what? just for the murders? Not the script that left wanting?

Does anyone know what Guesthouse Daughters got sanctioned for? I love that show so much.

LOL, a bit late with that sanction. Missing 9 is a show that should have aired on cable. It would have been able to build a cult following like jTBC or OCN shows, maybe even the next Signal. By airing on regular TV, it was limited and got a lot of bad PR about low ratings, which wouldn't have been an issue on cable.

Hmm I can see where they're coming from for the falling crane of doom scene (it was... startling to say the least), but I have incredibly mixed feelings about them only doing this now, long after the show (and those episodes in particular) have ended. Especially since the tone of the violence changed so drastically later in the show, getting more lighthearted. I wonder what went on behind the scenes with this one.

I find Missing 9 as something that defies all the conservativeness I have grown accustomed to while watching a Korean drama. (Can't really remember a drama more gruesome than this in Kdramaland) I've watched crime dramas and all but I find Missing 9 more disturbing. Maybe because of the fact that drama never really went the way i expected it?

I agree with tineybeanie though. It's a moot point since everything can be found over the internet. But I guess it doesn't hurt to make their stand regarding this

I didn't find anything in Missing 9 as disturbing as the bodies in Voice...
Meanwhile, they have "excessive advertisement regulations" ! ?

Times like these I have to remind myself that the blade of a knife is oftentimes censored in K-Dramas, so I could only imagine the impact a bloody gruesome death might have. It's not like kids these days have been exposed to way crazier stuff through other mediums. Ignorance is bliss I guess. Sad that the writers, directors, producers, actors, and showrunners have to suffer to preserve innocence. Even sadder that viewers mightn't see another K2 shower scene for a while maybe. Probably saddest of all is how subjectively censorship affects us all.

Can they just fine Subway and leave the dramas alone? lol

Missing 9 should've been on a cable channel. MBC wants to push limits but that's not their reality. I was shocked when they got away with the shooting scene in W but it set the tone for Missing 9 as far as what they're willing to allow. I agree this all a moot point seeing the show ended. MBC clearly believes in asking for forgiveness later but that won't last long even they keep getting hit on the wrist.

A bit late for that one darlings but ok while you're at it would you mind sanctioning them for the horrid ending as well. Thanks ?

The show is over long time ago and no body watched it, why are they complaining when the ratings were only 3%. Even the writer gave up on the show midway and changed it's gener.

Don't they put 15+ tag on thier shows!, what's the big deal, it's not like kids these days are pure, they're more experienced than adults.

Shouldn't this have happened during the airing? I remember there was a drama where a young girl's bare shoulder was shown and seems as if the drama had to issue an apology before the next episode aired. So why the wait?
Are cable stations more lax when it comes violence on TV because I've seen some things that just seems like it was there to see how gruesome a murder could get.

I wonder what it says about me since I loved those scenes

Will they also punish the way Domestic violence is portrayed in, say, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon?

Honestly, the violence was the least of this drama's issues...

What?? if goblin did not get excessive advertisement penalty , no other show should get it

they should have done this for that ending ...OMG I'm still soo upset about the last 10min èé

So they decide to sanction this and not Voice who depicted people getting their heads beaten with a barbell?

Well, I think Voice, the first four episodes were unpleasant for me to watch, I didn't mind the violence in Missing 9. To me it was something to be expected since the story establishes at the beginning that not everyone had made it out of the island alive. But I still don't understand that weird ending, everyone happy, and I still want to know if Yeol is alive or not.?

Well that falling debris scene caught me off guard :D

"excessive advertisement regulations" lol what???, can they sanction subway? I am pretty sure they broke that rule already.
Just kidding I know subway pays for the shows, but I swear sometimes the way the advertisements are incorporated in the shows are too funny. Recently the one in Chicago Typewriter even made me facepalm I swear.

Maybe they could get away from this if the time slot was different? idk...or if this was from cable? anyway i agree that now it's a bit late since the drama ended it's run but future dramas can learn from it.

Isn't this a too-little-too-late moment? Missing 9 ended so long ago, it seems a little silly to suddenly go like 'ermehgawd they crushed a person with a crane jakhshajkh think of the kiddies'. Also, echoing the others that it probably should've been on cable, not like the writer's previous shows were exclusively OCN works.

I find this amusing... The drama is long over, lol, it's too late. Like everyone else said, Missing 9 should have been on cable (also note that the writer used to write for OCN) where I believe that it would be well-received, or could get away since OCN is known to air such. I thought it was kinda impossible for Han Jung Hoon to suddenly change the genre, but then I read that the writer changed halfway? No wonder... I wonder why MBC didn't check the measure, but maybe MBC wanted to try something, but failed to do so, since Korea is quite sensitive with public opinions on violence and censorship, so well...

This confuses me because they had the sanctions after the show was aired? Shouldn't it be given while it was airing or something?

This actually makes me want to watch the drama now. Haha.

Truthfully I was expecting a truck of doom in that scene instead of the crane and yes it really took me by suprise there...... though I belive adolecents have been exposed to much more violent and blood splattering scenes..... but if controlling such scenes could help those kids then I am glad to welcome it (if it does'nt affect the storyline - in Missing 9 it was not necessary). As for heavy advertising I don't get it..... did they have many ad slots, if so won't the viewers be distracted or irritated. Can some explain this?

I agree that this is excessive, but then again they do blur out knives so I'm not too surprised.

You're right it's a little too late, if they really wanted to do something they should have done it while the show was still airing and kids today have access to stuff like game of thrones and other such more controversial things so they are not as naive as we assume them to be besides there are shows that just barely make the cut of"safe" watching as they don't actually show things but are really suggestive, I remember entertainer getting hit by similar a Waring because of the rape scene which really was nothing much to be scandalized about, I miss you on the other hand had a far more traumatizing rape scene and even we did not see it actually happening, the way it was shot and what it was suggesting was happening was disturbing...So we have some serious double standards going on here..And people just keep getting offended for something or the other these days to their own self importance.

I agree with the last part, where they violate excessive advertisement regulations. I don't really mind PPL, and with the latest article about unpaid actors I'm gonna support them but not too excessive, like every time the scene changes there're ad products everywhere. That's just too much

Aren't these the same guys who found it perfectly justified to blur our the entirety of Jung Kyung Ho's back after some poor make-up artist (or probably an army of them) spent hours upon hours painting that tattoo for his drug lord act in Heartless City? And all we got was a blurry back because apparently tattoos are offensive. I can just imagine all these poor innocent kids rushing to get a huge back tattoo after being exposed to that scene.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/119f541193cedd13fe25ad265b569707/tumblr_inline_mqma7mxXlt1qz4rgp.png

So.... what is the use of doing these unnecessary measures after the drama has ended? The kids would have already watched the show, and furthermore, they can easily find the show online. I find this totally extra.

ps. Can KCC come up with a committee to ban lousy stories lol

on a side note,

what happens with boarding house daughters, anyone knows?
I wonder why the recent two episodes only have 4 of the main casts, and somehow 'changed' the concept into visiting real boarding house.

I was actually shocked when that rock literally smashes the car D: I wasn't expecting that from a kdrama XD
But what I found more gruesome (even if it's not actually shown) is a scene from one of the last few episode, when it's not a car that's smashed, but well... something else. D:

And I agree with all the Beanies: this is definitely not the main problem of the show X°°°D (a show that I inexplicably follow every week with excitement xDD - A mystery of dramaverse...)

And not to talk about Criminal Minds. Some of the murders on that show is shocking. How will they air that?

well, they must not have seen Voice of they think that's too much to be on TV, missing 9 was fine for me, although i do admit the car scene was really startling only because it was so sudden, but missing 9 is nothing compared to Voice, I remember watching voice and I was anxious all the time because i didn't know when they will throw another bloody body in, and everything was just so how should I say this, visible? no hate though I loved it, i found it really good. I just think it's weird how they've warned missing 9 when Voice was much worse.

Missing 9 is in my To watch list so I guess I'll find out how gruesome the scenes are. But I think I still need to prepare myself (and finish the rest of the dramas I'm currently watching lol)

I would've thought Voice would've got sanctioned. Yeah, they blurred out a lot, put bodies in plastic, and put some scenes in black and white, but I seriously thought Voice was more intense with the violence than Missing 9. Especially that crazy last scene.

I'm so used to Hollywood I find this funny, especially when they blurr the knife as if we don't know it's a knife -_- ...

I actually think it's not so much the bloody scenes that make the film 'violent' but the psychological elements like Tae Ho thinking he has to kill everyone if he's going to live & the idea that you'd think we are all humane but when it comes to survival some people can turn savage. The whole island situation reminded me of the book 'Lord of Flies'.