Forest of Secrets

Details

Title: 비밀의 숲 / Bimilui Sup
Also known as: Secret Forest / Stranger
Genre: Drama, legal, mystery, thriller
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 Western 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 (박성근) as Kang Won Chul
Lee Tae Hyung (이태형) as Kim Ho Sub
Kim So Ra (김소라) 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 (송지호) 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 (정현석) 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 Kyun (김나경) (voice)

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 Company: IOK Media, Signal Entertainment Group
Director: Ahn Gil Ho
Screenwriter: Lee Soo Yun (이수연)

Recognitions

2017 The Seoul Awards: Grand Prize/Daesang (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.
This drama was sold for Netflix as a streaming drama.

External Links

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