Lee Si-jin
ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – Global streaming service Netflix announced a star-studded lineup for its new mystery series Alone in the Woods recently.
Alone in the Woods will mark South Korean movie star Kim Yun-seok’s first drama series in 16 years. His last television role was in MBC’s human drama Do Well (2006-2007).
Since then Kim has worked exclusively on big-screen projects as a lead actor, including in heist movie The Thieves (2012) and action film Escape from Mogadishu (2021), the most ticket-selling film in 2021, recording more than three million admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Veteran actor Yoon Kye-sang, 44, who made a name for himself with the iconic character of Jang Chen – boss of an emerging gang – in hard-hit crime film The Outlaws (2017), will co-star in the series, playing a cottage owner.
Alone in the Woods centres around two characters Yeong-ha and Sang-jun (played by Kim and Yoon, respectively), who own the same cottage at different times, experiencing a mysterious incident after meeting an unknown girl as a guest.
The story develops as the newly appointed senior inspector takes on a case which bears resemblance to an accident that occurred 20 years ago when she was a rookie police officer.
Lee Jung-eun, who played a cold-hearted, indifferent juvenile court judge in Juvenile Justice, plays inspector Bo-min in Alone in the Woods.
The mystery series will be directed by Mo Wan-il, who shot to instant fame with TV series The World of the Married (2020) which set a record as the most watched drama series on Korean cable TV channels.
