Curtain Call
2022 1 season · 16 ep live_tv Scripted South Korea

Curtain Call

커튼콜: 나무는 서서 죽는다

Synopsis

커튼콜: 나무는 서서 죽는다

A drama about an elderly woman from North Korea who doesn’t have much time left to live and a theatre actor who acts as her grandson in order to fulfill her final wish.

Also On KBS2

Other series that aired on KBS2.

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Drama + Family in South Korea

25 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Curtain Call itself).

The 2021–2023 South Korea Window

Curtain Call holds position #99 of 211 South Korea seriess in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    Under the Queen's Umbrella

    ★ 9.1 · 2022
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    #5

    Undercover

    ★ 9.0 · 2021
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    #6

    The Good Bad Mother

    ★ 8.9 · 2023
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    #7

    The Fabulous

    ★ 8.8 · 2022
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    #8

    My Lovely Liar

    ★ 8.7 · 2023

The 2020s South Korea Landscape

2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Curtain Call. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 96 other South Korea seriess in 2022.

The 1347th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (466 seriess).

Audience Engagement

10
Reviews
7th
Review-volume percentile
38th
Popularity percentile

10 audience reviews — more than 7% of South Korea seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 38th percentile among South Korea seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
October 31, 2022
Last Air Date
December 27, 2022
Broadcast Span
2 months
Total Episodes
16 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 16.5 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #390 of 1,397 South Korea seriess indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #284 of 868 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesVictory Contents
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 16
Release DateOctober 31, 2022
Official Siteprogram.kbs.co.kr

Questions Answered

Who created Curtain Call?

Curtain Call was created by Jo Seong Geol.

When did Curtain Call end?

Curtain Call finished its run with its final episode airing on December 27, 2022.

Where did Curtain Call air?

Curtain Call aired on KBS2, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.