''The Ghost Detective'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Choi Daniel,

Park Eun-bin Park Eun-bin (, born September 4, 1992) is a South Korean actress. A former child actress, she is known for her lead roles in the television series ''Hello, My Twenties!'' (2016–2017), ''Hot Stove League'' (2019–2020), ''Do You Like Brahms? ...

and

Lee Ji-ah Kim Sang-eun (; born August 6, 1978), known professionally as Lee Ji-ah, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame with her role in the television drama'' The Legend'' (2007), and has since further participated in '' Beethoven Virus'' (2008) ...

. It aired on

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot from September 5 to October 31, 2018.

Synopsis

Detective Lee Da-il ( Choi Daniel), who catches ghosts, tries to solve the case of his assistant, Jung Yeo-wool's (

) younger sibling's bizarre death. He runs into a mysterious woman in red called Sunwoo Hye (

) who appears at every crime scene.

Cast

Main

* Choi Daniel as Lee Da-il, a sharp and tenacious detective who displays his abilities only when he is investigating a case that interests him. *

as Jung Yeo-wool, a cheerful, persistent and strong assistant detective. *

as Sunwoo Hye, a mysterious woman who always wears a red dress and carries both an innocent and spooky vibe with her. **

Heo Jung-eun Heo Jung-eun (; born September 14, 2007) is a South Korean actress. She first drew public attention with her performances in hit dramas, '' My Lawyer, Mr. Jo'' (2016) and ''Love in the Moonlight'' (2016). At age nine, she took on her first leadin ...

as young Sunwoo Hye

Supporting

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as Han Sang-seop, a local private investigator and chief of a detective agency. * Lee Jae-kyun as Park Jung-dae, a smart and vigorous police detective. * Lee Joo-young as Gil Chae-won, a medical examiner who has the ability to communicate with ghosts. * Shin Jae-ha as Kim Gyeol * Chae Ji-an as Jung Yi-rang *

Park Joo-hee Park Joo-hee is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Tomorrow, with You'', ''The Ghost Detective'', ''My Golden Life'', '' Watcher'' and ''Happiness''. She also appeared in movies '' Set Me Free'', '' Illang: T ...

as Baek Da-hee, a lawyer from a top firm. *

Yoo Su-bin Yoo Su-bin (born 6 November 1992) is a South Korean actor. Career Yoo made his drama debut in ''Prison Playbook'' in 2017, as Yang Jung Suk, who was involved in the back story of Jung Hae In's character. Prison Playbook is directed by the S ...

as Kang Eun-jung, an aspiring journalist. * Hyun Bong-sik as detective *

Ye Soo-jung Ye Soo-jung is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' Mine'', '' The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won'', '' One the Woman'', '' Link: Eat, Love, Kill'', ''Do You Like Brahms?'' and ''Becoming Witch''. She also appeare ...

as Da-il's mother * Kim Min-sang as Detective Squad Chief Sim * Mi Ram as Chan-mi, a kindergarten teacher. *

Woo Ki-hoon Woo Ki-hoon (born 1996) is a South Korean actor and model. He is best known for his drama roles in ''Solomon's Perjury is a 2-part 2015 Japanese suspense mystery film directed by Izuru Narushima, based on the novel of the same title by Miyu ...

as Pil-seung *

Shin Cheol-jin Shin Cheol-jin is a South Korean actor. He made his debut in the 1976 play ''Naughty in the West''. Filmography Television series Film Awards and nominations * 2005 Korean Theater Actors Association Actor of the Year * 2008 The 12th Hector ...

as Grandpa's Ghost

Production

* Early working title of the series is ''A Few Good Men'' (). * First script reading was held in June 2018 at KBS Annex Building.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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