Mystic Pop-up Bar

Mystic Pop-up Bar[2] (Korean: 쌍갑포차; Hanja: 雙甲布車; RR: Ssanggappocha; lit. Twin Tops Bar) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young.[3] Based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo,[4] it is the first series to air on JTBC's Wednesday–Thursday time slot in eight years.[5] The series aired from May 20 to June 25, 2020.[6][7]

Mystic Pop-up Bar
Promotional poster
Hangul쌍갑포차
Genre
Based onTwin Tops Bar
by Bae Hye-soo
Developed byJTBC
Written byHa Yoon-ah
Directed byJeon Chang-geun
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producer(s)Oh Hwan-min
Producer(s)Kim Bo-kyung
Running time70 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor
Release
Original networkJTBC
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseMay 20 (2020-05-20) –
June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)
External links
Website

Synopsis

Mystic Pop-up Bar tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by an ill-tempered woman named Wol-joo (Hwang Jung-eum), an innocent part-time employee named Han Kang-bae (Yook Sung-jae), and a former afterlife detective known as Chief Gwi (Choi Won-young) who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their problems.[8]

Cast

Main
A hot-tempered woman who is the owner of Mystic Pop-up Bar. For the past 500 years, she was sent to the Living Realm to settle the grudges of 100,000 souls (because she committed suicide on the Sacred Tree, causing it to lose its power on a conflict that took 100,000 lives) and comfort them as a punishment to atone for her past sins.
A cheerful young man who has the ability to make people confess the truth by making physical contact with them. Hence, he creeps the people around him and grow up being an outcast. He worked with Wol-joo as she promised him to get rid of this unique ability in exchange.
Once worked for the Afterlife Police Agency, he eventually went to work as the manager at Mystic Pop-up Bar.

Supporting

Spirits
He is Lord Kim Jin's son and best friend of Crown Prince Yi-hon. In present day, he became an evil spirit to get revenge upon Crown Prince Yi-hon and Wol-joo after the Crown Prince beheaded him.

Kapeul Mart
The only human who is immune to Kang-bae's ability. She was Chairman Choi's personal bodyguard but after her encounter with Wol-joo and Kang-bae, she was fired from her job and eventually became security guard of Kapeul Mart. Although Kang-bae and Yeo-rin love each other, her trauma with her past boyfriends causes her to deny her feelings. She is later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Cinnabar.
  • Ahn Tae-hwan as Choi Jin-dong
  • Park Ha-na as Song Mi-ran
  • Park Joo-hyung as Assistant Manager Park

Others

Special appearances
  • Park Eun-hye as Crown Prince's mother / Shin Ji-hye (Ep. 1, 9 and 10)
  • Kim Hee-jung as Wol-joo's mother (Ep. 1)
  • Hwang Bo-ra as Chun-hyang (Ep. 1)
  • Kwak Sun-young as Eun-soo / Sun-hwa (Ep. 2)
  • Baek Ji-won as Ms. Andong (Ep. 2)
  • Youn-a as lady-in-waiting (Ep. 3)
  • Yoo Sung-joo as Chairman Choi / Local governor (Ep. 3)
  • Oh Kyung-joo as Park Byung-jae (Ep. 3)
  • Oh Ha-nee as Yu-mi (Ep. 3)
  • Woo Hyun as Kim Du-young (Ep. 4)
  • Jung Eun-pyo as Choi Seok-pan (Ep. 4)
  • Lee Seo-an as Chae Su-gyung (Ep. 6)
  • Tae In-ho as Kang In-ho (Ep. 6)
  • Yoon Park as actor in the film The Gout Lovers (Ep. 6)
  • So Chan-whee as herself (Ep. 11)

Production

The first script reading took place in August 2019 at JTBC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[10]

Filming began in September 2019 and ended on February 28, 2020.[11]

Ratings
  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)[12]
NationwideSeoul
1 May 20, 2020 3.610% 4.186%
2 May 21, 2020 1.884% N/A
3 May 27, 2020 3.672% 3.914%
4 May 28, 2020 1.557% N/A
5 June 3, 2020 3.141% 3.769%
6 June 4, 2020 2.485% N/A
7 June 10, 2020 3.237% 3.562%
8 June 11, 2020 2.941% 2.990%
9 June 17, 2020 3.139% 3.076%
10 June 18, 2020 3.009% 3.095%
11 June 24, 2020 2.782% 3.216%
12 June 25, 2020 3.558% 3.603%
Average 2.918% —[lower-alpha 1]
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes
  1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References
  1. Kain, Erik (May 3, 2020). "Here's Everything Coming To Netflix —And Everything Leaving—In May 2020". Forbes. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. "JTBC worldwide : Mystic Pop-up Bar". JTBC. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. "JTBC's "Twin Pub" Confirms Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae, Choi Won-young and Lee Joon-hyuk". HanCinema. August 28, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. "JTBC Turns Webtoons "Itaewon Class" and "Twin Pub" Into Dramas". HanCinema. June 12, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  5. "JTBC May Revive Wednesday - Thursday Dramas With "Twin Pub"". HanCinema. November 5, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  6. Jang, A-reum (March 19, 2020). "황정음x육성재 '쌍갑포차', 5월20일 첫방…'너도 나도 甲' 포스터". News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. Choi, Ji-won (May 19, 2020). "Hwang Jeong-um, Yook Sung-jae offer mysterious counseling at 'Mystic Pop-Up Bar'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  8. Lee, C (May 18, 2020). "'"Mystic Pop-Up Bar" Cast Talks About What To Expect And Wishes Well For Yook Sungjae's Enlistment'". Soompi. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  9. Kain, Erik (May 19, 2020). "'쌍갑포차' 황정음의 한풀이, 왜 하필 10만 명? 전생 어땠길래". JTBC News (in Korean).
  10. Tae, Yu-na (February 27, 2020). "'쌍갑포차' 황정음X육성재, 첫 대본 리딩 현장서 '찰떡 케미'". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  11. "전회 사전 제작 '쌍갑포차' 촬영 종료…"후반 작업 박차"". JTBC News (in Korean). Naver. February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  12. "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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