Sell Your Haunted House

Sell Your Haunted House (Korean: 대박부동산) is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Park Jin-seok for KBS.^[2] Starring Jang Na-ra, Jung Yong-hwa, Kang Hong-seok, and Ahn Gil-kang, the series follows an exorcist real estate agent. She performs exorcism on real estates where ghosts appear, and joins hands with a con-artist to unearth a secret.^[3] It premiered on KBS2 on April 14, 2021 and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:30 (KST).^[4]

Sell Your Haunted House
Hangul	대박부동산
Hanja	大박不動產
Lit.	Daebak Real Estate
RR	Daebakbudongsan
MR	Taebakpudongsan
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Supernatural
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Ha Soo-jin Jung Yeon-seo Lee Young-hwa
Directed by	Park Jin-seok
Starring	Jang Na-ra Jung Yong-hwa Kang Hong-seok Ahn Gil-kang
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Ki Min-soo (KBS) Noh Sang-hoon
Producers	Jeong Hae-ryong Kim Jin-cheon
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Monster Union May Queen Pictures[1]
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	April 14 (2021-04-14) – June 9, 2021 (2021-06-09)

Synopsis

Hong Ji-ah (Jang Na-ra) is a real estate broker and an exorcist. She owns Daebak Real Estate which offers the service to clean out buildings in which ghosts frequent and people have died in. She inherited the ability to exorcise from her deceased mother.

Oh In-beom (Jung Yong-hwa) is a con-artist who uses ghosts to earn money. He has a tragic past where his uncle died with no exact explanation why.

Hong Ji-ah and Oh In-beom team up to solve the secret behind her mother and his uncle's deaths 20 years ago.

Cast

Main

• Jang Na-ra as Hong Ji-ah, an exorcist and owner of Daebak Real Estate^[5]

Her mother died 20 year ago during an exorcism. She wants to send her mother's spirit but cannot find the right psychic to possess her since she was an exorcist too.

• Jung Yong-hwa as Oh In-beom, a fraud who makes money using ghosts,^[6] but turns out be a psychic when he gets involved during an exorcism performed by Hong Ji-ah. He partners with Hong Ji-ah for money but later learns the secret about his childhood. His uncle was the last client of Hong Ji-ah's mother.

Supporting

• Ahn Gil-kang as Do Hak-seong, Chairman of Dohak Construction^[7]

A gangster in suit. He gets what he wants no matter what. Responsible for Oh In-beom's uncle's death.

• Kang Hong-seok as Chief Heo

Oh In-beom's friend and partner in crime. A hacker and con artist.

• Kang Mal-geum as Deputy director Joo^[8]

Manager of Daebak Real Estate. She has a mysterious past.

• Heo Dong-won as Kim Tae-jin

Boss of a nightclub, a former gangster.

• Baek Eun-hye as Hong Mi-jin, Hong Ji-ah's mother^[9]

An exorcist, she died during her last exorcism.

• Baek Hyun-joo as Chang Hwa-mo^[10]

She runs 'Changhwa Restaurant' across Daebak Real Estate. She is waiting for her son's return to her restaurant after he left her years ago.

• Choi Woo-sung as Hyung-sik^[11]

Physical student and a spirit medium who exorcize evil spirits.

• Im Ji-kyu as Kim Byeong-ho, a ghost artist of painter Jo Hyun-seo^[12]
• Kim Mi-kyung as Yeom sajang (special appearance)^[13]

Owner of Blue Salt who supplies exorcism equipment to Daebak Real Estate and close to Hong Ji-ah and her family.

• Baek Ji-won as Lee Eun-hye, the director of Britium Art.
• Kim Dae-gon as Oh Seong-sik, kind uncle to Oh In-beom.^[14]
• Kim Sung-bum as police officer Kang Han-seok.
• Lee Chae-kyung as assistant Choi^[15]

Special appearances

• Seo Sang-won as Yang Woo-jin's father (ep. 1)
• Park Han-sol as young Joo Hwa-jung
• Kwon Dong-ho as Hwang Jae-woo [Green Villas] (ep. 5)

Production

On September 21, 2020, it was reported that Jang Na-ra and Jung Yong-hwa have received proposal to pair in an occult drama and they are considering it positively.^[5] In November 2020, the drama production company Monster Union confirmed the drama Daebak Real Estate for first half of 2021.^[16]

On February 12, 2021, it was reported that Jang Na-ra and Jung Yong-hwa were preparing for the drama.^[17] Kang Hong-seok and Baek Eun-hye had previously worked together in the tvN's Wednesday and Thursday drama What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018). Ahn Gil-kang and Baek Ji-won had previously worked together in the KBS2 weekend drama Once Again (2020).^[7]

Original soundtrack

Sell Your Haunted House
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	2021
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	5th Corps Music, Studio K, Dreamus

Part 1

Released on April 14, 2021 (2021-04-14)^[18]

No.	Title	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Got Ya" (Chorus: Jeon Seung-woo)	Park Seong-jin, Jeon Seung-woo, Choi Min-chang	Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE)	3:04
2.	"I Got Ya" (Inst.)	Park Seong-jin, Jeon Seung-woo, Choi Min-chang		3:04

Part 2

Released on April 25, 2021 (2021-04-25)^[19]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Don't Ask"	Dr. Kim	Dr. Kim	Shin Min-jung	3:13
2.	"Don't Ask" (Inst.)				3:13

Part 3

Released on April 28, 2021 (2021-04-28)^[20]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Don't Cry"	Dr. Kim	Dr. Kim	Joonghyuk Jang of Deokcheol Jang	3:52
2.	"Don't Cry" (Inst.)				3:52

Part 4

Released on May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12)^[21]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Daydream" (백일몽)	Sinsadong Horengi, Kim Jae-mi	Sinsadong Horengi, Kim Jae-mi	Jang Na-ra	3:09
2.	"Daydream" (Inst.)				3:09

Part 5

Released on May 15, 2021 (2021-05-15)^[22]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Only One" (단 하나의 (니아))	Woo Young-soo, Kinjium	Woo Young-soo, Kinjium	NIA	3:24
2.	"Only One" (Inst.)				3:24

Part 6

Released on May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)^[23]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Someday" (언젠가 (정이한))	Seongjae, BOK	Seongjae, BOK	Lee Han-jeong	3:22
2.	"Someday" (Inst.)				3:22

Part 7

Released on May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)^[24]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"In a Dream" (꿈속에서)	Shim Gyu-tae	Shim Gyu-tae	Damu	4:21
2.	"In a Dream" (Inst.)				4:21

Part 8

Released on May 29, 2021 (2021-05-29)^[25]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Home"	WANT, ToX	WANT, ToX, Kim Seong-hyeok	Want	2:17
2.	"Home" (Inst.)				2:17

Part 9

Released on June 2, 2021 (2021-06-02)^[26]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"If I Could" (에이민)	Seong-jin Park	Do-yeon Kim	Amin	3:41
2.	"If I Could" (Inst.)				3:41

Part 10

Released on June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05)^[27]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Again" (또르르)	Noody, alohaman	Noody, Tomyorang, Jo Seong-hwan	Joo Yi-hyun	4:39
2.	"Torre" (Inst.)				4:39

Viewership

Sell Your Haunted House : 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	958	1075	1140	1056	1211	1149	1209	1120	1150	1128	1293	1230	1043	1040	1046	1023	1117

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea^[28]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Part	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[28][29]		TNmS[30]
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	1	April 14, 2021	4.1%	N/A	4.5%
	2		5.3%	4.9%	5.6%
2	1	April 15, 2021	3.7%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.6%	5.2%	4.6%
3	1	April 21, 2021	3.7%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.9%	5.7%	4.9%
4	1	April 22, 2021	3.7%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.3%	4.7%	5.2%
5	1	April 28, 2021	5.0%	4.9%	4.5%
	2		6.3%	5.9%	5.7%
6	1	April 29, 2021	3.9%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.9%	5.8%	5.1%
7	1	May 5, 2021	4.2%	N/A	N/A
	2		6.1%	5.4%	4.3%
8	1	May 6, 2021	4.0%	N/A	4.4%
	2		5.9%	5.4%	5.4%
9	1	May 12, 2021	4.0%	N/A	4.3%
	2		5.8%	4.9%	6.3%
10	1	May 13, 2021	4.5%	N/A
	2		5.9%	5.4%	5.2%
11	1	May 19, 2021	4.4%	N/A	4.8%
	2		6.5%	6.0%	6.1%
12	1	May 20, 2021	5.1%	N/A	4.9%
	2		6.9%	6.2%	6.5%
13	1	May 26, 2021	3.9%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.9%	5.3%	5.3%
14	1	June 2, 2021[a]	4.0%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.9%	5.1%	5.7%
15	1	June 3, 2021	4.6%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.8%	5.4%	4.8%
16	1	June 9, 2021	4.3%	N/A	N/A
	2		5.5%	5.0%	5.7%
Average			5.1%	—[b]	—[b]
Special[c]	1	June 10, 2021	N/A	N/A	N/A
	2
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2021	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Jung Yong-hwa	Nominated	[33]
		Top Excellence Award, Actress	Jang Na-ra	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Jung Yong-hwa	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Jang Na-ra	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Ahn Gil-kang	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Kang Mal-geum	Nominated

Notes

1. On May 27, the 2021 Volleyball Nations League' (VNL) game between Korea and Japan was aired live^[31]
2. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
3. A special program of behind-the-scenes cut of the series will be aired on June 10, 2021.^[32]