''Chimera'' () is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Do-hoon and written by Lee Jin-mae. Starring

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and

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, the series tells the story of three leading characters who dig through secrets of the past 30 years to find a culprit named 'Chimera'. It aired every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 on OCN from October 30 to December 19, 2021. ( KST).

Synopsis

The title of the drama is borrowed from Greek mythology.

Chimera Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to: * Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals * Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilici ...

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

as Cha Jae-hwan, 35 years old, a perfectionist homicide detective *

as Lee Joong-yeob, a surgeon *

as Eugene Hathaway, a profiler from the

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Supporting

People around Cha Jae-Hwan

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as Cha Eun-soo, 60 years old, Jae-hwan's mother *

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as Han Joo-seok, 60 years old, head of the Violent Crimes division

Joongsan West Special investigation headquarters

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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 * 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 * 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 *

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as Lee Hwa-jeong, 58 years old, president of Seoryun Hospital *

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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 *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. *

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as Ryu Sung-hee

Production

The filming of the series, produced at a cost of , was temporarily halted in June 2019 due to sexual harassment allegations. An assistant director (the offender) and producer were fired as a result. Production company JS Pictures issued an apology to the victim (a writer) and the cast and crew. The series was slated for release in the second half of 2019, but did not air until October 2021 for unspecified reasons.

Viewership

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References

External links

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