Hey Ghost, Let's Fight

Hey Ghost, Let's Fight

Promotional poster
Also known as Let's Fight, Ghost
Bring It On, Ghost
Genre Horror
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
Action
Based on Let's Fight, Ghost
by Im In-seu
Written by Lee Dae-il
Directed by Park Joon-hwa
Myung Hyun-woo
Starring Ok Taec-yeon
Kim So-hyun
Kwon Yul
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Choi Kyung-sook
Producer(s) Yoon Hyun-gi
Lee Se-hee
Cinematography Park Jae-hong
Editor(s) Oh Dong-hee
Kim Jin-seon
Production company(s) Group8
Distributor Studio Dragon
Release
Original network tvN
Picture format 1080i
Original release July 11 (2016-07-11) – August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)
External links
Website

Hey Ghost, Let's Fight (Hangul: 싸우자 귀신아; RR: Ssauja Gwisin-a) is a South Korean television series starring Ok Taec-yeon, Kim So-hyun and Kwon Yul.[1] It is a Korean drama remake of the webtoon of the same title which was serialized on Naver from 2007 to 2010.[2][3][4] It replaced Another Oh Hae-young and aired on cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes from July 11 to August 30, 2016.

Plot

Park Bong-pal (Ok Taec-yeon) has grown up with ability to see ghosts and uses this ability to work as an exorcist, banishing ghosts, but only weak ones, in order to make enough money to take away his ability to see ghosts. Called to a haunted school he encounters Kim Hyun-ji (Kim So-hyun) a feisty middle high-school student who, because of a traffic accident, became a wandering spirit the day before her college entrance exams. The two accidentally kiss and Hyun-ji discovers that Bong-pal holds the secret as to why she is a spirit. In order to be freed from endlessly wandering the earth as a ghost and to ascend to the next life, Hyun-ji convinces Bong-pal to allow her to live with him and the two become ghost fighting partners.

With Hyun-ji as his partner, Bong-pal finds that he can fight even stronger ghosts, but also learns that not all ghosts are malevolent, that with the understanding of a ghost's story he can sometimes more simply help them pass into the next world. Working and living together Bong-pal, a long time loner because of his spirit sight, finds himself falling in love with Hyun-ji, and she also likes him. However, both are unaware that even as they hunt ghosts, they, in turn, are stalked by an evil spirit that was the cause of Hyun-ji's accident, and also the reason of why Bong-pal can see ghosts .

Cast

Main cast

The male protagonist of the series. Bong-pal is a 23-year-old 2nd year Economics student and the adopted son of an exorcist. He can see and interact with ghosts, who he beats up into leaving their haunts. Due to his ability he grew up avoiding people and was always a loner before he met and fell in love with Hyun-ji.

The female protagonist of the series. A middle high-school student who, since a car accident when she was aged 19, has roamed the earth for five years as a wandering spirit. With no memory of her past she is unable to move on. Discovering that Bong-pal may hold the secret of her past, she moves in with him and becomes his ghost fighting partner. She can see how ghosts were killed, allowing her to help Bong-pal in dispelling them. Living and fighting, together and against each other, she falls in love with Bong-pal. It is revealed that Hyun-ji is not dead but has been in a coma for five years, when she wakes from her coma she forgets her time spent with Bong-pal and her love for him. However, she falls in love with him for a second time.

The main antagonist of the series. At 31 the youngest professor of veterinary medicine at Bong-pal's university, he has however had the enjoying of murdering people since very young. He has been possessed on his will by an extremely powerful evil spirit for so long that it is almost impossible to discern the difference between the two. It was later revealed that he was a serial murderer that took many innocent lives with his powers (thus causing the rapidly increasing of the spiritual unrest around the town) for years, including Hyun-ji's friends, and almost killed Hyun-ji for attempting revealing is murdering motives. Before possessing Hye-sung the spirit had tried to possess the young Bong-pal, and the fragment of the spirit that remains in Bong-pal is the reason he can see ghosts. Fearing a ritual weapon that could destroy himself, and the spirit that possesses him, have stalked Bong-pal for years and were responsible for the death of his mother and father, and for running over Hyun-ji. He was eventually arrested by the police after his inner body's evil spirit was removed and in attempt to escape from Korea, and sent to prison for his entire life for his responsibilities of all his criminal offences.

Supporting cast

People around Bong-pal

A 55-year-old Buddhist monk, he has been Bong-pal's spiritual protector since childhood, and was responsible for casting out the spirit that had tried to possess him.

Bong-pal's father, in possession of a ritual weapon that can destroy the spirit, he has been running from the evil spirit since encountering it again at Bong-pal's high school graduation. Believing that his father has abandoned him, Bong-pal is estranged from his father, unaware that he has been trying to protect him by leading the spirit away from him.

Bong-pal's mother, a powerful medium she refused to allow an evil spirit to possess her son. In vengeance the spirit manifested itself as a black mist and pushed her into the path of a car that killed her. Part of Bong-pal's trauma is his seeing her at her funeral and her ascension.

People around Hye-sung

A 53-year-old man, he is Hye-sung's stepfather.

A 53-year-old woman, she is Hye-sung's stepmother.

A 29-year-old man, he is Hye-sung's friend.

Ghosts

The ghost of 32-year-old woman, one of the Hye-sung's victim in real life. Hyun-ji's friend, the two being ghosts together, her spirit form was destroyed by Hye-sung.

Myungsung University

A 26-year-old 3rd year Physical Education student and the president of the university ghost hunting club "Ghost Net."

A 25-year-old 3rd year Computer and Information Science student and the vice-president of "Ghost Net."

A 25-year-old, she is a 4th year Economics student on whom Bong-pal has a crush

Extended cast

  • Nam Kyung-min as nurse Jung

A 27-year-old woman

  • Yeon Ji-hae as nurse Kim

A 24-year-old woman

  • Yoon Seo-hyun as detective Yang

A 46-year-old man, he is a sergeant of Mapo Police Station criminal case, who is highly suspicious on Hye-sung for his connections of multiple murder cases.

  • Jung Ji-soon as detective Kim

A 41-year-old man, he is the chief of Mapo Police Station criminal case

  • Choi Min-geum
  • Oh Ha-nui
  • Seo Yoon-ah as Noh Hyun-joo
  • Yoon Joo
  • Kim Choo-wol
  • Lee Jeong-hyuk
  • Kwon Ban-seok
  • Hyun Jeong-cheol
  • Yoon Sung-won
  • Yeom Ji-hye
  • Son Seung-hee
  • Kim Hyo-myung as union club president
  • Seo Kwang-jae as monk Myung-cheol's acupuncturist friend
  • Seo Jeong-ha
  • Lee Ye-rim
  • Son Young-soon as dead child's grandmother
  • Park Gyu-young
  • Oh Eun-byul
  • Kwon Ji-hwan
  • Kim Sang-woo
  • Lee Jin-mok
  • Lee Min-sung
  • Kwon Soon-joon
  • Kang Min-ah as Kim Eun-sung
  • Joo Boo-jin as guest house's grandmother
  • Kim Do-yoon
  • Park Geon-rak
  • Choi Yoon-joon
  • Kim Joon-won as detective
  • Choi Soo-im as Hyun-min's younger brother
  • Son Seon-geun
  • Yook Mi-ra
  • Park Geon
  • Park Gwi-soon as monk
  • Park Hyung-joon as doctor
  • Yoon Hee-won as Hyun-ji's father
  • Park Jae-hong
  • Ha Min
  • Yoo An
  • Ahn Soo-bin
  • Lee Han-joo
  • Han Ji-woon
  • Im Jae-geun
  • Ri Min
  • Jung Jong-hyun
  • Kim Mi-hye
  • Kim Hye-rim
  • Jo Seon-mook
  • Go Jin-young
  • Lee Jae-soo
  • Shin Dong-hoon
  • Ahn Sung-geon
  • Kang Ji-woo
  • Lee Ho
  • Kim Ji-eun
  • Choi Hyo-eun
  • Kim So-yi
  • Park Sung-gyun
  • Kim Joo-young
  • Park Dae-won
  • Lee Dong-hee
  • Jo Ah-jin
  • Cha Min-hyuk
  • Lee Jae-won
  • Ahn Ye-eun
  • Kim Soo-jeong
  • Yang Ha-young

Cameo appearances

Production

In March 2016, tvn announced that they would be adapting and producing a drama version of Hey Ghost, Let's Fight a popular 2007-2010 manhwa by Im In-soo, under the same title. On April 27, Kim So-hyun's agency confirmed that she would join the drama,[17] with male lead Ok Taec-yeon and Kwon Yul joining on May 4.[18]

The first script reading was held on May 18, 2016 at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[19] Episode 1 was aired on July 11, 2016 on tvN channel.

Original soundtracks

OST Part 1

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "I Can Only See You (너만 보여)"  Ryu Ji-hyun & Kim Min-ji 3:03
2. "I Can Only See You (너만 보여)" (Inst.)  3:03
Total length:
 6:06

OST Part 2

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Midnight Run"  Pia 3:16
2. "Midnight Run" (Inst.)  3:16
Total length:
 6:32

OST Part 3

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Coincidence (우연한 일들)"  Kim So-hee (C.I.V.A) & Song Yoo-bin 4:03
2. "Coincidence (우연한 일들)" (Inst.)  4:03
Total length:
 8:06

OST Part 4

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Console Myself (나를 위로해)"  Rocoberry (로코베리) 3:30
2. "Console Myself (나를 위로해)" (Inst.)  3:30
Total length:
 7:00

OST Part 5

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Dream (꿈)"  Kim So-hyun 3:33
2. "Dream (꿈)" (Inst.)  3:33
Total length:
 7:06

OST Part 6

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "U & I"  Sumin (수민) 3:32
2. "U & I" (Inst.)  3:32
Total length:
 7:04

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen Ratings[20] TNmS Ratings[21]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide
1 July 11, 2016 4.055% 5.228% 3.6%
2 July 12, 2016 4.063% 4.473% 4.2%
3 July 18, 2016 3.515% 4.237% 3.4%
4 July 19, 2016 3.866% 3.937% 3.7%
5 July 25, 2016 3.493% 3.559% 3.0%
6 July 26, 2016 3.379% 4.143% 4.2%
7 August 1, 2016 2.393% 2.122% 3.6%
8 August 2, 2016 3.668% 3.555% 5.1%
9 August 8, 2016 2.848% 3.100% 3.4%
10 August 9, 2016 3.630% 4.202% 4.3%
11 August 15, 2016 3.029% 3.883% 3.6%
12 August 16, 2016 3.178% 3.800% 3.7%
13 August 22, 2016 2.135% 1.824% 2.3%
14 August 23, 2016 3.492% 3.893% 4.1%
15 August 29, 2016 3.247% 4.092% 3.3%
16 August 30, 2016 4.311% 4.755% 5.3%
Average 3.394% 3.800% 3.8%

Note: 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 & EBS).

International broadcast

References

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