Chimera (South Korean TV series)

Chimera (Korean: 키마이라; RR: Kimaira; in Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature) is an ongoing South Korean television series directed by Kim Do-hoon and written by Lee Jin-mae. Starring Park Hae-soo, Lee Hee-joon and Claudia Kim, the series tells the story of three leading characters who dig through secrets of the past 30 years to find a culprit named 'Chimera'.[3] It premiered on OCN on October 30, 2021 and airs on every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST).[4][5][6]

Chimera
Promotional poster
Hangul키마이라
GenreCrime thriller
Created byOCN (Plan Production)
Written byLee Jin-mae
Directed byKim Do-hoon
Starring
Music byKim Jun-seok
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerLee Kyung-seok (CP)
ProducerLee Jin-seok
Production companyJS Pictures[1]
DistributorOCN
Budget₩13 billion[2]
(~US$11.089 million)
Release
Original networkOCN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseOctober 30, 2021 (2021-10-30) –
present (present)
External links
Website

Synopsis

The title of the drama is borrowed from Greek mythology. Chimera is the name of a monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake, and breathes fire through its mouth.

An explosion took place in the past. That explosion led to a serial murder case known as the Chimera case. 35 years later, a similar explosion takes place.

Cast

Main
  • Park Hae-soo as Cha Jae-hwan, 35 years old, a perfectionist homicide detective
  • Lee Hee-joon as Lee Joong-yeob, a surgeon. Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier
  • Kim Soo-hyun as Eugene Hathaway, a profiler from the FBI

People around Cha Jae-Hwan
  • Nam Gi-ae as Cha Eun-soo, 60 years old, Jae-hwan's mother
  • Kang Shin-il as Han Joo-seok Han, 60 years old, head of the Violent Crimes division

Joongsan West Special investigation headquarters
  • Woo Hyun as Bae Seung-gwan, 60 years old, Joongsan Police Chief
  • Heo Jun-seok as Go Kwang-soo, 38 years old, head of the Special Investigation Headquarters
  • Kwon Hyuk-hyun as Lee Geon-yeong, 29 years old
Representative of a powerful team of special investigations. A young detective who is best friends with Jae-hwan. He is jealous of Eugene, former FBI agent[7]
  • Yoon Ji-won as Jang Ha-na, 29 years old, an agent of the special investigation team. She is good at computers and works in an image analysis room[8]
  • Kim Ji-hoon as Jo Han-cheol, 42 years old, homicide detective
  • Jung Young-ki as Im Pil-seong, 38 years old, homicide detective

Seo-ryun group
  • Kim Gwi-sun as Lee Min-ki, 64 years old, Member of Parliament[9]
  • Kim Ho-jung as Lee Hwa-jeong, 58 years old, president of Seoryun Hospital
  • Lee Ki-young as Seo Hyun-tae, 64 years old, Chairman of Seo-ryun Group

Others
  • Cha Joo-young as Kim Hyo-kyeong, 35 years old, an elite reporter belonging to the investigative reporting team of a broadcasting company[10]
  • Lee Seung-hoon as Ham Yong-bok
A former detective who was involved in the Chimera investigation with Joo-joo and Seung-gwan, and now owns a beauty salon.[11]

Production

The series is produced by JS Pictures with Park Hae-soo, Soo-hyeon and Lee Hee-jun appearing as main lead.[1] The filming of the series produced at a cost of ₩13 billion, was stopped in July 2019 due to sexual harassment allegation during the production process.[2][12]

Viewership

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Chimera : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A319N/A395N/A433N/A427TBDTBDTBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea[13]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
[13][14]
Nationwide Seoul
1 October 30, 2021 0.949% N/A
2 October 31, 2021 1.352% 1.741%
3 November 6, 2021 0.868% N/A
4 November 7, 2021 1.084% N/A
5 November 13, 2021 1.002% N/A
6 November 14, 2021 1.427% 1.515%
7 November 20, 2021 0.935% N/A
8 November 21, 2021 1.571% N/A
9 November 27, 2021 1.101% N/A
10 November 28, 2021 2.108% (5th) 2.075% (2nd)
11 December 4, 2021 1.2% N/A
12 December 5, 2021 2.088% 1.915%
13 December 11, 2021 1.185% N/A
14 December 12, 2021 2.018% (4th) 1.935% (4th)
15 December 18, 2021
16 December 19, 2021
Average % %
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This drama airs 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).

References
  1. Shin Young-eun (September 27, 2021). "박해수X수현X이희준 `키마이라` 10월 30일 첫방송 확정 [공식]" [Park Hae-soo X Soo-hyeon X Lee Hee-jun 'Chimera' first broadcast confirmed on October 30 [Official]]. Star Today (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. Kim Ji-won (July 15, 2019). "제작비 130억원 대작 '키마이라', 스태프 성추행 의혹에 촬영 중단" [Filming for 'Chimaira', a blockbuster movie that cost 13 billion won to produce, halted due to sexual harassment allegations]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  3. "Chimera (Korean Drama, 2021, 키마이라)". HanCinema. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  4. "박해수X수현X이희준, 다채로운 매력 담은 2차 티저 공개 ('키마이라')" [Park Hae-soo X Soo-hyeon X Lee Hee-jun, the 2nd teaser full of colorful charms released ('Chimaira')]. Ten Asia. Naver. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  5. "OCN's newest drama Chimera to premiere on October 30". September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  6. Lee, Jung-hyun (April 26, 2019). "박해수·이희준·수현, 드라마 '키마이라' 주연" [Hae-Soo Park, Hee-Jun Lee, and Soo-Hyeon to star in the drama 'Kimira']. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  7. Kim Young-woong (October 13, 2021). "권혁현, '키마이라' 출연 확정…박해수 절친 이건영 役 [공식]" [Kwon Hyuk-hyun confirmed to appear in 'Chimaira'... Park Hae-soo's best friend Lee Kun-young [Official]]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  8. Park Pan-seok (October 6, 2021). "윤지원, '키마이라' 특별 수사팀 막내 요원 장하나 변신 [공식]" [Yoon Ji-won, transforming into Jang Ha-na, the youngest agent of the special investigation team for 'Chimaira' [Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  9. Park Soo-in (October 21, 2021). "김귀선 '키마이라' 출연, 야당 실세 현직 국회위원 된다" [Kim Gwi-sun to appear in 'Chimaira' and become an incumbent incumbent member of the opposition party]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  10. "[공식] 차주영, 130억 규모 '키마이라' 주연 합류..엘리트 기자로 활약 예정" [[Official] Joo-Young Cha joins the lead role in 'Chimera' worth 13 billion... Planned to work as an elite reporter] (in Korean). Seoul Economy. April 12, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  11. Son Jin-ah (October 15, 2021). "이승훈, '키마이라' 출연 확정…열일 행보 시동 ON" [Lee Seung-hoon confirmed to appear in 'Chimaira'... Start working hard] (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Naver.
  12. Jin Hyang-hee (July 15, 2019). "130억 대작 드라마 '키마이라', 스태프 성추행 의혹에 촬영 중단" [Filming for 'Chimaira', a 13 billion-dollar blockbuster drama, halted due to allegations of sexual harassment]. 스타투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  13. "Cable Daily -TOP 10 LIST FOR TV PROGRAMS (Nielsen Korea)". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  14. "키마이라: 시청률" [Chimera: ratings]. Naver. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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