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- Release date: 2026
- Broadcaster: SBS
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- Genre: fantasy
- Casting: Lee Jun-hyuk, Oh Ye-ju
In AwakeningThe story takes place in the heart of an elite high school in Daechi-dong, a district well known for its extreme academic pressure. Oh Ye-joo (most recently seen in Love Your Enemy) plays Gong Ha-ranga recent high school transfer who'll do anything to succeed. But after taking stimulants to boost her grades, she begins to hear voices... those of the dead. Her daily life is transformed into a waking nightmare, with strange visions and secrets buried within the school walls.
Facing her, Lee Jun-hyuk campera Antonioan exorcist priest sent as a school chaplain. Underneath his calm teacher's exterior, he hides a dark past and a much darker mission: to purify the premises of the evil presence lurking there. The actor, recently seen in the romantic drama Love Scout and Mercy for Nonehad expressed his desire to turn to roles involving the supernatural. With this mysterious exorcist character, he seems to have found the perfect playground.