Persona (TV series) explained

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Native Name:	Hangul: 페르소나 Rr: Pereusona
Genre:	Anthology series
Creator:	Yoon Jong-shin
Starring:	Lee Ji-eun
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	4
Runtime:	19–27 minutes
Network:	Netflix

Persona is a South Korean anthology television series starring Lee Ji-eun. It contains separate stories each directed by a different director.^[1] The first season was released on April 11, 2019.

Plot

The series is separated into four segments: Love Set, Collector, Kiss Burn and Walking at Night.

Cast

Season 1

Main

• Lee Ji-eun^[2] as IU / Eun / Han-na / Ji-eun

"Love Set"

• Bae Doona as Doona
• Kim Tae-hoon as IU's father
• Pierce Conran as Pierce

"Collector"

• Park Hae-soo as Baek Jeong-u
• Jung Ki-hoon as Eun's yoga friend
• Bae So-young as Ji-soo
• Jo Hyun-sub as Ji-soo's boyfriend
• Andrew Royce Beasley as Eun's foreign friend
• Mario Adrion as Eun's foreign friend

"Kiss Burn"

• Shim Dal-gi as Hye-bok
• Lee Sung-wook as Jung-geun

"Walking at Night"

• Jung Joon-won as K

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Release

The first season was originally set to be released on Netflix on April 5, 2019^{[3] [4]} but the release was postponed to April 11 out of respect for the victims of the Gangwon Province Fire.^{[5] [6]}

The second season, Persona: Sulli, will be released as a feature film in the second half of 2023 and is divided into two parts: the first one, titled 4: Clean Island, stars Sulli, while the second one is a documentary/interview titled Dear Jinri. In particular, Dear Jinri will premiere at the 28th Busan International Film Festival.^[7]

Production

Mystic Story revealed on October 23, 2019 that they had decided to temporarily suspend the production of the second season as Sulli, who was cast as the main lead, was in the midst of filming the second out of five planned episodes for the series when she died.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Reception

Persona was the sixth most popular program on Netflix in Korea in 2019.^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: Dela Paz. Maggie. K-Pop Star IU to Lead Netflix's Korean Anthology Film Series Persona. ComingSoon.net. March 13, 2019. March 23, 2019. April 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200427005020/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1049131-k-pop-star-iu-to-lead-netflixs-korean-anthology-film-series-persona#Oiw6oIG2qVhfg6iH.99. live.
2. Web site: Park. Jin-hai. K-pop singer IU to make film debut through Netflix. March 27, 2019. The Korea Times. March 29, 2019. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329163408/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/03/398_266154.html. live.
3. News: Kim. Hye-soo. IU teases movie 'Persona'. November 7, 2018. March 23, 2019. Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. February 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200207113822/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201811071314289874862_2&ACE_SEARCH=1. live.
4. Web site: Dong. Sun-hwa. Singer IU to star in four short films. September 14, 2018. The Korea Times. March 23, 2019. March 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183904/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2018/09/398_255559.html. live.
5. Web site: Cho. Hyun-joo. 넷플릭스, 아이유 '페르소나' 공개 연기..."국가재난 상태". April 5, 2019. YTN. Naver. ko. April 5, 2019. April 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190406235916/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=052&aid=0001275894. live.
6. News: MacDonald. Joan. National Tragedy Delays Netflix Debut Of IU's Film 'Persona'. Forbes. April 8, 2019. April 9, 2019. February 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200207113826/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2019/04/08/national-tragedy-delays-netflix-debut-of-ius-film-persona/#7af36e4b61f39. live.
7. Web site: Ham . Sang-bum . 2023-09-06 . 여전히 그리운 설리 유작 ‘페르소나: 설리’ 4년 만에 공개 “스물다섯 설리의 일상과 고민” . 2023-09-08 . ko.
8. Web site: Sulli to Appear in Netflix Series. August 31, 2019. The Chosun Ilbo. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901150620/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/08/31/2019083100345.html. September 1, 2019. September 1, 2019.
9. Web site: 故설리 주연 '페르소나2' 제작 중단..제작사 측 "확인중"[공식]]. Kim. Bo-ra. October 23, 2019. OSEN. October 24, 2019. October 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191024091825/http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1111246483. live.
10. Web site: '페르소나2' 공식입장 "故 설리 촬영분 공개 여부 미정". Jang. Hye-jin. October 23, 2019. Busan Ilbo. October 23, 2019. May 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230521092811/https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2019102318374097117. live.
11. Web site: Chung. Esther. Netflix names most popular shows. December 31, 2019. Korea JoongAng Daily. January 1, 2020. February 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200207113837/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aId=3072031. live.