The Penthouse: War in Life

The Penthouse: War in Life[3] (Korean: 펜트하우스; lit. Penthouse) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Ji-ah, Kim So-yeon, Eugene,[4] Um Ki-joon, Park Eun-seok and Yoon Jong-hoon.[5][6] The series, directed by Joo Dong-min and written by Kim Soon-ok,[7] spins the story of real estate and education war, a desire to be number one. It depicts the solidarity and revenge of women who had no choice but to become evil women to protect themselves and their children.[8][9] It premiered on SBS TV on October 26, 2020.[10] The first look teaser was released on September 29, 2020.[11] The teaser for Season 2 was released on January 12, 2021.[12][13]

The Penthouse: War in Life
Promotional poster
Also known as
Hangul펜트하우스
Genre
Created byChoi Young-hoon
SBS Production plan
Written byKim Soon-ok
Directed by
  • Joo Dong-min
  • Park Po-ram
Starring
ComposerKim Joon-seok
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes21
Production
Producers
  • Kim Sang-hyun
  • Jo Hyeon-jin
Running time80-95 minutes
Production companies
DistributorSBS
Release
Original networkSBS TV
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseOctober 26, 2020 (2020-10-26) –
present (present)
External links
Website

At the end of season 1, the series with 5.3 million viewers is placed at 8th rank in the Top 50 Korean television series per nationwide viewers.[14] The series achieved the number-one position in all-channel mini-series, 21 times in a row from its first broadcast on October 26, 2020 to the last episode on January 5, 2021.[15]

Series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedTime slotAvg. viewership
(millions)
First airedLast aired
121October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)Monday–Tuesday at 22:00 (KST)3.35
212February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)[16]TBAFriday–Saturday at 22:00 (KST)TBA

Plot

Season 1

Penthouse tells the story of wealthy families living in Hera Palace and their children at Cheong-ah Arts School.

Shim Su-ryeon (Lee Ji-ah) is an elegant, wealthy woman who has a tragic past. Her husband is Joo Dan-tae (Uhm Ki-joon), a successful businessman. She later learns that he is hiding something from her.

Oh Yoon-hee (Eugene) comes from a humble family background. She has had bad blood with Cheon Seo-jin (Kim So-yeon) since high school. She is a famous soprano whose father is the head of Cheong-ah Arts School. They get involved in a love triangle relationship with Ha Yoon-cheol (Yoon Jong-hoon).

All of them have grand ambitions and desires for their children and would do anything for them. However, their lives begin to crumble as a young mysterious woman named Min Seol-ah (Jo Soo-min) crashes to her death during a party at Hera Palace. While the Hera Palace residents try to cover up the fact that she died on the premises, they cannot help but suspect each other for the murder.

Cast

Character appearances
Character Portrayed by Series
Season 1 Season 2 [17]
Main
Shim Su-ryeon Lee Ji-ah Main
Cheon Seo-jin Kim So-yeon
Oh Yoon-hee Eugene
Supporting
Joo Dan-tae Um Ki-joon Recurring
Ha Yoon-cheol Yoon Jong-hoon
Lee Kyu-jin Bong Tae-kyu
Kang Ma-ri Shin Eun-kyung
Go Sang-ah Yoon Joo-hee
Joo Seok-hoon Kim Young-dae
Joo Seok-kyung Han Ji-hyun
Ha Eun-byeol Choi Ye-bin
Bae Ro-na Kim Hyun-soo
Yoo Jenny Jin Ji-hee
Lee Min-hyeok Lee Tae-bin
Gu Ho-dong/Logan Lee Park Eun-seok
Ma Du-ki Ha Do-kwon
Secretary Jo Kim Dong-kyu
Joo Hye-in Na So-ye Guest TBA
Anna Lee/Min Seol-ah Jo Soo-min
Cheon Myung-soo Jung Sung-mo
Seo-jin's mother Ha Min TBA
Cheon Seo-young Shin Seo-hyun
Seo-young's husband Ahn Tae-hwan
Yoon-hee's mother-in-law Hwang Young-hee
Yoo Dong-pil Heo Sung-tae
Wang Mi-ja Seo Hye-rin
Others
Congressman Jo Sang-heon Byeon Woo-min Guest
Orphanage Director Min Hyung-sik Han Seung-soo
Yoon Tae-joo Lee Cheol-min
Su-ryeon's ex-husband, Seol-ah's father Lee Min-ho
Journalist Kim Ki Eun-se TBA
Detective in charge of Oh Yoon-hee's investigation Kim Sa-kwon

Main
  • Lee Ji-ah as Shim Su-ryeon, a graceful, dignified woman who is humane and kind, despite her immense wealth. She and her husband live in the penthouse, making her the queen of the social clique at Hera Palace.
  • Kim So-yeon as Cheon Seo-jin, a wealthy woman who is the epitome of showy and arrogant and who harbors warped ambitions.
  • Eugene as Oh Yoon-hee, a woman whose dreams have been stunted by her lack of money and power. With gritted teeth, she has had to take on any job and humiliation to support her daughter's ambitions. Oh Yoon-hee does everything in her power to move up socially so that her child can enter Cheong-ah Arts School.

Shim Su-ryeon's family
  • Um Ki-joon as Joo Dan-tae, husband of Shim Su-ryeon, a genius of real estate who rakes in money with every investment he makes.
  • Kim Young-dae as Joo Seok-hoon, Dan-tae's twin son
  • Han Ji-hyun as Joo Seok-kyung, Dan-tae's twin daughter
  • Na So-ye as Joo Hye-in, Su-ryeon's daughter
  • Jo Soo-min as Anna Lee/Min Seol-ah, Joo Seok-hoon and Joo Seok-kyung's tutor/biological daughter of Shim Su-ryeon

Cheon Seo-jin's family
  • Yoon Jong-hoon as Ha Yoon-cheol, husband of Cheon Seo-jin, an ambitious man who believes that a man must hold wealth and power. He is the head of surgery in the VIP department of a hospital.
  • Choi Ye-bin as Ha Eun-byeol, Seo-jin and Yoon-cheol's daughter
  • Jung Sung-mo as Cheon Myung-soo, Seo-jin's father
  • Ha Min as Kang Ok-gyo, Seo-jin's mother
  • Shin Seo-hyun as Cheon Seo-young, Seo-jin's younger sister
  • Ahn Tae-hwan as Seo-young's husband, Seo-jin's brother-in-law

Oh Yoon-hee's family
  • Kim Hyun-soo as Bae Ro-na, Yoon-hee's daughter
  • Hwang Young-hee as Yoon-hee's mother-in-law
  • Unknown as Bae Ho-cheol, Yoon-hee's ex-husband, Ro-na's father

Kang Ma-ri and family
  • Shin Eun-kyung as Kang Ma-ri, a woman who has recently come into wealth and leads a secretive double life.
  • Jin Ji-hee as Yoo Jenny, Ma-ri's daughter[18]
  • Heo Sung-tae as Yoo Dong-pil, Ma-ri's husband, Jenny's father. Currently in prison.

Lee Kyu-jin and family
  • Bong Tae-kyu as Lee Kyu-jin, the only son and momma's boy of a wealthy family of judges and lawyers, and is himself a lawyer.
  • Yoon Joo-hee as Go Sang-ah, wife of Lee Kyu-jin and a former announcer.
  • Lee Tae-vin as Lee Min-hyeok, Kyu-jin and Sang-ah's son
  • Seo Hye-rin as Wang Mi-ja, Kyu-jin's mother

Others
  • Park Eun-seok as Gu Ho-dong/Logan Lee, a nice PE teacher at Cheong-ah Arts School, who fights for justice and Anna's older adoptive brother.
  • Byeon Woo-min as Congressman Jo Sang-heon
  • Ha Do-kwon as Ma Du-ki, music teacher at Cheong-ah Arts School
  • Kim Dong-kyu as Secretary Jo
  • Han Seung-soo as Orphanage Director Min Hyung-sik
  • Lee Cheol-min as Yoon Tae-joo

Season 1
  • Kim Byung-hyun as Joo Dan-tae's best friend pitcher[19]
  • Ki Eun-se as Journalist Kim Jung-min[20]
  • Kim Sa-kwon as Detective in charge of Oh Yoon-hee's investigation[21]
  • Ki Tae-hwa as Su-ryeon's ex-husband, Seol-ah's father

Season 2

Production

Development

The production cost of this series is 31 billion won, 670 million won per episode.[27] In September 2019, planning and preparation for the series started.[28]

Season 1 was extended by one episode to enable the series to end on a Tuesday.[29]

On November 24, 2020, the series was officially renewed for a second and third seasons of twelve episodes each. It was also announced that the final seasons would air on the Friday–Saturday time slot compared to the first season which aired on Monday–Tuesday time slot.[30]

Casting

Eugene was cast in one of the lead roles, consequently returning to the small screen after a five-year hiatus.[4] Casting for the series started in December 2019,[31] and finalized in January 2020.[32] Due to scheduling conflicts, Shin Sung-rok left the cast in February.[33] Originally scheduled to take place in February 2020, the first script reading was pushed back to March due to COVID-19 pandemic.[34] Um Ki-joon joined the cast in April.[35]

Filming

Filming was halted on November 24, 2020 as one of the supporting actors was tested positive for COVID-19. The next day, it was reported that Um Ki-joon, Park Eun-seok and Bong Tae-gyu tested negative for COVID-19.[36]

Release

The prelude teaser was released by Seoul Broadcasting System on September 22, 2020.[37] The teaser was termed as "[Mood teaser] a brilliant bloody prelude".[38][39] Season 1 premiered on October 26, 2020 on SBS TV and airs every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 KST.

Original soundtrack

Part 1
Released on December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01)[40]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Life"Lee Ha-jinZigZag NoteHEDY3:34
2."Life" (Inst.) ZigZag Note 3:34
Total length:7:08

Part 2
Released on December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)[41]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Crown"Ranic, Lee Da-hyeonAdvanced, Seong Gi-jun (RYS), B-right (RYS)HaJin3:02
2."Crown" (Inst.) Advanced, Seong Gi-jun (RYS), B-right (RYS) 3:02
Total length:6:04

Part 3
Released on January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)[42]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Desire"Glody, Han Seung-heeGlodyHan Seung-hee3:02
2."Desire" (Inst.) Glody 3:02
Total length:6:04

Part 4
Released on January 7, 2021 (2021-01-07)[43][44]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."You left to me (Feat. O'z Mood)"
  • Burning Sweet Potato
  • Ha Jin
  • Seo Dong-hwi
  • Ahn Su-jin
  • Burning Sweet Potato
  • Ha Jin
  • Jeong Yeon-tae
18Again3:22
2."You left to me" (Inst.)   3:22
Total length:6:44

Reception

Commercial performance

Going by big data analytics firm Good Data Corporation, as of second week of December, The Penthouse: War in Life is at first place with 27.82% surge in media mention.[45] As per big data analytics firm Good Data Corporation's ranking for the third week of December, The Penthouse: War in Life led with a 27.66% surge in media mentions for the fourth straight week.[46]

Awards and nominations
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
SBS Drama Awards 2020 Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim So-yeon Nominated [47]
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-Length/Long Drama Um Ki-joon Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-Length/Long Drama Eugene Won
Kim So-yeon Won
Lee Ji-ah Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-Length/Long Drama Bong Tae-gyu Won
Yoon Jong-hoon Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-Length/Long Drama Shin Eun-kyung Won
Best Supporting Actor Park Eun-seok Won
Best Supporting Actress Yoon Joo-hee Nominated
Best Supporting Team The Penthouse: War in Life Nominated
Best Young Actress Kim Hyun-soo Won
Best New Actor Ha Do-kwon Nominated
Kim Young-dae Nominated
Best New Actress Jo Soo-min Nominated

Audience viewership
The Penthouse: War in Life : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
123456789101112131415161718192021
11.6571.7351.9162.3792.2172.5492.5372.6462.7393.0173.4193.4554.0544.1494.3404.4044.3794.3394.4844.5505.3543.348
2TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDN/ATBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[14]

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