Kill Heel

Kill Heel (Korean: 킬힐; RR: Kilhil) is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Noh Do-cheol and starring Kim Ha-neul, Lee Hye-young and Kim Sung-ryung. The series depicts the lives of three women, who have strong desire to achieve success in the home shopping industry.^[3] It premiered on tvN on March 9, 2022, and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST) for 14 episodes.^[4]

Kill Heel
Promotional poster
Hangul	킬힐
RR	Kilhil
MR	K'irhil
Genre	Drama Thriller
Created by	tvN (Production Plan)
Written by	Lee Choon-woo Sin Kwang-ho
Directed by	Noh Do-cheol
Starring	Kim Ha-neul Lee Hye-young Kim Sung-ryung
Music by	Seol Ki-tae (Music Manager)[1]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	14
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes[2]
Production companies	Ubi Culture May Queen Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	March 9 (2022-03-09) – April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)

Cast and characters

Main

• Kim Ha-neul as Woo-hyun^[5]

39 years old, a show host at UNI Home Shopping. Once a very successful show host with a lot of accordance, now her career is on decline to the level of selling toilet paper.

• Lee Hye-young as Gi Mo-ran^[6]
  • Kim Min-joo as young Gi Mo-ran^[7]

CFO, UNI Home Shopping

• Kim Sung-ryung as Bae Ok-sun^[8]
  • Min Soo-hwa as young Bae Ok-sun^[9]

52 years old, a high-class and UNI home shopping signboard show host.

Supporting

People around Woo Hyun

• Kim Jin-woo as Kim Do-il, Woo Hyun's jobless husband^[10]
• Jung Seo-yeon as Kim Ji-yoon, Woo Hyun and Do-il's only daughter^[11]

People around Bae Ok-sun

• Jeon No-min as Choi In-guk^[12]

In mid 50s, Bae Ok-sun's husband and the son of a prominent politician family. He is currently in the process of campaigning for parliamentary elections.

• Yoon Hyun-soo as Choi Jeong-hyeon^[13]

Bae Ok-sun's son.

UNI Home Shopping People

• Kim Jae-chul as Hyun-wook^[14]

In late 40s, the eldest son of UNI Group and president of UNI Home Shopping who has a polite and courteous personality.

• Jung Eui-jae as Seo Jun-beom^[15]

In mid 30s, a deputy general manager who has been in the company for 6 years.

• Moon Ji-in as Noh Seong-woo^[16]

A new PD of home shopping.

• Shim Wan-joon as Park Jong-soo^[17]

The team leader of a home shopping company.

• Shin Joo-ah as Go Eun-nara^[18]

A UNI home shopping show host

• Kim Do-yeon as Kim Soo-wan^[19]

The head of hair and makeup in the dressing room in home shopping.

• Kim Hyo-sun as Ahn An-na^[20]

UNI Home Shopping Fashion Team Product Planning, who is a popular MD and self-centered to own what she wants.

• Park So-eun as Im In-jin^[21]

The PD of home shopping.

• Yoo Jang-young as Shim Sang-chan^[22]

A shopping host with 2-3 years of experience, he is a savvy person who broadcasts almost all products in home shopping.

• Park Hee-jin as Noh Da-bi^[23]

A fashion person who once worked as a stylist, but after failing to appear on a fashion show once, she never had another chance to appear on a fashion show again. She is currently established in the food and daily necessities field.

Others

• Jeon Gook-hyang as Doil's Parent^[24]
• Han Soo-yeon as Ham Shin-ae^[25]

Hyun-wook's wife and the daughter of a famous chaebol family.

• Kim Hyun-wook as James, Gi Mo-ran's son, a young man in his twenties^[26]

Special appearance

• Jung A-mi as Wife of Hyun-wook, president of UNI Home Shopping, and mother of Shin-ae.^[27]
• Jung Won-kwan as Delivery man^[28]

Production

On November 3, 2021, it was reported that Kim Ha-neul is considering to appear in the TV series a year after 18 Again.^[29] Lee Hye-young is appearing in TV series after 3 years, her last appearance was in tvN's 2018 TV series Lawless Lawyer.^[30] Park Eun-seok was first offered the role of Seo Jun-beom, a PD in home shopping company, which later went to Jung Eui-jae.^[31]

On January 14, 2022, the script reading site was revealed by releasing photos.^[32]

Release

Kill Heel was originally scheduled to be released on February 23, 2022. However, the filming schedule changed due to the aftermath of COVID-19 confirmed at the filming site and the premiere date was postponed for two weeks to March 9, 2022.^[33] Kill Heel was originally organized as 16 episodes, ended with 14 episodes, due to internal organizational strategic reasons.^[34]

Original soundtrack

Kill Heel
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	2022
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Genie Music Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1

Released on March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)^[35]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"That Night"	Jung Bom, Seol Gi-tae, Anais	TOP SNOW	Lee Da-young	3:27
2.	"That Night" (Inst.)		TOP SNOW		3:27
Total length:					6:54

Part 2

Released on March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24)^[36]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"George"	Scarbrow Joshua James Henry, Anaisoluwatoyin Estelle Marinho, Scheller Oscar Benjamin Alexander	Scarbrow Joshua James Henry, Anais Oluwatoyinestelle Marerincar	Elaine	3:10
2.	"George" (Inst.)		Scarbrow Joshua James Henry, Anais Oluwatoyinestelle Marerincar		3:10
Total length:					6:20

Part 3

Released on March 31, 2022 (2022-03-31)^[37]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"DEVILLL"	SNNNY, Joy Yang, Choi Byulbit	SNNNY	Hajin	2:47
2.	"DEVILLL" (Inst.)				2:47

Part 4

Released on April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07)^[38]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Dun Dun Dun"	Ki-Tae Seol, Hwan-Hee Cho, Anais	TOP SNOW	Solar (Mamamoo)	3:16
2.	"Dun Dun Dun" (Inst.)				3:16

Part 5

Released on April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14)^[39]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Can we fly like a bird"	Joy Yang, SNNNY	Yejune Synn (SNNNY)	Kim So-yeon	4:14
2.	"Can we fly like a bird" (Inst.)				4:14

Part 6

Released on April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)^[40]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Losing Star"	KEHN	KEHN	Lee In	3:09
2.	"Losing Star" (Inst.)				3:09

Viewership

Kill Heel : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number														Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	1	1087	902	705	855	491	762	553	573	660	801	661	802	711	986	753

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea^[41][42]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[41]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	March 9, 2022	4.375% (1st)	4.604% (1st)
2	March 10, 2022	3.997% (2nd)	3.739% (2nd)
3	March 16, 2022	3.158% (2nd)	3.254% (2nd)
4	March 17, 2022	3.499% (2nd)	3.636% (2nd)
5	March 23, 2022	2.251% (2nd)	2.158% (3rd)
6	March 24, 2022	3.636% (2nd)	4.100% (2nd)
7	March 30, 2022	2.304% (2nd)	2.271% (2nd)
8	March 31, 2022	2.629% (2nd)	2.469% (2nd)
9	April 6, 2022	3.210% (2nd)	3.160% (2nd)
10	April 7, 2022	3.670% (2nd)	3.819% (2nd)
11	April 13, 2022	3.354% (2nd)	3.073% (2nd)
12	April 14, 2022	3.823% (2nd)	3.981% (2nd)
13	April 20, 2022	3.554% (2nd)	3.302% (2nd)
14	April 21, 2022	4.736% (2nd)	4.972% (2nd)
Average		3.442%	3.467%
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).