The new mini-series K-Drama, “Boar Hunt” (also known as “Hunted”), starring Park Ho San, Ye Su Jeong, and Kim Soo Jin has dropped on KOCOWA making Mondays a lot more mysterious!
“Boar Hunt” is about a family that won the Korean lottery, and the town goes on a boar hunt to celebrate. But their son goes missing that same night, leading the father to wonder, was it a boar he shot in the woods, or his son?
However, this incident opens another long-hidden case that starts to shake up this small-town community and makes everyone wonder what exactly is going on! In this Mysterious Monday drama, town secrets are revealed, but they might be secrets someone wants to keep hidden.
If this sounds like a mystery thriller right up your alley, then keep reading because we have more juicy information below!
“BOAR HUNT” CHARACTER INTRODUCTION
Young Soo, Chae Jung, and In Sung
Young Soo is a normal 47-year-old country man living a hard farming life and doing the best he can. He has good friends, a good wife, and a good son. One day he wins the lottery jackpot changing his life for the better. But, one day he goes to the mountains to kiss a wild boar and his son goes missing. His normal happy life collapses around him and he will do anything to correct his path in life
Chae Jung is a normal country wife who works hard and might sometimes yell at her husband who spends their money on frivolous lottery tickets. She is popular because she is nice to all elders in the town and loves her husband and family. However, she does have some regrets that she has not done enough for her son, In Sung. One day, her husband wins the lottery jackpot. But, just when they are about to be happily ever after, their son In Sung disappears. She must find him!
In Sung is the 18-year-old son of Young Soo and Chae Jung. He is a typical teenager who always checks his cell phone and shows little interest in the world. He isn’t even all that interested in the lottery jackpot. He keeps to himself which worries his parents a lot. In addition, something is strange about him. Is there a sadness behind his emotionless face?
Ok Soon and Hyun Min
Ok Soon is an 83-year-old elder of the town who has had a very hard life. Her husband, son, and his wife died leaving her as a single grandmother mother raising her grandson. This made her age very quickly. One day, she starts to talk about something strange…the people who killed her son and daughter in law — are the villagers. But the village people treat her as a person with dementia.
Hyun Min is her 18-year-old grandson, and he is also In Sung’s best friend. They grew up together in this village. He is known for being a wonderful grandson who takes care of his grandmother who has dementia. He is active and bright, which is the opposite of In Sung, and the villagers all like him.
“BOAR HUNT” K-DRAMA EPISODE 1 RECAP
TLDR
This first episode introduces us to this fast-paced thriller about a farmer (Young Soo) winning a lottery ticket, throwing a huge celebratory party for the town, and then going on a boar hunt the next day. Young Soo may have shot someone on the boar hunt but doesn’t know for sure. However, his son and his son’s friend disappear soon after which creates a ripple through this small-town community leading to an episode 1 cliffhanger accusation of someone telling Young Soo that he knows he killed a person the mountain.
MINI RECAP
In Episode 1, average lovable farmer Young Soo wins a lottery jackpot and drives to Seoul to collect his fortune with his wife, Chae Jung, and their son, In Sung. On the way to Seoul, they meet local villagers and friends who are complaining about a boar destroying their crops. Young Soo tells them he won the lottery jackpot and promises to throw everyone a big party.
That evening, Young Soo and Chae Jung throw a big party for all the villagers. Town elder, Ok Soon and her grandson, Hyun Min, join in on the festivities. Hyun Min was happy to see his friend In Sung, but In Sung looked a little wary of Hyun Min… on top of that, Ok Soon was hostile to all the villagers and called them scoundrels. This is strange because the villagers look like one big happy family; however, they might have underlying animosities that have yet to be revealed…
The next day, Young Soo and his friends go to the mountain to hunt the boar. Young Soo thinks he grazed the boar, so he chases it down, sees a bush moving, and shoots. But instead of a boar’s howl, he hears a person screaming!
Young Su is scared, confused, and plagued by the possibility that he might have shot a person. That night, he has nightmares that the police come to arrest him, and later that evening, he hears that his high school son, In Sung, didn’t come home last night. So, in the middle of the night, he goes to the mountain to find his son. However, he accidentally injures himself on the mountain and starts to have visions of his son getting shot.
The next day, Chae Jung calls the police about her missing son and finds out that Ok Soon’s grandson is also missing. But, based on CCTV footage, a detective named Du Man tells the parents that their kids are still in the village and does not take the missing case seriously. However, Chae Jung and Young Soo angrily protest, and Young Soo tells her if anything bad happens to his son, that detective will die.
Then Young Soo receives a mysterious call from a restricted number. A modulated voice tells him that he knows why Young Soo searches the mountain every day, and he knows Young Soo killed someone.
Dun dun dunnn…the plot thickens!
So, what do you think? Is “Boar Hunt” something you are willing to check out? Are you looking for something mysterious to watch on Mondays as we start to say goodbye to summer and head into fall? Then give this Mysterious Monday K-Drama a shot!
Let us know if you do in the comments, and be sure to watch your favorite K-Dramas, K-Variety, and K-Pop on KOCOWA!
