A Pledge to God | |
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Also known as | A Promise with the Gods |
Hangul | 신과의 약속 |
Hanja | 神과의 約束 |
Revised Romanization | Singwaui Yaksok |
Genre | |
Written by | Hong Young-hee |
Directed by | Yoon Jae-moon |
Starring | |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 48[lower-alpha 1] |
Production | |
Producers |
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Running time | 35 minutes[lower-alpha 1] |
Production company | Yein E&M |
Original release | |
Network | MBC TV |
Release | November 24, 2018 – February 16, 2019 |
A Pledge to God (Korean: 신과의 약속) is a South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young, Bae Soo-bin, Oh Yoon-ah and Lee Chun-hee. The series aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from 20:45 to 23:10 (KST), from November 24, 2018 to February 16, 2019.
Synopsis
Little Hyeon Woo is gravely ill and needs a bone marrow transplant. His current parents are not compatible donors either. His doctor advises his parents that cord blood of a sibling could be a potential donor. However, his birth parents are no longer married to each other.
Cast
Main
- Han Chae-young as Seo Ji-young, TV host
- Bae Soo-bin as Kim Jae-wook, formerly married to Ji-young, architect and later president & CEO of Cheonji Construction
- Oh Yoon-ah as Woo Na-kyung, second wife of Jae-wook, general counsel of Cheonji Construction[2]
- Lee Chun-hee as Song Min-ho, second husband of Ji-young, carpenter
Supporting
Ji-young's family
- Wang Seok-hyeon as Song Hyeon Woo, eldest son of Ji-young and Jae-wook, in custody of Ji-young and Min-ho
- Ha Yi-an as young Hyun-woo
- Lee Hwi-hyang as Heo Eun-sook, Ji-young's mother
People at Cheonji Construction
- Park Geun-hyung as Kim Sang-chun, father of Jae-hee and Jae-wook, chairman of family-controlled Cheonji Construction
- Kang Boo-ja as Lee Pil-nam, Sang-chun's wife
- Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Jae-hee, older sister of Jae-wook, heads the family company foundation
- Byung Hun as Jo Seung-hoon, son of Jae-hee[3]
- Nam Ki-won as Kim Joon-seo, second son of Ji-young and Jae-wook, in custody of Jae-wook and Na-kyung
- Kim Hyun-bin as young Joon-seo
Others
- Chu Ye-jin as Na Hae-ji, Hyeon Woo's girlfriend from high school
- Jung Min-sung as Ji Do-yeob
- Kim Hee-jung as Ahn Joo-ryun, producer of Ji-young's program at the TV broadcaster
- Bae Hae-sun as Oh Sun-joo, secretary to Na-kyung
- Choi Phillip as Jung Kyung-soo, director of Ji-young's program at the TV broadcaster
- Oh Eun-ho as Hwang Ma-ri
- Lee Jin-hee as Na Hae-Jim’s mother.
Production
The first script reading took place on October 5, 2018 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[4]
Original soundtrack
A Pledge to God OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | 2018-2019 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | |
Label | Danal Entertainment |
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "The Last Promise" (마지막 약속) |
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| Sohyang | 5:10 |
2. | "The Last Promise" (Inst.) |
| 5:10 | ||
Total length: | 10:20 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "I Think It's An Anesthetic" (마취가 됐나봐) |
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| Im Jae-hyun | 4:12 |
2. | "I Think It's An Anesthetic" (Inst.) |
| 4:12 | ||
Total length: | 8:24 |
Part 3
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Can You Hear Me" (들리나요) | Kim Seong-jong |
| Sanha | 3:25 |
2. | "Can You Hear Me" (Inst.) |
| 3:25 | ||
Total length: | 6:50 |
Part 4
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "An Unfilled Seat" (채워지지 않는 빈자리) | Kim Seong-ran | Kim Ji-hwan | Song Ha-ye | 3:58 |
2. | "An Unfilled Seat" (Inst.) | Kim Ji-hwan | 3:58 | ||
Total length: | 7:56 |
Part 5
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "It Was All" (전부였더라) |
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| Michelle Lee | 3:57 |
2. | "It Was All" (Inst.) |
| 3:57 | ||
Total length: | 7:54 |
Part 6
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Lie" (거짓말) |
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| Heo Young-saeng | 3:56 |
2. | "Lie" (Inst.) |
| 3:56 | ||
Total length: | 7:52 |
Part 7
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Give Me A Day" (하루만 돌려줘요) |
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| Yeoeun (Melody Day) | 3:59 |
2. | "Give Me A Day" (Inst.) |
| 3:59 | ||
Total length: | 7:58 |
Part 8
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "See You In My Dreams" (꿈에서 만나요) | J-Cera | 3:38 |
2. | "See You In My Dreams" (Inst.) | 3:38 | |
Total length: | 7:16 |
Viewership
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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AGB Nielsen[5] | TNmS | |||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
1 | November 24, 2018 | 9.5% (8th) | 8.3% (15th) | 10.1% |
2 | 11.4% (5th) | 10.5% (7th) | 11.5% | |
3 | 10.6% (6th) | 10.3% | ||
4 | 12.0% (4th) | 11.0% (4th) | 11.1% | |
5 | December 1, 2018 | 8.1% (11th) | 7.0% (18th) | 8.9% |
6 | 9.5% (8th) | 8.4% (9th) | 10.4% | |
7 | 9.9% (6th) | 8.9% (8th) | 9.5% | |
8 | 11.9% (3rd) | 10.9% (4th) | 10.7% | |
9 | December 8, 2018 | 8.8% (14th) | 8.0% (16th) | 10.0% |
10 | 9.7% (6th) | 9.0% (9th) | 11.1% | |
11 | 9.5% (7th) | 8.5% (10th) | 10.0% | |
12 | 10.1% (5th) | 9.5% (7th) | 10.8% | |
13 | December 15, 2018 | 10.2% (8th) | 9.6% (9th) | 8.6% |
14 | 10.7% (6th) | 10.0% (8th) | 9.6% | |
15 | 12.7% (5th) | 11.0% | ||
16 | 12.9% (4th) | 11.1% | ||
17 | December 22, 2018 | 10.5% (7th) | 10.0% (8th) | 8.2% |
18 | 11.5% (6th) | 10.9% (6th) | 9.0% | |
19 | 11.8% (5th) | 11.3% (5th) | 10.4% | |
20 | 12.1% (4th) | 11.7% (4th) | 11.0% | |
21 | January 5, 2019 | 11.8% (6th) | 10.7% (7th) | 10.8% |
22 | 13.4% (5th) | 12.0% (6th) | 13.1% | |
23 | 13.5% (4th) | 12.6% (4th) | 12.1% | |
24 | 14.8% (3rd) | 13.7% (3rd) | 13.2% | |
25 | January 12, 2019 | 11.5% (6th) | 11.0% (7th) | 11.4% |
26 | 14.5% (5th) | 14.3% (5th) | 13.7% | |
27 | 15.2% (4th) | 15.1% (3rd) | 12.5% | |
28 | 15.5% (3rd) | 13.1% | ||
29 | January 19, 2019 | 11.9% (6th) | 10.7% (6th) | 12.4% |
30 | 14.2% (5th) | 13.1% (5th) | 14.8% | |
31 | 14.8% (4th) | 14.5% (4th) | 14.2% | |
32 | 15.4% (3rd) | 14.9% (3rd) | 15.2% | |
33 | January 26, 2019 | 13.2% (6th) | 12.3% (6th) | 12.8% |
34 | 15.0% (5th) | 14.0% (5th) | 15.1% | |
35 | 15.1% (4th) | 14.2% (4th) | 14.1% | |
36 | 15.7% (3rd) | 14.9% (3rd) | 14.0% | |
37 | February 2, 2019 | 12.0% (7th) | 11.5% (8th) | 11.8% |
38 | 14.9% (5th) | 14.8% (5th) | 14.7% | |
39 | 15.2% (4th) | 15.1% (4th) | 14.2% | |
40 | 15.5% (3rd) | 15.2% (3rd) | 14.5% | |
41 | February 9, 2019 | 13.4% (6th) | 12.6% (7th) | 13.6% |
42 | 15.2% (4th) | 14.5% (5th) | 15.2% | |
43 | 14.9% (4th) | 14.6% | ||
44 | 16.2% (3rd) | 16.0% (3rd) | 15.1% | |
45 | February 16, 2019 | 14.7% (6th) | 14.1% (7th) | 13.6% |
46 | 17.5% (5th) | 17.0% (4th) | 16.8% | |
47 | 17.8% (4th) | 15.9% | ||
48 | 18.4% (3rd) | 17.8% (3rd) | 16.9% | |
Average | 13.0% | 12.4% | 12.4% |
- No episode aired on December 29, 2018 due to the broadcast of the 2018 MBC Entertainment Awards.
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project | Bae Soo-bin | Nominated | [6] |
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Special Project | Han Chae-young | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project | Lee Chun-hee | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Special Project | Oh Yoon-ah | Nominated | |||
Golden Acting Award | Kang Boo-ja | Won | |||
Best Supporting Cast in Weekend Special Project | Lee Hwi-hyang | Nominated | |||
Oh Hyun-kyung | Nominated | ||||
Best Child Actor | Wang Seok-hyeon | Won |
Notes
- 1 2 In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
References
- ↑ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
- ↑ "Oh Yoon-ah joins new MBC show". Korea JoongAng Daily. 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Byung Hun to Joins "A Pledge to God" as Oh Hyun-kyung's Son". Hancinema. Kmib. October 11, 2018.
- ↑ "'신과의 약속' 한채영vs오윤아, 대본리딩부터 불꽃 튀었다". Newsen (in Korean). October 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ Jung, Yu-jin (December 31, 2018). 소지섭 ‘데뷔 23년 만에 첫 대상’(mbc연기대상)[포토엔HD] [So Ji-sub Soo'First Debut in 23 Years' (mbc Drama Awards)[Photo and HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Naver.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- A Pledge to God at HanCinema