Semantic Error (TV series)

Semantic Error
Promotional poster
Hangul
시맨틱 에러
Revised RomanizationSimaentik Ereo
Genre
Based onSemantic Error
by Jeo Soo-ri
Written byJason
Directed byKim Soo-jung
Starring
Opening theme"Romantic Devil" by Coldin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
  • Kim Dong-rae
  • Im Min-ju
  • Kim So-hui
  • Park Ji-bok
  • SJ "SINXITY" Shin
CinematographyAhn Gyeomseo
EditorKim Tae-kyung
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time19–28 minutes
Production companies
  • RaemongRaein
  • Axis
Original release
NetworkWatcha
ReleaseFebruary 16 (2022-02-16) –
March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10)

Semantic Error (Korean: 시맨틱 에러; RR: Simaentik Ereo) is a 2022 South Korean streaming television series based on a homonymous BL web novel by Jeo Soo-ri, starring Park Seo-ham and Park Jae-chan.[1] It premiered on February 16, 2022, on Watcha.[2][3] The series is the first BL to achieve a major success in South Korea. The series became a social phenomenon and introduced the BL genre to the mainstream South Korean audience, which resulted in a rising production of South Korean BL dramas and films.[4][5] The series was included on Teen Vogue's best BL dramas of 2022 list.[6]

The theatrical version of the series, Semantic Error: The Movie, was first screened at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and commercially released in August 2022.[7][8]

Synopsis

Computer science major Choo Sang-woo (Park Jae-chan) is the embodiment of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. While working on a liberal arts group project with freeloaders who don't put in any effort, Sang-woo decides to remove their names from the final presentation. But he didn't imagine how involved he would become with the person whose plans to study abroad were messed up because of that project. The involved person, the popular campus star who everyone knows, Department of Design's Jang Jae-young (Park Seo-ham). He has everything from skills, looks, family background and good relationships, except for one big problem, Choo Sang-woo. What happens when an engineer and an artist whose personalities are like oil and water, have to work together? Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to debug this?

Cast

Main

Supporting

  • Kim Noh-jin as Ryu Ji-hye
  • Cha Jae-hoon as Lee Dong-gun
  • Song Ji-oh as Choi Yu-na
  • Kim Won-ki as Go Hyeong-taek
  • Jung Joon-gyo as Ted Hyung

Guest

  • Lee Kyoung-yoon as waiter (Episode 5)
  • Kim Jong-hyeong as a customer (Episode 5)
  • Kim Se-hyeon as a customer (Episode 5)
  • Jeon Min-gyu as a customer (Episode 5)
  • Ryu Gi-seok as a customer (Episode 5)

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award Year Category Nominee(s) / Work(s) Result Ref.
APAN Star Awards 2022 Best Couple Award Park Jae-chan and Park Seo-ham Won [9]
Popular Star Award (Actor) Park Jae-chan Won
Best New Actor Park Seo-ham Nominated [10]
Blue Dragon Series Awards 2022 Park Jae-chan and Park Seo-ham Nominated [11][12]
Popular Star Award Won [13]
Brand of the Year Awards[a] 2022 Acting Idol of the Year (Male) Park Jae-chan Won [15]
Grand Bell Awards 2022 Daejong's Expected Award Kim Soo-jung (Semantic Error: The Movie) Nominated [16]
New Wave Award (Actor) Park Jae-chan Won [17]
Korea Best Brand Awards [b] 2023 Best Drama Actor/Artist Park Seo-ham Won [19]
Seoul International Drama Awards 2022 Outstanding K-Pop Idol Park Jae-chan Nominated [20]
Outstanding Korean Actor Nominated
Park Seo-ham Nominated
Outstanding Korean Drama OST Coldin ("Romantic Devil") Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ Established in 2003, the Brand of the Year Awards is an awards ceremony based on nationwide surveys hosted by the Korea Consumer Brand Committee and organized by the Korea Consumer Forum.[14]
  2. ^ Hosted by The JoongAng and Forbes Korea, the Korea Best Brand Awards bases its winners on the best brands selected by the market and consumers.[18]

See also

References

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