This year, the K-Drama world has an unusual Profiler-themed drama, entitled Through The Darkness. Starring Kim Nam Gil as South Korea's first Profiler named Song Ha Young, Jin Sun Kyu as Kook Young Soo, the Head of the Criminal Behavior Analysis team, Kim So Jin as Yoon Tae Goo as the Team Head of the Mobile Investigation Unit at SMPA and many more.
This drama tells the story of a criminal profiler who struggles to read the minds of serial killers. Song Ha-Young is a quiet criminal profiler with charisma. He digs into cases and looks deep into the human mind.
The drama will continue to enter into the heinous stories of criminals that were previously unimaginable. However, not only telling the investigation of a heinous crime case, Through The Darkness has facts that cannot be a drama. Come see here!
Based on the Novel Written Based on the Author's True Story
The drama script Through The Darkness was written by Seol Yi Na. However, the play's script is based on a novel written based on the true story of the author. Released in 2018 and based on the true story of the author's experience, the novel was written by Kwon Il Yong (non-fiction novel), Go Na Moo (non-fiction novel).
Real Life Characters
The writer who wrote the novel that became the reference for the drama Through The Darkness is Kwon Il Yong. He wrote the non-fiction novel based on real experiences. He is the first South Korean profiler to turn into a novelist.
From 1989 to 2000, Kwon Il Yong worked as a police officer, then eventually became the first Profiler in South Korea. He has made a great contribution to the Police in winning the serial killers.
Rows of Real Violent Cases
Kwon Il Yong's experience as the first Profiler in South Korea and his contribution to uncovering unsolved and heinous cases became the story told in the drama Through The Darkness. An example is the murder case committed by Yoo Young Chul and Jung Nam Kyu.
The story of Yoo Young Chul, became one of the most famous crime stories in South Korea. He is known as the raincoat killer, because of the yellow raincoat he wore while showing the police where he buried his victims
Produced With Real Characters
Appointed to the small screen, Through The Darkness does not eliminate important elements from the story in the novel that has been written by Kwon Il Yong and Go Na Mu. In the production process of the drama, Kwon Il Yong and Go Na Mu also gave their views into the script of the drama in order to maintain originality.
It can preserve the details as well as the reality of a Criminal Profiler while trying to read the minds of criminals. Kwon Il Yong and Go Na Mu themselves are not the first to join the production of a drama project.
Both of them have participated in the documentary from Netflix, The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea in 2021. The documentary tells in more detail the serial murder case of Yoo Young Chul and the investigation process carried out.
Well, for those of you who want to watch Through the Darkness, this drama has 12 episodes and you can watch it on the Viu platform!