# The Veil (South Korean TV series)

The Veil (Korean: 검은 태양) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Park Ha-sun, and Kim Ji-eun. Its screenplay, written by Park Seok-ho, won the 2018 MBC Drama Screenplay Contest. It aired on MBC TV from September 17 to October 23, 2021, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST).
A two-part spin-off of the series titled Moebius: The Veil, which was focused on the backstories of Park Ha-sun, Jung Moon-sung and Jang Young-nam's characters, aired on October 29–30, 2021.

## Synopsis

It is about a top field agent in the National Intelligence Service (NIS). After going missing a year ago, he returns to the organization to find an internal traitor who dropped him into the abyss.

## Cast
### Main

* Namkoong Min as Han Ji-hyuk, the best field agent in the NIS who is admired by his colleagues for his shrewd and perfect performance.
* Park Ha-sun as Seo Soo-yeon, Ji-hyuk's co-worker at the NIS and the head of Criminal Information Integration Center.
* Kim Ji-eun as Yoo Je-yi, Ji-hyuk's partner who graduated early from KAIST, and is a promising field agent.

### Supporting
#### Foreign Intelligence Bureau

* Jang Young-nam as Do Jin-sook
* Kim Jong-tae [ko] as Kang Pil-ho

#### Criminal Information Integration Center

* Kim Do-hyun as Ha Dong-gyun
* Park Jin-woo as Cha Min-chul
* Kwon So-hyun as Goo Hyo-eun

#### Domestic Intelligence Bureau

* Lee Geung-young as Lee In-hwan
* Kim Min-sang [ko] as Jung Yong-tae

#### Others

* Kim Byung-ki as Bang Young-chan
* Yu Oh-seong as Baek Mo-sa
* Woo Ji-hyun as Wie Goo-pyung
* Hyun Bong-sik as Cheon Myung-gi
* Jung Ji-yoon as Kim Yeo-jin
* Hwang Hee as Oh Kyung-seok
* Jo Bok-rae [ko] as Kim Dong-wook
* Ok Ja-yeon as Lin Wei

### Extended

* Jung Moon-sung as Jang Chun-woo
* Kim Eun-woo as Pyo Jae-gyu
* Joo Jong-hyuk as Chang-gyu
* Ahn Ji-ho as Choi Sang-gyun

### Special appearance

* Park Ji-yeon as Jung Eun-hee

## Production

The series received a 15 billion won investment from MBC and Wavve for its production. It is labelled as "MBC's 60th anniversary special project".
It was reported that filming started in April 2021 and continued filming for six months until October 21.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | 1 | 1.239 | 1.579 | 1.814 | 1.562 | 1.753 | 1.594 | 1.534 | 1.350 | 1.468 | 1.440 | 1.297 | 1.590 |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | September 17, 2021 | 7.2% (9th) | 8.2% (6th) | 5.4% (14th) |
| 2 | September 18, 2021 | 8.0% (4th) | 8.5% (4th) | 7.9% (2nd) |
| 3 | September 24, 2021 | 9.8% (5th) | 10.1% (5th) | 8.4% (6th) |
| 4 | September 25, 2021 | 8.3% (4th) | 8.6% (3rd) | 7.5% (4th) |
| 5 | October 1, 2021 | 9.4% (5th) | 9.8% (5th) | 8.6% (6th) |
| 6 | October 2, 2021 | 8.6% (4th) | 9.2% (3rd) | 8.3% |
| 7 | October 8, 2021 | 8.4% (6th) | 8.7% (5th) | 7.1% |
| 8 | October 9, 2021 | 7.8% (4th) | 8.6% (3rd) | 7.6% |
| 9 | October 15, 2021 | 8.3% (6th) | 8.4% (4th) | 6.3% |
| 10 | October 16, 2021 | 7.6% (5th) | 7.7% (4th) | 6.7% |
| 11 | October 22, 2021 | 7.4% (7th) | 7.5% (8th) | 6.7% |
| 12 | October 23, 2021 | 8.8% (3rd) | 9.2% (3rd) | 7.6% (3rd) |
| Average | Average | 8.30% | 8.71% | 7.34% |
| Special | September 18, 2021 | 4.3% (17th) | 4.2% (18th) | 4.6% (15th) |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. |||||

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
| APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Namkoong Min | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Park Ha-sun | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Kim Jong-tae | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Jang Young-nam | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actor | Kim Do-hyun | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Kwon So-hyun | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2021 | Best New Actress | Kim Ji-eun | Won |