''Somebody'' () is a 2022 South Korean television thriller series written by Jung Ji-woo and Han Ji-wan, directed by Jung Ji-woo, and starring Kim Young-kwang, Kang Hae-rim,

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, and Kim Soo-yeon. It was released on

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on November 18, 2022.

Synopsis

Kim Sum (Kang Hae-lim) is a developer for social connecting app "Somebody." Even though she has difficulty communicating with other people, she is friends with Mok-won (Kim Yong-ji) and Gi-eun (Kim Soo-yeon). Her friend Gi-eun works as a detective. A murder takes place and the app "Somebody" is involved in the murder case. Architectural designer Sung Yun-oh (Kim Young-Kwang) appears in front of Sum and her friends. Yun-oh is an attractive man, but he seems to be hiding something. Meanwhile, Gi-eun investigates the murder case with help of Mok-won.

Cast

Main

* Kim Young-kwang as Sung Yun-oh : An architectural designer and a psychopathic killer with mixed extreme personalities but does not reveal his true feelings. He begins to reveal his hidden true self when he meets Sum. * Kang Hae-lim as Kim Sum : A developer of the Somebody app. She has extraordinary talent enough to develop an artificial intelligence chatting program and social connecting. She has

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as Im Mok-won : A shaman who is friends with Sum and Gi-eun. * Kim Su-yeon as Yeong Gi-eun : Sum's best friend of 10 years and a police officer who tracks down a mysterious case involving Somebody. She has

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and requires to be on a wheelchair wherever she moves.

Supporting

* Bae Gang-hee as Lee Ha-in : A co-worker and Spectrum server manager. * Choi Yu-ha as Samantha Jung : The representative of Spectrum, a service provider for Somebody app. * Choi Sang-hyuk as Shim Woo-cheol * Choo Sun-woo as Jang Ha-na * Song Yeon-ji as Rose * Shin Moon-sung as Min Gi-ung : A professor. * Kang Ji-eun as Hong Gong-joo * Kim Joong-ki as Kim Eun-pyeong : A detective police officer. * Shim Woo-sung as Oh Bool-gwang : A detective police officer.

Special appearances

* Choi Jae-hoon as Mr. Jung (Episodes 1 and 7) * Park Yoon-hee as Director of design office. (Episode 2) * Kim Na-yeon as Oh Na-eun (Episode 2) *

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as 79NewMoney : A rich great land owner. (Episode 3) * Won Choon-gyu as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3) * Kim Keun-soon as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3) * Seo Kwang-jae as a merchants' association chairman. (Episode 3) *

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as Kim Sum's mother. (Episode 4) * Park So-eul as young Kim Sum (Episode 4) * Kim Byung-man as a hoody man. (Episode 4) * Choi Rak-yeong as a hoody man. (Episode 4) * Lee Eun-woo as Foxy (Episodes 7 and 8) * Kim Ho as a taxi driver. (Episode 8)

References

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* * * {{Netflix original ended series (2019–present), state=collapsed Korean-language television shows Netflix television dramas South Korean thriller television series South Korean melodrama television series South Korean crime television series 2022 South Korean television series debuts 2022 South Korean television series endings South Korean LGBTQ-related television shows Television series about social media