Chimera (South Korean TV series)

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Chimera
Chimera South Korean TV series.jpg
Promotional poster
Hangul키마이라
GenreCrime thriller
Created byOCN (Plan Production)
Written byLee Jin-mae
Directed byKim Do-hoon
Starring
Music byKim Jun-seok
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerLee Kyung-seok (CP)
ProducerLee Jin-seok
Production companyJS Pictures[1]
DistributorOCN
Budget₩13 billion[2]
(~US$11.089 million)
Release
Original networkOCN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseOctober 30 (2021-10-30) –
December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)
External links
Website

Chimera (Korean: 키마이라; RR: Kimaira; in Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature) is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Do-hoon and written by Lee Jin-mae. Starring Park Hae-soo, Lee Hee-joon and Claudia Kim, the series tells the story of three leading characters who dig through secrets of the past 30 years to find a culprit named 'Chimera'.[3] It premiered on OCN on October 30, 2021 and airs on every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST).[4][5][6]

Synopsis[]

The title of the drama is borrowed from Greek mythology. Chimera is the name of a monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake, and breathes fire through its mouth.

An explosion took place in the past. That explosion led to a serial murder case known as the Chimera case. 35 years later, a similar explosion takes place.

Cast[]

Main[]

Supporting[]

People around Cha Jae-Hwan[]

  • Nam Gi-ae as Cha Eun-soo, 60 years old, Jae-hwan's mother
  • Kang Shin-il as Han Joo-seok, 60 years old, head of the Violent Crimes division

Joongsan West Special investigation headquarters[]

  • Woo Hyun as Bae Seung-gwan, 60 years old, Joongsan Police Chief
  • Heo Jun-seok as Go Kwang-soo, 38 years old, head of the Special Investigation Headquarters
  • Kwon Hyuk-hyun as Lee Geon-yeong, 29 years old
Representative of a powerful team of special investigations. A young detective who is best friends with Jae-hwan. He is jealous of Eugene, former FBI agent[7]
  • Yoon Ji-won as Jang Ha-na, 29 years old, an agent of the special investigation team. She is good at computers and works in an image analysis room[8]
  • Kim Ji-hoon as Jo Han-cheol, 42 years old, homicide detective
  • Jung Young-ki as Im Pil-seong, 38 years old, homicide detective

Seo-ryun group[]

  • Kim Gwi-sun as Lee Min-ki, 64 years old, Member of Parliament[9]
  • Kim Ho-jung as Lee Hwa-jeong, 58 years old, president of Seoryun Hospital
  • Lee Ki-young as Seo Hyun-tae, 64 years old, Chairman of Seo-ryun Group

Others[]

  • Cha Joo-young as Kim Hyo-kyeong, 35 years old, an elite reporter belonging to the investigative reporting team of a broadcasting company[10]
  • Lee Seung-hoon as Ham Yong-bok
A former detective who was involved in the Chimera investigation with Joo-joo and Seung-gwan, and now owns a beauty salon.[11]

Production[]

The series is produced by JS Pictures with Park Hae-soo, Soo-hyeon and Lee Hee-jun appearing as main lead.[1] The filming of the series produced at a cost of ₩13 billion, was stopped in July 2019 due to sexual harassment allegation during the production process.[2][12]

It plans to spend a budget of 13 billion won at the time of production in 2019, but due to the delay in production to late 2021, it is likely that the production budget has been reduced to much less than what was announced in 2019.

Viewership[]

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Chimera : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516
1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A319N/A395N/A433N/A427N/A524TBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea[13]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
[13][14]
Nationwide Seoul
1 October 30, 2021 0.949% N/A
2 October 31, 2021 1.352% 1.741%
3 November 6, 2021 0.868% N/A
4 November 7, 2021 1.084% N/A
5 November 13, 2021 1.002% N/A
6 November 14, 2021 1.427% 1.515%
7 November 20, 2021 0.935% N/A
8 November 21, 2021 1.571% N/A
9 November 27, 2021 1.101% N/A
10 November 28, 2021 2.108% (5th) 2.075% (2nd)
11 December 4, 2021 1.239% N/A
12 December 5, 2021 2.088% 1.915%
13 December 11, 2021 1.185% N/A
14 December 12, 2021 2.018% (4th) 1.935% (4th)
15 December 18, 2021 1.744% (N/A) (N/A)
16 December 19, 2021 2.390% (N/A) 2.423% (N/A)
Average % %
  • 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).

References[]

  1. ^ a b Shin Young-eun (September 27, 2021). "박해수X수현X이희준 `키마이라` 10월 30일 첫방송 확정 [공식]" [Park Hae-soo X Soo-hyeon X Lee Hee-jun 'Chimera' first broadcast confirmed on October 30 [Official]]. Star Today (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kim Ji-won (July 15, 2019). "제작비 130억원 대작 '키마이라', 스태프 성추행 의혹에 촬영 중단" [Filming for 'Chimaira', a blockbuster movie that cost 13 billion won to produce, halted due to sexual harassment allegations]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chimera (Korean Drama, 2021, 키마이라)". HanCinema. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "박해수X수현X이희준, 다채로운 매력 담은 2차 티저 공개 ('키마이라')" [Park Hae-soo X Soo-hyeon X Lee Hee-jun, the 2nd teaser full of colorful charms released ('Chimaira')]. Ten Asia. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Naver.
  5. ^ "OCN's newest drama Chimera to premiere on October 30". September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Lee, Jung-hyun (April 26, 2019). "박해수·이희준·수현, 드라마 '키마이라' 주연" [Hae-Soo Park, Hee-Jun Lee, and Soo-Hyeon to star in the drama 'Kimira']. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  7. ^ Kim Young-woong (October 13, 2021). "권혁현, '키마이라' 출연 확정…박해수 절친 이건영 役 [공식]" [Kwon Hyuk-hyun confirmed to appear in 'Chimaira'... Park Hae-soo's best friend Lee Kun-young [Official]]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Park Pan-seok (October 6, 2021). "윤지원, '키마이라' 특별 수사팀 막내 요원 장하나 변신 [공식]" [Yoon Ji-won, transforming into Jang Ha-na, the youngest agent of the special investigation team for 'Chimaira' [Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Park Soo-in (October 21, 2021). "김귀선 '키마이라' 출연, 야당 실세 현직 국회위원 된다" [Kim Gwi-sun to appear in 'Chimaira' and become an incumbent incumbent member of the opposition party]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "[공식] 차주영, 130억 규모 '키마이라' 주연 합류..엘리트 기자로 활약 예정" [[Official] Joo-Young Cha joins the lead role in 'Chimera' worth 13 billion... Planned to work as an elite reporter] (in Korean). Seoul Economy. April 12, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Son Jin-ah (October 15, 2021). "이승훈, '키마이라' 출연 확정…열일 행보 시동 ON" [Lee Seung-hoon confirmed to appear in 'Chimaira'... Start working hard] (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Naver.
  12. ^ Jin Hyang-hee (July 15, 2019). "130억 대작 드라마 '키마이라', 스태프 성추행 의혹에 촬영 중단" [Filming for 'Chimaira', a 13 billion-dollar blockbuster drama, halted due to allegations of sexual harassment]. 스타투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Cable Daily -TOP 10 LIST FOR TV PROGRAMS (Nielsen Korea)". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "키마이라: 시청률" [Chimera: ratings]. Naver. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

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