Get Revenge

Get Revenge (Korean: 복수해라; RR: Boksuhaera) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Kim Sa-rang and Yoon Hyun-min. The series directed by Kang Min-gu for Chosun Broadcasting Company, is a revenge story of Kang Hae-ra (played by Kim Sa-rang) against those who rule society.^[1][2]

Get Revenge
Promotional poster
Also known as	Channel O Hara Revenge Hera, the Goddess of Revenge
Hangul	복수해라
Hanja	復讐해라
RR	Boksuhaera
MR	Poksuhaera
Genre	Mystery Melodrama Revenge
Developed by	Jung Hoe-seok (TV Chosun production plan)
Written by	Kim Hyo-jin
Directed by	Kang Min-gu
Starring	Kim Sa-rang Yoon Hyun-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Kang Bo-young Lee Kyung-sik
Producers	Jung Hyung-seo Park Chae-won
Running time	70 minute
Production companies	HIGROUND Blossom Story Story Hunter Production
Original release
Network	TV Chosun Wavve
Release	November 21, 2020 (2020-11-21) – January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17)

The series was premiered on TV Chosun on November 21, 2020 and was broadcast every Saturday and Sunday at 21.00 KST till January 17, 2021.^[3] The first episode of the series logged an average viewership nationwide ratings of 3.4%, peaking to 4.1%. Whereas the second and third episodes logged nationwide viewership ratings of 3.7% with the same peak rating of 4.1%.^[4]

Synopsis

It is a mysterious social revenge drama that follows Kang Hae-ra (played by Kim Sa-rang), and her revenge against those who rule society. She is a trendy influencer reporter until a phony scandal ruins her. She vows revenge on those who hurt her.

Cast

Main

• Kim Sa-rang^[5] as Kang Hae-ra, a reporter and influencer. However, due to a false scandal she loses it all, so she aims to take revenge on those who rule society in a corrupt way.
• Yoon Hyun-min as Cha Min-joon, a lawyer who has never lost a single case. After his family is thrown into ruin, he chooses to take revenge no matter what it takes. His sister, Mi-yeon, gets caught in a sponsor scandal and goes missing, and thus he becomes a lawyer rather than a doctor (though while attending medical school he had a 100% win rate) to find his sister.

Supporting

• Yoon So-yi as Ku Eun-hye, she takes over her father's detective agency. She is devoted to her work and a results-oriented person.
• Yoo Sun as Kim Tae-ohn, the only heir to the "FB" group that does not stop at anything in order to inherit the company. She is a ruthless chaebol.
• Jung Man-sik as Kim Sang-gu, father of Kim Tae-ohn, he is a man who has no affection for his only daughter and only thinks of growing his company.
• Park Eun-hye^[6] as Cha Mi-yeon, Min-joon's older sister and former FBC announcer. An incumbent announcer, she is a person who is engulfed by a sponsor scandal, making the broadcaster bustle.
• Jung Wook as Lee Hoon-seok
• Jang Yoo-sang as Choi Do-yoon, Cha Min-joon secretary and his right arm.
• Baek Seung-hee as Song Seon-mi
• Kong Hyun-joo as a reporter
• Jung Eui-jae as Kim Hyun-sung, a news reporter
• Song Joo-hee as Secretary Yeon
• Seo Ye-hwa as Happy Credit person
• Hong Hyun-hee as Director Hong

Special appearance

• Jung Hyeon-jun as Igaon, son of Kang Hae-ra and Lee Hoon-seok who is currently studying in Canada.

Production

In July 2020, Park Eun-hye was confirmed to star in the series. ^[7] In August 2020, Song Joo-hee was cast in the series.^[8]

The first reading of the script took place on October 20, 2020. The crew underlined the theme of the series as: "It is a drama that provides strong one-shot revenge to those who use the weak regardless of means, with the title of "'Revenge" as the strongest."^[9]

Original soundtrack

Get Revenge
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	21 November 2020
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Warner Music Korea

Part 1

Released on November 21, 2020 (2020-11-21)^[10]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"No Mind" (드림캐쳐)	ALMOND, PHIL SEUNG BUL PAE	PHIL SEUNG BUL PAE	Siyeon (Dreamcatcher)	3:58
2.	"No Mind (Inst.)"		PHIL SEUNG BUL PAE		3:58
Total length:					7:56

Part 2

Released on November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29)^[11]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"At the End" (김채원 (에이프릴))	Yeonho Park	Nara Kim, Hyewon Kim	Kim Chae-won (April)	3:56
2.	"At the End (Inst.)"		Nara Kim, Hyewon Kim		3:56
Total length:					7:52

Part 3

Released on December 5, 2020 (2020-12-05)^[12]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Simple" (초코와 바닐라)	Chocolate and vanilla, NORU (Noru)	Kunyo	Chocolate and vanilla	3:04
2.	"Simple (Inst.)"		Kunyo		3:04
Total length:					6:08

Part 4

Released on December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)^[13]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Grow up" (VINCIT (빈시트))	Song Gia	Song Gia	VINCIT	3:10
2.	"Grow up (Inst.)"		Song Gia		3:10
Total length:					6:20

Part 5

Released on December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12)^[14]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Invincible" (천승찬)	Sangwon Han	Sangwon Han	Seung-chan Cheon	3:35
2.	"Invincible (Inst.)"		Sangwon Han		3:35
Total length:					7:10

Part 6

Released on December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)^[15]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I'm sorry, I'm all sorry" (윤현민)	Victory and Defeat, ALMOND	Victory and Defeat	Yoon Hyun-min	3:38
2.	"I'm sorry, I'm all sorry (Inst.)"		Victory and Defeat		3:38
Total length:					7:16

Part 7

Released on December 19, 2020 (2020-12-19)^[16]

No.	Title	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I'd rather not know"	LACONIC	Juho	4:28
2.	"I'd rather not know (Inst.)"	LACONIC		4:28
Total length:				8:56

Part 8

Released on December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20)^[17]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"In the harsh years"	Unbeatable, 1L2L, ALMOND	Victory and defeat, 1L2L	Kim Joong-yeon
2.	"In the harsh years (Inst.)"		Victory and defeat, 1L2L

Part 9

Released on December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)^[18]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"After breaking up"	Victory invincible, friendly, Mr. Grumpy, ALMOND	Victory invincible, friendly Grumpy's	The Daisy
2.	"Only after breaking up (Inst.)"		Victory invincible, friendly Grumpy's

Part 10

Released on January 2, 2021 (2021-01-02)^[19]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I didn't know that love was like this"	Undefeated, Jamie, ALMOND	Undefeated, Jamie, 1L2L	Nam Yeongju
2.	"I didn't know that love was like this (Inst.)"		Undefeated, Jamie, 1L2L

Part 11

Released on January 9, 2021 (2021-01-09)^[20]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Hug"	Victory invincible, Jamie, ALMOND	Winning Unbeaten Jamie	Park Hyun-seo
2.	"Hug (Inst.)"		Winning Unbeaten Jamie

Viewership

The first episode of the series logged an average nationwide ratings of 3.4% in viewership, peaking to 4.1%.^[21][22]

Get Revenge : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	678	733	721	710	683	547	N/A	N/A	607	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	599	N/A

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[23]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Part	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[23][24]
			Nationwide	Seoul
1	1	November 21, 2020	2.821% (10th)	2.664% (10th)
	2		3.425% (8th)	3.208% (6th)
2	1	November 22, 2020	2.456% (9th)	2.304% (8th)
	2		3.701% (5th)	3.236% (3rd)
3	1	November 28, 2020	3.025% (11th)	—
	2		3.703% (6th)	3.458% (7th)
4	1	November 29, 2020	2.401% (13th)	—
	2		3.372% (7th)	3.250% (8th)
5	1	December 5, 2020	2.433% (14th)	—
	2		3.311% (9th)	2.9% (10th)
6	1	December 6, 2020	2.074% (17th)	—
	2		2.724% (8th)	2.406% (9th)
7	1	December 12, 2020	2.101% (16th)	—
	2		2.505% (12th)
8	1	December 13, 2020	1.468% (N/A)
	2		2.023% (17th)
9	1	December 19, 2020	2.34% (14th)	2.678% (10th)
	2		2.789% (9th)	2.972% (8th)
10	1	December 26, 2020	2.36% (17th)	—
	2		3.061% (13th)
11	1	January 2, 2021	2.32% (17th)
	2		2.342% (16th)
12	1	January 3, 2021	1.9% (N/A)
	2		2.320% (17th)
13	1	January 9, 2021	1.9% (N/A)
	2		2.212% (17th)
14	1	January 10, 2021	2.2%
	2		2.192% (21st)
15	1	January 16, 2021	2.23% (17th)
	2		2.422% (14th)
16	1	January 17, 2021	2.52% (12th)
	2		2.877% (9th)	2.748% (9th)
Average			2.5%	—[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes

1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.