Park Jin-young‘s fight to solve the ‘Law of Death’ surrounding Noh Jeong-eui begins.

In Channel A’s weekend drama ‘The Witch’, Dong-jin (played by Park Jin-young) has a life homework that he must solve through statistics. He must solve the ‘Law of Death’ surrounding Mi-jeong (played by Noh Jeong-eui), who has been branded a witch by others and isolated herself from the world. He must prove that Mi-jeong is not a witch. To do this, even during his first year of college, when everyone else was talking, Dong-jin devoted himself to statistics and wrote a report ‘Denial of the Existence of Witches’ that “The chain of accidents and deaths in a certain village cannot be related to a specific person”. He also worked several part-time jobs to make up for his busy schedule. It was to prepare reference books and online course tickets for Mi-jeong, who didn‘t take the CSAT.

But this time, Dong-jin was late again. He went back to his hometown after the vacation with the things he had diligently prepared, but Mi-jeong was already gone. The stigma of being a ’witch‘ eventually drove her out of the village. Furthermore, Dong-jin’s report, which had already decided that Mi-jeong was not a witch and had statistics to match, was useless from the start. He reviewed and reviewed the checklist questions given by statistics professor Jeong-sik (Jin Seon-gyu) to correct those errors, but the more he reviewed them, the clearer it became that Mi-jeong was somehow connected to these incidents. Dong-jin, who could not find a way out, fell into heartbreaking despair.


What brought him back to life was the death of his mother Mi-sook (Jang Hye-jin). Mi-sook, who was the one who kicked Mi-jung out of the village when she had no place to go and no one to know, had a sense of guilt and regret toward her in a corner of her heart. It was because of her mother’s fear that Dong-jin would become like her, who had heard rumors that Mi-jung was bewitching the men of the village, but her cowering appearance when she said she would leave first broke Mi-sook’s heart. She wanted to tell her that she was sorry when they met again and that she should come back to the village, but several more years passed and she never saw Mi-jung again until she passed away.

Furthermore, Mi-sook kept reading Dong-jin’s nonsensical reports until they were worn out, believing that Mi-jung was not a witch. Mi-sook left a will saying, “If you meet that child instead of Mom, please tell her that I’m sorry.” For the sake of that firm belief, Dong-jin once again took up his life’s homework to prove that Mi-jung was not a witch. Dong-jin, who has become a skilled data miner and is burning with passion again, will engage in a fierce battle starting today (the 23rd) to solve the unsolved ‘Law of Death’.

In the still cuts and preview video of Episode 4 released by the production team, Dong-jin quits his job and even looks for a new house to move into. His strong will to find a way to prove it is evident. Dong-jin‘s trip to Taebaek was also foreshadowed. The two of them set out in their hometown where they were born and raised in search of a clue to lift the curse on Mi-jeong. While the process of proving it is not expected to be easy, attention is focused on how Dong-jin will be able to uncover the ‘Law of Death’ and save Mi-jeong, which will be full of blood, sweat, and tears.

Director Kim Tae-gyun said, “Mi-jeong distanced herself from people because she was afraid of situations where she would die or get hurt if someone approached her. Dong-jin said, “If Mi-jeong finds out about the process of uncovering the law of death, she will try to prevent someone else from being sacrificed because of her, so she has to set up a law and prove it without her noticing.” He added, “I think it would be good if you watch with interest to see how Dong-jin will unravel the law from his perspective.”

Episode 4 of “The Witch” will air on Sunday the 23rd at 9:10 PM.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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