Awaken
Promotional poster
Hangul
낮과 밤
Literal meaningDay and Night
Revised RomanizationNatgwa Bam
Genre
Created by
Written byShin Yoo-dam
Directed byKim Jung-hyun
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerSoo Jae-hyun
Producers
  • Son Ki-won
  • Kim Nam-pyo
  • Kim Jae-hoon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time70 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseNovember 30, 2020 (2020-11-30) –
January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19)

Awaken (Korean: 낮과 밤; RR: Natgwa Bam) is a 2020–2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Kim Seol-hyun, Lee Chung-ah and Kim Chang-wan.[1][2] The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Shin Yoo-dam, revolves around two police officers as they dig up the secrets of mysterious events that occurred in a village 28 years ago.[3][4]

It aired on tvN from November 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 (KST).[5]

Synopsis

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Do Jung-woo, the leader of a special task force in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, ends up investigating a series of mysterious murders. Together with his team, which includes hot-headed Officer Gong Hye-won and Jamie, a detective on loan from the FBI, they uncover clues that these crimes are somehow related to a tragic event that happened 28 years ago in a village called "White Night".

Cast

Main

A special team leader of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency who is capable of writing a legend.
An avid police officer who does not choose any means and methods, and a special team inspector at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Adopted to the United States as a child, she is an FBI-dispatched investigator who returned to Korea as the FBI Behavior Analysis Team Leader.
A hacker from MODU with dissociative identity disorder. He has two personalities: a weak personality and a psychopath.

Supporting

People around Do Jung-woo[edit]

CEO of Soonjung LP. He is a widower who took care of Jung-woo and helped him to live under a different name.

People around Gong Hye-won[edit]

Gong Hye-won's father who is the Director of Baekya Biotech Research Institute

People around Moon Jae-woong[edit]

Broadcasting Station[edit]

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency[edit]

Deputy Chief of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
Director of Information Management in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
A detective in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Special Team who is a competent hacker.
A member of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Special Team.
A pathologist from the National Forensic Service who performs autopsies.

Baekya Foundation[edit]

Chief secretary of the current president
Former leader of White Night
A scientist working for Baekya Foundation, former Head of Research of White Night
Baekya Foundation Director and wife of Lee Byeong-seon, Director of Hangang Hospital in Seoul, mother of Lee Tae-soo

Others[edit]

Reporter Lee Ji-wook's source of information.

Special appearances

Production

In December 2019, 935 Entertainment, Namkoong Min's agency reported that he had received the offer to play Do Jeong-woo, an investigator. At the same time, Han Ye-seul's agency Partners Park informed that she had been offered to appear in the series.[17] Both confirmed their appearance in the series later on.[18] In March 2020, Lee Chung-ah joined Namkoong Min in the cast.[19] The script reading took place in April 2020.[20][21] Yoon Kyung-ho joined the cast in June 2020.[22] In August 2020, the filming of the drama was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[23][24] In October 2020, Baek Ji-won and Lee Shin-young were confirmed to appear in the series,[12][25] as the script reading was continued from where it was left in August.[26][27] The first stills from the production were released on November 3, 2020.[28]

Original soundtrack

Untitled
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released
  • 2020
  • 2021
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label

Part 1

Released on December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08)[29]
No.TitleMusicArtistLength
1."Gray Zone"
  • DR
  • ZEZE
Idiotape3:01

Part 2

Released on December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29)[30]
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Set Me Free - Day Version"Jemma3:37
2."Set Me Free - Night Version"Ha Dong Qn3:31
Total length:7:08

Part 3

Released on January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)[31]
No.TitleLyricsArtistLength
1."Reverse"Kim Ho-kyungMook7:24
2."Reverse" (Inst.) Mook7:24
Total length:14:48
Disc 2:
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Daybreak"Roh Hyoung-woo10:36
2."A place unknown"Yang Sung-woo3:04
3."That night"Roh Hyoung-woo6:12
4."Shadow"Shim Hyung-bo3:10
5."Pale"Yang Sung-woo5:14
6."Investigation"Roh Hyoung-woo6:00
7."Disappearing"Kim Ji-min2:32
8."Run away from the truth"Kim Ji-min4:25
9."For what"You Jung-ho3:35
10."Disclosure"Roh Hyoung-woo9:50
11."Crime Scene"Oh Hee-joon3:04
12."Scene of the Crime"Yang Sung-woo3:08
13."Truck chase"Shim Hyung-bo3:08
14."Fallen"Shim Hyung-bo2:38
15."Walking"You Jung-ho2:49
16."Dark Fate"Shim Hyung-bo3:08
17."The Truth"Oh Hee-joon4:02
Total length:76:35

Viewership

Awaken : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[32]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[32][33]
Nationwide Seoul
1 November 30, 2020 4.704% (1st) 5.422% (1st)
2 December 1, 2020 4.475% (1st) 4.971% (1st)
3 December 7, 2020 4.012% (1st) 4.485% (1st)
4 December 8, 2020 4.218% (1st) 4.847% (1st)
5 December 14, 2020 3.921% (1st) 4.568% (1st)
6 December 15, 2020 4.384% (1st) 5.089% (1st)
7 December 21, 2020 3.451% (1st) 3.829% (1st)
8 December 22, 2020 4.103% (1st) 4.589% (1st)
9 December 28, 2020 4.111% (1st) 4.462% (1st)
10 December 29, 2020 4.391% (1st) 5.043% (1st)
11 January 4, 2021 4.790% (1st) 5.474% (1st)
12 January 5, 2021 4.623% (1st) 5.360% (1st)
13 January 11, 2021 4.795% (1st) 5.002% (1st)
14 January 12, 2021 5.036% (1st) 5.647% (1st)
15 January 18, 2021 5.397% (1st) 6.067% (1st)
16 January 19, 2021 6.214% (1st) 6.764% (1st)
Average 4.539% (1st) 5.101% (1st)
  • 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).

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