Hellbound

Hellbound TV Series Details:

Hangul	지옥
Hanja	地獄
Literal meaning	Hell
Revised Romanization	Jiok
Based on	Hellbound by Yeon Sang-ho
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Genre	Fantasy, Crime, Horror
Season	1
Episodes	6
Release date	November 19, 2021 (Season 1)
Aired on	Friday
Running time	42–60 min
Age rating	18+
Starring	Yoo Ah-in Kim Hyun-joo Park Jeong-min Won Jin-ah Yang Ik-june
Directed by	Yeon Sang-ho
Written by	Choi Gyu-seok
Produced by	Kim Yeon-ho
Executive producer	Byun Seung-min
Cinematography by	Byun Bong-sun
Edited by	Han Mee-yeon Yang Jin-mo
Music by	Kim Dong-wook
Production Company	Climax Studio
Distributor	Netflix

Hellbound TV Series Cast & Character:

• Yoo Ah-in as Jeong Jin-soo, a cult leader of the emerging New Truth Society.
• Park Sang-hoon as young Jeong Jin-soo
• Kim Hyun-joo as Min Hye-jin, an attorney
• Park Jeong-min as Bae Young-jae, a production director for a broadcasting station
• Won Jin-ah as Song So-hyun, the wife of Bae Young-jae
• Yang Ik-june as Jin Kyeong-hoon, a detective
• Kim Do-yoon as Lee Dong-wook, a live streamer and member of Arrowhead, a gang of violent youths
• Kim Shin-rok as Park Jeong-ja, a single mother subject to the first public demonstration
• Lee Re as Jin Hee-jeong, the daughter of Jin Kyeong-hoon
• Ryu Kyung-soo as Yoo Ji, a priest of the New Truth cult
• Kim Mi-soo as Deacon Young-in of the New Truth
• Lee Dong-hee as Chairman Kim Jeong-chil
• Cha Si-won as Deacon Sacheong of the New Truth
• Im Hyeong-guk as Gong Hyeong-joon, a sociology professor and leader in the Sodo counter-organization
• Kim Hyun as Church member

Storyline:

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

About Hellbound TV Series:

Hellbound (Korean: 지옥) is a South Korean fantasy mystery horror crime television series directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah, and Yang Ik-june.

It is based on the webcomic series “Jiok” written by Yeon Sang-Ho and illustrated by Choi Kyu-Seok (first published on August 25, 2019) via comic.naver.com/webtoon. In April 2020, Netflix approved production of an original series based on the webtoon. Yeon signed on to direct the series.

The concept began with an 11-minute-long animated short titled Hell (지옥) written and drawn by Yeon Sang-ho in 2002 that was expanded (through the addition of a second part) into the 34-minute-long short titled Hell: Two Lives (지옥: 두개의 삶) in 2003 This was followed by a webtoon version of the concept retitled Hellbound published between 2009 and 2011.

The series was filmed at Cube Indoor Studio between August 2020 and January 2021, utilizing outdoor locations such as the old Chungnam Provincial Government Buildings in Sunhwa-dong, Jung-gu, and the Hannam University Missionary Village in Daedeok-gu. On February 25, 2021, the director and cast of Hellbound presented the TV series at a Netflix content roadshow.

It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, when the first three episodes were screened in ‘Primetime’ section on September 9, 2021. It is the first Korean drama series to world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The first three episodes were also screened at the 26th Busan International Film Festival in newly created ‘On Screen’ section on October 7, 2021 and at the 65th BFI London Film Festival in the “Thrill” section on October 15, 2021.

Hellbound was released for streaming on Netflix on November 19, 2021. With 67.52 million viewing hours in the week ending November 28, 2021, Hellbound was in 2nd place in the Global Top 10 weekly list of the most-watched TV shows (non-English).

On release, it recorded 43.48 million viewing hours in three days of release and rose to top spot in the “Netflix global TOP 10 TV (non-English) category” as per the Netflix TOP 10 website. It ranked first in the “TOP 10” in 12 countries, whereas it was listed in the “TOP 10” list in 59 countries worldwide. This is the fastest rate for a Korean series on Netflix.

Hellbound surpassed another Netflix-produced Korean drama, Squid Game, as the most popular show on Netflix on its initial release.

Hellbound TV Series Episodes List:

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	Episode 1	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021
2	2	Episode 2	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021
3	3	Episode 3	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021
4	4	Episode 4	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021
5	5	Episode 5	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021
6	6	Episode 6	Yeon Sang-ho	Choi Gyu-seok	November 19, 2021