Rugal (TV series)
2020 South Korean sci-fi television series
Rugal Promotional poster
Hangul 루갈
Literal meaning Dry Tears Revised Romanization Rugal
Genre Based on Rugal Developed by OCN Studio Dragon Written by Do Hyun Directed by Kang Cheol-woo Lee Jung-soo Starring Music by Park Se-joon Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producer Song Jin-sun Producer Noh Ji-yeon Running time 60–76 minutes Production company LIAN Entertainment Network OCN Release March 28 (2020-03-28 ) – (2020-05-17 )
Rugal Korean : 루갈 RR : Rugal South Korean television series starring Choi Jin-hyuk , Park Sung-woong , Jo Dong-hyuk , Jung Hye-in, Kim Min-sang, Han Ji-wan and Park Sun-ho . Based on the webtoon of the same name by Rel.mae, it aired on OCN in South Korea and on Netflix worldwide from March 28 to May 17, 2020.[1] [2]
Synopsis Rugal tells the story of Kang Gi-beom (Choi Jin-hyuk ), an elite police officer attempting to bring down one of South Korea's largest criminal organizations, Argos. In retaliation for his efforts, Kang's wife is killed by hitmen sent by Argos, and Kang is blinded and framed for the murder. Kang is later recruited by the NIS to join a special task force known as "Rugal", whose members are equipped with biotechnology , giving them superhuman abilities. After receiving two artificial eyeballs to regain and enhance his sight, Kang sets off to clear his name and bring those responsible for his wife's death to justice.
Cast Main Supporting Jang In-sub as BradleyJang Seo-kyung as Susan
Park Choong-sun as Dr. Oh
Yoo Sang-hoon as Min Dal-ho
Park Jung-hak as Go Yong-duk
Kim In-woo as Choi-yong
Yoo Ji-yun as Jang Mi-joo
Ji Dae-han as Bong Man-chul
Kim Da-hyun as Seol Min-joon[7] Han Gi-yoon as Kim Dae-shik[8]
Lee Seo-el as Kim Yeo-jin[9] Dong Hyun-bae as Lee Jae-han[10] Production The first script reading took place in October 2019 at Donga Digital Media Center in Sangam-dong , Seoul , South Korea.[citation needed
Ratings Rugal : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 760 943 791 810 500 679 679 676 442 601 N/A 682 N/A 522 N/A 516 N/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea .
[11]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[12]
Nationwide
Seoul
1
March 28, 2020
2.612%
2.781%
2
March 29, 2020
3.884% 4.075%
3
April 4, 2020
2.874%
3.206%
4
April 5, 2020
3.119%
3.879%
5
April 11, 2020
2.002%
—
6
April 12, 2020
2.804%
3.437%
7
April 18, 2020
1.464%
—
8
April 19, 2020
2.574%
2.921%
9
April 25, 2020
1.579%
—
10
April 26, 2020
2.066%
2.318%
11
May 2, 2020
1.429%
—
12
May 3, 2020
2.676%
3.407%
13
May 9, 2020
1.255%
—
14
May 10, 2020
1.892%
2.072%
15
May 16, 2020
1.113% —
16
May 17, 2020
2.305%
2.472%
Average
2.228% — [a]
In the table above, the blue numbers the red numbers N/A denotes that the rating is not known.This drama aired 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 ).
Notes
^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
References
^ Choi, Ji-won (March 23, 2020). "OCN's 'Rugal' dabbles in biotech action" . The Korea Herald . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Opie, David (April 15, 2020). "Netflix's Rugal is South Korea's answer to Daredevil" . Digital Spy . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Lee, Gun-hee (October 10, 2019). "Choi Jin-hyuk Confirms Role in OCN's "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Hyun, Hye-sun (October 17, 2019). "Park Sung-woong Becomes a Villain for OCN's "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Jung, Hee-yeon (October 21, 2019). "Jo Dong-hyuk Confirms Appearance in OCN's "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Noh, Gyu-min (October 22, 2019). "Scene Stealer Kim Min-sang Joins OCN's "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Kim, Joo-won (October 31, 2019). "Kim Da-hyun Signs On for OCN's "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Ahn, Ha-na (November 12, 2019). "Han Gi-yoon-I to Star in "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Lee, Ji-hyun (March 11, 2020). "Lee Seo-el to Join "Born Again" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ Park, Yoon-jin (April 1, 2020). "Dong Hyun-bae Joins Choi Jin-hyuk and Jo Dong-hyuk in "Rugal" . HanCinema . Retrieved June 4, 2020 . ^ "Nielsen Korea" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved September 6, 2020 .^ "Nielsen Korea" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
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