2014 South Korean television series
Three Days
(
Korean
:
쓰리 데이즈
;
RR
:
Sseuri Deijeu
) is a 2014
South Korean
action
-
thriller
television series
starring
Park Yoo-chun
,
Son Hyun-joo
,
Park Ha-sun
,
Yoon Je-moon
,
So Yi-hyun
,
Jang Hyun-sung
and
Choi Won-young
.
[1]
[2]
It aired on
SBS
from March 5 to May 1, 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:55 p.m. for 16 episodes.
[3]
Inspired by the "
real time
" format of American series
24
,
[4]
the narrative of
Three Days
is divided into three parts; Part 1: The Prelude, Part 2: The Showdown, and Part 3: Judgement, with each segment lasting for 72 hours.
Plot
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The
President of South Korea
goes on holiday at a private villa. In the middle of the night, three gunshots are fired, and the president goes missing. His bodyguards, led by elite agent Han Tae-kyung, have three days to find the president and escort him safely back to the
Blue House
.
Three Days
follows the intertwining fates of those sworn to protect the president, the president himself, his political staff, and the true power players in the shadows who decide whether he lives or dies.
Cast
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Main characters
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Supporting characters
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Staff of PSS
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- Ahn Gil-kang
as Kim Sang-hee, Chief Director of Presidential Bodyguards
- Kwon Min as Chief of the Situation Center
- Kim Jung-hak as Moon Sung Min
- Jo Young-jin as Blue House's Senior Civil Affairs
- Yoon Seo-hyun as president's bodyguard
- Kim Min-jae
as Hwang Yoon Jae
- Park Hyuk-kwon
as Goo Ja Kwang
- Jin Hyuk as Park Sang Gyu
- Kim Hak-sun
as Kim Hyo Sun
- Seo Gun-woo as president's bodyguard
- Joo Yung-ho as president's bodyguard
- Kim Han-joon as president's bodyguard
- Yoo Sang-jae as team leader of 2nd support staff reporting to the president
- Yoo Jung-rae as Jung Rae
Extended Cast
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- David No as Ahn Kyung-nam
- Dong Ha
as Killer Yo-han
- Lee Dae-yeon
as Han Ki Joon (Han Tae Kyung's father)
- Go In-bum as Yang Dae Ho
- Kim Hyung-kyu as Yo Han
- Lee Jae-yong
as Choi Ji Hoon
- Min Sung-wook as Oh Young Min
- Jo Hee-bong
as Lee Jae Woong
- Jung Won-joong as Kwon Jae Yun
- Lee Kyung-young as Kim Ki Bum
- Jang Dong-jik as Major Ri Chul Kyu
- Jun Jin-ki as Hwang Kyung Joon
- Nam Myung-ryul as Min Hyun Ki
- Kim Jong-soo
as Byun Tae Hoon
- Jung Wook as Kwon Yong Han
- Park Sung-hoon
as Lee Dong Sung
- Lee Hyun-wook
as Kim Do Jin's right-hand man
- Ha Jun
as Presidential guard
- Jang In-sub
as Policeman
- Jin Seon-kyu
as Tattoo man killer
- Kim Hak-sun
- Woo Sang-wook
- Ahn Ji-hye
- Kim Myung-jin
- Nam Moon-chul
- Heo Joon-suk
- Son Jong-hak
- Baek Seo-bin
- Lee Jae-won
- Kim Tae-yoon
Production
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Three Days
initially encountered pre-production difficulties. After negotiations stalled between production company Golden Thumb Pictures and broadcaster
SBS
, on December 4, 2013, SBS removed the drama from its February 2014 programming slate. Five days later, SBS changed its mind and placed the drama back in its original airing schedule. But lead actor
Park Yoochun
, who had already re-adjusted his shooting schedule for the film
Haemoo
after the supposed cancellation of
Three Days'
timeslot, found the schedules of those two projects overlapping, leaving his casting uncertain.
[10]
On December 20, 2013, a press release confirmed that Park was still the lead actor, and that his scheduling problems had been resolved.
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[12]
Park then underwent training in fighting and defense skills for his role as a presidential bodyguard.
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He continued filming despite suffering a shoulder injury on set.
[15]
Screenwriter Kim Eun-hee (who previously penned
Sign
and
Phantom
) had worked on the show's concept for over two years. Prior to filming, she had already written 6 episodes of the 16-episode series, in order to give the cast ample time to prepare and get into character.
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The
first script reading
took place on November 13, 2013 at SBS Ilsan Production Center.
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With a budget of \10 billion, filming of the series began on December 26, 2013,
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and the broadcasting ended on May 1.
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Ratings
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Episode #
|
Original broadcast date
|
Average audience share
|
TNmS Ratings
[20]
|
AGB Nielsen
[21]
|
Nationwide
|
Seoul National Capital Area
|
Nationwide
|
Seoul National Capital Area
|
1
|
March 5, 2014
|
12.8%
|
16.4%
|
11.9%
|
12.5%
|
2
|
March 6, 2014
|
12.3%
|
15.0%
|
11.1%
|
12.0%
|
3
|
March 12, 2014
|
12.5%
|
14.8%
|
11.7%
|
12.9%
|
4
|
March 13, 2014
|
14.5%
|
17.4%
|
12.7%
|
14.2%
|
5
|
March 19, 2014
|
13.0%
|
15.0%
|
12.2%
|
14.0%
|
6
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March 20, 2014
|
12.8%
|
15.7%
|
12.9%
|
14.1%
|
7
|
March 26, 2014
|
12.4%
|
14.9%
|
11.3%
|
12.5%
|
8
|
March 27, 2014
|
12.1%
|
14.2%
|
11.0%
|
11.2%
|
9
|
April 2, 2014
|
11.3%
|
13.9%
|
10.4%
|
11.1%
|
10
|
April 3, 2014
|
12.2%
|
14.3%
|
11.9%
|
12.6%
|
11
|
April 9, 2014
|
12.0%
|
14.5%
|
11.3%
|
12.6%
|
12
|
April 10, 2014
|
12.2%
|
14.8%
|
12.0%
|
12.4%
|
13
|
April 23, 2014
|
10.5%
|
11.8%
|
11.1%
|
12.4%
|
14
|
April 24, 2014
|
11.5%
|
13.1%
|
11.9%
|
12.9%
|
15
|
April 30, 2014
|
10.9%
|
12.6%
|
12.3%
|
13.9%
|
16
|
May 1, 2014
|
13.2%
|
15.4%
|
13.8%
|
15.9%
|
Average
|
12.3%
|
14.6%
|
11.8%
|
13.0%
|
Awards and nominations
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International broadcast
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It aired in Malaysia on
ONE TV ASIA
via
Astro Channel 393
with English, Chinese and Malay
subtitles
and later on
Astro Shuang Xing
via Channel 324 and Channel 307 (HD) starting April 12, 2015 at 7.00 PM.
It aired in Indonesia and Singapore on
ONE TV ASIA
.
In China, the rights to stream the drama online were sold for
US$50,000
per episode.
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It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV on Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. beginning August 9, 2014.
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It aired in Thailand on
PPTV HD
on Mondays & Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. from June 22 to August 18, 2015.
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References
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- ^
Lee, Cory (November 4, 2013).
"Park Yuchun to Be Back to the Small Screen"
.
TenAsia
. Archived from
the original
on April 7, 2014
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Baek, Hee-youn (November 5, 2013).
"Park Yu-chun set to tackle drama role"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Oh, Jean (February 26, 2014).
"Park Yu-chun tackles high-stakes thriller"
.
The Korea Herald
. Retrieved
February 27,
2014
.
- ^
"Three Days aims to be Korean
24
"
.
Dramabeans
. March 28, 2013
. Retrieved
March 11,
2014
.
- ^
Hong, Grace Danbi (February 26, 2014).
"JYJ's Park Yoo Chun Wanted to Be in
Three Days
After Receiving the First Script"
.
enewsWorld
. Archived from
the original
on March 3, 2014
. Retrieved
February 27,
2014
.
- ^
Kim, Hee-eun (March 5, 2014).
"Yu-chun joins thriller
3 Days
"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. Retrieved
March 6,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Jawon (March 19, 2014).
"Park Yoo Chun Makes Comments On His Appearance In
Three Days
"
.
TenAsia
. Archived from
the original
on April 7, 2014
. Retrieved
April 3,
2014
.
- ^
"
'쓰리데이즈' 손현주, 無限大로 視聽者를 이끄는 '俳優의 힘', The power of Son Hyun-joo"
.
TV Report
. Retrieved
April 10,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Cory (November 14, 2013).
"So E-hyun, Yoon Je-moon Join Park Yuchun's New TV Series"
.
TenAsia
. Archived from
the original
on March 24, 2014
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Cory (December 12, 2013).
"Park Yuchun Faces Difficulty Starring in New TV Series"
.
TenAsia
. Archived from
the original
on April 7, 2014
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Cory (December 20, 2013).
"Park Yuchun to Start Filming New TV Series Next Month"
.
TenAsia
. Archived from
the original
on March 24, 2014
. Retrieved
December 20,
2013
.
- ^
Lee, Sun-min (December 21, 2013).
"Drama fixes date, keeps star"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Hong, Grace Danbi (January 23, 2014).
"JYJ's Park Yoo Chun Practices Being a Body Guard for
Three Days
"
.
enewsWorld
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, So-dam (February 7, 2014).
"JYJ's Park Yoo Chun Gets Suited Up for
Three Days
"
.
enewsWorld
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Na-rae (February 21, 2014).
"JYJ Park Yoo Chun Continues Filming Despite Shoulder Injury"
.
enewsWorld
. Retrieved
February 27,
2014
.
- ^
Lee, Na-rae (December 20, 2013).
"JYJ Park Yoo Chun's New Drama
Three Days
to Start Filming This Month"
.
enewsWorld
. Archived from
the original
on February 5, 2014
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Hong, Grace Danbi (December 30, 2013).
"Park Yoo Chun and the Cast of
Three Days
Hold First Script Reading"
.
enewsWorld
. Archived from
the original
on February 8, 2014
. Retrieved
February 17,
2014
.
- ^
Yoo-min, Kim (November 13, 2013).
"Park Ha Sun confirmed for SBS TV drama
Three Days
"
.
Korea Star Daily via
Yahoo!
. Retrieved
November 15,
2013
.
- ^
"100億원과 視聽率 1位, 數値로 評價할 수 없는 '쓰리데이즈' 意味, The meaning of Three days which we can't evaluate with numbers"
.
Munwha Ilbo
. May 2, 2014.
- ^
"TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu"
.
TNmS Ratings
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
March 5,
2014
.
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"AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu"
.
AGB Nielsen Media Research
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
March 5,
2014
.
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Kim, Min-jin (January 1, 2015).
"Park Yoo-chun swipes screen industry in 2014"
.
K-Pop Herald
. Retrieved
January 7,
2015
.
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"New Korean drama series sells for $120,000 per episode in China"
.
The Korea Herald
. July 4, 2014
. Retrieved
July 25,
2014
.
- ^
"Micky Yoochun's drama to be shown in Japan"
.
Hancinema
. July 14, 2014
. Retrieved
July 17,
2014
.
- ^
"KNTV ドラマ 3days(原題)"
. Archived from
the original
on October 9, 2014
. Retrieved
October 20,
2014
.
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"Three Days ?????????? ?????????????"
.
PPTV Thailand
(in Thai)
. Retrieved
May 7,
2016
.
External links
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