Lost (South Korean TV series)

Lost (Korean: 인간실격; RR: Ingansilgyeok) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Jeon Do-yeon, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Byung-eun and Kim Hyo-jin. Labelled as "JTBC's Tenth Anniversary Special Project", it aired from September 4 to October 24, 2021 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:30 (KST) time slot.[5][6] It is also available for streaming on iQIYI.[7]

Lost
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Disqualified as a Human[1]
  • No Longer Human[2]
Hangul
인간실격
Literal meaningHuman Disqualification
Revised RomanizationIngansilgyeok
GenreMelodrama[3]
Created byJTBC
Written byKim Ji-hye[3]
Directed by
Starring
ComposerCho Seong-woo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Park Jong-cheol
  • Jeong Seung-soon
  • Hong Seong-hwa
Producers
  • Baek Chang-joo
  • Park Jun-seo
  • Jo Jun-hyeong
Editors
  • Choi Jae-eun
  • Seon Soo-ji
Running time70 minutes[4]
Production companies
Release
Original networkJTBC
Original releaseSeptember 4 (2021-09-04) –
October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)

Synopsis

It tells the story of ordinary people who have worked hard all their lives to see the spotlight, but suddenly realize that "nothing has happened" in the middle of the downhill road of life.[5]

Cast

Main
  • Jeon Do-yeon as Bu-jeong, a ghostwriter who wants to write an original work in her own name. She has tried her best in life, but suddenly encounters a failure and loses reason to live.[8]
  • Ryu Jun-yeol as Kang-jae, a man facing the end of his youth who is afraid of "being nothing". He grew up poor and dreams to become rich. He runs a service company that organizes people to take on different roles required by clients.[8][9]
  • Park Byung-eun as Jung-soo, Bu-jeong's husband who is a food store management team leader in a department store.[5][10]
  • Kim Hyo-jin as Kyung-eun, Jung-soo's first love.[11]

People around Bu-jeong

People around Kang-jae
  • Yoo Su-bin as Tak / Sun-joo (real name), Kang-jae's best friend.[14][15]
  • Son Na-eun as Min-jung, Kang-jae's friend who is a former idol trainee.[15]
  • Jo Eun-ji as Sun-gyu, a pharmacist.[16]
  • Yang Dong-geun as Woo-nam, a nurse in the intensive care unit.[5]
  • Kang Ji-eun as Mi-sun, Kang-jae's mother.
  • Lee Seo-hwan as Jang-gyu, Mi-sun's housemate.
  • Ryu Ji-hun as Jong-hun, host team leader.
  • Na Hyun-woo as Jung-woo, a host.[17]

Others

Production

Lost is the first-ever television project of film director Hur Jin-ho.[19] It also marks lead stars Jeon Do-yeon and Ryu Jun-yeol's small screen comeback after five years.[20]

It was reported that the first script reading of the cast was held on January 6, 2021.[20]

Viewership
Lost : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode number
12345678910111213141516
1930827728566N/A543N/A426N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A468
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea[21]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[21][22]
Nationwide Seoul
1 September 4, 2021 4.191% (3rd) 4.071% (2nd)
2 September 5, 2021 3.752% (2nd) 4.023% (2nd)
3 September 11, 2021 3.308% (3rd) 3.531% (3rd)
4 September 12, 2021 2.784% (7th) 3.472%(3rd)
5 September 18, 2021 1.696% (N/A) N/A
6 September 19, 2021 2.269% (9th) 2.729% (4th)
7 September 25, 2021 1.356% (N/A) N/A
8 September 26, 2021 2.101% (N/A) 2.605% (9th)
9 October 2, 2021 1.168% (N/A) N/A
10 October 3, 2021 1.904% (N/A)
11 October 9, 2021 1.052% (N/A)
12 October 10, 2021 1.848% (N/A)
13 October 16, 2021 1.656% (N/A)
14 October 17, 2021 1.642% (N/A)
15 October 23, 2021 1.210% (N/A)
16 October 24, 2021 2.435% (10th) 2.631% (5th)
Average 2.148% —[lower-alpha 1]
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating/ranking is not known.
  • This series aired 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).

Notes
  1. Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.

References
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