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Snowdrop
Korean promotional poster
Genre
Written byYoo Hyun-mi
Directed byJo Hyun-tak
Starring
Music byKim Tae-seong
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes9 (as of January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09))
Production
Executive producers
  • Lee Hae-kwang
  • Jeong Da-jeong
Producers
  • Park Joon-seo
  • Park Sang-soo
EditorOh Sang-hwan
Production companies
Original release
NetworkJTBC
ReleaseDecember 18, 2021 (2021-12-18) –
present (present)

Snowdrop (Korean: 설강화; Hanja: 雪降花; RR: Seolganghwa) is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Jung Hae-in, Jisoo, Yoo In-na, Jang Seung-jo, Yoon Se-ah, Kim Hye-yoon, and Jung Yoo-jin. It premiered on JTBC on December 18, 2021, and airs every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST).[3] It will be available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions.[4]

Synopsis

Snowdrop takes place in 1987, a pivotal year in South Korean history that included the June 1987 Democracy Movement, a mass protest movement with the purpose of forcing the dictatorship in South Korea to hold fair elections, and the resulting December 1987 democratic elections, which led to the end of the authoritarian Fifth Republic of Korea and the establishment of the democratic Sixth Republic of Korea.

Snowdrop is set in November and December 1987. Lim Soo-ho (Jung Hae-in) plays a graduate student who is discovered covered in blood by Eun Young-ro (Jisoo), a female university student. The girl hides him from the government in her dorm room at her women's university. However, it is revealed that Soo-ho is not who he appears to be. Against the backdrop of political upheaval, the pair's story unfolds and the two develop a romantic relationship.

Cast

Main

  • Jung Hae-in as Im Soo-ho (27 years old),[5] a North Korean agent sent to South Korea on a mission. He lives as a graduate student of the Department of Economics from the University of Berlin in preparation of a master's thesis. He slowly develops feelings for Young-ro.
  • Jisoo as Eun Young-ro (20 years old),[5] a freshman at Hosoo Women's University in the English Department who falls in love with Soo-ho at first sight.
  • Yoo In-na as Kang Chung-ya (34 years old),[5] a charismatic and skilled surgeon who works at a university hospital. It turns out she is a North Korean agent and has secret feelings for Soo-ho.
  • Jang Seung-jo as Lee Kang-moo (36 years old),[5] the leader of the Team One of the Anti-Communist Investigation Bureau, Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) who sought to arrest Soo-ho over the death of his colleague.
  • Yoon Se-ah as Pi Seung-hee (43 years old),[5] the housemother of Hosoo Women's University dormitory. She is a South Korean agent.
  • Kim Hye-yoon as Kye Boon-ok (24 years old),[5] a prickly phone operator at Hosoo Women's University dormitory who could not go to college due to financial issues.
  • Jung Yoo-jin as Jang Han-na (32 years old),[5] an impulsive but passionate ANSP agent who was Kang-moo's junior, and also hinted to be his ex-fiancee.

Supporting

People related to the ANSP

  • Heo Joon-ho as Eun Chang-soo,[5] the Director of the ANSP and Young-ro's estranged father. Despite his poor relationship with Young-ro, he seems to truly care for her welfare.
  • Park Sung-woong as Nam Tae-il,[5] the Secretary-General of the Aemin Party and former Director of the ANSP.
  • Lee Hwa-ryong as Ahn Kyung-hee,[5] the Director of the Anti-Communist Investigation Bureau, ANSP.
  • Kim Jung-nan as Hong Ae-ra,[5] a former film actress, Eun Chang-soo's wife and Young-ro's stepmother, who had a poor relationship with Young-ro.
  • Jung Hye-young as Cho Seong-sim,[5] Nam Tae-il's wife. Daughter of a four-star general.
  • Baek Ji-won as Choi Mi-hye,[5] a fashion designer and Ahn Kyung-hee's wife.
  • Moon Yoo-kang as Seung-jun,[5] a member in ANSP team.

People around Young-ro

  • Jung Shin-hye as Go Hye-ryung,[6] a fourth-year student in the Department of Vocal Music and Young-ro's dormmate.
  • Kim Mi-soo as Yeo Jung-min,[6] a fourth-year History major student and Young-ro's dormmate.
  • Choi Hee-jin as Yoon Seol-hee,[6] a freshman in the Department of Home Management and Young-ro's dormmate.
  • Song Geon-hee as Eun Young-woo, Young-ro's brother, who was forcibly sent into the military by his father after his involvement in the democratic protests were discovered. He was later killed in a North Korean attack on sea.
  • Ahn Dong-goo as Choi Byung-tae,[5] a military academy cadet who likes Hye-ryung.
  • Kim Jong-soo as Kim Man-dong,[5] manager of facilities of dormitory at Hosoo Women's University.
  • Nam Mi-jung as Oh Deok-shim,[5] chef of dormitory kitchen at Hosoo Women's University.
  • Kim Jeong-hoon as Kim Sang-beom, a gambler who is Man-dong's son.

People around Soo-ho

  • Kim Min-kyu as Joo Gyeok-chan,[7] a North Korean agent, who was prone to violence.
  • Jang In-sub as Lee Eung-chul,[8] a North Korean agent.
  • Heo Nam-joon as Oh Kwang-tae,[9] a university student who likes Hye-ryung.
  • Jeon Moo-song as Lim Ji-rok, the Head of United Front Dept., DPRK and Im Soo-ho's father.
  • Jeon Ae-ri as Choi Soo-ryun, the Deputy Director of Ministry of State Security, DPRK

Others

  • Jung Yi-seo as Shin Kyung-ja,[10] the president of the Dormitory Student Council.
  • Park Ye-ni as Kim Ye-ni,[11] the secretary of the dressing room ‘Charmant’.
  • Lee Jung-hyun as Park Geum-cheol,[12] a North Korean agent.

Special appearances

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Episode 1"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miDecember 18, 2021 (2021-12-18)
As Young-ro and Soo-ho meet in a group blind date, Young-ro falls in love with him at first sight.
2"Episode 2"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miDecember 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)
Soo-ho comes into the window of Room 207 in Women's University Dormitory and collapses. Young-ro and others try to hide him from the officers.
3"Episode 3"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miDecember 24, 2021 (2021-12-24)
Yeong-ro takes care of the injured Soo-ho in the attic and tries to find a way to send him out of the dormitory without being noticed.
4"Episode 4"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miDecember 25, 2021 (2021-12-25)
Soo-ho, who leaves the dormitory, begins to secretly move again. Meanwhile, Lee Kang-moo secures decisive evidence of Soo-ho's whereabouts and pursues him.
5"Episode 5"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miDecember 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)
Soo-ho, who took the students of Hosu Women's University hostage, negotiates with the head of the National Security Agency to escape the dormitory with his teammates.
6"Episode 6"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miJanuary 1, 2022 (2022-01-01)
Turning a blind eye to Yeong-ro who feels betrayed, Soo-ho continues the hostage crisis, and a doctor, Kang Chung-ya, is sent in to treat an injured associate of Soo-ho. Young-ro later reveals that her father was ANSP's current director Eun Chang-soo.
7"Episode 7"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miJanuary 2, 2022 (2022-01-02)
When Soo-ho realises Yeong-ro is the daughter of the head of the National Security Agency, he has no choice but to use Yeong-ro to make it out alive. Chung-ya reveals herself to Soo-ho's team that she was also a North Korean spy, and was sent to ensure their safe return before the North's scheduled deadline.
8"Episode 8"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miJanuary 8, 2022 (2022-01-08)
Yeong-ro passes out after hearing her brother's death. Broken Soo-ho apologizes to her. Meanwhile, the tension builds up as the hostage crisis makes it to the news nationwide.
9"Episode 9"Jo Hyun-takYoo Hyun-miJanuary 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)
Yeong-ro does not believe in Soo-ho's sincerity and eventually works out an escape plan with Gang-mu. Throughout the episode, Soo-ho continued to be soft-hearted towards Yeong-ro and it adds more conflict to their feelings towards each other. However, as the plan was about to succeed (with Soo-ho's concession), Chung-ya threatens to kill all the people and detonated the bomb.

Production

Development

Written by Yoo Hyun-mi and directed by Jo Hyun-tak, Snowdrop is their second collaboration after having worked together on the hit satirical thriller Sky Castle (2018–19).[14] Based on the memoirs of a man who escaped a political prison camp in North Korea,[15] Yoo Hyun-mi had been planning the series for twelve years.[16] The early working title of the series was Leehwa Women's University Dormitory (이대 기숙사; Idae Gisuksa).[17]

Casting

On June 18, 2020, media reported that Kim Hye-yoon, who was propelled to fame after starring in Sky Castle, was in talks to star in the series; her agency confirmed that she was reviewing the offer.[18] On August 18, reports of Jisoo being cast as one of the lead actresses for the series surfaced.[19][20] It was confirmed later that day by Jisoo's agency, YG Entertainment.[21][22] On August 24, Kim Hye-yoon was confirmed to co-star alongside Jisoo[23] and it was reported that Jung Hae-in had received an offer but was still reviewing it.[24] Jang Seung-jo officially joined the cast on August 26,[25][26] followed by Jung Yoo-jin on September 17[27] and Yoon Se-ah on September 18.[28] On October 5, 2020, the main cast and details on the characters were confirmed by JTBC.[29] Yoo In-na officially joined the cast on December 28.[30]

Filming

On November 24, 2020, JTBC announced that filming for Snowdrop was temporarily halted after a supporting actor came into close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.[31][32][33] The following day, JTBC confirmed that filming would resume after all cast and crew members tested negative for the virus.[33] Filming was completed in late July 2021.[34]

Original soundtrack

Snowdrop
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released
  • 2021
  • 2022
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label
  • Warner Music
  • JTBC Studio

Part 1

Released on December 18, 2021 (2021-12-18)[35]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."If You're with Me" (곁에 있어준다면)IRIS Yerin Lee
  • Ahn Jae-hwan
  • IRIS Yerin Lee
  • Moode
  • ON
Sung Si-kyung3:51
2."If You're with Me" (Inst.) 
  • Ahn Jae-hwan
  • IRIS Yerin Lee
  • Moode
  • ON
 3:51
Total length:7:42

Part 2

Released on December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)[36]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Friend"
  • Cho Se-yeon
  • Kim Je-hwi
  • Kim Je-hwi
  • Kang Ji-won
Kim Hee-won4:23
2."Friend" (Inst.) 
  • Kim Je-hwi
  • Kang Ji-won
 4:16
Total length:8:40

Part 3

Released on January 8, 2022 (2022-01-08)[37]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Looks Like a Real Thing"Cho Se-yeonKim Je-hwiJeHwi3:02
2."Looks Like a Real Thing" (English version)Sam KimKim Je-hwi 3:03
3."Looks Like a Real Thing" (Inst.) Kim Je-hwi 3:02
Total length:9:08

Viewership

Snowdrop : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516
1711992N/AN/A691470800600759TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[38]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[38][39]
Nationwide Seoul
1 December 18, 2021 2.985% (10th) 3.235% (7th)
2 December 19, 2021 3.898% (5th) 3.687% (5th)
† 3 December 24, 2021 1.853% (26th) —
† 4 December 25, 2021 1.689% (23rd)
† 5 December 26, 2021 2.751% (11th)
6 January 1, 2022 1.912% (17th)
7 January 2, 2022 3.252% (8th) 3.491% (6th)
8 January 8, 2022 2.584% (13th) —
9 January 9, 2022 3.064% (8th) 3.362% (7th)
10 January 15, 2022
11 January 16, 2022
12 January 22, 2022
13 January 23, 2022
14 January 29, 2022
15 January 30, 2022
16 February 5, 2022
Average — —
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • 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).
  • N/A denotes ratings that was not released.
  • † Episode 3-5 were aired from December 24 to 26, 2021, earlier than originally scheduled, with the stated intention of alleviating concerns voiced by viewers.[40] (see below)

Controversy

Pre-release

Snowdrop became the subject of controversy due to accusations of historical negationism.[41][42][43] In March 2021, parts of the synopsis and character profiles were leaked online which revealed that the male protagonist is actually a North Korean spy posing as a pro-democracy student activist who infiltrates South Korea to instigate chaos and political instability.[1][44] The premise drew backlash from South Korean netizens due to the drama being set against the backdrop of the 1987 June Struggle peaceful mass protest movement that had led to the establishment of democracy in South Korea.[45][46] Netizens pointed out that the reveal of the male protagonist as a North Korean spy invokes false claims made by the authoritarian Chun Doo-hwan administration against pro-democracy activists that framed them as North Korean spies.[1][44][45] Netizens also criticized the character Lee Kang-moo, a fictional agent of the real-life Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) which served as the intelligence agency of the Chun dictatorship, being purportedly portrayed as just and righteous despite numerous human rights abuses committed by the ANSP.[1][44][45]

On March 26, JTBC released their first official statement on the controversy that read, "The drama is not distorting the pro-democracy movement nor is it glorifying the Agency for National Security Planning. It is a black comedy drama satirizing the political situation between the two Koreas under the authoritarian government in the 1980s. Also, it is a romance drama showing young people who sacrifice their love."[1][47] On March 30, JTBC released a second statement regarding the controversy that read, "Snowdrop is set around the 1987 presidential election, and not a drama that deals with the pro-democracy movement".[46] The statement continued, "The drama portrays a fictional story about the military regime, the ANSP, and others in power at the time colluding with the North Korean dictatorship and planning a conspiracy to retain their power."[48] Regarding the character Lee Kang-moo, who is an agent of the ANSP, the statement read, "The character is portrayed as a man of principle who turns his back on the corrupt organization and does what he thinks is right." The name of the female protagonist at the time, Eun Young-cho, had drawn scrutiny, as the given name "Young-cho" bore similarity to the name of real-life pro-democracy activist Chun Young-cho.[49][50] The statement denied that the name of the female protagonist character was in reference to Chun Young-cho, but confirmed that the character's name would be changed.[50]

On March 30, protesters parked a truck bearing protest signs at the site of the JTBC building in Seoul.[49]

In the period from March 26 to April 25, a total of 226,078 people signed an online petition to the Blue House demanding that production on Snowdrop be stopped.[51][52] The petition was started shortly after the cancellation of the SBS drama Joseon Exorcist due to accusations of historical negationism.[1] On May 14, the Blue House issued an official response to the petition, rejecting the calls for the show's cancellation.[53][54] The response stated that the Blue House did not intend to interfere in the production of Snowdrop, citing the protection of freedom of expression in South Korea's Broadcasting Law, which guarantees broadcasters' independence and prohibits extrajudicial regulation or interference. The response stated, however, that the Blue House was continuing to monitor the controversy, stating that "programming that violates broadcasting responsibilities, such as through excessive historical negationism or violation of regulations, are liable for a review by the Korea Communications Standards Commission," and that the Korea Communications Standards Commission would watch over the broadcasts.[51][53]

Post-release

On December 18, 2021, the first episode of Snowdrop aired. On December 19, a new online petition to the Blue House was filed demanding that the airing of the drama be suspended.[55] In a few hours over 80,000 people had signed the petition, and over 200,000 people had signed the petition by the end of the day.[56][57] The petition reached 300,000 signatures by December 21.[58] By December 22, there were at least 30 active petitions to the Blue House demanding the cancellation of the drama's broadcast.[59] On December 24, a separate online petition to the Blue House was filed demanding the shutdown of JTBC for its "unconstitutional drama", which reached 30,000 signatures on its first day.[60][61]

By December 21, around 3,000 requests to cancel Snowdrop were posted to JTBC's website and around 740 complaints were made to the Korea Communications Standards Commission regarding the drama.[58] On December 21, an official citizen complaint was filed with South Korea's Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission against Snowdrop's screenwriter Yoo Hyun-mi and director Jo Hyun-tak for violating the National Security Act.[62][63] The World Citizen Declaration, a youth civic nonprofit that supports citizens resisting government violence, filed an injunction in the Seoul Western District Court to halt the broadcast of Snowdrop on December 22.[64] That same day, Head of JTBC Studios Jung Kyeong-moon held a meeting with The World Citizen Declaration in which JTBC Studios reiterated that it did not intend to distort history.[65] The Seoul Western District Court dismissed The World Citizen Declaration's lawsuit on December 29, finding in its decision that even if there was distortion of history in the plot, there was insufficient evidence to show the infringement of the group's civil rights or that the drama's audience may blindly accept the historical content as genuine.[66]

Advertisers such as TEAZEN, Ssarijai, Heung Il Furniture, Ganisong, P&J Group, and Han's Electronics announced they were pulling advertisements from the broadcast of the show and issued apologies.[67][68] Daegu University, where Snowdrop was filmed, stated that it requested the name of the university be taken off of the drama's credits.[69]

Institutions related to the 1987 June Struggle peaceful mass protest have criticized Snowdrop. The Bak Jong-cheol Memorial Foundation spoke out against the drama, calling it a "disparagement of the democratization movement" and "a drama with an obvious intention to distort."[70] Bak Jong-cheol was a democracy activist and student at Seoul National University who was framed as a communist sympathizer by the Chun dictatorship and killed by torture at the Anti-Communist Office of Namyoung-dong [ko], which became a key inciting event of the June Struggle. The Lee Han-yeol Memorial Museum also called on the drama to be cancelled. Lee Han-yeol was a student activist who was killed in June 1987 while peacefully protesting, and Lee's death was another key inciting event of the June Struggle.[71][72][73] JTBC Studios attempted to arrange a meeting with a representative of the Bak Jong-cheol Memorial Foundation, but its efforts were unsuccessful.[65]

On December 21, JTBC released their official statement on the controversy that read, "The background and motif for important incidents in Snowdrop are the time of military regime. With this background, it contains a fictional story of the party in power colluding with the North Korean government in order to maintain authority. Snowdrop is a creative work that shows the personal stories of individuals who were used and victimized by those in power. There is no spy who leads the democratization movement in Snowdrop. The male and female leads were not shown as participating in or leading the democratization movement in episodes 1 and 2, and they do not do so in any part of the future script."[74] The statement continued, "Most of the misunderstandings regarding concerns of historical negationism and disparaging the democratization movement will be settled through the progress of the drama's plot. The drama includes the production team's intent of hoping for no repetition of an abnormal era in which individual freedom and happiness are oppressed by unjust power. Although we unfortunately cannot reveal much of the plot ahead of each episode, we ask that you watch over the future progress of the plot."[75] JTBC stated their intention to listen to their official website's real-time chat and viewer message board.

JTBC hastened the broadcasting schedule of Snowdrop and aired episodes 3, 4, and 5 on December 24, 25 and 26 respectively, with the stated intention to quickly resolve misunderstandings from the beginning of the drama. JTBC stated that episodes 3–5 were released quickly because they explained the backstory of the character Soo-ho and revealed collusion between the ANSP and the North Korean government in the drama's story.[76]

On December 23, 2022 presidential candidate of the Justice Party Sim Sang-jung spoke out against the drama, stating, "If we are going to shine a light in a harsh era, the protagonist should be our ordinary citizens who shed blood, sweat and tears for the democracy of the Republic of Korea, not the security guards and spies of the South faction under the dictatorship."[77] She also said that "creative freedom should be humble when faced with of the scars of history."[77]

Defenders of Snowdrop have pointed to respect that must be given to freedom of expression. On his Facebook page, film director Jeong Yoon-cheol expressed his belief that censoring the drama's broadcast would be dictatorial in and of itself, and cited the films Hiroshima mon amour and The Lives of Others as positive examples of similar love stories that include individuals of objectionable political backgrounds.[78] Political commentator Chin Jung-kwon called on the public to "just watch the drama as a drama."[59]

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