Artificial City | |
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Also known as | Sabotage City |
Hangul | 공작도시 |
Hanja | 孔雀都市 |
Literal meaning | Peacock City |
Revised Romanization | Gongjakdosi |
Genre | |
Created by | JTBC |
Written by | Son Se-dong |
Directed by | Jeon Chang-geun |
Starring | |
Music by | Gaemi (Music Manager) |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | JTBC |
Release | December 8, 2021 February 10, 2022 | –
Artificial City [1] ( Korean: 공작도시; Hanja: 孔雀都市) is a South Korean television series directed by Jeon Chang-geun and starring Soo Ae, Kim Mi-sook, Kim Kang-woo and Lee Hak-joo. [2] This psychological series is about a society whose characters have different desires and psychology, which pushes them to conceal their dark sides. [3] [4] It premiered on JTBC on December 8, 2021 and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 ( KST). [5]
A psychological mystery thriller that tells the story of things which lose their meaning when greed and power comes into play. A big conglomerate, Sungjin Group, which has clout over political and financial circles in South Korea, owns an art museum called “Space Jin”. Yoon Jae-hee ( Soo Ae), second daughter-in-law of the family, is in-charge of the art museum. She hates poverty so she ditched her long-time lover and married Jung Joon-hyuk ( Kim Kang-woo), an illegitimate son of Sungjin Group. She even fights her in-laws in order to make her husband the country's President, with the help of the future Public Prosecutor General. The husband poses as if he has no such ambition, but inside he waits for the day when he can have the control.
In December 2020, Studio Santa Claus Entertainment, Soo Ae's agency, announced that she was offered a role in Artificial City. This would be her first drama since the 2016 series Sweet Stranger and Me. [20] On 6 January 2021, King Entertainment announced that Kim Kang-woo was offered the leading role for the series. His last appearance was in Woman of 9.9 Billion in 2019. [21] This is the second common project for Kim Kang-woo and Soo Ae, who had previously worked together in the 2018 film High Society and attends to 2007 Busan's International Film Festival.
Principal photography was wrapped up on 29 March 2021. [22]
The first script reading photos were revealed on November 3, 2021. [23]
Untitled | |
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Soundtrack album by Various | |
Released | 2022 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | |
Label |
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Let Me Be There" | Lee Jun-hwa | Lee Jun-hwa | Elaine | 4:30 |
2. | "Let Me Be There" (Inst.) | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "The Real Life" | Kyungsoo Han, Dohyeong Lee (Lohi) | Kyungsoo Han, Dohyeong Lee (Lohi) | YELO (yellow) | 4:01 |
2. | "The Real Life" (Inst.) | 4:01 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Alone" | Kim Beom-ju, Kim Si-hyuk | Kim Beom-joo, Kim Si-hyuk | Hajin | 3:42 |
2. | "Alone" (Inst.) | 3:42 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
1 | 701 | N/A | 747 | 612 | 771 | 671 | 700 | N/A | 752 | N/A | 752 | N/A | 789 | 861 | 720 | 798 | 684 | 905 | 839 | 916 | N/A |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) [27] [28] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | December 8, 2021 | 3.576% (5th) | 4.279% (2nd) |
2 | December 9, 2021 | 2.628% (12th) | 2.920% (7th) |
3 | December 15, 2021 | 3.895% (3rd) | 4.310% (2nd) |
4 | December 16, 2021 | 3.119% (12th) | 3.977% (N/A) |
5 | December 22, 2021 | 4.072% (3rd) | 4.697% (2nd) |
6 | December 23, 2021 | 3.166% (11th) | 4.183% (4th) |
7 | December 29, 2021 | 3.561% (7th) | 3.797% (4th) |
8 | December 30, 2021 | 2.977% (15th) | 3.854% (6th) |
9 | January 5, 2022 | 3.414% (11th) | 3.843% (5th) |
10 | January 6, 2022 | 3.221% (12th) | 3.773% (9th) |
11 | January 12, 2022 | 3.929% (5th) | 4.345% (2nd) |
12 | January 13, 2022 | 3.438% (12th) | 3.732% (7th) |
13 | January 19, 2022 | 3.867% (8th) | 4.790% (2nd) |
14 | January 20, 2022 | 4.217% (3rd) | 4.582% (3rd) |
15 | January 26, 2022 | 3.784% (4th) | 4.268% (2nd) |
16 | January 27, 2022 | 3.907% (6th) | 4.280% (5th) |
17 | February 2, 2022 | 3.105% (10th) | 3.473% (5th) |
18 | February 3, 2022 | 4.526% (3rd) | 5.051% (2nd) |
19 | February 9, 2022 | 4.104% (4th) | 4.642% (1st) |
20 | February 10, 2022 | 4.695% (3rd) | 5.486% (3rd) |
Average | 3.660% | 4.214% | |
Artificial City | |
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Also known as | Sabotage City |
Hangul | 공작도시 |
Hanja | 孔雀都市 |
Literal meaning | Peacock City |
Revised Romanization | Gongjakdosi |
Genre | |
Created by | JTBC |
Written by | Son Se-dong |
Directed by | Jeon Chang-geun |
Starring | |
Music by | Gaemi (Music Manager) |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producers |
|
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production companies |
|
Original release | |
Network | JTBC |
Release | December 8, 2021 February 10, 2022 | –
Artificial City [1] ( Korean: 공작도시; Hanja: 孔雀都市) is a South Korean television series directed by Jeon Chang-geun and starring Soo Ae, Kim Mi-sook, Kim Kang-woo and Lee Hak-joo. [2] This psychological series is about a society whose characters have different desires and psychology, which pushes them to conceal their dark sides. [3] [4] It premiered on JTBC on December 8, 2021 and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 ( KST). [5]
A psychological mystery thriller that tells the story of things which lose their meaning when greed and power comes into play. A big conglomerate, Sungjin Group, which has clout over political and financial circles in South Korea, owns an art museum called “Space Jin”. Yoon Jae-hee ( Soo Ae), second daughter-in-law of the family, is in-charge of the art museum. She hates poverty so she ditched her long-time lover and married Jung Joon-hyuk ( Kim Kang-woo), an illegitimate son of Sungjin Group. She even fights her in-laws in order to make her husband the country's President, with the help of the future Public Prosecutor General. The husband poses as if he has no such ambition, but inside he waits for the day when he can have the control.
In December 2020, Studio Santa Claus Entertainment, Soo Ae's agency, announced that she was offered a role in Artificial City. This would be her first drama since the 2016 series Sweet Stranger and Me. [20] On 6 January 2021, King Entertainment announced that Kim Kang-woo was offered the leading role for the series. His last appearance was in Woman of 9.9 Billion in 2019. [21] This is the second common project for Kim Kang-woo and Soo Ae, who had previously worked together in the 2018 film High Society and attends to 2007 Busan's International Film Festival.
Principal photography was wrapped up on 29 March 2021. [22]
The first script reading photos were revealed on November 3, 2021. [23]
Untitled | |
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Soundtrack album by Various | |
Released | 2022 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | |
Label |
|
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Let Me Be There" | Lee Jun-hwa | Lee Jun-hwa | Elaine | 4:30 |
2. | "Let Me Be There" (Inst.) | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "The Real Life" | Kyungsoo Han, Dohyeong Lee (Lohi) | Kyungsoo Han, Dohyeong Lee (Lohi) | YELO (yellow) | 4:01 |
2. | "The Real Life" (Inst.) | 4:01 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Alone" | Kim Beom-ju, Kim Si-hyuk | Kim Beom-joo, Kim Si-hyuk | Hajin | 3:42 |
2. | "Alone" (Inst.) | 3:42 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
1 | 701 | N/A | 747 | 612 | 771 | 671 | 700 | N/A | 752 | N/A | 752 | N/A | 789 | 861 | 720 | 798 | 684 | 905 | 839 | 916 | N/A |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) [27] [28] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | December 8, 2021 | 3.576% (5th) | 4.279% (2nd) |
2 | December 9, 2021 | 2.628% (12th) | 2.920% (7th) |
3 | December 15, 2021 | 3.895% (3rd) | 4.310% (2nd) |
4 | December 16, 2021 | 3.119% (12th) | 3.977% (N/A) |
5 | December 22, 2021 | 4.072% (3rd) | 4.697% (2nd) |
6 | December 23, 2021 | 3.166% (11th) | 4.183% (4th) |
7 | December 29, 2021 | 3.561% (7th) | 3.797% (4th) |
8 | December 30, 2021 | 2.977% (15th) | 3.854% (6th) |
9 | January 5, 2022 | 3.414% (11th) | 3.843% (5th) |
10 | January 6, 2022 | 3.221% (12th) | 3.773% (9th) |
11 | January 12, 2022 | 3.929% (5th) | 4.345% (2nd) |
12 | January 13, 2022 | 3.438% (12th) | 3.732% (7th) |
13 | January 19, 2022 | 3.867% (8th) | 4.790% (2nd) |
14 | January 20, 2022 | 4.217% (3rd) | 4.582% (3rd) |
15 | January 26, 2022 | 3.784% (4th) | 4.268% (2nd) |
16 | January 27, 2022 | 3.907% (6th) | 4.280% (5th) |
17 | February 2, 2022 | 3.105% (10th) | 3.473% (5th) |
18 | February 3, 2022 | 4.526% (3rd) | 5.051% (2nd) |
19 | February 9, 2022 | 4.104% (4th) | 4.642% (1st) |
20 | February 10, 2022 | 4.695% (3rd) | 5.486% (3rd) |
Average | 3.660% | 4.214% | |