Hide and Seek (TV series)

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Hide and Seek
	Promotional poster
Hangul	숨바꼭질
Genre	Romance; Melodrama; Mystery;
Created by	Kim Sung-mo
Written by	Seol Kyung-eun
Directed by	Shin Yong-whee
Starring	Lee Yu-ri; Song Chang-eui; Uhm Hyun-kyung; Kim Young-min;
Music by	Gaemi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	48
Production
Executive producers	Bae Ik-hyeon; Lee Hyang-bong;
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	Neo Entertainment
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	August 25 –; November 17, 2018

Hide and Seek (Korean: 숨바꼭질; RR: Sumbakkokjil) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-ri, Song Chang-eui, Uhm Hyun-kyung and Kim Young-min. The series aired every Saturday from August 25 to November 17, 2018 on MBC TV from 8:45 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. (KST). It had 4 episodes a day.^[2]

Synopsis

The tangled fates of the heiress of a cosmetics company and a woman who had to achieve everything on her own.

Cast

Main

Lee Yu-ri as Min Chae-rin^[3]
- Jo Ye-rin as young Chae-rin

A sly and strong-willed executive director of a cosmetics company but deep inside she craves love from her family.

Song Chang-eui as Cha Eun-hyuk^[3]
- Choi Seung-hoon as young Eun-hyuk

A secretary and driver for Taesan Group.

Uhm Hyun-kyung as Ha Yeon-joo / Min Soo-a^[4]
- Shin Rin-ah as young Soo-a

An employee for Make Pacific. She is kind-hearted but jealousy will turn her into an evil and spiteful woman.

Kim Young-min as Moon Jae-sang^[4]

A playboy who is the successor of Taesan Group.

Supporting

Jung Hye-sun as Na Hae-geum
Yoon Joo-sang as Moon Tae San
Lee Jong-won as Min Joon-sik
Lee Won-jong as Jo Pil-doo
Jo Mi-ryung as Park Hae-ran
Seo Joo-hee as Do Hyun-sook
Yoon Da-kyung as General Manager Kim
Kim Hye-ji as Ha Geum-joo
Choi Hee-jin as Ha Dong-joo
Ahn Bo-hyun as Baek Do-hoon
Lee Yong-nyeo as Buddhist Choi

Production

The first script reading took place on June 30, 2018 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.^[5]

International broadcast

In Vietnam, the series was broadcast on VTV3 at 17:20 on weekdays from May 26, 2020 under the title Trò trốn tìm.

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS^[6]		AGB Nielsen^[7]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	August 25, 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.2% (NR)	3.4% (NR)
2		6.8%	6.9%	7.2% (11th)	7.2% (11th)
3		6.5%	6.7%	7.0% (12th)	7.2% (11th)
4		7.7%	8.0%	8.1% (10th)	8.4% (9th)
5	September 8, 2018	3.0%	—	3.7% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
6		7.6%		7.2% (11th)	7.0% (11th)
7		6.7%		6.8% (14th)	6.8% (14th)
8		8.5%		8.6% (5th)	8.7% (6th)
9	September 15, 2018	3.7%		4.9% (NR)	4.4% (NR)
10		7.7%		8.6% (12th)	8.0% (11th)
11		6.5%		7.3% (15th)	6.7% (19th)
12		7.6%		9.2% (6th)	8.7% (8th)
13	September 22, 2018	4.8%		5.5% (NR)	5.1% (NR)
14		10.5%		10.2% (6th)	9.8% (6th)
15		11.0%		10.3% (5th)	10.1% (4th)
16		11.8%		11.0% (3rd)	10.6% (3rd)
17	September 29, 2018	4.6%		5.5% (NR)	4.9% (NR)
18		8.1%		7.7% (14th)	7.3% (15th)
19		7.0%		6.6% (19th)	6.5% (18th)
20		8.8%		9.1% (7th)
21	October 6, 2018	—		5.7% (NR)	5.4% (NR)
22				11.3% (5th)	11.5% (4th)
23				11.3% (5th)	11.4% (5th)
24				13.1% (3rd)	13.0% (3rd)
25	October 13, 2018	5.3%		5.3% (NR)	5.0% (NR)
26		11.0%		10.2% (5th)	10.0% (5th)
27		10.8%		10.6% (4th)	10.5% (4th)
28		11.4%		11.2% (3rd)	11.1% (3rd)
29	October 20, 2018	3.6%		3.6% (NR)	3.3% (NR)
30		8.2%		8.1% (6th)	7.9% (8th)
31		11.3%		11.0% (5th)
32		12.6%		11.8% (4th)	11.9% (4th)
33	October 27, 2018	5.5%		5.9% (NR)	5.2% (NR)
34		12.8%		11.4% (4th)	11.2% (4th)
35		13.0%		11.2% (5th)	11.1% (5th)
36		14.1%		12.0% (3rd)
37	November 3, 2018	10.2%		9.9% (7th)	9.3% (8th)
38		13.3%		12.7% (4th)	12.4% (4th)
39		12.8%		12.6% (5th)	11.8% (5th)
40		13.5%		13.3% (3rd)	13.1% (3rd)
41	November 10, 2018	10.5%		10.6% (6th)	12.1% (4th)
42		13.7%		12.9% (4th)	11.6% (5th)
43		12.9%		12.2% (5th)	11.6% (5th)
44		14.0%		13.4% (3rd)	12.8% (3rd)
45	November 17, 2018	7.8%		7.3% (12th)	6.7% (16th)
46		14.0%		13.2% (5th)	11.6% (5th)
47		13.9%		13.6% (4th)	12.5% (4th)
48		15.2%		15.4% (3rd)	14.4% (3rd)
Average		-	-	15.4%	14.4%

No episode aired on September 1 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Lee Yoo-ri	Nominated	^[8]
	2018 MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Lee Yoo-ri	Nominated	^[9]
		Drama of the Year	Hide and Seek	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama	Lee Yoo-ri	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project	Song Chang-eui	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project	Kim Young-min	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Special Project	Uhm Hyun-kyung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Cast in Weekend Special Project	Jo Mi-ryung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Cast in Weekend Special Project	Yoon Da-gyeong	Nominated
		Best Child Actress	Jo Ye-rin	Won

Notes

^ ^a ^b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[1]