Missing 9

During a flight to China, a plane carrying 47 people crashes into an island. Only 12 make it out alive, seven of whom are South Korea's most famous celebrities. Stylist Ra Bong Hee, Former Dreamers leader Seo Joon-oh, fellow members Tae-oh and Lee Yeol, Famous singer and actress Ha Ji-ah. Other famous actress Yoon so-hee, Ji-ah's manager Jung Ki-joon, president of Legend Entertainment Hwang Jae-guk, Secretary Tae-ho hang, famous reporter Kim Ki-hwan, and pilots Park seo Tae and Nam Soo Cheol. However, after four months, only Bong-hee survives. However, she discovers that six other survivors survived. Tae-oh, Joon-oh, Ji-ah, Ki-joon, Jae-guk, and Ho-hang have successfully survived the ordeal, and are deemed international celebrities due to the ordeal. However they discover that five of them, Lee Yeol, So-hee, Soo-cheol, Seo-tae, and Ki-hwan, were mysteriously murdered by an unknown assailant, and they struggle to find out who in their group murdered the five.{{Cite news|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0002603135|title=[단독]최태준 포함 정경호·백진희·이선빈·찬열 '미씽9' 출연|access-date=2016-10-15|work=Naver News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818175635/http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0002603135|archive-date=2017-08-18|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=108&aid=0002570002|title=엑소 찬열·이선빈·최태준·류원, '미씽나인 합류 확정|access-date=2016-11-14|work=Naver News}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.xportsnews.com/jenter/?ac=article_view&entry_id=795272&_REFERER=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000678246|title='미씽나인', 비행기 추락에 무인도 조난까지…상상 이상의 규모|date=2016-11-30|access-date=2016-12-03|work=xsportsnews.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.topstarnews.net/detail.php?number=228072|script-title=ko:'미씽나인' 정경호부터 엑소 찬열까지, 9명의 실종자는 어디로 갔나|last=|first=|date=2016-12-05|website=news.topstarnews.ne|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-05}}

• Baek Jin-hee as Ra Bong-hee{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201610071406370410|title=백진희 측 "'미씽9' 출연 확정 NO, 논의중"|access-date=2016-10-15|work=newsen.com}}

:Joon-oh's new stylist, who left her hometown to pursue her dreams in Seoul. Her first day working ends up in a plane crash and being stranded on an uninhabited island. While living on the island, she proves herself to have good survival skills and often feels responsible for others. After four months, she ends up becoming known as the only survivor and sole witness to the events surrounding the accident.

• Jung Kyung-ho as Seo Joon-oh{{Cite web|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=14744443271161276002|title=[단독] '피크닉'→'미씽9' 정경호 남자주인공 물망, 강하늘 최종고사|website=tvdaily.asiae.co.kr|access-date=2016-10-15}}

:A celebrity who is going through hard times after being accused of DUI and instigating a colleague to commit suicide. He was once a leader of a popular idol band, Dreamers, but is now reduced to being a D-list fringe celebrity. Although he acts very bratty and spoiled, he turns out to have more love and forgiveness in his heart than anyone. He's presumed dead after passing out from blood loss, but is revealed to be alive and the last survivor to be identified

• Choi Tae-joon as Choi Tae-ho{{Cite news|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000471392|title=엑소 찬열·이선빈·최태준·류원, '미씽나인' 출연 확정|access-date=2016-11-14|work=Naver News}}

:He was the bassist of the band Dreamers. After the disbandment, he became an actor and successfully climbed back to the peak of his career with a good and clean image. He was perceived as a rival by Joon-oh and was Ji-ah's secret lover. Unknown to the public, he actually needed someone to sing for him during his days in Dreamer. He reveals a hidden side of himself while surviving on the island. He was involved in the murders that occurred on the island. He's the second survivor to be revealed, and tries to kill all 6 of the survivors to ensure his clean image

• Lee Sun-bin as Ha Ji-ah{{Cite news|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=20422590&cloc=|script-title=ko:[단독]´신예´ 이선빈, MBC ´피크닉´ 주연…혜리와 대립|access-date=2016-10-15|work=isplus.live.joins.com}}

:The most successful celebrity in Joon-oh's and Tae-ho's management agency, Legend Entertainment. She is charismatic and refreshingly honest to the extent of not being able to understand secret signals and hints and often saying them out loud. She has a disease which only Joon-oh and Ki-joon know, which puts her in mortal danger while being stranded on the island.

• Oh Jung-se as Jung Ki-joon{{Cite news|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0002450000|title='미씽나인' 오정세, 정경호 동고동락 매니저 변신|access-date=2016-12-17|work=Naver News}}

:Joon-oh's manager who has been loyal to him throughout the years. He takes very good care of Ji-ah, where it was subsequently revealed that he did it out of guilt of not being able to save Ji-ah's brother while being a medic in the military.

• Kim Sang-ho as Hwang Jae-guk

:President of Legend Entertainment. After the ruckus caused by Joon-oh's scandal, he decided to disband Dreamers. He was perceived as a selfish person mainly because of his title, but proved others wrong when he decided to stay with the others on the island when given an opportunity to escape. However, after he's rescued, he is involved in a car wreck which puts him in a coma and paralyzes him permanently.

• Tae Hang-ho as Tae Ho-hang{{Cite news|url=http://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=593531|script-title=ko:배우 태항호, MBC 새 수목드라마 '미씽나인' 캐스팅 확정! – 국제뉴스|date=2016-11-17|access-date=2016-11-22|work=gukjenews.com}}

:Secretary of the president of Legend Entertainment. Very loyal to President Hwang, often seen nagging at him, but is also an easily distressed person. He becomes a witness of a murder in the deserted island, and becomes torn between his conscience and his fear.

• Park Chanyeol as Lee Yeol

:He was the drummer and the visual of the band Dreamer. After the disbandment of the band, he developed his composition skills and succeeded as a solo artist. He is known as being kind and friendly and is able to display his strength during the tense and desperate times while surviving on the island. He was murdered by one of his fellow survivors when his head is split open on a rock. Korea presumes him missing, since Tae-oh was the only one who witnessed him get murdered.{{Cite news|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=20618692&cloc=|script-title=ko:[단독]찬열·이선빈, ´미씽9´ 일부 교체에도 출연 확정|access-date=2016-10-15|work=isplus.live.joins.com}}{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000526298|title='미씽나인' 박찬열, 연기돌 아닌 배우될까 (ft.매력발산)|access-date=2016-12-12|work=Naver News}}

• Ryu Won as Yoon So-hee{{Cite news|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002570002|title=엑소 찬열·이선빈·최태준·류원, '미씽나인' 합류 확정|access-date=2016-11-14|work=Naver News}}

:Known as the Hallyu goddess Actress, she is from Legend Entertainment. After surviving the plane crash she was overwhelmed with anxiety and was suicidal at first. Thus, she did not trust anyone and acted out of selfishness multiple times. After Bong-hee rescued her from a suicide attempt, she eventually decided to face reality and tries to fight for survival along with the rest of the survivors. She was also murdered by one of her fellow survivors.

• {{ill|Heo Jae-ho|ko|허재호 (배우)}} as Kim Ki-hwan, One of Korea's most famous reporters who seems to have a good memory and knows events that are crucial to Korea's history. he stalked down one of the celebrities to the plane, but ends up on the island. He manages to get a boat to come to the island, but is murdered afterwards by Tae-ho. He's the only celebrity to not be part of Legend
• Park Seok-tae, Captain of the plane. Survived the plane crash but was severely injured and murdered for the supplies he had in his possession.
• Nam Soo-cheol, first officer of the plane. Survived the plane crash and found a lifeboat which would give the survivors a chance to sail out for help. Died after attempting to row the boat out in the sea during a storm.

• Yang Dong-geun as Yoon Tae-young{{Cite web|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201610100100068310004902&servicedate=20161010|script-title=ko:양동근 측, "'미씽9' 출연 논의 단계, 확정 아냐"(공식입장) : 스포츠조선|website=Sports Chosun|access-date=2016-10-15}}

:Actress Yoon Soo-hee's brother, who is a prosecutor who wants to get to the bottom of his little sister's death.

• Song Ok-sook as Jo Hee-kyung{{Cite web|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=14799401801184578002|title=송옥숙, '미씽나인' 출연 확정…백진희 압박하는 조희경 役|website=tvdaily.asiae.co.kr|access-date=2016-12-06}}

:Head of the Special Investigation Commission who is secretly involved in bribery. Instead of revealing every single details from the survivors' testimonials to the public, she is more concerned about the outcome of public sentiment and only chooses to lie due to taking sides with the one with more influence and power.{{Cite news|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/11/24/0200000000AKR20161124027400033.HTML|script-title=ko:송옥숙, MBC 드라마 '미씽나인' 출연|last=이웅|date=2016-11-24|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko-KR|access-date=2016-11-28}}

• {{ill|Min Sung-wook|ko|민성욱}} as Investigator Oh

: Loyal to Chairwoman Jo even though he is against her actions at times. He is revealed to be Chairwoman Jo's nephew, and had affection for Bong-hee.

• Bang Eun-hee as Bong-hee's mother

: Trusts and supports her daughter regardless of the malicious media reports about her.

• {{ill|Kim Beop-rae|ko|김법래}} as Jang Do-pal

:Vice President of Legend Entertainment. It is revealed that he had been eyeing for the President's position after he sabotages President Hwang's return to South Korea and that he is involved in the death of Jae-hyun as well. After the seven survivors are found, he helps Tae-oh to kill every single one of them to become head of Legend and ensure that his and Tae-oh's images are clean. Tae-oh later betrays him, frames him for the crimes, and nearly kills him during a jail transport

• {{ill|Yeon Je-wook|ko|연제욱}} as Shin Jae-hyun

:Had been a trainee in Legend Entertainment for seven years. While getting insincere assurances that he would be given a chance to debut, he got frustrated of waiting and singing for Choi Tae-oh and supposedly committed suicide. (Ep. 1, 8, 13-14)

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• Kwon Hyuk-soo as Prosecutor Jo Sung-gook{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201610130934520410|title='미씽9' 측 "권혁수 출연 확정, 조력자 검사役"(공식입장)|last=|first=|date=|work=newsen.com}}
• Cao Lu as Cai Ming, Chinese member of the girl group Blue Angel. (Ep. 1){{Cite news|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=20433246&cloc=|script-title=ko:[단독]차오루, 드라마 ´피크닉´으로 첫 연기 도전|access-date=2016-10-15|work=isplus.live.joins.com}}
• Park Hee-jin as Teacher
• Kan Mi-youn
• {{ill|Park Yeong-soo|ko|박영수 (배우)}}
• Lee Seung-hyung
• {{ill|Lee Jae-ok|ko|이재욱}} as Entertainment Program PD (Ep.1)
• {{ill|Park Seul-gi|ko|박슬기 (방송인)}} as MC (Ep. 1)
• {{ill|Jung Byung-chul|ko|정병철}}
• {{ill|Jung Dong-gyu|ko|정동규}}
• {{ill|Hong Se-joon|ko|홍서준}}
• {{ill|Jang Hee-soo|ko|장희수}}
• {{ill|Kim Byung-chun|ko|김병춘}} as hypnotist
• {{ill|Lee Sang-hong|ko|이상홍 (배우)}} as reporter Seo Dong-min
• Kim Seul-gi as Secretary Kim
• Byun Woo-jong
• {{ill|Lee Kyu-seob|ko|이규섭 (배우)}}
• Dong Yoon-seok
• Kim Ki-nam

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• {{ill|Song Yeong-jae|ko|송영재}} as soldier (Ep.1)
• {{ill|Choi Jong-hoon|ko|최종훈 (배우)}} as soldier (Ep.1)
• Baek Bong-ki as soldier (Ep.1)
• {{ill|Jun Won-joo|ko|전원주}} as old woman at senior-citizen center (Ep.1)

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The early working name of the drama was Gaia, then changed to Picnic, and then Missing 9.{{Cite news|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/06/mbc-cancels-airing-of-new-drama-picnic-starring-yuri-and-chanyeol|title=MBC cancels airing of new drama 'Picnic' starring Yuri and Chanyeol|access-date=2016-10-15|work=Allkpop}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=January 2025}} The writer's position had multiple changes from Song Ji-na to Kim Ban-di (who wrote the first script), then Han Jung-hoon (who made revisions to the script and later credited as the series creator) and eventually, Son Hwang-won. Kang Ha-neul was first offered the male lead role but declined due to scheduling conflicts.{{Cite news|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=19937236&cloc=|script-title=ko:[단독]유리·찬열 ´가이아´, 작가 변경 ´송지나→김반디´|access-date=2016-10-15|work=isplus.live.joins.com}} Kwon Yuri, Lee Hye-ri and Jung Yu-mi were all offered the female lead roles, but also declined.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201604210100164280011730&servicedate=20160420|script-title=ko:[단독] 소녀시대 유리, MBC '가이아' 출연…연기 행보 계속 : 스포츠조선|website=Sports Chosun|access-date=2016-10-15}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/09/hyeri-rejects-casting-offer-for-new-drama-picnic|title=Hyeri rejects casting offer for new drama 'Picnic'|access-date=2016-10-15|work=Allkpop}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=January 2025}}{{Cite web|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201609300100223140015916&servicedate=20160929|script-title=ko:정유미 측 "'미씽9' 출연 제안만 받은 상태..결정無"(공식) : 스포츠조선|website=Sports Chosun|access-date=2016-10-15}}

Filming took place in September, 2016, when the lead roles were not confirmed. First table script reading took place on October 14, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.{{Cite web|url=http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11333756|title=정경호·백진희·최태준·이선빈·찬열 '미씽9' 출연[종합]|access-date=2016-10-15|work=JTBC|date=2016-10-14}}{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=011&aid=0002917572|title='미씽나인' 화기애애 대본리딩 현장 공개 "1월에 만나요"|access-date=2016-11-14|work=Naver News}}

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| note1 = 안녕 못해 (I`m Not Okay)

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| title2 = Kiss or Kill

| length2 = 02:50

| extra2 = Gain (Brown Eyed Girls)

| title3 = When My Loneliness Calls You

| note3 = 나의 외로움이 널 부를 때

| length3 = 05:08

| extra3 = Punch

| title4 = Blue Water

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| title5 = Sunday

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| length5 =01:37

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| title6 = Blue Water

| note6 = Piano Ver.

| length6 =01:48

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| title7 = Rule The Island

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| length7 =02:11

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| title8 = Mr. Seo

| note8 = 미스터 서 (Vocal Ver.)

| length8 =01:38

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| title9 = Mr. Seo

| note9 = 미스터 서 (Recorder Ver.)

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| title10 = Bonghee

| note10 = 봉희 (Trumpet Ver.)

| length10 =02:05

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| title11 = Remember

| note11 = Original Ver.

| length11 =01:44

| extra11 = Various Artists

| title12 = What`s Next?

| length12 =01:07

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| title13 = Can't Hate

| note13 = Guitar Ver.

| length13 =01:20

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| title14 = Evil Comes Home

| length14 =01:07

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| title15 = Sunday

| note15 = Tango Ver.

| length15 =01:52

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| length17 =02:00

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| title18 = Remember

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| length18 =02:30

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| title19 = Missing 9

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| length19 =01:45

| extra19 = Various Artists

| title20 = Midnight of Waltz

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| title22 = Play Me

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| title23 = Sterling

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| length23 =02:06

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| title24 = Deep Wave

| length24 =02:15

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| title25 = Tima

| length25 =02:22

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| title26 = Nine Tears

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| music1 = Jo Dong-ik

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| note2 = Radio Edit

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• In the table below, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|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.

The drama started airing in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong on Oh!K every Thursday and Friday at 19:50 from January 19, 2017 to March 10, 2017.

In Thailand, the drama started airing from May 13, 2017 to June 18, 2017 on Channel 7 every Saturday and Sunday at 09:45.{{cite web|url=http://drama.ch7.com/movie_detail/224436/%E0%B8%A0.%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94_missing_9.html|title="ภ.เกาหลีชุด "MISSING 9" ตอน 1"|language=Thai|work=Channel 7|accessdate=2017-05-02}}

"Missing 9" started airing in Japan on WOWOW every Sunday at 21:00 from June 4, 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wowow.co.jp/release/004242|title= WOWOWオンライン|website=WOWOW|language=ja-JP|access-date=2017-05-22}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvlife.jp/entame/115415|title=EXO Special Programs 第3弾！チャンヨル（EXO）出演「ミッシングナイン」WOWOWで7・7スタート｜TVLIFE web – テレビがもっと楽しくなる！|website=TV LIFE|language=ja-JP|access-date=2017-05-22}}

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• {{HanCinema drama|url=http://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Missing_9.php}}

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