2020 South Korean television series
Man in a Veil Promotional poster
Hangul 비밀의 남자
Hanja 秘密의 男子
Lit. Secret Man RR Bimirui namja MR Pimirŭi namja
Genre Created by KBS Drama Production Written by Lee Jung-dae Directed by Shin Chang-seok Starring Music by Choi Chul-ho Opening theme "Secret Man" by Choi Chul-ho and Lee So-ri Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes105[ a] Executive producers Moon Joon-ha Producers Park Jae sam Camera setup Single-camera Running time 40 minutes Production company Celltrion Entertainment Network KBS2 Release 7 September 2020 (2020-09-07 ) – (2021-02-10 ) Woman in a Veil
Man in a Veil Korean : 비밀의 남자 RR : Bimirui namja Kang Eun-tak and Uhm Hyun-kyung . The series aired on KBS2 from 7 September 2020 to 10 February 2021.
It was supposed to start on 31 August 2020, but was postponed for a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 1]
Synopsis
This drama tells the story of a man with seven-year-old intelligence after an accident, the love and desires of two women surrounding him, and those facing dreamlike miracles on the threshold of death.
Lee Tae Poong (Kang Eun Tak) has the intelligence level of a seven-year-old after an accident. Meanwhile, Han Yoo Jung (Uhm Hyun Kyung) is a person with a happy personality who dreams of becoming an announcer. But because her family is poor she has to let go of her dream and start working to provide for her family. She also deals with the guilt of her twin sister's wrongdoings.
Cast
Main
Kang Eun-tak as Lee Taepung / Yoo Min-hyuk[ 2] Jo Yong-jin as young Lee Tae-poong Uhm Hyun-kyung as Han Yujeong[ 3] Kim Da-in as young Han Yoo-jung Lee Chae-young as Han Yura[ 2] Yoon Seo-jin as young Han Yoo-ra Lee Shi-kang as Cha Seojun[ 2] Choi Yoon-woo as young Cha Seo-joon
Supporting
Choi Jae-sung as Han Dae-chulKim Eun-soo as Yeo Sook-ja
Jang Tae-hun as Han Yoo-myung
Ian Cho as young Yoo-myung
Seo Woo-jin as Han Dong-ho / Lee Min-wooBae Do-hwan as Yeo Bong-joon
Hong Il-kwon as Cha Woo-seok
Kim Hee-jung as Joo Hwa-yeonKim Yoon-kyung as Cha Mi-ri
Lee Jeong-yong as Koo Chun-soo
Others
Kim Jong-don as Baek Min-won
Choi Ji-young as Eom Hae-soo
Na Woo-ho as Song Jin-ho
Song Seung-ha as Yoo-ra's fellow announcer #1
Kim Ga-ran as Yoo-ra's fellow announcer #2
Baek Jae-jin as private detective hired by Yoo-ra
Lee Chae-hyun as Kim Min-joon
Yoo Yong as Detective Lee Hyuk-jae
Kim Kyung-min as Park Tae-soo
Choi Min-geum as Sook-ja's aunt
Hong Seung-bum as Lawyer Min
Yoon Duk-yong as Kim Bong-wan
Na Suk-min as man who guarded Woo-seok's hospital room
Lee Seong-jae as Woo-seok's doctor
Special appearances
Eru as Choi Joon-seok (Ep. 1-10, 15-16, 72-75, 102-105)Lee Jin-woo as Kang Sang-hyeon (Ep. 1-16)
Hong Seok-cheon as Radio PD who helps Yoo-ra (Ep. 1)Yun Da-yeong as Park Na-yeong (Ep. 1-2, 8, 29-30, 53-55)
Park Hyeon-jeong as Mi Ah-jeong (Ep. 1-3)
Kim Hyun-sook as Na-yeong's mother (Ep. 2, 8)
Lee Joo-eun as Song Ji-yeon (Ep. 3-4)
Kim Do-kyeong as Driver Kim / Choi Ji-seok (Ep. 8-12)
Romina as foreign woman in the hospital (Ep. 20)
Ryu Ji-kwang as DL Group model (Ep. 74)
Lee Sang-joon as a delivery man (Ep. 99)
Original soundtrack
Man in a Veil Released January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27 ) Recorded 2020–2021 Genre Length 40 :25 Language Korean Label Leon Korea
"Breathe Me" (2020-09-17 ) "Lean On My Shoulder" (2020-09-24 ) "Love, Once" (2020-12-02 ) "It's Fortunate" (2020-12-10 )
The following is the official track list of Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) album. The tracks with no indicated lyricists and composers are the drama's musical score ; the artists indicated for these tracks are the tracks' composers themselves.[ 5] [ 6] Singles included on the album were released from September 17, 2020, to December 10, 2020.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Breathe Me" (숨만 쉬는 나 Yoo Sung-kyu (Noblesse) Taibian Choi Hyun-joon (V.O.S ) 3:39 2. "Lean On My Shoulder" (어깨에 기대 Tim 3:58 3. "Love, Once" (사랑, 그 한번 Seo Ui-seong Seo Ui-seong Ban Gwang-ok 3:41 4. "It's Fortunate" (다행이야 Sung-min 4:24 5. "Devil's Tango" 0:52 6. "Secret Man" (Man in a Veil Title Full Version) 2:20 7. "You And Me" 3:32 8. "Melody On Guitar" 2:19 9. "Gloomy" Choi Chul-ho Lee So-ri Lee Yong-seok 4:24 10. "Ambition" Lee So-ri 1:50 11. "Sad Story" 2:10 12. "Long Way" 3:09 13. "Irreversible" 1:37 14. "My Everything" Lee So-ri 2:36 Total length: 40:25
Viewership
The last episode had more than 3 million views nationwide (3,502,000) and 1,789,000 in the capital, Seoul.[ 11]
In this table, the blue numbers the red numbers
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
2020
Ep.
Original broadcast date
TNmS
Nielsen Korea[ 12]
Nationwide
Nationwide
Seoul
1
7 September
14.0%
10.4% 9.3%
2
8 September
12.9%
11.1%
10.7%
3
9 September
14.0%
11.4%
9.8%
4
10 September
13.8%
10.7%
9.3%
5
11 September
13.9%
11.4%
10.1%
6
14 September
14.1%
11.0%
9.7%
7
15 September
14.8%
12.6%
10.9%
8
16 September
15.8%
12.9%
11.3%
9
17 September
14.9%
13.0%
10.9%
10
18 September
14.3%
12.0%
10.0%
11
21 September
15.0%
12.3%
10.7%
12
22 September
14.9%
12.1%
10.4%
13
23 September
14.8%
11.7%
10.0%
14
24 September
14.1%
12.1%
10.4%
15
25 September
13.3%
11.2%
9.4%
16
28 September
12.7%
11.1%
10.2%
17
29 September
13.6%
10.9%
9.2%
18
30 September
13.0%
11.4%
9.8%
19
5 October
14.2%
11.8%
10.3%
20
6 October
14.2%
13.1%
12.0%
21
7 October
15.8%
14.3%
12.2%
22
8 October
17.0%
14.4%
13.0%
23
9 October
15.2%
13.5%
11.4%
24
12 October
14.8%
15.1%
13.6%
25
13 October
16.7%
15.1%
13.8%
26
14 October
16.2%
14.8%
13.1%
27
15 October
16.1%
14.5%
12.6%
28
19 October
16.4%
14.2%
12.3%
29
20 October
17.0%
14.5%
12.4%
30
21 October
15.8%
14.6%
11.6%
31
22 October
16.0%
15.5%
13.7%
32
23 October
16.6%
15.2%
13.2%
33
26 October
16.4%
15.1%
13.2%
34
27 October
16.9%
15.0%
13.0%
35
28 October
17.1%
14.8%
12.6%
36
29 October
17.6%
15.5%
13.5%
37
30 October
17.4%
14.8%
13.1%
38
3 November
18.0%
15.9%
14.6%
39
4 November
17.0%
14.7%
12.3%
40
6 November
16.0%
13.9%
11.7%
41
9 November
16.8%
15.0%
12.7%
42
11 November
16.8%
15.0%
13.1%
43
12 November
16.0%
14.8%
12.7%
44
13 November
16.6%
14.7%
12.6%
45
16 November
17.9%
15.1%
12.9%
46
17 November
14.5%
15.0%
13.1%
47
18 November
18.7%
15.5%
13.2%
48
19 November
18.3%
16.4%
14.3%
49
23 November
17.8%
16.0%
13.9%
50
25 November
17.7%
16.1%
14.3%
51
26 November
18.3%
15.9%
13.4%
52
27 November
17.6%
15.9%
14.7%
53
30 November
17.5%
17.0%
15.0%
54
1 December
17.4%
17.1%
14.5%
55
2 December
18.1%
16.7%
14.2%
56
3 December
19.5%
17.0%
15.2%
57
4 December
18.1%
16.8%
14.6%
58
7 December
19.6%
17.3%
15.0%
59
8 December
21.1%
17.4%
15.1%
60
9 December
20.1%
17.7%
15.4%
61
10 December
19.9%
17.5%
15.3%
62
11 December
19.6%
16.8%
15.1%
63
14 December
19.6%
17.7%
15.1%
64
15 December
20.1%
18.5%
16.5%
65
16 December
19.8%
17.9%
15.6%
66
17 December
18.9%
17.9%
16.0%
67
18 December
17.8%
17.9%
16.1%
68
21 December
19.3%
18.8%
16.6%
69
22 December
21.1%
18.8%
16.4%
70
23 December
19.6%
18.5%
16.2%
71
24 December
19.3%
17.8%
15.9%
72
25 December
20.0%
17.9%
16.0%
73
28 December
12.0% 19.8%
17.5%
74
29 December
20.8%
19.5%
17.0%
75
30 December
18.3%
19.1%
16.9%
76
31 December
16.2%
18.3%
15.9%
2021
77
1 January
20.4%
18.9%
17.0%
78
4 January
20.9%
19.1%
16.6%
79
5 January
22.0%
19.3%
16.9%
80
6 January
21.3%
18.7%
15.8%
81
7 January
21.8%
19.7%
16.8%
82
8 January
21.4%
20.1%
17.6%
83
11 January
20.2%
19.2%
17.5%
84
12 January
20.7%
19.6%
17.3%
85
13 January
21.1%
19.5%
16.9%
86
14 January
21.1%
18.8%
15.9%
87
15 January
20.8%
18.1%
15.4%
88
18 January
20.8%
19.3%
16.2%
89
19 January
22.1%
19.1%
16.7%
90
20 January
21.8%
18.9%
16.3%
91
21 January
21.6%
19.3%
16.8%
92
22 January
21.1%
19.8%
17.4%
93
25 January
20.8%
19.5%
17.3%
94
26 January
21.7%
20.4%
17.9%
95
27 January
21.7%
19.4%
17.1%
96
28 January
23.1%
19.4%
16.9%
97
29 January
22.5%
19.8%
17.3%
98
1 February
23.0%
20.1%
16.5%
99
2 February
23.4% 21.2%
18.9%
100
3 February
22.9%
20.2%
17.7%
101
4 February
21.2%
19.6%
17.0%
102
5 February
22.8%
19.9%
17.3%
103
8 February
22.2%
19.7%
17.1%
104
9 February
23.1%
20.5%
17.9%
105
10 February
22.4%
21.3% 18.7%
Average
18.12% 16.32% 14.23%
Awards and nominations
Notes
^ Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by five episodes due to its popularity.
References
^ "KBS "코로나 여파로 드라마 5편 제작중단…'비밀의 남자' 1주일 결방"[전문]" . August 22, 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021 .^ a b c "Kang Eun-tak, Uhm Hyun-kyung and Lee Chae-young at Script Reading of "A Man in a Veil" . HanCinema Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-15 .^ "Uhm Hyun-kyung Cast for "A Man in a Veil" . HanCinema Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-02-15 .^ "Yang Mi-kyung to Star in "A Man in a Veil" . HanCinema Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-02-15 .^ 비밀의 남자 OST Bugs! (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack)" . Apple Music . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 1" . Apple Music . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 2" . Apple Music . Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 3" . Apple Music . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 4" . Apple Music . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .^ "Nielsen Korea" . www.nielsenmedia.co.kr . Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-02-25 .^ "AGB Nielsen" . Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-02-11 .
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