The Village: Achiara's Secret2015
Created by Lee Yong-seok, Park Seon-ho
🏆 4 wins & 4 nominations
The premise
Achiara is a quiet, peaceful village with hardly any crime. But on her first day of school there, English language instructor Kim So-yoon discovers a buried corpse. As the townspeople speculate on the identity of the dead person and the reason she was killed, So-yoon and policeman Park Woo-jae become determined to solve the mystery.
Horror Vault's take
A seemingly idyllic Korean village has its tranquil façade shattered when a newcomer English teacher stumbles upon a buried body on her very first day. What follows is a deep, slow-burning mystery as she teams up with a local detective to unearth the web of lies the community has buried alongside the corpse. The dead, it seems, are not entirely silent — and the closer the truth gets, the more dangerous Achiara becomes. Secrets long protected by the town's tight-knit residents begin to crack under the pressure of investigation.
Content: Murder, Depictions Of A Corpse, Themes Of Violence Against Women, Serial Killer Content
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · AchiaraPremiereOct 7, 2015 · 59 min
Han So-Yoon, a Korean woman living in exile in Canada, returns to her homeland after taking a job as an English teacher in a small village called Achiara. On her first day of work, she unwittingly unearths the body of a young woman, apparen
S1.E2 · ChildrenOct 8, 2015 · 59 min
Seo Yoo-Na gives her statement to Officer Park Woo-Jae after she was assaulted in the street. So-Yoon asks more questions about Kim Hye-Jin, the missing woman.
S1.E3 · The Woman Nobody Is Looking ForOct 14, 2015 · 58 min
So-Yoon makes a curious discovery about her sister while Agent Woo-Jae investigates Kim Hye-Jin's disappearance. Meanwhile, Yoo-Na and Ga-Young put themselves in danger.
S1.E4 · Young LadyOct 15, 2015 · 59 min
The investigation into Kim Hye-Jin's disappearance turns into a murder case after new evidence is uncovered. Seo Gi-Hyun offers his help to So-Yoon in order to find Kim's sister.
S1.E5 · The Reason for Their SilenceOct 21, 2015 · 59 min
So-Yoon hires a detective to find her sister, but to no avail. The young woman is troubled by the resemblance between her sister and Kim Hye-Jin. Yoon Ji-Sook panics at the thought of a scandal tarnishing her family.
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