Children of Nobody
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Children of Nobody[2][3] (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) is a South Korean television series produced by Mega Monster[4] for MBC, starring Kim Sun-a, Lee Yi-kyung, Nam Gyu-ri and Cha Hak-yeon. It aired on MBC TV every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 KST for 32 episodes, from November 21, 2018 to January 16, 2019.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]Cha Woo Kyung is a child counselor who works at a children's center. Her life seems perfect since she is married to a great husband and is pregnant. However, her perfect life doesn't last long, when an accident changes her life. She then meets Kang Ji Hun, violent crimes unit detective, who is hurt for hiding his troubling past but is strict toward criminals and believes they should be punished to the full extent.
Cast
[edit | edit source]Main
[edit | edit source]- A child psychologist who winds up in a strange car accident. She stumbles upon a mysterious child and embarks on a quest for the truth, using poetry as clues.
- Lee Yi-kyung as Kang Ji-hyun[5]
- A police detective who has a good sense of judgement and a natural instinct for crime-solving, he believes in sticking to the basics and that all sins must be judged in the court of law.
- Nam Gyu-ri as Jeon Soo-young[5]
- A new recruit in Ji-heon's department. She is deemed a mysterious woman due to her emotions and actions.
- Cha Hak-yeon as Lee Eun-ho[6]
- An introverted individual who works at the childcare center where Woo-kyung works. He loves children and becomes much brighter, happier and energetic around them.
Supporting
[edit | edit source]People related to Cha Woo-kyung
[edit | edit source]- Kim Young-jae as Kim Min-suk[7]
- Woo-kyung's husband
- Na Young-hee as Heo Jin-ok
- Woo-kyung's mother
- Oh Hye-won as Cha Se-kyung[8]
- Woo-kyung's sister
- Joo Ye-rim as Kim Eun-seo
- Woo-kyung and Min-suk's daughter
Hanul Children's Center people
[edit | edit source]- Kim Pub-raeLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. as Song Ho-min
- Joo Suk-taeLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. as Yoon Tae-joo[9]
- TBA as Song Jae-hak
Police officers
[edit | edit source]- Park Soo-young as Chief Hong Gi-tae
- Yeon Jae-hyungLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. as Kwon Chan-wook[10]
Others
[edit | edit source]- Ha Eun-soo as Lee Yeon-joo[11]
- Ji-heon's ex-girlfriend, who later became Min-suk's mistress.
- Kim Kang-hoon as Han Si-wan
- One of the children sheltered at Haneul Center, who has a traumatic past.
- Yoo Eun-mi as Lee Bit Na.
- Kang Mal-geum as Si-wan's mother[12]
- Kim Ji-eun as Min-joo
- Moon Ye-won as Choi Mi-sun
Special appearances
[edit | edit source]- Ha Joo-hee as Park Ji-hye[13]
- An ex-convict who killed her own child. Due to the incident she received hate upon completing her jail sentence. She was later found dead, burned inside a car.
Production
[edit | edit source]- Children of Nobody is written by Do Hyun-jungLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. (Que Sera, Sera, The Village: Achiara's Secret) and directed by Choi Jung-kyu (Splendid Politics). A few days before the premiere, MBC announced that Kang Hee-joo (Hide and Seek) will co-direct the series.
- The series is produced for MBC by Mega Monster, a company jointly owned by Kakao M (formerly LOEN Entertainment), KakaoPage, and Studio Dragon.[14][15]
- Script reading for the series was held in October 2018 at the MBC broadcasting center in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
- The series used some parts of the poem Leper by Seo Jeong-ju.[16]Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
Original soundtrack
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Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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Part 6
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Ratings
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| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | ||
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| TNmS | AGB Nielsen[17] | ||||
| Nationwide | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | November 21, 2018 | When the Moon Rose Over the Barley Field (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
5.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.3% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 2 | 6.2% (20th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 3 | November 22, 2018 | The Little Girl in a Green Dress (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.6% (19th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 4 | 5.7% (19th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.5% (17th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.9% (18th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 5 | November 28, 2018 | Death and Poetry (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.1% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 3.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | — |
| 6 | 5.0% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| 7 | November 29, 2018 | Secret of the Mummified Lady (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 3.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.0% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 8 | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 9 | December 5, 2018 | Witness (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.1% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 10 | 5.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.5% (20th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 11 | December 6, 2018 | Reason for Murder (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
— | 5.0% (20th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 12 | 6.0% (16th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 6.0% (15th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| 13 | December 12, 2018 | Red Cries (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 14 | 5.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| 15 | December 13, 2018 | Same Idea (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.3% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 16 | 4.0% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.1% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 17 | December 20, 2018[c] | Find the Hidden Face (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.1% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 3.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 18 | 3.5% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.4% (19th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 19 | December 26, 2018 | A Secret That Cannot Be Told (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.0% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.4% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 20 | 3.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.3% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 21 | December 27, 2018 | Good Person's Face (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 22 | 3.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.8% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.7% (18th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 23 | January 2, 2019 | Criminal (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 24 | 3.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.1% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 25 | January 3, 2019 | Do Not Remember (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
— | 4.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.3% (20th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
| 26 | 5.4% (20th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 6.2% (17th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| 27 | January 9, 2019 | Unfinished (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 28 | 3.9% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 4.7% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.0% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | ||
| 29 | January 10, 2019 | My Little Sister (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 30 | 5.2% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 5.6% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| 31 | January 16, 2019 | Red Moon Blue Sun[d] (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
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| 32 | 5.3% (NR)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 6.2% (17th)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | |||
| Average | —[e] | 4.8% | —[e] | ||
| Special | December 19, 2018[c] | Children of Nobody: Playback from the Start (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.9% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
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Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Kim Sun-a | Nominated | [18] |
| Drama of the Year | Children of Nobody | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Kim Sun-a | Won | |||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Lee Yi-kyung | Nominated | |||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Nam Gyu-ri | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Cast in Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Kim Yeo-jin | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | 55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | Children of Nobody | Nominated | [19] |
| Best Screenplay | Do Hyun-jung | Nominated |
International broadcast
[edit | edit source]- In Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, the series airs on Oh!K TV within 24 hours after the Korean broadcast since November 22, 2018.[20]
- In Canada, the series airs on All TV.[21]
- In Myanmar, the series is broadcast by 5PLUS.[22]
- In Japan, the series was aired on DATV,[23] and later on by LaLa TV.[24]
- The series is available for streaming via:
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
- ^ Joint venture of kakao M and Studio Dragon.
- ^ a b No new episodes were aired on December 19. A special was aired instead.
- ^ In Viu, the episode's title is Children of Nobody.
- ^ a b Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
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External links
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- Children of Nobody at HanCinemaLua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
- Children of Nobody | Korea | Drama | Watch with English Subtitles & More ✔️ Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
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- MBC TV television dramas
- 2018 South Korean television series debuts
- 2019 South Korean television series endings
- Korean-language television shows
- South Korean mystery television series
- South Korean thriller television series
- Child abuse in television
- Television shows written by Do Hyun-jung
- Television series by Mega Monster