The upcoming sci-fi thriller of OCN titled "Rugal" has released intense character teasers for its leads Choi Jin-hyuk and Park Sung-woong.
In the drama "Rugal" Choi Jin-hyuk also known as Justice portrays the character of Kang Ki Bum who is an elite detective having a mission to uncover the criminal organization Argos. On the other hand, Park Sung-woong's character named Hwang Deuk Goo is the leader behind Argos, giving instructions to his men to without mercy kill the detective's wife and child and blind him. Kang Ki Bum is being offered by the National Intelligence Service to become a member of a crime-fighting group called Rugal, which uses "human weapons" powered by biotechnology. Then he was equipped with a pair of artificial eyes that have special powers and sent to track Argos again.
In the first teaser shown it starts with Choi Jin Hyuk clothed in black, walking into a white room in what looked like to be Rugal's headquarters. His artificial eyes scan through the weapons that is being laid on a table and then he pick up a revolver gun, loads it with ammo and points the gun at the camera while staring with an intense look. Choi Jin Hyuk character's name Kang Ki-beom the Rugal's Artificial Eyes is seen on the screen as he announced "Bad guy? Got to catch those who tramped on you." Then he continued to dramatically operate shooting the gun at his enemy. At the end of the teaser, Choi Jin-hyuk's colleague in Rugal who is Jo Dong-hyuk, Jung Hye-in and Park Sun-ho makes an appearance.
Meanwhile in Park Sung-woong's teaser he is shown walking through an underground dungeon. His teaser is written in tones of red, indicating danger and evil. He arrives in a huge room surrounded by men of Argos wearing masks he is standing and commanding them. He stated "You can't just work using rage. Welcome to my world," as he stares into the camera having a bad and evil expression. The words on the screen translate as introducing him as Argos's Devil Leader, Hwang Deuk-gu.
Rugal is based on a hit webcomic having the same title, it tells the story of a police officer whose good deed in attempting to bring down a nationwide criminal organization ends up with him losing his wife, child and also is sight that also caused losing the person he once was. And after being recruited and receiving artificial eyes with unique abilities created by the special organization Rugal's biotechnology he is forced to become a murderer and sets himself on a mission to wipe out the criminal organization.
Rugal is helmed by PD Kang Cheol-woo, whose previous works was "My Secret Romance (2017)" and "Something About 1% (2016)".
The drama It is scheduled to premiere on March 16,2020 making it OCN's first-ever thriller on its Monday-Tuesday time slot.
Here are the cast of the drama listed below:
Choi Jin Hyuk as Kang Ki Bum- Main Role
Park Sung Woong as Hwang Deuk Goo - Main Role
Jo Dong Hyuk as Han Tae Woong - Main Role
Han Ji Wan as Choi Ye Won [Ko Yong Deok's girlfriend] - Support Role
Jung Hye In as Song Mi Na - Support Role
Kim Min Sang as Choi Geun Chul - Support Role
