The Veil (Korean: 검은 태양) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Park Ha-sun, and Kim Ji-eun. Its screenplay, written by Park Seok-ho, won the 2018 MBC Drama Screenplay Contest. It aired on MBC TV from September 17 to October 23, 2021, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST).
A two-part spin-off of the series titled Moebius: The Veil, which was focused on the backstories of Park Ha-sun, Jung Moon-sung and Jang Young-nam's characters, aired on October 29–30, 2021.
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Synopsis
It is about a top field agent in the National Intelligence Service (NIS). After going missing a year ago, he returns to the organization to find an internal traitor who dropped him into the abyss.
Cast
Main
Namkoong Min as Han Ji-hyuk, the best field agent in the NIS who is admired by his colleagues for his shrewd and perfect performance.
Park Ha-sun as Seo Soo-yeon, Ji-hyuk's co-worker at the NIS and the head of Criminal Information Integration Center.
Kim Ji-eun as Yoo Je-yi, Ji-hyuk's partner who graduated early from KAIST, and is a promising field agent.
Supporting
Jang Young-nam as Do Jin-sook
Kim Jong-tae as Kang Pil-ho
Kim Do-hyun as Ha Dong-gyun
Park Jin-woo as Cha Min-chul
Kwon So-hyun as Goo Hyo-eun
Lee Geung-young as Lee In-hwan
Kim Min-sang as Jung Yong-tae
Kim Byung-ki as Bang Young-chan
Yu Oh-seong as Baek Mo-sa
Woo Ji-hyun as Wie Goo-pyung
Hyun Bong-sik as Cheon Myung-gi
Jung Ji-yoon as Kim Yeo-jin
Hwang Hee as Oh Kyung-seok
Jo Bok-rae as Kim Dong-wook
Ok Ja-yeon as Lin Wei
Extended
Jung Moon-sung as Jang Chun-woo
Kim Eun-woo as Pyo Jae-gyu
Joo Jong-hyuk as Chang-gyu
Ahn Ji-ho as Choi Sang-gyun
Special appearance
Park Ji-yeon as Jung Eun-hee
Production
The series received a 15 billion won investment from MBC and Wavve for its production. It is labelled as "MBC's 60th anniversary special project".
It was reported that filming started in April 2021 and continued filming for six months until October 21.