Priest

Title: 프리스트 | Peuriseuteu | Priest
Genre: Supernatural | Thriller | Horror | Medical
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: OCN
Broadcast Period: November 24, 2018 to January 20,201918

Synopsis:

Father Moon Ki Soon known as Father Peter is an exorcist priest and has been working secretly with the Catholic church to deal with the supernatural evil spirits. Father Oh Soo Min known as Father Michael, who became a priest to protect someone he loves. Detective Goo Do Kyun is 2 months shy away of retiring the police force, who lost his daughter. Shin Mi Yun, a daughter of a rich family who used to be wasting her life due to drugs. And, Jung Yong Pil, a young lady who’s a computer genius. All of them belongs to a special secret Catholic church group called 643 Regia. They deal with banishing evil spirits that possess humans. They are already doing difficult tasks but became even more so when they encountered several cases happening at Southern Catholic Hospital and seems to have a relation to one person, Dr. Ham Eun Ho, a surgeon who’s about to leave for Venezuela and be a part of NGO medical mission there. All of them didn’t realize how difficult it was until their own personal weaknesses are revealed and they need to overcome to defeat a strong demon that can destroy mankind.

Characters:

• Yun Woo Jin as Oh Soo Min | Father Michael
• Jung Yoo Mi as Ham Eun Ho
• Park Yong Woo as Moon Ki Soon | Father Peter
• Son Jong Hak as Goo Do Kyun
• Oh Yun Ah as Shin Mi Yun
• Yoo Bi as Jung Yong Pil
• Jang Jung Yun as Jo Hyung Rae
• Lee Young-Suk as Bishop Kwak
• Moon Sook as Sister Lee Hae-Min
• Kang Kyung Hun as Cha Sun-Young
• Jang Hee Ryung as Kim Yoo-Ri
• Jeon Jin-Ki as Father Jung
• Lee Dong-Ha as Jung Tae-Hyun
• Jang Won-Hyung as Jang Won-Seok
• Park Jung-Won as Song Mi-So
• Cha Min-Jee as Jang Kyung-Ran
• Kang Shin-Chul as Soo-Min’s Father
• Bae Jung-Hwa as Soo-Min’s Mother
• Jo Yong-Jin as Younger Oh Soo-Min
• Yeon Je-Wook as Seo Jae-Moon
• Park Min-Soo as Woo-Joo
• Ji Il-Joo as Kim Joon-Ho
• Kim Kwang-Sik as Sul-Hyun
• Jang Jung-Yeon as Jo Hyung-Rae
• Choi Yoo-Ri as Cha Young-Jin
• Kim Hong-Kook as Samael
• Lee Na-Ra as Woo-Joo’s Mother
• Lee Gun-Myung as Lee Ki-Hong
• Gam So-Hyun as Younger Ham Eun-Ho
• Yang Jo-A
• Jung Suk-Yong

My Review:

After I enjoyed watching OCN’s “Hand, The Guest” that deals with the horror and suspense genre and topic of exorcism which I don’t normally gravitate to as a must watch, I got interested to see on how OCN will spin the “Priest”. I hate watching horror films as I fear the visuals that gets retained in my memory even after, however, I also believe one should overcome ones fears and after watching “Hand, The Guest” that turned out really good, I felt I should try this k-drama to see if I’m already truly okay with dealing my own fears. “Priest” is scarier visually than the “Hand, The Guest” but the story is as compelling thus, whatever fear I felt for some strange reason I felt also exorcised from it because the story in the end really deals with ones faith and beliefs. I’m not a religious person but I truly believe that there’s someone or something greater than all of us. That we are in this world with a purpose and to do good as much as we can. And, even if life threw us a curve ball most of the time, we just have to hang onto what we believe in and survive. That’s what I ended up feeling after watching this k-drama.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) There haven’t been romcom k-dramas that I am really impress lately even with big name actors in it, so, I’m quite impress of watching actors who can really showcase their talent even if they’re not hallyu stars or stars I’m into and still fully enjoy watching it. This k-drama have such actors and I am happy to say that they’ve all did their part splendidly to create a great horror k-drama to watch and enjoy.

(2) I like that the story has twists and turns. There maybe some predictable ones but there are major twists that I’m glad I didn’t expect to happen. Thus, it added to the value of the k-drama.

(3) I must admit there are scenes that scared the shit out of me but it has given me more than that as a viewer. It has depth and human factors that we can relate as a person. It is indeed amazing to watch the probability of what one person can do in the name of love and, generally, on the surface we may feel sad about it but it is actually more profound on what we feel as it truly embodies what love truly is…sacrifice.

(4) I’m in awe of the quality of the production and the special effects. The director was also able to relate the writer’s story in a more visual way that as a viewer I can’t help but admire.

(5) The actors have culminated their work to make it a great k-drama of its genre but more so the child actors. It wouldn’t have been easy for them especially that their characters deal with something scary for adults.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

There’s really nothing much I can complain about this k-drama. Actually, it is one of the few k-dramas that shows a realistic work inside an ambulance in case of real emergency. Moreover, this is one of the k-dramas that proves to show we don’t need big name actors to create quality k-dramas we can enjoy to watch even if it makes you afraid to have nightmares later.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes.

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars

OST:

01. Wake Me – NieN Feat. Choi Sung Wook
02. Light Me – Lee Ye Joon