Beautiful World (TV series)
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| Hangul | 아름다운 세상 |
| Revised Romanization | Areumdaun Sesang |
| Genre | Family drama[1] Melodrama Thriller |
| Written by | Kim Ji-woo |
| Directed by | Park Chan-hong |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Nam Hye-seung |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ham Young-hoon |
| Producers |
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| Running time | 70 minutes[2] |
| Production companies | MI Inc.[3] NK Mulsan |
| Original release | |
| Network | JTBC |
| Release | April 5 – May 25, 2019 |
Beautiful World (Korean: 아름다운 세상) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Hee-soon, Choo Ja-hyun, Oh Man-seok, Cho Yeo-jeong, Nam Da-reum and Kim Hwan-hee. It aired on JTBC from April 5 to May 25, 2019.[4]
Synopsis[edit]
The series follows the story of a boy who becomes critically injured due to an incident of school violence and his family who seeks the truth and fights for justice in his name.[5]
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Park Hee-soon as Park Moo-jin
- A high school physics teacher.[6]
- Choo Ja-hyun as Kang In-ha
- Moo-jin's wife who runs a bakery named after their children.[6]
- Oh Man-seok as Oh Jin-pyo
- The chairman of a private school foundation.[6]
- Cho Yeo-jeong as Seo Eun-joo
- Jin-pyo's wife who is from a wealthy family.[6]
- Nam Da-reum as Park Sun-ho
- Moo-jin and In-ha's son who is a third year middle school student when he becomes a victim of school violence.[7]
- Kim Hwan-hee as Park Su-ho
- Sun-ho's younger sister who attends the same school.[7]
Supporting[edit]
- Hwang Tae-kwang as Lee Sang-woo
- A rich man who inherited a fortune from his parents.[8]
- Seo Young-joo as Han Dong-soo
- A boy who lives without hope for the future in an unfortunate environment.[9]
- Lee Jae-in as Han Dong-hee
- Dong-soo little sister.
- Seo Dong-hyun as Oh Joon-seok
- Jin-pyo and Eun-joo's son.[10]
- Lee Ji-hyun as Lim Sook-hee[11]
- Yang Han-yeol as Lee Ki-chan
Viewership[edit]
Beautiful World : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[12]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 458 | 575 | 682 | 712 | 682 | 667 | 681 | 804 | 800 | 727 | 798 | 916 | 760 | 903 | 890 | 1160 | 763 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[13] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | April 5, 2019 | 2.178% | N/A |
| 2 | April 6, 2019 | 2.926% | 3.099% |
| 3 | April 12, 2019 | 3.053% | 3.515% |
| 4 | April 13, 2019 | 3.306% | 4.006% |
| 5 | April 19, 2019 | 3.346% | 3.637% |
| 6 | April 20, 2019 | 3.267% | 3.621% |
| 7 | April 26, 2019 | 3.334% | 3.665% |
| 8 | April 27, 2019 | 4.001% | 4.553% |
| 9 | May 3, 2019 | 3.727% | 3.921% |
| 10 | May 4, 2019 | 3.451% | 3.804% |
| 11 | May 10, 2019 | 4.222% | 4.451% |
| 12 | May 11, 2019 | 4.643% | 4.885% |
| 13 | May 17, 2019 | 5.904% | 4.505% |
| 14 | May 18, 2019 | 4.331% | 5.284% |
| 15 | May 24, 2019 | 4.910% | 4.871% |
| 16 | May 25, 2019 | 5.785% | 7.076% |
| Average | 3.785% | —[a] | |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.
References[edit]
- ^ "추자현, JTBC 드라마 '아름다운 세상'로 복귀…4월 방송 예정". Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Beautiful World". JTBC Worldwide. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- ^ "JTBC '아름다운 세상' 박희순·추자현, 오만석·조여정 캐스팅 확정". JTBC News (in Korean). JTBC Content Hub Co., Ltd. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ Jung, Da-min (April 5, 2019). "New JTBC drama brings up school violence issue". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ [아름다운 세상] 프로그램 정보. JTBC (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ a b c d [공식] 박희순·추자현·오만석·조여정, '아름다운 세상' 캐스팅 확정. Naver (in Korean). Seoul Economy Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "'아름다운 세상' 남다름X김환희, 출연 확정…남매로 만난다[공식]". Nate (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ "Hwang Tae-kwang to Star in "Beautiful World" with Park Hee-soon and Choo Ja-hyun". HanCinema. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ "서영주, JTBC 신작 '아름다운 세상' 출연…상처 입은 소년 한동수役". Naver (in Korean). Tenasia. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "배우 서동현, JTBC '아름다운 세상' 출연…남다름·김환희와 호흡". Naver (in Korean). Tenasia. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "배우 이지현, JTBC '아름다운 세상' 합류…박희순x추자현 호흡". Naver (in Korean). TV Report. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean).
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Beautiful World at IMDb
- Beautiful World at HanCinema
