South Korean television series
A Pledge to God Promotional poster
Also known as A Promise with the Gods Hangul 신과의 약속
Hanja 神과의 約束
Revised Romanization Singwaui Yaksok
Genre Melodrama Family drama Written by Hong Young-hee Directed by Yoon Jae-moon Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes48[ a] Producers Lee Myung-sook Sohn Ok-hyun Running time 35 minutes[ a] Production company Yein E&M Network MBC TV Release November 24, 2018 (2018-11-24 ) – February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16 )
A Pledge to God (Korean : 신과의 약속 ) is a South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young , Bae Soo-bin , Oh Yoon-ah and Lee Chun-hee . The series aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from 20:45 to 23:10 (KST ), from November 24, 2018 to February 16, 2019.
Little Hyeon Woo is gravely ill and needs a bone marrow transplant. His current parents are not compatible donors. His doctor advises his parents that the cord blood of a sibling could be a potential donor. However, his birth parents are no longer married to each other.
Wang Seok-hyeon as Song Hyeon Woo, eldest son of Ji-young and Jae-wook, in custody of Ji-young and Min-ho
Ha Yi-an as young Hyun-woo
Lee Hwi-hyang as Heo Eun-sook, Ji-young's mother
People at Cheonji Construction [ edit ]
Park Geun-hyung as Kim Sang-chun, father of Jae-hee and Jae-wook, chairman of family-controlled Cheonji Construction
Kang Boo-ja as Lee Pil-nam, Sang-chun's wife
Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Jae-hee, older sister of Jae-wook, heads the family company foundation
Byung Hun as Jo Seung-hoon, son of Jae-hee[ 3]
Nam Ki-won as Kim Joon-seo, second son of Ji-young and Jae-wook, in custody of Jae-wook and Na-kyung
Kim Hyun-bin as young Joon-seo
Chu Ye-jin as Na Hae-ji, Hyeon Woo's girlfriend from high school
Jung Min-sung as Ji Do-yeob
Kim Hee-jung as Ahn Joo-ryun, producer of Ji-young's program at the TV broadcaster
Bae Hae-sun as Oh Sun-joo, secretary to Na-kyung
Choi Phillip as Jung Kyung-soo, director of Ji-young's program at the TV broadcaster
Oh Eun-ho as Hwang Ma-ri
Lee Jin-hee as Na Hae-Jim’s mother.
The first script reading took place on October 5, 2018 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam-dong , Seoul , South Korea .[ 4]
Original soundtrack [ edit ]
Released on December 8, 2018 (2018-12-08 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "The Last Promise" (마지막 약속 ) Sohyang 5:10 2. "The Last Promise" (Inst.) 5:10 Total length: 10:20
Released on December 15, 2018 (2018-12-15 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Think It's An Anesthetic" (마취가 됐나봐 ) Jang Chang-yup Ryu Wonk-wang Jeon Chang-yup Ryu Wonk-wang Lim Jae-hyun 4:12 2. "I Think It's An Anesthetic" (Inst.) Jeon Chang-yup Ryu Wonk-wang 4:12 Total length: 8:24
Released on December 22, 2018 (2018-12-22 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Can You Hear Me" (들리나요 ) Kim Seong-jong Kim Seong-jong Mama Gorilla Sanha 3:25 2. "Can You Hear Me" (Inst.) Kim Seong-jong Mama Gorilla 3:25 Total length: 6:50
Released on January 5, 2019 (2019-01-05 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "An Unfilled Seat" (채워지지 않는 빈자리 ) Kim Seong-ran Kim Ji-hwan Song Ha-ye 3:58 2. "An Unfilled Seat" (Inst.) Kim Ji-hwan 3:58 Total length: 7:56
Released on January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "It Was All" (전부였더라 ) Michelle Lee 3:57 2. "It Was All" (Inst.) 3:57 Total length: 7:54
Released on January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Lie" (거짓말 ) Heo Young-saeng 3:56 2. "Lie" (Inst.) 3:56 Total length: 7:52
Released on February 2, 2019 (2019-02-02 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Give Me A Day" (하루만 돌려줘요 ) Yeoeun (Melody Day ) 3:59 2. "Give Me A Day" (Inst.) 3:59 Total length: 7:58
Released on February 4, 2019 (2019-02-04 ) Title Artist 1. "See You In My Dreams" (꿈에서 만나요 ) J-Cera 3:38 2. "See You In My Dreams" (Inst.) 3:38 Total length: 7:16
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[ 5]
TNmS
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
1
November 24, 2018
9.5% (8th)
8.3% (15th)
10.1%
2
11.4% (5th)
10.5% (7th)
11.5%
3
10.6% (6th)
10.3%
4
12.0% (4th)
11.0% (4th)
11.1%
5
December 1, 2018
8.1% (11th)
7.0% (18th)
8.9%
6
9.5% (8th)
8.4% (9th)
10.4%
7
9.9% (6th)
8.9% (8th)
9.5%
8
11.9% (3rd)
10.9% (4th)
10.7%
9
December 8, 2018
8.8% (14th)
8.0% (16th)
10.0%
10
9.7% (6th)
9.0% (9th)
11.1%
11
9.5% (7th)
8.5% (10th)
10.0%
12
10.1% (5th)
9.5% (7th)
10.8%
13
December 15, 2018
10.2% (8th)
9.6% (9th)
8.6%
14
10.7% (6th)
10.0% (8th)
9.6%
15
12.7% (5th)
11.0%
16
12.9% (4th)
11.1%
17
December 22, 2018
10.5% (7th)
10.0% (8th)
8.2%
18
11.5% (6th)
10.9% (6th)
9.0%
19
11.8% (5th)
11.3% (5th)
10.4%
20
12.1% (4th)
11.7% (4th)
11.0%
21
January 5, 2019
11.8% (6th)
10.7% (7th)
10.8%
22
13.4% (5th)
12.0% (6th)
13.1%
23
13.5% (4th)
12.6% (4th)
12.1%
24
14.8% (3rd)
13.7% (3rd)
13.2%
25
January 12, 2019
11.5% (6th)
11.0% (7th)
11.4%
26
14.5% (5th)
14.3% (5th)
13.7%
27
15.2% (4th)
15.1% (3rd)
12.5%
28
15.5% (3rd)
13.1%
29
January 19, 2019
11.9% (6th)
10.7% (6th)
12.4%
30
14.2% (5th)
13.1% (5th)
14.8%
31
14.8% (4th)
14.5% (4th)
14.2%
32
15.4% (3rd)
14.9% (3rd)
15.2%
33
January 26, 2019
13.2% (6th)
12.3% (6th)
12.8%
34
15.0% (5th)
14.0% (5th)
15.1%
35
15.1% (4th)
14.2% (4th)
14.1%
36
15.7% (3rd)
14.9% (3rd)
14.0%
37
February 2, 2019
12.0% (7th)
11.5% (8th)
11.8%
38
14.9% (5th)
14.8% (5th)
14.7%
39
15.2% (4th)
15.1% (4th)
14.2%
40
15.5% (3rd)
15.2% (3rd)
14.5%
41
February 9, 2019
13.4% (6th)
12.6% (7th)
13.6%
42
15.2% (4th)
14.5% (5th)
15.2%
43
14.9% (4th)
14.6%
44
16.2% (3rd)
16.0% (3rd)
15.1%
45
February 16, 2019
14.7% (6th)
14.1% (7th)
13.6%
46
17.5% (5th)
17.0% (4th)
16.8%
47
17.8% (4th)
15.9%
48
18.4% (3rd)
17.8% (3rd)
16.9%
Average
13.0%
12.4%
12.4%
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[ 1]
^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks" . The Korea Times . Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader .
^ "Oh Yoon-ah joins new MBC show" . Korea JoongAng Daily . 3 October 2018.
^ "Byung Hun to Joins "A Pledge to God" as Oh Hyun-kyung's Son" . HanCinema . Kukmin Ilbo . October 11, 2018.
^ " '신과의 약속' 한채영vs오윤아, 대본리딩부터 불꽃 튀었다" . Newsen (in Korean). October 9, 2018.
^ "Nielsen Korea" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2018 .
^ Jung, Yu-jin (December 31, 2018). 소지섭 ‘데뷔 23년 만에 첫 대상’(mbc연기대상)[포토엔HD] [So Ji-sub Soo'First Debut in 23 Years' (mbc Drama Awards)[Photo and HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Naver .