Hit the Top
Hit the Top is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Lee Se-young, Kim Min-jae and Cha Tae-hyun. The drama aired on KBS2, from June 2 to July 22, 2017, on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 32 episodes.
Hit the Top is the first drama directed by Yoo Ho-jin, who directed the third season of variety show 2 Days & 1 Night; and the directorial debut of Cha Tae-hyun, who also co-starred.
Synopsis
In the year 1993, pop idol Yoo Hyun-Jae accidentally travels through time to 2017. Discovering that he mysteriously disappears in 1994 and is presumed dead, he begins to investigate into the reason for his disappearance while trying to adjust to life in the future. Meanwhile, Lee Ji-Hoon is an aspiring musician and is secretly enrolled as an idol trainee at Star Punch Entertainment. Ji-hoon struggles to hide this from his parents, who believe he has been studying for his civil service exams.Cast
Main
- Yoon Shi-yoon as Yoo Hyun-jae
- Lee Se-young as Choi Woo-seung
- Kim Min-jae as Lee Ji-hoon
- Cha Tae-hyun as Lee Gwang-jae
Supporting
World Entertainment
- Yoon Son-ha as Hong Bo-hee
- as MC Drill
- Lee Deok-hwa as Lee Soon-tae
Star Punch Entertainment
- Hong Kyung-min as Park Young-jae
- Im Ye-jin as Cathy
- Cha Eun-woo as MJ
- Bona as Do Hye-ri
Others
- as Mal-sook
- Lee Jung-min as Heol-re
- Son Soo-min as Beol-ddeok
- Choi Seung-hoon as Shin Hwa
- Kim Seung-hyun
- Lim Sung-min
- Kim Ji-hyun
- Choi Ri-yoon
- Ha Nam-woo
- Lim Ji-seob
- Kim Tae-bin
- Hong Seok-yoon
- Lee Ha-na
- Yoon Sun-ah
- Choi Jung-eun
- Lim Yoo-mi
- Yoon Kab-soo
- Kim Young-hee
- Lee Sung-hoon
- Gong Min-gyu
- Kim Yong-jae
- Kim Ji-eun
- Han Hyong-gyu
- Lee Young-rae
- Choi Nam-uk
- Kim Do-yoon
- Nam Seung-woo
- Lee Ri-na
- Ryu Ba
- Uk Sa-na
- Park Mi-hyo
- Choi Seul-gi
- Ko Jin-myung
- Seo Hee
- Kim Ji-yeon
- Jo Moon-young
- Kim Hyong-gyu
- Kwon Hyuk
- Seo Hye-jin
- Choi Jung-eun
- Ahn Nyu-mi
- Lee Soo-min
- Choi Yoo-sol
- Min Do-hee
Special appearances
- Kim Byung-chan
- as Gayo Top 10 MC
- Ko Chang-seok as Photographer
- Shin Seung-hwan as Noryangjin Academy Instructor
- Kim Sook as Kim Sook, a student and one of MJ's fans
- Shorry J as Soo-jin, an ex-Star Punch Entertainment trainee
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Director Park
- Choi Hwa-jung as herself, radio DJ
- Kim Jun-ho as a karaoke customer / doctor
- as a karaoke customer / car crash victim
- as reporter
- Lee Kwang-soo as Yoon-gi, Choi Woo-seung's ex-boyfriend
- as Choi Woo-seung's roommate
- Ahn Gil-kang as a criminal suspect
- Choi Kwon as policeman interrogating Choi Woo-seung
- Defconn as himself
- Jang Hyuk
- WJSN as Star Punch trainees
- Monsta X as themselves
- Kwon Ki-jong as a food delivery man/referee
- Lee Yoo-jong
- Kim Dong-hyeon as music producer at Star Punch Entertainment
- as Challenge Music Star host
- Kim Jong-min
- as MC at talent show
- Lee Soon-jae as man at the convenience store
- Yoon Ji-on as Detective
- Kan Mi-youn as Ha Soo-young
- as a phishing scammer
- as Chairwoman Oh of Jongno Entertainment
Production
Hit the Top is the second "variety-drama" produced by KBS after The Producers in 2015. It is produced by director Seo Soo-min, who is currently the chief producer for KBS's Happy Sunday programming block and the former PD of the now-defunct program Gag Concert. Seo also worked on a few episodes of The Producers.Chorokbaem Media, the company behind The Producers, was tapped to produce Hit the Top for KBS. Sitcom writer Lee Young-chul is penning the script. The first script reading took place on April 3, 2017, in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.
Ratings
- In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
- NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.