Wi Ha-joon’sGyeongseong Creaturecharacter did not properly return in season 2, but fortunately, the actor will soon shine in another Netflix K-drama’s second season. WhileWi Ha-joon’s popularity achieved new heights after his role in 2021’sSquid Game, he has been delivering great performances for several years now.Wi Ha-joon’s K-dramacareer includes roles in shows such as18 Again,Something in the Rain, and,Romance Is a Bonus Book. He has also been in movies such asGonjiam: Haunted AsylumandMidnight, both of which are in the horror genre.
One of Wi Ha-joon’s most important roles in recent years was also in a horror story –Gyeongseong Creature. The Netflix original series premiered in 2023 with a tale about generational trauma and the horrors faced during Japan’s occupation of Korea set in the final months of World War II. WhileGyeongseong Creatureincorporated real-life elements, such as thehistory of Unit 731, it was also a sci-fi show that included a zombie-like parasite and monsters.Gyeongseong Creature’s castwas led by Park Seo-joon and Han So-hee, both of whom returned for the second chapter of the story. Wi Ha-joon, however, did not.
Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 Ignored Wi Ha-joon’s Jun-taek
Jun-taek Was Barely Included In The Flashbacks
Wi Ha-joon played Jun-taek, Tae-sang’s best friend, inGyeongseong Creatureseason 1. Jun-taek was the son of one of the richest men in Gyeongseong and used his wealth to help the Korean independence movement. Jun-taek was one of the most important members of the revolution in Gyeongseong and would often attempt to bring Park Seo-joon’s character into their cause. While Tae-sang shared the same dream of independence as Jun-taek, the former never accepted joining the revolution because he was too selfish and only cared about surviving. However, at the end of season 1, Tae-sang realized he had to fight.
Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 Ending Explained
The final episode of Gyeongseong Creature season 2 answers a lot of key questions about the series, but poses more than could lead to future seasons.
Gyeongseong Creatureseason 1’s finaleended on a somewhat tragic note for Jun-taek, as he was tortured into giving the location of his friends. Between that and Tae-sang finally learning there were more important things to fight for, I was excited to learn more about Jun-taek and what happened to him after 1945 inGyeongseong Creature 2. Unfortunately, Wi Ha-joon’s character was not really part of season 2. Granted,Gyeongseong Creatureseason 2 took place 79 years after the first season, but other characters got to properly returnthanks to sci-fi shenanigans and flashbacks.
Squid Game’s Jun-ho Return Makes Up For Wi Ha-joon’s Gyeongseong Creature Absence
Wi Ha-joon Returns For Netflix’s Squid Game Season 2
While not seeing at least a little more of Wi Ha-joon’s Jun-take inGyeongseong Creature 2was disappointing, the 33-year-old actor is set to have a big role in the upcomingSquid Gameseason 2. Wi Ha-joon plays Detective Hwang Jun-ho, who, while looking for his brother, discovers the existence of the games and goes deep undercover to find out what is happening.Detective Jung-ho had the most interesting side story inSquid Gameseason 1, starting from his investigation that wasn’t being taken seriously by anyone else and ending with the reveal that his brother was the Front Man.
Tae-sang’s friends from the pawn shop were killed by Lady Maeda’s men, after which he was given the Najin and presumably killed Mrs. Nawol. Gyeongseong Creature season 2 included a mostly new cast.
The detective’s fate inSquid Gamewas left open, as he was shot and fell from a cliff. More recently, the first fullSquid Gameseason 2 trailer confirmed that Wi Ha-joon’s character is aliveand returns in season 2. The trailer sees Detective Hwang Jun-ho continuing his investigation and even bringing in reinforcements, suggesting he and his team will infiltrate the location of the games once again. It’s unclear how Jun-ho survived, though, as well as what he has been doing since the end of season 1.
Detective Hwang Jun-ho Should Be One Of Squid Game Season 2’s Most Important Characters
The Detective Came Close To Exposing The Games In Season 1
WhereasSquid Gameseason 1 was about Gi-hun, Jun-ho, and the audience learning about the horrors of the games, season 2 is expected to be about those two characters trying to bring down the operation, even if separately. Gi-hun and Jun-ho don’t know each other as far as we know it, but the fact is that both experienced the games in some form and lived to tell the tale.Jun-ho has enough information to expose the gamesand bring down those behind them, but he knows that it will not be easy to do it.
With Player 456 trying to stop the games from the inside, the detective could try to expose them from the outside.
Likewise, Gi-hun is somehow playing the games again after telling the Front Man that he was coming for him. With Player 456 trying to destroy the games from the inside, the detective could try to stop them from the outside. There is also the family matter – Jun-ho has just found out that his brother is the host of the games and is willing to kill the detective to protect the operation. This is why Wi Ha-joon’s character should be so important inSquid Gameseason 2 and make up for hisGyeongseong Creature.
Gyeongseong Creature
Cast
Gyeongseong Creature is an action horror-thriller television series that Kang Eun-kyung and Chung Dong-yoon created for Netflix. Set in 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Korea, Jang Tae-Sang, a wealthy informant in the heart of Gyeongseong, and Yoon Chae-ok, a highly skilled investigator, come together to face a literal creature created from the cumulative greed of humanity.
Squid Game
Squid Game is a South Korean series released in 2021 that follows numerous financially struggling participants who are invited to partake in children’s games with deadly outcomes. As they compete, they vie for a substantial cash prize, all while navigating lethal challenges orchestrated by mysterious figures.
