Forest (Korean포레스트; RRPoreseuteu) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin and Jo Bo-ah. It aired on KBS2 from January 29 to March 19, 2020.[2]

Forest
Forest promotional poster
Hangul
포레스트
Genre
Written byLee Sun-Young
Directed byOh Jong-rok[a]
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes32[b]
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[b]
Production companies
  • iHQ
  • Star Force
  • Gazi Contents
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJanuary 29 (2020-01-29) –
March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)

Cast

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Main

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Recurring

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119 Rescue Team

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  • Ryu Seung-soo as Bong Dae-yong
  • Woo Jung-kook as Ki Pil-young
  • Geum Kwang-san as Yang Chul-sik
  • Kim Eun-soo as Gook Soon-tae
  • Myung Jae-hwan as Kim Man-soo

Miryeong Hospital

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  • Ahn Sang-woo as Park Jin-man
  • Go Soo-hee as Nurse Kim
  • Lee Nam-hee as Hospital Director

Red Line Investments

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  • Lee Si-hoon as Park Hyung-soo
  • Kim Su-hyeon as Chairman Jang
  • Jung Soo-gyo as Han Ji-yong

Taeseong Group

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  • Choi Kwang-il as Kwon Joo-han
  • Kim Young-pil as Jo Kwang-pil

Others

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  • Park Ji-il as Jung Byung-hyuk
  • Lee Do-kyung as Choi Jung-mok
  • Jung Myung-joon as Shin Joon-young
  • Heo Ji-won as Cha Jin-woo
  • Choi Beom-ho as Seo Seok-yong
  • Kim Min-seok
  • Han Chul-woo

Special appearances

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  • Grace Lee as Professor presenting conference materials on Bangladesh epidemic cases (episode 20)
  • Jeong Moon-ho
  • Kim Choong-sik

Production

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  • Early working title was Secret.
  • Filming finished in August 2019. Drama series airs as a completed production.

Ratings

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In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[3]
Nationwide
1 January 29, 2020 7.1%
2 7.4%
3 January 30, 2020 4.7%
4 5.1%
5 February 5, 2020 6.2%
6 6.9%
7 February 6, 2020 5.2%
8 5.3%
9 February 12, 2020 6.1%
10 7.4%
11 February 13, 2020 4.8%
12 5.2%
13 February 19, 2020 5.5%
14 6.2%
15 February 20, 2020 4.1%
16 4.1%
17 February 26, 2020 5.2%
18 5.8%
19 February 27, 2020 4.3%
20 4.9%
21 March 4, 2020 4.8%
22 4.5%
23 March 5, 2020 3.5%
24 3.6%
25 March 11, 2020 4.2%
26 4.7%
27 March 12, 2020 2.6%
28 3.1%
29 March 18, 2020 4.3%
30 4.2%
31 March 19, 2020 4.3%
32 5.3%
Average 5.0%

Notes

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  1. ^ Also a co-executive producer of the series through his "Star Force" production banner
  2. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ "Park Hae Jin And Jo Bo Ah Are Looking For A Hidden Secret In Upcoming Drama "Forest"". Soompi. January 24, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved May 16, 2020.
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