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2015 South Korean television series
Songgot: The Piercer Promotional poster
Genre Drama Based on Awl by Choi Kyu-seokWritten by Directed by Kim Seok-yoon Starring Ending theme "Yell" by Park Si-hwan Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes12 Running time 80 minutes Production company Signal Entertainment Group Network JTBC Release October 24 (2015-10-24 ) – November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29 ) Cart (2014)
Songgot: The Piercer [1] (Korean : 송곳 ; RR : Songgot ; lit. Awl ) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo and Ahn Nae-sang . Based on the webtoon Awl by Choi Kyu-seok,[2] which is itself based on a true story that took place in 2007, the series aired on JTBC from October 24 to November 29, 2015.[3]
Synopsis
At the retail market where he works, Lee Soo-in (Ji Hyun-woo ) is ordered by his boss to fire temporary employees. Finding the situation unfair, Lee Soo-in joins the labor union and starts fighting back along with other employees.
Cast
Main
Supporting
Hyun Woo as Joo Kang-min
Park Si-hwan as Nam Dong-hyup
Baek Hyun-joo as Han Young-sil
Lee Bong-ryun as Mi-ran
Lee Jung-eun as Kim Jung-mi
Yesung as Hwang Joon-chul
Hwang Jung-min as Hwang Jung-min
Yoon Bo-hyun as Seo Min-ho
Shin Yeon-sook as Joon-geum
Jo Jae-ryong as Section chief Heo
Ahn Sang-woo as Section chief Yoon
Kim Joong-ki as Section chief Kim
Kim Hee-won as Jung Min-chul
Kim Ga-eun as Moon So-jin
Kim Hee-chang as Cha Sung-hak
Gong Jung-hwan as Go Jin-hee
Moon Ji-yoon as Lee Tae-kyung
Special appearances
Lee Jae-yong as Lee Soo-in's homeroom teacher (Ep. 1)
Park Hyuk-kwon as Refunded customer (Ep. 1)
Choi Moo-sung as Lee Soo-in's father (Ep. 1)
Choi Yong-min as Sergeant major Oh (Ep. 2)
Go Soo-hee as Han Da-ye (Ep. 9)
Lee Hye-sung as Ha Do-gang (Ep. 9)
Lee Sun-ok as Lee Sun-ok (Ep. 9)
Im Sung-eon as Lee Soo-in's wife (Ep. 10, 12)
Cho Sang-geon as Dawon Enterprise's CEO (Ep. 12)
Hong Ji-min as Hong Ji-min (Ep. 12)
Lee Jong-soo as Office worker (Ep. 12)
Shim Hee-sub as Lee Nak-gu (Ep. 12)
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Released on October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25 ) Title Artist 1. "Yell" (외쳐본다) Park Si-hwan 4:22 2. "Yell" (Inst.) 4:22 Total length: 8:44
Part 2
Released on November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08 ) Title Artist 1. "Miss You" (너무 그립다) Yesung (Super Junior )3:42 2. "Miss You" (Inst.) 3:42 Total length: 7:24
Part 3
Released on November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22 ) Title Artist 1. "My Man" (내 사람) Kim Yeon-ji 4:40 2. "My Man" (Inst.) 4:40 Total length: 9:20
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
AGB Nielsen
TNmS
1
October 24, 2015
2.194%
1.7%
2
October 25, 2015
1.954%
1.9%
3
October 31, 2015
1.372%
1.6%
4
November 1, 2015
1.508%
1.8%
5
November 7, 2015
1.480%
2.3%
6
November 8, 2015
1.409%
1.7%
7
November 14, 2015
1.432%
1.6%
8
November 15, 2015
1.271%
1.8%
9
November 21, 2015
1.341%
1.5%
10
November 22, 2015
1.582%
1.7%
11
November 28, 2015
1.389%
1.1%
12
November 29, 2015
1.964%
1.7%
Average
1.575%
1.7%
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 and EBS ).
Awards and nominations
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
Ref.
2015
JTBC Awards
Best Actor
Ji Hyun-woo
Won
[7]
References
^ "JTBC worldwide : Songgot: The Piercer" . JTBC . Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
^ "JTBC to dramatize webtoon, 'Awl': Can it be another 'Incomplete Life'?" . HanCinema . June 24, 2015.
^ Won, Ho-jung (November 12, 2015). " 'Songgot-Piercer' breaks drama mold" . The Korea Herald . Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
^ " "Awl" Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Soo-jin from head to toe" . HanCinema . September 15, 2015.
^ Kim, Yeon-ji (10 December 2015). "Ji Hyun-woo riding high after Awl " . Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2015-12-10 .
^ " "Awl" Ahn Nae-sang is the man from the comic" . HanCinema . September 7, 2015.
^ " '냉장고', 'JTBC 어워드2015' 6관왕..지현우 최고 연기상[종합]" . Osen (in Korean). December 16, 2015.
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