Missing 9

Missing 9
GenreDisaster
Suspense
Mystery
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Created byHan Jung-hoon
Written bySon Hwang-won
Directed byChoi Byung-gil
StarringBaek Jin-hee
Jung Kyung-ho
Choi Tae-joon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16 + 2 special episodes
Production
Executive producerPark Hong-kyun
ProducersJung Chang-hwan
Han Se-min
Production locationsJejudo, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Running time60 minutes
Production companySM C&C
Original release
NetworkMBC
ReleaseJanuary 18 (2017-01-18) –
March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09)

Missing 9 (Korean미씽나인; RRMissing Nain) is a South Korean television series starring Baek Jin-hee and Jung Kyung-ho. It aired on MBC from January 18 to March 9, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Synopsis

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During a flight to China, a plane carrying 47 people crashes into an island. Only 12 make it out alive, seven of whom are South Korea's most famous celebrities. Stylist Ra Bong Hee, Former Dreamers leader Seo Joon-oh, fellow members Tae-oh and Lee Yeol, Famous singer and actress Ha Ji-ah. Other famous actress Yoon so-hee, Ji-ah's manager Jung Ki-joon, president of Legend Entertainment Hwang Jae-guk, Secretary Tae-ho hang, famous reporter Kim Ki-hwan, and pilots Park seo Tae and Nam Soo Cheol. However, after four months, only Bong-hee survives. However, she discovers that six other survivors survived. Tae-oh, Joon-oh, Ji-ah, Ki-joon, Jae-guk, and Ho-hang have successfully survived the ordeal, and are deemed international celebrities due to the ordeal. However they discover that five of them, Lee Yeol, So-hee, Soo-cheol, Seo-tae, and Ki-hwan, were mysteriously murdered by an unknown assailant, and they struggle to find out who in their group murdered the five.[9][10][11][12]

Cast

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Main Survivors

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Joon-oh's new stylist, who left her hometown to pursue her dreams in Seoul. Her first day working ends up in a plane crash and being stranded on an uninhabited island. While living on the island, she proves herself to have good survival skills and often feels responsible for others. After four months, she ends up becoming known as the only survivor and sole witness to the events surrounding the accident.
A celebrity who is going through hard times after being accused of DUI and instigating a colleague to commit suicide. He was once a leader of a popular idol band, Dreamers, but is now reduced to being a D-list fringe celebrity. Although he acts very bratty and spoiled, he turns out to have more love and forgiveness in his heart than anyone. He's presumed dead after passing out from blood loss, but is revealed to be alive and the last survivor to be identified
He was the bassist of the band Dreamers. After the disbandment, he became an actor and successfully climbed back to the peak of his career with a good and clean image. He was perceived as a rival by Joon-oh and was Ji-ah's secret lover. Unknown to the public, he actually needed someone to sing for him during his days in Dreamer. He reveals a hidden side of himself while surviving on the island. He was involved in the murders that occurred on the island. He's the second survivor to be revealed, and tries to kill all 6 of the survivors to ensure his clean image

Supporting

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The Other Survivors

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The most successful celebrity in Joon-oh's and Tae-ho's management agency, Legend Entertainment. She is charismatic and refreshingly honest to the extent of not being able to understand secret signals and hints and often saying them out loud. She has a disease which only Joon-oh and Ki-joon know, which puts her in mortal danger while being stranded on the island.
Joon-oh's manager who has been loyal to him throughout the years. He takes very good care of Ji-ah, where it was subsequently revealed that he did it out of guilt of not being able to save Ji-ah's brother while being a medic in the military.
President of Legend Entertainment. After the ruckus caused by Joon-oh's scandal, he decided to disband Dreamers. He was perceived as a selfish person mainly because of his title, but proved others wrong when he decided to stay with the others on the island when given an opportunity to escape. However, after he's rescued, he is involved in a car wreck which puts him in a coma and paralyzes him permanently.
Secretary of the president of Legend Entertainment. Very loyal to President Hwang, often seen nagging at him, but is also an easily distressed person. He becomes a witness of a murder in the deserted island, and becomes torn between his conscience and his fear.

The Dead

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He was the drummer and the visual of the band Dreamer. After the disbandment of the band, he developed his composition skills and succeeded as a solo artist. He is known as being kind and friendly and is able to display his strength during the tense and desperate times while surviving on the island. He was murdered by one of his fellow survivors when his head is split open on a rock. Korea presumes him missing, since Tae-oh was the only one who witnessed him get murdered.[19][20]
Known as the Hallyu goddess Actress, she is from Legend Entertainment. After surviving the plane crash she was overwhelmed with anxiety and was suicidal at first. Thus, she did not trust anyone and acted out of selfishness multiple times. After Bong-hee rescued her from a suicide attempt, she eventually decided to face reality and tries to fight for survival along with the rest of the survivors. She was also murdered by one of her fellow survivors.
  • Heo Jae-ho as Kim Ki-hwan, One of Korea's most famous reporters who seems to have a good memory and knows events that are crucial to Korea's history. he stalked down one of the celebrities to the plane, but ends up on the island. He manages to get a boat to come to the island, but is murdered afterwards by Tae-ho. He's the only celebrity to not be part of Legend
  • Park Seok-tae, Captain of the plane. Survived the plane crash but was severely injured and murdered for the supplies he had in his possession.
  • Nam Soo-cheol, first officer of the plane. Survived the plane crash and found a lifeboat which would give the survivors a chance to sail out for help. Died after attempting to row the boat out in the sea during a storm.
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Actress Yoon Soo-hee's brother, who is a prosecutor who wants to get to the bottom of his little sister's death.
Head of the Special Investigation Commission who is secretly involved in bribery. Instead of revealing every single details from the survivors' testimonials to the public, she is more concerned about the outcome of public sentiment and only chooses to lie due to taking sides with the one with more influence and power.[24]
Loyal to Chairwoman Jo even though he is against her actions at times. He is revealed to be Chairwoman Jo's nephew, and had affection for Bong-hee.
Trusts and supports her daughter regardless of the malicious media reports about her.

Legend Entertainment

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Vice President of Legend Entertainment. It is revealed that he had been eyeing for the President's position after he sabotages President Hwang's return to South Korea and that he is involved in the death of Jae-hyun as well. After the seven survivors are found, he helps Tae-oh to kill every single one of them to become head of Legend and ensure that his and Tae-oh's images are clean. Tae-oh later betrays him, frames him for the crimes, and nearly kills him during a jail transport
Had been a trainee in Legend Entertainment for seven years. While getting insincere assurances that he would be given a chance to debut, he got frustrated of waiting and singing for Choi Tae-oh and supposedly committed suicide. (Ep. 1, 8, 13-14)

Others

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Special appearance

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Production

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The early working name of the drama was Gaia, then changed to Picnic, and then Missing 9.[27] The writer's position had multiple changes from Song Ji-na to Kim Ban-di (who wrote the first script), then Han Jung-hoon (who made revisions to the script and later credited as the series creator) and eventually, Son Hwang-won. Kang Ha-neul was first offered the male lead role but declined due to scheduling conflicts.[28] Kwon Yuri, Lee Hye-ri and Jung Yu-mi were all offered the female lead roles, but also declined.[29][30][31]

Filming took place in September, 2016, when the lead roles were not confirmed. First table script reading took place on October 14, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.[32][33]

Original soundtrack

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Missing 9
OST Album
Soundtrack album by
Various Artist
ReleasedMarch 13, 2017
GenreSoundtrack
Length55:38
LanguageKorean, English
LabelS.M. Entertainment, KT Music
ProducerLee Soo-man (exec.)
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Can't Say Goodbye (I'm Not Okay)" (안녕 못해 (I`m Not Okay))Chen (EXO)03:42
2."Kiss or Kill"Gain (Brown Eyed Girls)02:50
3."When My Loneliness Calls You" (나의 외로움이 널 부를 때)Punch05:08
4."Blue Water" (Original Ver.)Various Artists01:33
5."Sunday" (Original Ver.)Various Artists01:37
6."Blue Water" (Piano Ver.)Various Artists01:48
7."Rule The Island" (Original Ver.)Various Artists02:11
8."Mr. Seo" (미스터 서 (Vocal Ver.))Various Artists01:38
9."Mr. Seo" (미스터 서 (Recorder Ver.))Various Artists01:38
10."Bonghee" (봉희 (Trumpet Ver.))Various Artists02:05
11."Remember" (Original Ver.)Various Artists01:44
12."What`s Next?"Various Artists01:07
13."Can't Hate" (Guitar Ver.)Various Artists01:20
14."Evil Comes Home"Various Artists01:07
15."Sunday" (Tango Ver.)Various Artists01:52
16."Bonghee" (봉희 (Bossa Nova Ver.))Various Artists01:46
17."Linga" (Vocal Ver.)Various Artists02:00
18."Remember" (Vocal Ver.)Various Artists02:30
19."Missing 9" (Trombone Ver.)Various Artists01:45
20."Midnight of Waltz" (섬의 왈츠 (Original Ver.))Various Artists02:02
21."There Will Be"Various Artists02:58
22."Play Me"Various Artists02:37
23."Sterling" (Opening Title)Various Artists02:06
24."Deep Wave"Various Artists02:15
25."Tima"Various Artists02:22
26."Nine Tears" (아홉 개의 눈물)Various Artists01:57
Total length:55:38
OST Part 1–3

Part 1

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(Part of SM Station)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."When My Loneliness Calls You" (나의 외로움이 널 부를 때)Jo Dong-heeJo Dong-ikPunch05:09
2."When My Loneliness Calls You" (Radio Edit)Jo Dong-heeJo Dong-ikPunch04:23
3."When My Loneliness Calls You" (Inst.) Jo Dong-ik 05:09
Total length:14:41

Part 2

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I'm Not Okay" (안녕 못해)Min Yeon-jaeMegatone, Stereo 14, Lee Dong-gunChen (EXO)03:42
2."I'm Not Okay" (Inst.) Megatone, Stereo 14, Lee Dong-gun 03:42
Total length:07:24

Part 3

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Kiss Or Kill"Kenzie, Nile LeeDarius Ginn Jr., Jonathan Buice, Mario Jefferson, Nikki FloresGain (Brown Eyed Girls)02:50
2."Kiss Or Kill" (Inst.) Darius Ginn Jr., Jonathan Buice, Mario Jefferson, Nikki Flores 02:50
Total length:05:40

Charted songs

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Chart performance
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Remarks
KOR
Gaon
"I'm Not Okay"
(Chen (EXO))
2017 21 Part 2

Ratings

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  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Episode # Date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[35] AGB Nielsen[36]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 January 18, 2017 5.6% (NR) 6.4% (NR) 6.5% (NR) 6.9% (19th)
2 January 19, 2017 5.5% (NR) 5.7% (NR) 5.8% (NR) 6.4% (19th)
3 January 25, 2017 4.6% (NR) 5.5% (NR) 4.7% (NR) 5.6% (NR)
4 January 26, 2017 6.0% (NR) 7.0% (NR) 5.3% (NR) 6.3% (NR)
5 February 1, 2017 5.3% (NR) 5.6% (NR) 4.8% (NR) 5.1% (NR)
6 February 2, 2017 6.2% (NR) 6.3% (NR) 4.8% (NR) 4.9% (NR)
7 February 8, 2017 5.8% (NR) 6.8% (NR) 3.8% (NR) 4.8% (NR)
8 February 9, 2017 4.6% (NR) 5.6% (NR) 4.4% (NR) 5.4% (NR)
9 February 15, 2017 4.7% (NR) 5.1% (NR) 4.0% (NR) 4.4% (NR)
10 February 16, 2017 4.8% (NR) 5.7% (NR) 4.3% (NR) 5.2% (NR)
11 February 22, 2017 5.1% (NR) 5.5% (NR) 4.1% (NR) 4.5% (NR)
12 February 23, 2017 5.8% (NR) 6.0% (NR) 4.6% (NR) 4.8% (NR)
13 March 1, 2017 4.6% (NR) 5.1% (NR) 3.9% (NR) 4.4% (NR)
14 March 2, 2017 4.5% (NR) 4.6% (NR) 3.6% (NR) 3.7% (NR)
15 March 8, 2017 4.4% (NR) 4.5% (NR) 4.0% (NR) 4.1% (NR)
16 March 9, 2017 4.8% (NR) 5.1% (NR) 4.2% (NR) 4.5% (NR)
Average 5.1% 5.6% 4.6% 5.1%
Special January 12, 2017 2.5% (NR) 2.7% (NR)
January 26, 2017 6.1% (NR) 4.3% (NR)

International broadcast

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The drama started airing in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong on Oh!K every Thursday and Friday at 19:50 from January 19, 2017 to March 10, 2017.

In Thailand, the drama started airing from May 13, 2017 to June 18, 2017 on Channel 7 every Saturday and Sunday at 09:45.[37]

"Missing 9" started airing in Japan on WOWOW every Sunday at 21:00 from June 4, 2017.[38][39]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2017 36th MBC Drama Awards
Drama of the Year Missing 9 Nominated [40]
Top Excellence Award, Actress (Miniseries) Baek Jin-hee Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor (Miniseries) Choi Tae-joon Nominated
Golden Acting Award, Actor (Miniseries) Oh Jung-se Won
Best New Actress Lee Sun-bin Won
Best Character Award, Best Villain Choi Tae-joon Won
Best Character Award, Fighting Spirit Acting Ryu Won Nominated
Best Character Award, Comic Character Jung Kyung-ho Won

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