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Vampire Prosecutor
Promotional poster
GenreMystery
Police procedural
Thriller
Written byHan Jung-hoon (season 1-2)
Yang Jin-ah (season 1)
Park Hyung-jin (season 1)
Lee Seung-hoon (season 2)
Kang Eun-sun (season 2)
Directed byKim Byung-soo (season 1)
Yoo Seon-dong (season 2)
StarringYeon Jung-hoon
Lee Won-jong
Lee Young-ah
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes23
Production
ProducerLee Seung-hoon
Production locationsSeoul, South Korea
CinematographyKim Tae-seong
Running time60 minutes
Production companyCMG Chorok Stars
Original release
NetworkOCN
ReleaseOctober 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) –
November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)
Related
The Vampire Detective
Korean name
Hangul
뱀파이어 검사
Hanja
뱀파이어 檢査
Revised RomanizationBaempaieo Geomsa
McCune–ReischauerPaemp'aiŏ Kŏmsa

Vampire Prosecutor (Korean: 뱀파이어 검사; RR: Baempaieo Geomsa) is a South Korean television series, starring Yeon Jung-hoon, Lee Won-jong, Lee Young-ah and Kim Joo-young. The crime procedural drama tells the story of a prosecutor who hides his identity of being a vampire and solves crimes with his special powers.[1][2][3][4][5]

The first season aired on cable channel OCN from October 2 to December 18, 2011 on Sundays at 23:00 for 12 episodes.

The second season aired on OCN from September 9 to November 18, 2012 on Sundays at 23:00 for 11 episodes.[6][7][8]

Season 1

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Guest appearances

  • Gong Jung-hwan as Park Hoon (ep 1, 10)
  • Choi Yong-min as President Gum (ep 1, 2)
  • Choi Ah-jin (ep 3)
  • Song Min-jung as Seo Ji-yeon (ep 2)
  • Seo Woo-jin as Oh Min-ho (ep 3)
  • Choi Min as Nam Gun-wook (ep 4)
  • Jang Young-nam as Yoon Ji-hee (ep 4, 8, 11)
  • Jo Jung-eun as Park Hyun-joo (ep 5)
  • Kim Ye-ryeong as Hyun-joo's mother (ep 5)
  • Yoon Gi-won as Choi Wook (ep 7)
  • Jung Da-hye as Yoon Se-hwa (ep 8)
  • Jung Eui-chul as Min Jung-woo (ep 8)
  • Lee Jong-hyuk as Prosecutor Jin (ep 8)
  • Kim Hyun-sung as Lee Jung-moon (ep 12)
  • Jang Gwang as Kwak No-seung
  • Kim Hyo-sun
  • Kim Jong-kook

Ratings

Episode Original airdate Title AGB Nielsen[9][10]
Average rating
1 October 2, 2011 The Room with the French Dolls 2.05%
2 October 9, 2011 Death Scene 2.82%
3 October 16, 2011 Memories of a Rapist 2.70%
4 October 23, 2011 Trauma 2.87%
5 October 30, 2011 Truth Game 2.70%
6 November 6, 2011 Fight Club 3.30%
7 November 13, 2011 Syndrome 2.758%
8 November 20, 2011 Moon 3.82%
9 November 27, 2011 Good Friends 3.20%
10 December 4, 2011 Marriage 4.00%
11 December 11, 2011 Finale, Part 1 3.02%
12 December 18, 2011 Finale, Part 2 4.30%
Average 3.12%

Season 2

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

  • Gong Jung-hwan as Park Hoon/Kim Sung-hoon
  • Park Jae-hoon as Ra Jae-wook
  • Kim Bo-young as Joo Hyun-ah, chief prosecutor
  • Yuriko Yoshitaka as Luna
  • Kim Ji-young as Lee Ji-ae
  • Seo Soo-min as Jo Hye-in

Guest appearances

  • Kim Jong-gu as Heo Hak-beom (ep 1)
  • Song Ji-hyun as Oh Min-young (ep 2)
  • Kim In-seo as Bae Ji-yeon (ep 2)
  • Jeon Hee-soo as young Ji-yeon (ep 2)
  • Lee Ji-oh as young Jo Jung-hyun (ep 3)
  • Hong Seok-cheon as Gabriel Jang (ep 6)
  • Han Seol-ah as Han Mina (ep 6)
  • Shim Yi-young as Park Hae-ri (ep 7)
  • Dong Hyun Kim as killer (ep 7)
  • Kim Hyun-sook as Lee Young-ae (ep 8)†
  • Yoo Hyung-kwan as Yoo Hyung-kwan (ep 8)†
  • Jung Ji-soon as Jung Ji-soon (ep 8)†
  • Im Seo-yeon as Byun Ji-won (ep 8)†
  • Yoon Seo-hyun as Yoon Seo-hyun (ep 8)†
  • Jang Hyun-sung as Jang Chul-oh (ep 10)

†Denotes crossover characters from Rude Miss Young-ae.

Ratings

Episode Original airdate Title AGB Nielsen[9][10]
Average rating
1 September 9, 2012 The History of Violence 1.86%
2 September 16, 2012 Good Luck 2.21%
3 September 23, 2012 Any Justice 1.91%
4 September 30, 2012 Interview with a Vampire
5 October 7, 2012 Trap 1.61%
6 October 14, 2012 Models 1.17%
7 October 21, 2012 Stalker 1.40%
8 October 28, 2012 Rude Tae-yeon 1.70%
9 November 4, 2012 Cold Blood vs. Bad Blood
10 November 11, 2012 Birth of a Devil
11 November 18, 2012 Return of the Vampire 1.70%
Average

Reception

In its first season, the series topped its time-slot for 11 consecutive weeks,[11][12] and recorded a peak viewership rating of 4.3%, the highest for a Korean cable drama in 2011.[6][7][13]

It was exported to several foreign countries, including Japan, where it aired on cable channel BS-TBS.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Choe, Min-ji (September 15, 2011). "Stills for Vampire Prosecutor Revealed". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Choe, Min-ji (September 28, 2011). "Yeon Jeong Hun's Vampire Role Inspired by G-Dragon". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Choe, Min-ji (September 20, 2011). "Vampire Prosecutor Preview Gets Bit for 'Inappropriate Content'". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 19, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Lee, In-kyung (October 2, 2011). "Vampire Prosecutor Follows After The Crucible?". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "5 Korean Horror Dramas You Should Watch During Halloween | Viu". Viu. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Yeon Jung-hoon to return for 2nd season of OCN's Vampire Prosecutor". 10Asia. July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Kim, Erika (July 26, 2012). "Vampire Prosecutor to Return in September with Second Season". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Kim, Erika (August 8, 2012). "Official Poster and Character Cuts for Vampire Prosecutor 2 are Out". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  9. ^ a b AGB 닐슨 미디어리서치 홈페이지 Archived June 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters (SBS, KBS, MBC).
  11. ^ Kim, Ji-yeon (October 4, 2011). "Vampire Prosecutor on Top". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  12. ^ Choe, Min-ji (October 17, 2011). "Vampire Prosecutor Tops Cable Ratings Three Weeks In a Row". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  13. ^ "Vampire Prosecutor Hit 4% Highest Ratings to Break Cable TV Record". Drama Haven. December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Hong, Lucia (November 11, 2011). "Cable TV series Vampire Prosecutor, TEN sold to Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  15. ^ Lee, In-kyung (November 11, 2011). "Yeon Jeong Hun and Joo Sang Wook to Enter Japan with Cable Dramas". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  16. ^ "CJ E&M makes 13.3 bil. won in TV drama exports". The Korea Times. October 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  17. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (October 31, 2012). "CJ E&M sees its programs spread far and wide". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  18. ^ "Bs-TBS 韓国ドラマ「ヴァンパイア検事」".
  19. ^ "韓国ドラマ「ヴァンパイア検事」".
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