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Mystic Pop-up Bar[2] (Korean: 쌍갑포차) 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
Hangul	쌍갑포차
Hanja	雙甲布車
Revised Romanization	Ssanggappocha
Literally	Twin Tops Bar
Genre	Drama Fantasy Mystery Comedy Supernatural
Based on	Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo
Developed by	JTBC
Written by	Ha Yoon-ah
Directed by	Jeon Chang-geun
Starring	Hwang Jung-eum Yook Sung-jae Choi Won-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Oh Hwan-min
Producer	Kim Bo-kyung
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Drama House Samhwa Networks
Distributor	JTBC Netflix (international)[1]
Release
Original network	JTBC
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	May 20 (2020-05-20) – June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)

Synopsis

Mystic Pop-up Bar tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by an ill-tempered woman named Weol-ju (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] Kang-bae has a unique ability that is useful to Weol-ju - with a touch, he can make people pour out all their troubles. This is very useful to Weol-ju who needs to settle the grudges of 100,000 souls.

Cast

Main

• Hwang Jung-eum as Weol-ju
  • Park Si-eun as young Weol-ju

A hot-tempered woman who is the owner of Mystic Pop-up Bar. 500 years ago, Weol-ju healed the Crown Prince through his dreams but was falsely accused of seducing him, and was targeted by an assassin who killed Weol-ju's mother instead. Weol-ju's sin was committing suicide on the Sacred Tree, causing it to lose its power on a conflict that took 100,000 lives. For the past 500 years, she was sent to the Living Realm to settle the grudges of 100,000 souls and comfort them as a punishment to atone for her past sin.

• Yook Sung-jae as Han Kang-bae

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 grew up being an outcast. He worked with Weol-ju as she promised him to get rid of this unique ability in exchange. He is eventually revealed to be the spirit of Weol-ju and Yi-Hon's unborn child which was cursed with the Sorrow of the Sacred Tree.

• Choi Won-young as Chief Gwi (aka Guibanjang) / Crown Prince Yi-Hon
  • Song Geon-hee as young Crown Prince Yi-hon

Formerly the Crown Prince who fell in love with Weol-ju but was unable to protect her, so he slew the instigator of her death, his former best friend, Kim Won-hyung. Once worked for the Afterlife Police Agency, he was given a chance to work as the manager at Mystic Pop-up Bar to be at Weol-ju's side.

Supporting

Realm of the Dead

• Yeom Hye-ran as God of the Underworld, Yeomradaewang

As the God of the Underworld, she is the one who executed the 500-years-long punishment on Weol-ju.

• Lee Jun-hyeok as Department Chief Yeom / Lord Kim Jin

In his past life, he was a minister at the palace, mentor of the Crown Prince and father of Won-hyung. His loyalty and dedication for the prince had driven him away from his son. In the present, he became an angel of death who is Chief Gwi's best friend and frequently visit Weol-ju's pop-up bar.

• Na In-woo as Kim Won-hyung

He is Lord Kim Jin's son and Crown Prince Yi-hon's best friend, however his coup d'état was uncovered and he was beheaded by the Crown Prince on his sister's and prince's wedding day. In present day, he escaped from his punishment as an evil spirit to get revenge upon Crown Prince Yi-hon and Weol-ju.

• Oh Young-sil as Samsin[9]

The goddess of childbirth and fate. She is a close friend of Weol-ju.

• Yoo Jae-myung as Jade Emperor (voice only)

Kapeul Mart

• Jung Da-eun as Kang Yeo-rin

The only human who is immune to Kang-bae's ability. She was Chairman Choi's personal bodyguard but after her encounter with Weol-ju 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 the spirit of the Cinnabar in a nearby cave, a mineral that protects against evil.

• Ahn Tae-hwan as Choi Jin-dong
• Baek Soo-hee as Kim Da-bin
• Park Ha-na as Song Mi-ran
• Park Joo-hyung as Assistant Manager Park

Special appearances

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]

Original soundtrack

Mystic Pop-up Bar OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2020
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	JTBC Studio Most Content Kakao M

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Ratings

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[13]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 20, 2020	3.610%	4.186%
2	May 21, 2020	1.884%	—
3	May 27, 2020	3.672%	3.914%
4	May 28, 2020	1.557%	—
5	June 3, 2020	3.141%	3.769%
6	June 4, 2020	2.485%	—
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]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This drama aired 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

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Mystic Pop-up Bar at IMDb
• Mystic Pop-up Bar at HanCinema

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