Oh Ji-eun cast to romance Oh Ji-ho in Ghost Detective
by girlfriday
Well, grain of salt on the romance bit, seeing as how OCN crime procedurals like to tease us endlessly with workplace romances that go on for years while doling out crumbs (why yes, Vampire Prosecutor, I’m looking at you). OCN’s newest detective on the block is Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheo-yong, which stars Oh Ji-ho as the titular spook-seeing cop out to solve cases with the help of the undead. Joining him as the heroine is King of Dramas’ Oh Ji-eun, who did manage to win me over with her performance in that drama. She’s not someone I’d watch a drama for, but she put herself out there in a comical role, so I’m willing to keep an open mind about her.
The new spook thriller comes from the PD of cop comedy Arrest King and one of the writers of Joseon X-Files, and stars Oh Ji-ho as a detective who loses his family and partner in one terrible incident, and goes from elite detective in the violent crimes unit to a lowly district cop, completely disengaged from life. He’s cut off from the world in every way possible other than having a job, and the pesky condition he was born with that allows him to see, hear, and touch ghosts.
One day he starts talking back to the schoolgirl ghost who’s haunting him (played by Jeon Hyo-sung of idol group Secret) and strangely enough, talking to the undead is what brings him back to the land of the living. He starts to work mysterious cases with his partner, played by Oh Ji-eun, with the added help of “dead signs” that the victims’ souls leave behind.
Oh Ji-eun’s character is a detective in the regional investigation unit, and is famous for her tenacity. She’s got a keen sense of observation, which makes her particularly great at spotting an enemy’s weak point, and also comes in handy for her specialty — crime scene reconstructions. She’s so dogged in her pursuit of closing cases that other cops find her hard to work with. The character description says she’ll have a romantic relationship with Oh Ji-ho, but I’m not going to hold my breath for more than workplace flirting, from the guy who spent seven years cut off from the world.
Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheo-young will air for ten episodes on Sunday nights, and premieres October 6 on OCN.
Via Star News
RELATED POSTS
- Oh Ji-ho sees ghosts for OCN mystery crime drama
- Kim Hye-soo juggles 124 talents for God of the Workplace
- Lighthearted first teaser for KBS’s God of the Workplace
- Oh Ji-ho cast as Kim Hye-soo’s leading man
- Third Ward: Episode 1
- King of Dramas: Episode 1
- Choi Siwon joins King of Dramas
- New daily drama Smile, Dong-hae premieres this week
- The cast of new daily drama Smile, Dong-hae
Required fields are marked *
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
1 ida
August 8, 2013 at 12:14 PM
I loved Oh Ji Eun in I Live In Cheongdamdong! Totally won me over with her very relateable and earnest performance. And she had great rapport with the other actors.
Y'know what, ILICDD was just simply outright brilliant a sitcom/drama. Ahhh, I miss it a lot.
Required fields are marked *
Monona
August 8, 2013 at 4:50 PM
*sigh* so I keep hearing. Is there any chance this drama has been subbed yet?
Required fields are marked *
Jo
August 8, 2013 at 5:01 PM
really? Huh, I guess I will have to check that drama out. As for her acting in King of Dramas, I was glad she didn't go stupid psycho second lead on us (which you must give creds to the writer as well), unlike almost every second lead (especially WOMEN) in Korean dramas (e.g. Rooftop Prince. Uh...what a terrible smear to have on your resume) but she was very dull, I felt, in the drama "King of Dramas".
Required fields are marked *
KimYoonmi
August 8, 2013 at 6:57 PM
If you're second lead and are supposed to get people to hate you and you can't then you've failed as an actress. I've seen that happen before and it really makes the whole drama go down the tubes because it pulls you out from the basic motivations.
Required fields are marked *
windsun33
August 8, 2013 at 7:58 PM
I like Oh Ji Eun, I just wish she had not ended up in the dozenth or so ghost-themed series. I may watch because of her, but regardless I will not watch a bad show just because I happen to like an actor for long.
Required fields are marked *
Epyc
August 8, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Yes, ILICDD is simply the BEST drama ever. It is so sad that few have been able to see it. No drama comes close since my watching it last year.
oh Ji Eun brought alive her character in such a way that you can relate everything she did.
Required fields are marked *
2 MeeisLee
August 8, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Welp, this only furthers my suspicion that ghost-seeing leads is the time-traveling gimmick of 2013. Let the comparisons continue.
Required fields are marked *
Waiting
August 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM
I agree, it does seem that we are getting stuck in a theme groove.
Required fields are marked *
redfox
August 8, 2013 at 1:24 PM
I feel like we are being haunted by the subject.
Required fields are marked *
skelly
August 8, 2013 at 2:14 PM
A new idea doesn't have a ghost of a chance in this business...
Required fields are marked *
redfox
August 8, 2013 at 2:36 PM
all the original plot lines vanish into thin air like shadows. it is like the light bulbs of thought suddenly dimmed.
pun contest ahoy.
Required fields are marked *
kumi
August 8, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Well, if I say 'give up the ghost', it may sound like a curse. :)
windsun33
August 8, 2013 at 7:52 PM
New ideas are like ghosts - no one has ever seen one, but everyone is afraid of them..
Required fields are marked *
dramabliss
August 8, 2013 at 7:44 PM
LOL to the puns on this thread.
Seems we cannot give up the ghost this season.
Required fields are marked *
KimYoonmi
August 8, 2013 at 7:02 PM
We need a Ghost revenge story. Only without the "I see dead people."
Joo Kwisin was killed in a car accident when she was on her way to the greatest promotion of her life working in Cheongdam as a purse designer, with the promise that it would be shown in Kingdom Mall.
She only wants someone to hear her voice and work her case, but she can't find anyone that will listen to her. She wants revenge on the people that killed her on that fateful day.
She would have someone listen to her, but the police officer only hears the voices of living people, the detective that sees dead people isn't active yet, she can't enter the mall where the Janitor works, and Alice is busy making pottery. If only someone could hear her voice, it would be the Sun for her.
Coming this Spring to a Korean TV station near you...
Required fields are marked *
dramabliss
August 8, 2013 at 7:47 PM
Good story. How about I Hear Your Voice 2 where Soo Ah can also hear the dead's voices--those who need to be heard in the cause of justice.
Required fields are marked *
KimYoonmi
August 8, 2013 at 9:39 PM
And he has to persuade them to not take revenge? Haha. This time he's working towards being a prosecutor after returning from the army... much to Hye Sung's consternation. =P
Required fields are marked *
redfox
August 9, 2013 at 11:36 AM
I would rather see "WHAT DID YOU SAY? can´t hear you, loud ghosts everywhere. "
I see your dead people and raise by a CEO with a very large head.
and then say " Masters´Sun! Masters´ Sun! Masters´Sun!" three times. lets see if I become a model, err, I mean, disappear into one.
Required fields are marked *
redfox
August 9, 2013 at 11:31 AM
haha really ghost...I mean good, really good.
Required fields are marked *
Lilly
August 8, 2013 at 11:39 PM
We will be seeing ghosts on the backs of our eye lids by the end of the year.
Required fields are marked *
3 snow__white
August 8, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Now this makes me interested in this drama....I liked her in King of dramas....she was really good....
Required fields are marked *
4 yeojacheol
August 8, 2013 at 12:56 PM
their names are so similar
Required fields are marked *
5 Jyyjc
August 8, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Wow, sounds a lot like Who Are You from losing a partner in an accident to being downgraded as a detective to seeing a dead school girl.
Required fields are marked *
6 ryoko
August 8, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Hmm, October on OCN. Does this mean no Vampire Prosecutor 3 this year? :(
Required fields are marked *
7 AnotherFan
August 8, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Oh I am quickly becoming an OCN crime drama fan now. Really like the 2 stars here too - both understated but unique and pretty of course ;-) Looking forward to it!!
Required fields are marked *
8 ricky
August 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM
My word, oh ji eun is one pretty lady.
Required fields are marked *
9 Orion
August 8, 2013 at 2:16 PM
I can't say I'm happy about this. I do like the actress and I'm glad she's in, but I don't like the romance angle. Korean dramas only know of fluff romance or melo romance. Very limited in what they do with it.
In OCN's multi-season series, they can't even pace is. They give it by the drop, because they don't want it to be complete before the end. Which is silly. Why not have them hook up and be a couple during the series? There are still challenges in relationships after the first kiss happens and they get together.
Kdramas seem to think that the minute you kiss/have sex/hook up, a relationship is complete and stops being interesting. That's a very limited way of seeing things.
So no, I am not a fan of the 'Vampire Prosecutor' romance and I wish I didn't have to see it here either. But I'll just ignore it if the ghost/investigating business is solid and it doesn't get too much in the way.
Required fields are marked *
10 Claudia
August 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM
so it looks like the new theme now is seeing ghosts last year it was time travel lol.
Required fields are marked *
dina
August 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM
I know right! Why do they always have to exhaust a theme to death.
Required fields are marked *
windsun33
August 8, 2013 at 7:56 PM
If a theme is beaten to death, does it leave a ghost?
Required fields are marked *
11 dina
August 8, 2013 at 5:29 PM
what with all the ghost seeing dramas? we already got Who are you and Master's Sun. Wont be tuning in for this one.
Required fields are marked *
12 Viki
August 8, 2013 at 7:10 PM
Oooh, it's the actress girl from King of Dramas, she's so pretty.
Anyway, what's up with all the ghost-seeing themed dramas lately? first we had a bunch of Vampires back in 2011, then in 2012 it was time-traveling, and now we have ghost dramas...which tbh, K-dramas haven't done for a long time...but why all at once?
Required fields are marked *
13 makoto
August 8, 2013 at 7:23 PM
I love her in The King of Drama. Will be waiting for this one since I love both leads. :D
Required fields are marked *
14 Ash
August 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Ghosts and painfully literal titles are *definitely* this year's time travel. "Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheo-young" is a freaking plot summary.
(I knew we didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of getting Vampire Prosecutor this fall with Yeon Jung-hoon still on that weekend drama, but that doesn't mean I don't resent it.)
Required fields are marked *
15 kumi
August 8, 2013 at 7:38 PM
At first glance I thought it was Lee Yu-bi.
Required fields are marked *
16 Noelle
August 8, 2013 at 7:46 PM
Man I am so interested in crime scene reconstructions. Seriously cool. This drama just got way more interesting lol.
Required fields are marked *
17 Lynn
August 8, 2013 at 10:05 PM
This drama keeps getting more interesting. Looking forward to it, hope it'll be good not like Virus (what a diapointment). And this drama will give Vampire prosecutor more time to prepare and YJH more time to rest.
Required fields are marked *
18 Lynn
August 8, 2013 at 10:06 PM
This drama keeps getting more interesting. Looking forward to it, hope it'll be good and won't be a disapointment like Virus. And this drama will give Vampire prosecutor more time to prepare and YJH more time to rest.
Required fields are marked *
19 Lilly
August 8, 2013 at 11:41 PM
I really liked Joseon X-Files so I will try it if I find it.
Required fields are marked *
bd
August 9, 2013 at 2:03 AM
I'm going to give it a shot as well due to the writing connection.
Required fields are marked *
20 Perrie
August 9, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Ohhhhhh that's who she is! I didn't know who she was until you stated her last drama!
I think it's cute that her and Oh Ji Ho have sibling like names, lol
Required fields are marked *
21 Chandler
November 7, 2013 at 1:24 AM
I"M SO EXCITED. This actress has become one of my favorites! She is just plain awesome in I Live in Cheongdamdong. I love this series even though I have no idea what they're saying half the time. So funny and heartwarming. One day, I will find subs for that show. I have to! If you think Oh Ji Eun is funny in King of Drama's then you should really check her out in I live in Cheongdamdong. Its really hard to even find raws unfortunately, but so worth the hunt!
Required fields are marked *