Soul (South Korean TV series)

Soul (Korean: 혼; Hanja: 魂; RR: Hon; lit. 'Spirit'; also known as Possessed) is a 2009 South Korean crime horror television drama series, starring Lim Ju-eun and Lee Seo-jin. It is about a high school girl possessed by spirits and the criminal profiler who exploits her powers in his quest for justice, played by Im and Lee respectively.^[1][2] It aired on MBC from August 5 to September 3, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 10 episodes.

Soul
Promotional poster for Soul
Also known as	Hon Possessed
Genre	Horror Crime Romance
Written by	In Eun-ah Go Eun-nim Park Young-sook
Directed by	Kim Sang-ho Kang Dae-sun
Starring	Lee Seo-jin Lim Ju-eun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	10
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	August 5 (2009-08-05) – September 3, 2009 (2009-09-03)

Plot

Cheerful high school girl Ha-na (Lim Ju-eun) is always the first to come out and protect her introverted twin sister Doo-na (Park Ji-yeon), who has a slight limp. After Doo-na passes away in a fire, Ha-na finds that her body no longer completely belongs to herself. Doo-na's angry spirit now lives in Ha-na, giving her special powers and monstrous strength. Genius criminal psychologist Shin Ryu (Lee Seo-jin) is an expert profiler who is determined to see justice served. When he learns about Ha-na's abilities, he uses her powers to eliminate criminals that are above the law, and to plan his revenge on the man (Kim Kap-soo) who helped his family's killer go free.^[3]

Cast

• Lee Seo-jin as Shin Ryu
• Lim Ju-eun as Yoon Hana
  • Ahn Seo-hyun as young Hana
• Park Ji-yeon as Yoon Doo-na
  • Kim Ji-won as young Doo-na
• Park Geon-il as Jung Shi-woo
• Lee Jin as Lee Hye-won
• Jeon Boram as Shin So-yi
• Kim Sung-ryung as Ha-na and Doo-na's mother
• Kim Kap-soo as Baek Do-shik
• Yoo Yeon-seok as Baek Joong-chan
• Lee Kyu-han as Seo Joon-hee
• Chu Hun-yub as Kim Yoon-oh
  • Nam Da-reum as young Yoon-oh
• Jung Da-sol as Kan Ho-sa
• Kwak Min-suk
• Kim Kwang-kyu as Bae Seong-bin
• Choi Soo-eun
• Kwon Hyun-sang
• Noh Seung-jin
• Jo Han-chul
• Lee Soon-sung
• Tae Hwang
• Choi Bum-ho

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	MBC Drama Award	Best New Actress	Lim Ju-eun	Won
		Viewer's Favorite Drama of the Year	Soul	Nominated
	DramaBeans Awards	Favourite Thriller		Nominated	[4]
		Breakout Performance of The year	Lim Ju-eun	Nominated
		Most Underrated Drama	Soul	Nominated

International broadcast

Premiere	Network	Region
September 3, 2009[5]	KNTV	Japan
28 February 2010	TVB	Hong Kong
June 5, 2011	HD Jade
January 18, 2014[6]	Channel 3	Thailand