate
- Yoon Hwa Kyung (윤화경) as Eun Tak's classmate
- Choi Woong as junior grim reaper
- Yoon Da Young (윤다영) as 23-year grim reaper
- Kim Ki Doo as grim reaper
- Jo Hyun Shik as 22-year grim reaper
- Kim Chang Hwan as 23-year grim reaper
- Park Jin Woo as loan shark
- Yoon Joo Man (윤주만) as loan shark
- Sung Nak Kyung (성낙경) as Na Kyung Won (man who runs over Eun Tak's mother)
- Ahn Ji Hyun as Ko Jung Hyun (Eun Tak's schoolgirl ghost friend)
- Hwang Sung Kyung (황상경) as purse snatcher on bike
- Lee Han Seo (이한서) as little girl at bookstore
- Cameos
- Park Hee Bon as Ji Yun Hee (Eun Tak's mother) (ep. 1, 7)
- Jung Hae In as Choi Tae Hee (Eun Tak's first love) (ep. 7, 8)
- Jo Yong Jin (조용진) as child Choi Tae Hee
- Joey Albright
Production Credits
- Production Company: Hwa and Dam Pictures
- Director: Lee Eung Bok
- Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Recognitions
2017 53nd Baeksang Arts Awards:
- Grand Prize (Daesang)
- Best Actor (Gong Yoo)
Episode Ratings
Trivia
- This drama was specially aired on tvN for the broadcast channel's 10th year anniversary.
- With a peak rating of 22.1% in its final episode, Goblin became the highest rated drama in tvN's history, surpassing the previous record of 21.7% held by Reply 1988.
- Filming began September, 2016. Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun began filming scenes on location in Canada on October 5, 2016.
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