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Man in a Veil

{{Short description|2020 South Korean television series}}

{{Infobox television

| network = KBS2

| image = Man in a Veil main poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| location =

| cinematography =

| camera = Single-camera

| company = Celltrion Entertainment

| budget =

| producer = Park Jae sam
Choi Jeong-eun

| first_aired = {{start date|2020|9|7|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2021|2|10|df=yes}}

| related = Woman in a Veil

| editor =

| executive_producer = Moon Joon-ha
KBS Media

| starring = {{ubl|Kang Eun-tak|Uhm Hyun-kyung|Lee Chae-young|Lee Shi-kang}}

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=비밀의 남자|hanja=秘密의 男子|rr=Bimir-ui Namja|lk=Secret Man}}

| genre = {{ubl|Melodrama|Revenge}}

| creator = KBS Drama Production

| writer = Lee Jung-dae

| director = Shin Chang-seok

| creative_director =

| music = Choi Chul-ho

| list_episodes =

| opentheme = "Secret Man" by Choi Chul-ho and Lee So-ri

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 105{{efn|Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by five episodes due to its popularity.}}

| runtime = 40 minutes

}}

Man in a Veil ({{ko-hhrm|비밀의 남자||Bimir-ui Namja}}) is a South Korean television series starring Kang Eun-tak and Uhm Hyun-kyung. The series aired on KBS2 from 7 September 2020 to 10 February 2021.

It was supposed to start on 31 August 2020, but was postponed for a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|title=KBS "코로나 여파로 드라마 5편 제작중단…'비밀의 남자' 1주일 결방"[전문]|url=http://www.spotvnews.co.kr/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=375393|date=August 22, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215026/http://www.spotvnews.co.kr/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=375393|url-status=live}}

Synopsis

This drama tells the story of a man with seven-year-old intelligence after an accident, the love and desires of two women surrounding him, and those facing dreamlike miracles on the threshold of death.

Lee Tae Poong (Kang Eun Tak) has the intelligence level of a seven-year-old after an accident. Meanwhile, Han Yoo Jung (Uhm Hyun Kyung) is a person with a happy personality who dreams of becoming an announcer. But because her family is poor she has to let go of her dream and start working to provide for her family. She also deals with the guilt of her twin sister’s wrongdoings.

Cast

= Main =

  • Kang Eun-tak as Lee Taepung / Yoo Min-hyuk{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kang Eun-tak, Uhm Hyun-kyung and Lee Chae-young at Script Reading of "A Man in a Veil"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kang-eun-tak-uhm-hyun-kyung-and-lee-chae-young-at-script-reading-of-a-man-in-a-veil-143807.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213131644/https://www.hancinema.net/kang-eun-tak-uhm-hyun-kyung-and-lee-chae-young-at-script-reading-of-a-man-in-a-veil-143807.html|archive-date=2021-12-13|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Hancinema|language=en|url-status=live}}
  • Jo Yong-jin as young Lee Tae-poong
  • Uhm Hyun-kyung as Han Yujeong{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Uhm Hyun-kyung Cast for "A Man in a Veil"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/uhm-hyun-kyung-cast-for-a-man-in-a-veil-142876.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214844/https://www.hancinema.net/uhm-hyun-kyung-cast-for-a-man-in-a-veil-142876.html|archive-date=2021-06-02|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Hancinema|language=en|url-status=live}}
  • Kim Da-in as young Han Yoo-jung
  • Lee Chae-young as Han Yura
  • Yoon Seo-jin as young Han Yoo-ra
  • Lee Shi-kang as Cha Seojun
  • Choi Yoon-woo as young Cha Seo-joon

= Supporting =

== Lee Tae-poong's family ==

  • Yang Mi-kyung as Lee Kyung-hye{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Yang Mi-kyung to Star in "A Man in a Veil"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/yang-mi-kyung-to-star-in-a-man-in-a-veil-143040.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119172130/https://www.hancinema.net/yang-mi-kyung-to-star-in-a-man-in-a-veil-143040.html|archive-date=2020-11-19|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Hancinema|language=en|url-status=live}}
  • Lee Il-hwa as Yoon Soo-hui / Seo Ji-sook
  • Chae Bin as Kang Ye-jin
  • Lee Myung-ho as Kang Sang-tae

== Han Yoo-jung and Han Yoo-ra's family ==

  • Choi Jae-sung as Han Dae-chul
  • Kim Eun-soo as Yeo Sook-ja
  • Jang Tae-hun as Han Yoo-myung
  • Ian Cho as young Yoo-myung
  • Seo Woo-jin as Han Dong-ho / Lee Min-woo
  • Bae Do-hwan as Yeo Bong-joon

== Cha Seo-joon's family ==

  • Hong Il-kwon as Cha Woo-seok
  • Kim Hee-jung as Joo Hwa-yeon
  • Kim Yoon-kyung as Cha Mi-ri
  • Lee Jeong-yong as Koo Chun-soo

= Others =

  • Kim Jong-don as Baek Min-won
  • Choi Ji-young as Eom Hae-soo
  • Na Woo-ho as Song Jin-ho
  • Song Seung-ha as Yoo-ra's fellow announcer #1
  • Kim Ga-ran as Yoo-ra's fellow announcer #2
  • Baek Jae-jin as private detective hired by Yoo-ra
  • Lee Chae-hyun as Kim Min-joon
  • Yoo Yong as Detective Lee Hyuk-jae
  • Kim Kyung-min as Park Tae-soo
  • Choi Min-geum as Sook-ja's aunt
  • Hong Seung-bum as Lawyer Min
  • Yoon Duk-yong as Kim Bong-wan
  • Na Suk-min as man who guarded Woo-seok's hospital room
  • Lee Seong-jae as Woo-seok's doctor

= Special appearances =

  • Eru as Choi Joon-seok (Ep. 1-10, 15-16, 72-75, 102-105)
  • Lee Jin-woo as Kang Sang-hyeon (Ep. 1-16)
  • Hong Seok-cheon as Radio PD who helps Yoo-ra (Ep. 1)
  • Yun Da-yeong as Park Na-yeong (Ep. 1-2, 8, 29-30, 53-55)
  • Park Hyeon-jeong as Mi Ah-jeong (Ep. 1-3)
  • Kim Hyun-sook as Na-yeong's mother (Ep. 2, 8)
  • Lee Joo-eun as Song Ji-yeon (Ep. 3-4)
  • Kim Do-kyeong as Driver Kim / Choi Ji-seok (Ep. 8-12)
  • Romina as foreign woman in the hospital (Ep. 20)
  • Ryu Ji-kwang as DL Group model (Ep. 74)
  • Lee Sang-joon as a delivery man (Ep. 99)

Original soundtrack

{{Infobox album

| name = Man in a Veil
(Original Television Soundtrack)

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = various artists

| released = {{start date|2021|01|27}}

| recorded = 2020–2021

| genre = {{hlist|Soundtrack|ballad|K-pop}}

| length = {{Duration|40:25}}

| language = Korean

| label = Leon Korea

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Man in a Veil

| type = Soundtrack

| single1 = Breathe Me

| single1date = {{start date|2020|09|17}}

| single2 = Lean On My Shoulder

| single2date = {{start date|2020|09|24}}

| single3 = Love, Once

| single3date = {{start date|2020|12|02}}

| single4 = It's Fortunate

| single4date = {{start date|2020|12|10}}

}}

}}

The following is the official track list of Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) album. The tracks with no indicated lyricists and composers are the drama's musical score; the artists indicated for these tracks are the tracks' composers themselves.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=비밀의 남자 OST|url=https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/20375104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222113651/https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/20375104|archive-date=February 22, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Bugs!|language=ko|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack)|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack/1550699763|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517002652/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack/1550699763|archive-date=May 17, 2023|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Music|url-status=live}} Singles included on the album were released from September 17, 2020, to December 10, 2020.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 1|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-origianl-television-soundtrack-pt-1-single/1532198919|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517002654/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-origianl-television-soundtrack-pt-1-single/1532198919|archive-date=May 17, 2023|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Music|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 2|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-orignal-television-soundtrack-pt-2-single/1533230464|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422114956/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-orignal-television-soundtrack-pt-2-single/1533230464|archive-date=April 22, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Music|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 3|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack-pt-3-single/1542748613|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517002655/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack-pt-3-single/1542748613|archive-date=May 17, 2023|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Music|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Man in a Veil (Original Television Soundtrack) Pt. 4|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack-pt-4-single/1544044698|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517002652/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-man-in-a-veil-original-television-soundtrack-pt-4-single/1544044698|archive-date=May 17, 2023|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Music|url-status=live}}

{{tracklist

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Breathe Me

| note1 = {{lang|ko|숨만 쉬는 나}}

| lyrics1 = Yoo Sung-kyu (Noblesse)

| music1 = Taibian

| length1 = 3:39

| extra1 = Choi Hyun-joon (V.O.S)

| title2 = Lean On My Shoulder

| note2 = {{lang|ko|어깨에 기대}}

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|U-LU|8Hoop}}

| music2 = {{hlist|U-LU|8Hoop}}

| length2 = 3:58

| extra2 = Tim

| title3 = Love, Once

| note3 = {{lang|ko|사랑, 그 한번}}

| lyrics3 = Seo Ui-seong

| music3 = Seo Ui-seong

| length3 = 3:41

| extra3 = Ban Gwang-ok

| title4 = It's Fortunate

| note4 = {{lang|ko|다행이야}}

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|AIMING|Kang Min-hoon}}

| music4 = {{hlist|AIMING|Kang Min-hoon}}

| length4 = 4:24

| extra4 = Sung-min

| title5 = Devil's Tango

| length5 = 0:52

| extra5 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Lee So-ri}}

| title6 = Secret Man

| note6 = Man in a Veil Title Full Version

| length6 = 2:20

| extra6 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Lee So-ri}}

| title7 = You And Me

| length7 = 3:32

| extra7 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Lee So-ri}}

| title8 = Melody On Guitar

| length8 = 2:19

| extra8 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Oh Hye-joo}}

| title9 = Gloomy

| length9 = 4:24

| extra9 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Lee So-ri|Lee Yong-seok}}

| title10 = Ambition

| length10 = 1:50

| extra10 = Lee So-ri

| title11 = Sad Story

| length11 = 2:10

| extra11 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Oh Hye-joo}}

| title12 = Long Way

| length12 = 3:09

| extra12 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Oh Hye-joo}}

| title13 = Irreversible

| length13 = 1:37

| extra13 = {{hlist|Choi Chul-ho|Lee So-ri}}

| title14 = My Everything

| length14 = 2:36

| extra14 = Lee So-ri

| total_length = 40:25

}}

Viewership

The last episode had more than 3 million views nationwide (3,502,000) and 1,789,000 in the capital, Seoul.{{Cite web|title=Nielsen Korea|url=http://www.nielsenmedia.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|access-date=2021-02-25|website=www.nielsenmedia.co.kr|archive-date=2020-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124130408/http://www.nielsenmedia.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|url-status=live}}

  • In this table, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|the red numbers}} represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan="5"|2020

rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ep.|Episode}}

!rowspan="2"|Original broadcast date

!TNmS

!colspan="2"|Nielsen Korea{{Cite web |url=http://www.nielsenmedia.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00 |title=AGB Nielsen |access-date=2021-02-11 |archive-date=2020-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124130408/http://www.nielsenmedia.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00 |url-status=live }}

Nationwide

!Nationwide

!Seoul

1

|7 September

|14.0%

|10.4%

|9.3%

2

|8 September

|12.9%

|11.1%

|10.7%

3

|9 September

|14.0%

|11.4%

|9.8%

4

|10 September

|13.8%

|10.7%

|9.3%

5

|11 September

|13.9%

|11.4%

|10.1%

6

|14 September

|14.1%

|11.0%

|9.7%

7

|15 September

|14.8%

|12.6%

|10.9%

8

|16 September

|15.8%

|12.9%

|11.3%

9

|17 September

|14.9%

|13.0%

|10.9%

10

|18 September

|14.3%

|12.0%

|10.0%

11

|21 September

|15.0%

|12.3%

|10.7%

12

|22 September

|14.9%

|12.1%

|10.4%

13

|23 September

|14.8%

|11.7%

|10.0%

14

|24 September

|14.1%

|12.1%

|10.4%

15

|25 September

|13.3%

|11.2%

|9.4%

16

|28 September

|12.7%

|11.1%

|10.2%

17

|29 September

|13.6%

|10.9%

|9.2%

18

|30 September

|13.0%

|11.4%

|9.8%

19

|5 October

|14.2%

|11.8%

|10.3%

20

|6 October

|14.2%

|13.1%

|12.0%

21

|7 October

|15.8%

|14.3%

|12.2%

22

|8 October

|17.0%

|14.4%

|13.0%

23

|9 October

|15.2%

|13.5%

|11.4%

24

|12 October

|14.8%

|15.1%

|13.6%

25

|13 October

|16.7%

|15.1%

|13.8%

26

|14 October

|16.2%

|14.8%

|13.1%

27

|15 October

|16.1%

|14.5%

|12.6%

28

|19 October

|16.4%

|14.2%

|12.3%

29

|20 October

|17.0%

|14.5%

|12.4%

30

|21 October

|15.8%

|14.6%

|11.6%

31

|22 October

|16.0%

|15.5%

|13.7%

32

|23 October

|16.6%

|15.2%

|13.2%

33

|26 October

|16.4%

|15.1%

|13.2%

34

|27 October

|16.9%

|15.0%

|13.0%

35

|28 October

|17.1%

|14.8%

|12.6%

36

|29 October

|17.6%

|15.5%

|13.5%

37

|30 October

|17.4%

|14.8%

|13.1%

38

|3 November

|18.0%

|15.9%

|14.6%

39

|4 November

|17.0%

|14.7%

|12.3%

40

|6 November

|16.0%

|13.9%

|11.7%

41

|9 November

|16.8%

|15.0%

|12.7%

42

|11 November

|16.8%

|15.0%

|13.1%

43

|12 November

|16.0%

|14.8%

|12.7%

44

|13 November

|16.6%

|14.7%

|12.6%

45

|16 November

|17.9%

|15.1%

|12.9%

46

|17 November

|14.5%

|15.0%

|13.1%

47

|18 November

|18.7%

|15.5%

|13.2%

48

|19 November

|18.3%

|16.4%

|14.3%

49

|23 November

|17.8%

|16.0%

|13.9%

50

|25 November

|17.7%

|16.1%

|14.3%

51

|26 November

|18.3%

|15.9%

|13.4%

52

|27 November

|17.6%

|15.9%

|14.7%

53

|30 November

|17.5%

|17.0%

|15.0%

54

|1 December

|17.4%

|17.1%

|14.5%

55

|2 December

|18.1%

|16.7%

|14.2%

56

|3 December

|19.5%

|17.0%

|15.2%

57

|4 December

|18.1%

|16.8%

|14.6%

58

|7 December

|19.6%

|17.3%

|15.0%

59

|8 December

|21.1%

|17.4%

|15.1%

60

|9 December

|20.1%

|17.7%

|15.4%

61

|10 December

|19.9%

|17.5%

|15.3%

62

|11 December

|19.6%

|16.8%

|15.1%

63

|14 December

|19.6%

|17.7%

|15.1%

64

|15 December

|20.1%

|18.5%

|16.5%

65

|16 December

|19.8%

|17.9%

|15.6%

66

|17 December

|18.9%

|17.9%

|16.0%

67

|18 December

|17.8%

|17.9%

|16.1%

68

|21 December

|19.3%

|18.8%

|16.6%

69

|22 December

|21.1%

|18.8%

|16.4%

70

|23 December

|19.6%

|18.5%

|16.2%

71

|24 December

|19.3%

|17.8%

|15.9%

72

|25 December

|20.0%

|17.9%

|16.0%

73

|28 December

|12.0%

|19.8%

|17.5%

74

|29 December

|20.8%

|19.5%

|17.0%

75

|30 December

|18.3%

|19.1%

|16.9%

76

|31 December

|16.2%

|18.3%

|15.9%

colspan="5"|2021
77

|1 January

|20.4%

|18.9%

|17.0%

78

|4 January

|20.9%

|19.1%

|16.6%

79

|5 January

|22.0%

|19.3%

|16.9%

80

|6 January

|21.3%

|18.7%

|15.8%

81

|7 January

|21.8%

|19.7%

|16.8%

82

|8 January

|21.4%

|20.1%

|17.6%

83

|11 January

|20.2%

|19.2%

|17.5%

84

|12 January

|20.7%

|19.6%

|17.3%

85

|13 January

|21.1%

|19.5%

|16.9%

86

|14 January

|21.1%

|18.8%

|15.9%

87

|15 January

|20.8%

|18.1%

|15.4%

88

|18 January

|20.8%

|19.3%

|16.2%

89

|19 January

|22.1%

|19.1%

|16.7%

90

|20 January

|21.8%

|18.9%

|16.3%

91

|21 January

|21.6%

|19.3%

|16.8%

92

|22 January

|21.1%

|19.8%

|17.4%

93

|25 January

|20.8%

|19.5%

|17.3%

94

|26 January

|21.7%

|20.4%

|17.9%

95

|27 January

|21.7%

|19.4%

|17.1%

96

|28 January

|23.1%

|19.4%

|16.9%

97

|29 January

|22.5%

|19.8%

|17.3%

98

|1 February

|23.0%

|20.1%

|16.5%

99

|2 February

|

style="color:Red">23.4%

|21.2%

|

style="Color:Red">18.9%

100

|3 February

|22.9%

|20.2%

|17.7%

101

|4 February

|21.2%

|19.6%

|17.0%

102

|5 February

|22.8%

|19.9%

|17.3%

103

|8 February

|22.2%

|19.7%

|17.1%

104

|9 February

|23.1%

|20.5%

|17.9%

105

|10 February

|22.4%

|

style="Color:Red">21.3%

|18.7%

colspan="2" |Average

|18.12%

|16.32%

|14.23%

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Year

! Award

! Category

! Recipient

! Result

rowspan=2| 2020

| rowspan=5| KBS Drama Awards

| Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama

| Kang Eun-tak

| rowspan=2 {{won}}

Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama

| Lee Chae-young

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/drama/secretman2020/pc/index.html}} {{in lang|ko}}
  • {{KBS World TV program|1637}}

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