Rugal
Promotional poster
Hangul
루갈
Literal meaningDry Tears
Revised RomanizationRugal
Genre
Based onRugal
by Rel.mae
Developed byOCN
Studio Dragon
Written byDo Hyun
Directed by
  • Kang Cheol-woo
  • Lee Jung-soo
Starring
Music byPark Se-joon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerSong Jin-sun
ProducerNoh Ji-yeon
Running time60–76 minutes
Production companyLIAN Entertainment
Original release
NetworkOCN
ReleaseMarch 28 (2020-03-28) –
May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)

Rugal (Korean: 루갈; RR: Rugal) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Jin-hyuk, Park Sung-woong, Jo Dong-hyuk, Jung Hye-in, Kim Min-sang, Han Ji-wan and Park Sun-ho. Based on the webtoon of the same name by Rel.mae, it aired on OCN in South Korea and on Netflix worldwide from March 28 to May 17, 2020.[1][2]

Synopsis

Rugal tells the story of Kang Gi-beom (Choi Jin-hyuk), an elite police officer attempting to bring down one of South Korea's largest criminal organizations, Argos. In retaliation for his efforts, Kang's wife is killed by hitmen sent by Argos, and Kang is blinded and framed for the murder. Kang is later recruited by the NIS to join a special task force known as "Rugal", whose members are equipped with biotechnology, giving them superhuman abilities. After receiving two artificial eyeballs to regain and enhance his sight, Kang sets off to clear his name and bring those responsible for his wife's death to justice.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Production

The first script reading took place in October 2019 at Donga Digital Media Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[citation needed]

Ratings

Rugal : 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
12345678910111213141516
1760943791810500679679676442601N/A682N/A522N/A516N/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[11]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[12]
Nationwide Seoul
1 March 28, 2020 2.612% 2.781%
2 March 29, 2020 3.884% 4.075%
3 April 4, 2020 2.874% 3.206%
4 April 5, 2020 3.119% 3.879%
5 April 11, 2020 2.002% —
6 April 12, 2020 2.804% 3.437%
7 April 18, 2020 1.464% —
8 April 19, 2020 2.574% 2.921%
9 April 25, 2020 1.579% —
10 April 26, 2020 2.066% 2.318%
11 May 2, 2020 1.429% —
12 May 3, 2020 2.676% 3.407%
13 May 9, 2020 1.255% —
14 May 10, 2020 1.892% 2.072%
15 May 16, 2020 1.113% —
16 May 17, 2020 2.305% 2.472%
Average 2.228% —[a]
  • 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.
  • This drama aired 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.

References

  1. ^ Choi, Ji-won (March 23, 2020). "OCN's 'Rugal' dabbles in biotech action". The Korea Herald. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Opie, David (April 15, 2020). "Netflix's Rugal is South Korea's answer to Daredevil". Digital Spy. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Lee, Gun-hee (October 10, 2019). "Choi Jin-hyuk Confirms Role in OCN's "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Hyun, Hye-sun (October 17, 2019). "Park Sung-woong Becomes a Villain for OCN's "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  5. ^ Jung, Hee-yeon (October 21, 2019). "Jo Dong-hyuk Confirms Appearance in OCN's "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Noh, Gyu-min (October 22, 2019). "Scene Stealer Kim Min-sang Joins OCN's "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Kim, Joo-won (October 31, 2019). "Kim Da-hyun Signs On for OCN's "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Ahn, Ha-na (November 12, 2019). "Han Gi-yoon-I to Star in "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  9. ^ Lee, Ji-hyun (March 11, 2020). "Lee Seo-el to Join "Born Again"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  10. ^ Park, Yoon-jin (April 1, 2020). "Dong Hyun-bae Joins Choi Jin-hyuk and Jo Dong-hyuk in "Rugal"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2020.

External links

OCN original series
Works by Studio Dragon
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