''Cheo Yong'' (; lit. Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheo-yong) is a South Korean television series starring Oh Ji-ho,

Oh Ji-eun Oh Ji-eun (; born December 30, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the weekend drama ''Three Brothers (TV series), Three Brothers'', the daily drama ''Smile Again (2010 TV series), Smile Again'', the sitcom ''Livi ...

and

Jun Hyo-seong Jun Hyo-seong (; born October 13, 1989) often simply known as Hyoseong or Hyosung, is a South Korean singer and actress. In 2005, she was a finalist in Mnet (TV channel), Mnet's ''Battle Shinhwa'' which led to her signing a recording contract w ...

. The first season aired on cable channel OCN from February 9 to April 6, 2014, for 10 episodes. The second season aired from August 23, 2015, to October 18, 2015, with Oh Ji-ho and

reprising their roles, and with Ha Yeon-joo playing the protagonist's new partner.

Series overview

Plot

Detective Yoon Cheo-yong was born with the supernatural ability to see, hear and touch ghosts. He solves mysterious, unsolved cases along with tough and passionate colleague Ha Sun-woo, and Han Na-young, the ghost of a high school girl.

Cast

Main characters

* Oh Ji-ho as Yoon Cheo-yong :A detective who loses his family and partner in a tragic incident. He goes from elite detective in the

violent crime A violent crime, violent felony, crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful Force (law), force upon a victim. This entails both crimes in which the violence, vio ...

s unit to a lowly district cop, completely disengaged from life for seven years. Born with the supernatural ability to see, hear, and touch ghosts, one day Cheo-yong starts talking back to the schoolgirl ghost who keeps haunting him and strangely enough, communicating with the undead is what brings him back to the land of the living. He starts to work mysterious cases with his partner Ha Sun-woo, with the added help of "dead signs" that the victims' souls leave behind. *

as Ha Sun-woo (season 1) :A detective in the regional investigation unit who is famous for her tenacity. Her keen sense of observation makes her particularly good at spotting a suspect's weak point, which also comes in handy for her specialty — crime scene reconstructions. Sun-woo is so dogged in her pursuit of closing cases that other cops find her hard to work with. *

as Han Na-young :The departed spirit of an ebullient high school girl who roams around a local police investigation unit aiding its inquiries. * Ha Yeon-joo as Jung Ha-yoon (season 2)

Supporting characters

* Joo Jin-mo as Kang Ki-young (season 2) * Han Sung-yun as Kim Yeon-jin * Kim Jin-yi as Dong-mi's friend *

Yoo Min-kyu Yoo Min-kyu (born September 18, 1987) is a South Korean actor. Career Yoo began working as a runway and magazine model in 2006. He then joined and won the audition competition ''Flower Boy Casting: Oh! Boy'' in 2011, which led to his acting deb ...

as Park Min-jae (season 1) * Choi Deok-moon as Yang Soo-hyuk * Seo Cho-won as Supporting * Oh Woo-jin as Student (season 2) *

Kim Kwon Kim Kwon (born Kim Keon-woo on May 16, 1989) is a South Korean actor. He played minor roles in television dramas such as '' Secret Love Affair'' (2014), ''Heard It Through the Grapevine'' (2015), and '' Marry Me Now'' (2018). He rose to promi ...

as Han Tae-kyung (season 2) * Kim Hyun-joon as Oh Chang-won (season 2) *

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as Jo Nam-ho (season 2) *Yoo Seung-mok as Byun Gook-jin *Yeon Je-wook as Lee Jong-hyun

Guest appearances

Baek Sung-hyun Baek Sung-hyun (; born January 30, 1989) is a South Korean actor. Career Baek Sung-hyun made his acting debut in the 1994 film ''I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me'' when he was five years old. The child actor practically grew up onscreen, pl ...

as Jang Dae-seok (ep. 1-2, 9-10) *Kang Ki-hwa as Min Joo-yeon (ep. 1) * Kim Young-jae as Doctor (ep. 1, 2) *Jeon Ji-ahn as Kim Hye-sun (ep. 2) * Oh Hee-joon as Ghost hunter cameraman (ep. 3) *

Moon Se-yoon Moon Se-yoon (born May 11, 1982), is a South Korean comedian and television personality. He began his career in the entertainment industry as a comedian with SBS, starting with ' in 2002. He gained recognition through his appearances on SBS's ' ...

as Ghost hunter cameraman (ep. 3) *Jung So-young as Choi Yeon-seo / Kang Mi-soo (ep. 3) *Kwon Min as Song Byung-chang (ep. 3) *Jang Eun-ah as Oh Hyun-jin (ep. 3) *Jo Jae-wan as Kim Jae-kwang (ep. 3) *Woo Jin-hee as Kang Je-yi (ep. 4) *Jo Deok-hyun as Vice principal (ep. 4) * Kim Na-hyun as Park Seul-gi (ep. 4) * Ji Su-min as Student (ep. 4) *Jeon Chang-gul as Fisherman (ep. 6) *Lee Sang-in as Lee Dong-mi (ep. 6) *Kang Sung-pil as Ghost (ep. 6) *Kang Sung-min as Choi Yong-joon (ep. 6) *Lee Jae-hee as young Yong-joon (ep. 6) *Kim Hee-ryung as Ahn Gil-ja, Yong-joon's mother (ep. 6) *Yeom Hye-ah as Jang Hye-ji (ep. 7) *Jo Yong-jin as Lee Byung-hoon (ep. 7) *Yang Eun-yong as Park Myung-hee (ep. 7) * Kang Suk-jung as Im Dong-chul (ep. 7) *Seo Ho-chul as Park Yoo-seok (ep. 7) *Heo Jung-kyu as Uhm Jin-won (ep. 7) *Park Woo-chun as Jo Byung-woo (ep. 8) * Kim Byung-chul as offender (ep. 9) * Song Tae-yoon as Kang Jae-sup (ep. 9, season 2) * Oh Min-suk as Han Tae (ep. 10) *Park Jung-hak as Moon Doo-hyun (ep. 10) *

Kim Dong-wook Kim Dong-wook (; born July 29, 1983) is a South Korean actor. After appearing in student short films and several minor parts, Kim became a star through his supporting role in the popular TV series '' Coffee Prince'' (2007), followed by box offi ...

as Lee Cheol-gyu (season 2, ep. 1-2) * Yeon Jung-hoon as police officer (season 2, ep. 5) *

Lee Si-a Lee Si-a (; born July 10, 1990), birth name Lee Ji-a, is a South Korean actress and singer. She made her entertainment debut in 2011 as a member of the K-pop girl group CHI CHI. When Chi Chi disbanded in 2013, Lee turned to acting, and has appe ...

as Han Ji-soo (season 2, ep. 6) *

Lee Bit-na Lee Bit-na (, born August 29, 1995) is a South Korean actress. Early life Lee was born on August 29, 1995. Career Lee started her acting career in 2009 and acted in her first television drama 4 years later, in 2013. She is signed under Urb ...

as Lee Ji-yeon (season 2, ep. 8)

Title origins

The name "Cheo Yong" is inspired by a character in a

folktale Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature has been transcribed. There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used va ...

from the

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

dynasty; Cheo-yong discovers that his wife has committed infidelity with the god of

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, and he sings and dances until the god kneels before him in apology. Since then, people have attached an image of Cheo-yong to their gates to dispel evil spirits and invite auspicious energies.

Original soundtrack

Season 1

Season 2

References

External links

''Cheo Yong'' season one official OCN website

''Cheo Yong'' season two official OCN website
* * {{OCN original series OCN television dramas 2014 South Korean television series debuts 2014 South Korean television series endings Television shows about ghosts Occult detective fiction South Korean crime television series South Korean thriller television series South Korean fantasy television series