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[Sports Today reporter Kim Tae-hyung] Kim Nam-gil and Lee Yu-mi are set to unleash Nightmare, a series that traps villains inside their own dreams.
SBS’s new drama Nightmare follows a vigilante group that punishes criminals the law can’t touch—not by locking them up, but by imprisoning them in nightmares. The series blurs the line between dream and reality as these characters carry out a fantastical form of justice.
Kim Nam-gil will play Detective Kim Tae-i. After a long undercover assignment, he returns to the Southern Police Station. His demeanor, speech and daily habits have all changed, but his single-minded determination to catch criminals remains. He joins forces with a vigilante group that uses animal instincts and raw ferocity to design nightmares and bring wrongdoers to justice. Given Kim’s track record—bringing dark intensity to Through the Darkness and thrilling action to The Fiery Priest—viewers are eager to see his take on Kim Tae-i.
Lee Yu-mi plays Jang Gyu-eun, a victim‑support officer at the Southern Station and Tae-i’s colleague. Timid and reserved in real life, Jang becomes a completely different person in dreams. She appears in the dreams of unpunished criminals with a cruel, decadent visage and inflicts brutal torment. As the mysterious architect behind these nightmares, Jang switches between an endearing smile and a deadly glare—Lee Yu-mi’s transformation promises a layered, striking twist.
Nightmare will chronicle how Detective Kim Tae-i—dangerous even by gangster standards—and the enigmatic nightmare designer Jang Gyu-eun team up to ensure those who slip past the law finally pay for their crimes. The series shows them trapping law‑defying offenders in nightmares, condemning them to a hell from which they cannot escape. Audiences are growing more curious about Kim and Jang’s relentless pursuit of justice.
Attention is also focused on the chemistry between Kim Nam-gil and Lee Yu-mi as they carry this justice-driven story. Kim, a dependable leading actor who stamps projects with his own signature across genres, pairs with Lee, who proved her range by becoming the first Korean actor to win an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress—viewers are eager to see the synergy they create as colleagues in Nightmare.
The production team said the show uses its unusual premise—punishing large-scale criminals who can’t be confined by real prisons by imprisoning them in nightmares—to send a warning to those who evade consequences. They asked audiences to look forward to the compelling collaboration between actors Kim Nam-gil and Lee Yu-mi as they bring to life the special pairing of a detective and a nightmare architect.
SBS’s new drama Nightmare, which follows Kim Nam-gil and Lee Yu-mi as they cross the boundary between reality and dreams to enact justice, will premiere in 2027.
[Sports Today reporter Kim Tae-hyung ent@stoo.com]
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