Somebody (TV series)

Somebody (Korean: 썸바디; RR: Sseombadi) is a South Korean streaming television series directed by Jung Ji-woo, written by Jung Ji-woo and Han Ji-wan, and starring Kim Young-kwang, Kang Hae-rim, Kim Yong-ji, and Kim Soo-yeon.[3] It premiered on Netflix on November 18, 2022.[4][5]

Somebody
Promotional poster
Hangul
썸바디
Revised RomanizationSseombadi
Genre
Created byNetflix[2]
Written byJung Ji-woo
Han Ji-wan[2]
Directed byJung Ji-woo[2]
Starring
Music byLee Ji-yeon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
  • Jung A-reum
  • Ok Kwang-hee
Running time50 minutes
Production companyBeyond J[2]
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseNovember 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)

Synopsis

Kim Sum (Kang Hae-lim) is a developer for social connecting app "Somebody." Even though she has difficulty communicating with other people, she is friends with Mok-won (Kim Yong-ji) and Gi-eun (Kim Soo-yeon). Her friend Gi-eun works as a detective.

A murder takes place and the app "Somebody" is involved in the murder case. Architectural designer Sung Yun-oh (Kim Young-Kwang) appears in front of Sum and her friends. Yun-oh is an attractive man, but he seems to be hiding something. Meanwhile, Gi-eun investigates the murder case with help of Mok-won.

Cast

Main
An architectural designer and a psychopathic killer with mixed extreme personalities but does not reveal his true feelings. He begins to reveal his hidden true self when he meets Sum.
  • Kang Hae-lim as Kim Sum[7]
A developer of the Somebody app. She has extraordinary talent enough to develop an artificial intelligence chatting program and social connecting. She has Asperger syndrome.[8]
A shaman who is friends with Sum and Gi-eun.
  • Kim Su-yeon as Yeong Gi-eun
Sum's best friend of 10 years and a police officer who tracks down a mysterious case involving Somebody. She has Paraplegia and requires to be on a wheelchair wherever she moves.

Supporting
  • Bae Kang-hee as Lee Ha-in[9]
A co-worker and Spectrum server manager.
  • Choi Yu-ha as Samantha Jung[10]
The representative of Spectrum, a service provider for Somebody app.
  • Choi Sang-hyuk as Shim Woo-cheol
  • Choo Sun-woo as Jang Ha-na
  • Song Yeon-ji as Rose
  • Shin Moon-sung as Min Gi-ung
A professor.
  • Kang Ji-eun as Hong Gong-joo
  • Kim Joong-ki as Kim Eun-pyeong
A detective police officer.
  • Shim Woo-sung as Oh Bool-gwang
A detective police officer.

Special appearances
  • Choi Jae-hoon as Mr. Jung (Episodes 1 and 7)
  • Park Yoon-hee as Director of design office. (Episode 2)
  • Kim Na-yeon as Oh Na-eun (Episode 2)
  • Lee Ki-chan as 79NewMoney
A rich great land owner. (Episode 3)
  • Won Choon-gyu as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3)
  • Kim Keun-soon as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3)
  • Seo Kwang-jae as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3)
  • Lee Ji-ha as Kim Sum's mother. (Episode 4)
  • Park So-eul as young Kim Sum (Episode 4)
  • Kim Byung-man as a hoody man. (Episode 4)
  • Choi Rak-yeong as a hoody man. (Episode 4)
  • Lee Eun-woo as Foxy (Episodes 7 and 8)
  • Kim Ho as a taxi driver. (Episode 8)

References
  1. Kim Eun-jung (November 15, 2022). "Netflix series 'Somebody,' mix of thriller, melodrama: director". Yonhap News. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  2. "넷플릭스, 정지우 연출·김영광 주연 '썸바디' 제작 확정". 뉴스1 (in Korean). September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  3. "Somebody (Korean Drama, 2022, 썸바디)". HanCinema. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. Kim Na-ra (January 19, 2022). ""하정우 '수리남'→김유정 '20세기 소녀'"…넷플릭스, 올해 韓 라인업 25편 공개 [공식]" ["Ha Jung-woo's 'Suriname' → Kim Yoo-jung's '20th Century Girl'"... Netflix unveils 25 Korean lineups this year [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2022 – via Naver.
  5. Moon Ji-yeon (October 4, 2022). "[공식] '은교' 정지우 감독, 시리즈 첫 도전..'썸바디' 11월 18일 공개" [[Official] 'Eunkyo' director Jung Ji-woo, the first challenge in the series... 'Somebody' released on November 18th]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via Naver.
  6. Kim Bo-ra (September 23, 2021). "김영광·강해림·김용지·김수연, 정지우 감독 '썸바디' 캐스팅[공식]" [Kim Young-kwang, Kang Hae-rim, Kim Yong-ji, Kim Su-yeon, and director Jung Ji-woo's 'Somebody' Cast [Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Naver.
  7. Moon Ji-yeon (September 23, 2021). "[공식] 정지우 감독 '썸바디' 제작 확정..김영광·강해림 출연" [[Official] Production confirmed for 'Somebody' directed by Jung Ji-woo... Starring Kim Young-kwang and Kang Hae-rim]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. "Episode 1". Somebody. Season 1. 38 minutes in. Retrieved November 24, 2022. I have a condition. Asperger's syndrome.
  9. Son Bong-seok (November 22, 2022). "신예 배강희, OTT 넷플릭스 '썸바디' 서버매니저 이하이 역 강렬한 존재감" [Rookie Bae Kang-hee, strong presence as Lee Hi, server manager of OTT Netflix's 'Somebody]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved November 22, 2022 – via Naver.
  10. Chae Seong-oh (November 22, 2022). "[OTT오리지널]넷플릭스 '썸바디', 극단의 이질감을 만나다" [[OTT Original] Netflix's 'Somebody' meets the extreme sense of heterogeneity]. Bloter&Media Inc (in Korean). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
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