Yoo Jae-myung as Choi Hyung-in, a veteran violent crime detective with fifteen years of experience who is living in misery after losing his wife to a horrific terrorist crime.[1][7]
Han Ye-ri as Jo Jung-hyun, Kyung-ho's sister who lives with the social stigma of being a terrorist's family. Ironically, her life was destroyed by her brother's crime but it was reconstructed through his daughter.[5][7]
Uhm Tae-goo as Jo Kyung-ho, a convicted terrorist who is sentenced to life in prison for committing a gas attack in the town's train station in 1989.[1][5]
Kim Shin-bi as Kim Hwan-gyu, a Chinese restaurant employee who lives an honest life after leaving a bad past behind.[19]
Yoo Seong-ju as Pastor Woo
Kim Soo-jin as Jung Min-sil
Production
The series was first announced to be aired on
OCN.[1] It was also included on OCN's promotional video for its 2021 line-up.[8][20] However, in July 2021, it was confirmed that it would air on
tvN instead.[5]
Viewership
Hometown : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org.
Season
Episode number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
674
693
515
386
466
372
287
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
295
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea.[21]
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/ranking is not known.
This series 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).
Note
^Joo Jin is the
pen name of director Cho Hyun-hoon, who was pointed out as one of the perpetrators of the
Me Too movement in 2018.[2]
^Park Soo-in (September 16, 2021).
"송지현 '홈타운' 한예리 어린시절 캐스팅 "외모 많이 닮아" [Song Ji-hyun's 'Hometown' Han Ye-ri cast as a child "Looks a lot alike"] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Yoo Byung-cheol (September 17, 2021).
"김새벽, tvN '홈타운' 출연…미스터리극의 깊이 더한다" [Kim Sae-byuk to appear in tvN's 'Hometown'... Add depth to the mystery play] (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Lee Jae-eun (October 13, 2021).
"배우 이해운 '홈타운'서 맹신도 '정영섭'으로 파격 변식" [Actor Lee Hae-woon's 'Hometown' transforms into 'Jung Young-seop', a blind believer] (in Korean).
Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Yoo Byung-cheol (August 26, 2021).
"'독립영화계 진주' 김예은, tvN '홈타운' 출연…친근함 속 강렬 캐릭터로 깜짝 변신" [Independent film world pearl' Kim Ye-eun to appear in tvN's 'Hometown'... Surprise transformation into a strong character in familiarity]. Naver (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
Yoo Jae-myung as Choi Hyung-in, a veteran violent crime detective with fifteen years of experience who is living in misery after losing his wife to a horrific terrorist crime.[1][7]
Han Ye-ri as Jo Jung-hyun, Kyung-ho's sister who lives with the social stigma of being a terrorist's family. Ironically, her life was destroyed by her brother's crime but it was reconstructed through his daughter.[5][7]
Uhm Tae-goo as Jo Kyung-ho, a convicted terrorist who is sentenced to life in prison for committing a gas attack in the town's train station in 1989.[1][5]
Kim Shin-bi as Kim Hwan-gyu, a Chinese restaurant employee who lives an honest life after leaving a bad past behind.[19]
Yoo Seong-ju as Pastor Woo
Kim Soo-jin as Jung Min-sil
Production
The series was first announced to be aired on
OCN.[1] It was also included on OCN's promotional video for its 2021 line-up.[8][20] However, in July 2021, it was confirmed that it would air on
tvN instead.[5]
Viewership
Hometown : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org.
Season
Episode number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
674
693
515
386
466
372
287
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
295
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea.[21]
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/ranking is not known.
This series 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).
Note
^Joo Jin is the
pen name of director Cho Hyun-hoon, who was pointed out as one of the perpetrators of the
Me Too movement in 2018.[2]
^Park Soo-in (September 16, 2021).
"송지현 '홈타운' 한예리 어린시절 캐스팅 "외모 많이 닮아" [Song Ji-hyun's 'Hometown' Han Ye-ri cast as a child "Looks a lot alike"] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Yoo Byung-cheol (September 17, 2021).
"김새벽, tvN '홈타운' 출연…미스터리극의 깊이 더한다" [Kim Sae-byuk to appear in tvN's 'Hometown'... Add depth to the mystery play] (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Lee Jae-eun (October 13, 2021).
"배우 이해운 '홈타운'서 맹신도 '정영섭'으로 파격 변식" [Actor Lee Hae-woon's 'Hometown' transforms into 'Jung Young-seop', a blind believer] (in Korean).
Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Yoo Byung-cheol (August 26, 2021).
"'독립영화계 진주' 김예은, tvN '홈타운' 출연…친근함 속 강렬 캐릭터로 깜짝 변신" [Independent film world pearl' Kim Ye-eun to appear in tvN's 'Hometown'... Surprise transformation into a strong character in familiarity]. Naver (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved August 26, 2021.