Kokdu: Season of Deity

Kokdu: Season of Deity (Korean: 꼭두의 계절; RR: Kkokduui Gyejeol)[lower-alpha 2] is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-hyun, Im Soo-hyang, Kim Da-som, Ahn Woo-yeon, Kim In-kwon, and Cha Chung-hwa. It aired from January 27 to March 24, 2023, on MBC TV's Fridays and Saturdays at 21:50 (KST) time slot.[5] It is also available for streaming on Wavve in South Korea, and on IQIYI, Viki and Viu in selected regions.[6][7][8][9]

Kokdu: Season of Deity
Promotional poster
Hangul
꼭두의 계절
Hanja
꼭두의 季節
Literal meaningSeason of Kkokdu[lower-alpha 1]
Revised RomanizationKkokduui Gyejeol
McCune–ReischauerKkoktuŭi Kyejŏl
Genre
Developed byKim Ho-jun (planning)[2]
Written by
  • Kang Yi-heon[3]
  • Heo Jun-woo[3]
Directed by
  • Baek Soo-chan[3]
  • Kim Ji-hoon[3]
Starring
Music byPark Se-joon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Producers
  • Jeong Chan-hee[2]
  • Bae Seon-hae[2]
  • Yoo Cheol-yong[2]
  • Jung Gu-young[2]
Running time70 minutes[4]
Production companies
Release
Original networkMBC TV
Original releaseJanuary 27 (2023-01-27) –
March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)

Synopsis

The series is about a grim reaper named Kokdu (Kim Jung-hyun) who visits the mortal world every 99 years to punish humans. He meets Dr. Han Gye-jeol (Im Soo-hyang), a doctor with mysterious abilities, and starts working as a visiting doctor.[3]

Cast

Main
  1. Kokdu: an underworld god who has been cursed to lead the deceased in the afterlife after angering the Creator, and has to enter a human body that looks just like him to carry out the murders of immoral people.[1][10][11]
  2. Do Jin-woo: a successful surgeon and Gye-jeol's fellow hospital worker who is possessed by Kokdu.[12]
  3. Oh-hyeon: Seol-hee's lover who was cursed by the Creator to become Kokdu.[13]
  1. Han Gye-jeol: an ER doctor who graduated from the lowest-ranking medical school in the country.[10][12]
  2. Seol-hee: Gye-jeol's past life who is a princess whom loved by Oh-hyeon for a long time.[14]
A talented woman who never missed the first rank from the time she entered Korea University of Medicine until graduation.[15][16]
Gye-jeol's younger brother who is a detective.[17][18]
A demigod whose purpose of existence is to assist Kokdu.[19][20] In human world, he is posing as a chaebol.
The god of rumor with the highest level of nunchi.[19][21] In human world, she is posing as a YouTube influencer, and later a nurse.

Pilseong Bio
  • Choi Kwang-il as Kim Pil-soo
Chairman of Pilseong Hospital.[19]
  • Kim Young-woong as Jung-sik
Pil-soo's shadow who is a murderer with fourteen convictions.[22]

People in Yeongpo City
  • Lee Jung-joon as Jung Yi-deun
Gye-jeol's ex-boyfriend.[23]
Owner of Yongwang-nim Samgyeopsal.[19]
  • Oh Young-sil as Oh Kyung-seung
Hong-geun's wife.[19]
  • Lee Young-ran as Moon Myung-ja
CEO of Yeongpo Jongga Co.[19]
Myung-ja's husband who is the president of Yeongpo Small Business Association.[19]
  • Kim Byeong-chun as Bae Jeong-guk
Manager of Fire Fist Gym.[19]
  • Min Jun-ho as Detective Kim
A homicide detective.[19]

Pilseong Hospital
  • Son So-mang as Sa Guk-hwa
Jeong-won's friend who is a nurse at Pilseong Hospital.[24]

Extended
  • Jung Ah-mi as Jang Mi-soon
Jin-woo's biological mother who is a professor of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at Pilseong Hospital.[25]
A doctor at Pilseong Hospital.[26]
  • Park Shin-woo as Jo Bong-pil
A pharmacist who does not hesitate to commit illegal and evil acts.[27]
  • Jung Wook as Park Chung-seong[28]

Special appearances

Production

Filming of the series had started by September 2022.[10]

Hangout with Yoo cast members Yoo Jae-suk, Jeong Jun-ha and Lee Mi-joo made cameo appearances on Kokdu: Season of Deity as part of the variety show's "HWY HR" segment. The filming of their scene with lead actress Im Soo-hyang was conducted in Ganghwa County, and was broadcast on the show on October 22, 2022.[32][34]

On October 31, 2022, the production team announced that filming for the series was halted due to the death of actor Lee Ji-han who died on October 29 during the Seoul Halloween crowd crush tragedy, and would resume at a later date after reorganization. It was reported that Lee took the role of Jung Yi-deun, the ex-boyfriend of Im Soo-hyang's character.[35][36] On November 7, an official from MBC confirmed that filming would resume on that day, and the production team decided to find a replacement for the late actor after much deliberation.[37][38] It was later announced that Lee Jung-joon would join the cast, taking over Lee Ji-han's role.[23]

Release

The series was initially scheduled to premiere at the end of 2022, but was pushed back to January 2023.[1][17]

Viewership
Kokdu: Season of Deity : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode number
12345678910111213141516
1858N/A560N/AN/AN/A523N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[39]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[39]
Nationwide Seoul
1 January 27, 2023 4.8% (14th) 4.8% (14th)
2 January 28, 2023 2.2% (33rd) N/A
3 February 3, 2023 3.1% (20th) 3.2% (19th)
4 February 4, 2023 2.4% (34th) N/A
5 February 10, 2023 2.8% (24th)
6 February 11, 2023 1.9% (36th)
7 February 17, 2023 2.7% (23rd)
8 February 18, 2023 1.4% (47th)
9 February 24, 2023 2.0% (29th)
10 February 25, 2023 1.7% (43rd)
11 March 3, 2023 1.6% (36th)
12 March 4, 2023 2.0% (31st)
13 March 11, 2023[lower-alpha 3] 1.4% (43rd)
14 March 17, 2023 1.4% (37th)
15 March 18, 2023 1.3% (43rd)
16 March 24, 2023 1.6% (37th)
Average 2.1% —[lower-alpha 4]
  • 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 was not known.

Notes
  1. Kkokdu is Korea's traditional wooden puppet, usually used to decorate a funeral bier.[10]
  2. The Korean title is a play on the names of lead characters Kokdu and Han Gye-jeol, which can also be literally translated to Kokdu's Gye-jeol.
  3. The episode was canceled on March 10, 2023 due to the broadcast of the 2023 World Baseball Classic Korea vs. Japan match, and episode 13 aired on the 11th instead.[40]
  4. Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.

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