Chimera (South Korean TV series)
Chimera () is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Do-hoon and written by Lee Jin-mae. Starring Park Hae-soo, Lee Hee-joon and Claudia Kim, the series tells the story of three leading characters who dig through secrets of the past 30 years to find a culprit named 'Chimera'. It aired every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 on OCN from October 30 to December 19, 2021. (KST). Synopsis
The title of the drama is borrowed from Greek mythology. Chimera is the name of a monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake, and breathes fire through its mouth. An explosion took place in the past. That explosion led to a serial murder case known as the Chimera case. 35 years later, a similar explosion takes place. Cast

Main
 Park Hae-soo as Cha Jae-hwan, 35 years old, a perfectionist homicide detective
 Lee Hee-joon as Lee Joong-yeob, a surgeon
 Claudia Kim as Eugene Hathaway, a profiler from the FBI

Supporting

People around Cha Jae-Hwan
 Nam Gi-ae as Cha Eun-soo, 60 years old, Jae-hwan's mother
 Kang Shin-il as Han Joo-seok, 60 years old, head of the Violent Crimes division

Joongsan West Special investigation headquarters
 Woo Hyun as Bae Seung-gwan, 60 years old, Joongsan Police Chief
 Heo Jun-seok as Go Kwang-soo, 38 years old, head of the Special Investigation Headquarters
 Kwon Hyuk-hyun as Lee Geon-yeong, 29 years old, representative of a powerful team of special investigations. A young detective who is best friends with Jae-hwan. He is jealous of Eugene, former FBI agent
 Yoon Ji-won as Jang Ha-na, 29 years old, an agent of the special investigation team. She is good at computers and works in an image analysis room
 Kim Ji-hoon as Jo Han-cheol, 42 years old, homicide detective
 Jung Young-ki as Im Pil-seong, 38 years old, homicide detective

Seo-ryun group
 Kim Gwi-sun as Lee Min-ki, 64 years old, Member of Parliament
 Kim Ho-jung as Lee Hwa-jeong, 58 years old, president of Seoryun Hospital
 Lee Ki-young as Seo Hyun-tae, 64 years old, Chairman of Seo-ryun Group

Others 
 Cha Joo-young as Kim Hyo-kyeong, 35 years old, an elite reporter belonging to the investigative reporting team of a broadcasting company
Lee Seung-hoon as Ham Yong-bok, a former detective who was involved in the Chimera investigation with Joo-joo and Seung-gwan, and now owns a beauty salon. Han Ji-wan as Ryu Sung-hee

Production
The filming of the series, produced at a cost of , was temporarily halted in June 2019 due to sexual harassment allegations. An assistant director (the offender) and producer were fired as a result. Production company JS Pictures issued an apology to the victim (a writer) and the cast and crew. The series was slated for release in the second half of 2019, but did not air until October 2021 for unspecified reasons. Viewership

Note

References

External links
   

 Chimera at Daum 
 

OCN television dramas
Korean-language television shows
South Korean thriller television series
South Korean crime television series
Television series by JS Pictures
2021 South Korean television series debuts
2021 South Korean television series endings