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Guardian (Original Television Soundtrack)
Guardian (Original Television Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album
Studio	CJ E&M Music Studios
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean, English
Label	CJ E&M, Hwa&Dam Pictures; Pony Canyon (Japan); Able9 (China)

*Guardian: The Lonely and Great God*
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
	Promotional poster
Also known as	Goblin
Hangul	쓸쓸하고 찬란하神 – 도깨비
Literal meaning	The Lonely and Great God – Goblin
Revised Romanization	Sseulsseulhago Challanhasin – Dokkaebi
McCune–Reischauer	Ssŭlssŭrhago Ch'allanhasin – Tokkaebi
Genre	Fantasy; Romance; Drama; Comedy;
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Kim Eun-sook
Directed by	Lee Eung-bok (Ep. 1–16); Kwon Hyuk-chan (Ep. 5–16); Yoon Jong-ho (Ep. 3–16);
Creative directors	Yoon Jong-ho (Ep. 1–2); Jung Ji-hyun (Ep. 1–16); Kim Sung-jin (Ep. 1–16);
Starring	Gong Yoo; Kim Go-eun; Lee Dong-wook; Yoo In-na; Yook Sung-jae;
Opening theme	"Round and Round" by Heize and Han Soo-ji
Ending theme	"Stay With Me" by Chanyeol and Punch
Composer	Nam Hye-seung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16 + 3 specials
Production
Executive producers	Kim Beom-rae; Yoon Ha-rim;
Producers	Joo Kyung-ha; Kim Ji-yeon;
Production locations	Gimje, South Korea; Gangwon Province, South Korea; Seoul, South Korea; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada;
Cinematography	Park Sung-yong; Kang Yoon-soon;
Editor	Lee Sang-rok
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60–90 minutes
Production company	Hwa&Dam Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	December 2, 2016 –; January 21, 2017

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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God^[4]^[5] (Korean: 쓸쓸하고 찬란하神 – 도깨비) is a South Korean television series starring Gong Yoo in the title role, alongside Kim Go-eun, Lee Dong-wook, Yoo In-na, and Yook Sung-jae. Written by Kim Eun-sook, the series aired on tvN from December 2, 2016, to January 21, 2017.^[6]

Its final episode recorded an 18.68% nationwide audience share, making it the seventh highest-rated drama in Korean cable television history.^[7] It received critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon in South Korea.^[8] The series won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize (Daesang) for writer Kim Eun-sook and Best Actor for Gong Yoo at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards.

Plot

Kim Shin (Gong Yoo), a decorated military general from the Goryeo Dynasty, is framed as a traitor and killed by the young king. Years after his death, he is cursed by the Almighty to stay immortal forever, enduring the pain of seeing his loved ones die as punishment for the soldiers he killed to protect his country. He becomes an immortal goblin, helping people with his powers and being a kind man in spite of his grieving past. The only way to put an end to his immortality is the Goblin's bride, whose aid in pulling out the sword will end his painful immortality.

Ji Eun-tak (Kim Go-eun) is a bubbly high school student who remains cheerful and hopeful despite her tragic life and can see ghosts, though she tries to ignore them. She summons the Goblin by chance and their fates begin to entwine. The Goblin's nephew, Yoo Deok-hwa (Yook Sung-jae), leases the Goblin's house to a Grim Reaper (Lee Dong-wook) and the two end up living under the same roof. Ji Eun-tak starts working a part-time job at a chicken store run by a charismatic young woman, Sunny (Yoo In-na).

As the lives of Kim Shin, Grim Reaper, Ji Eun-tak and Sunny interweave, a deeper story unfolds, as they are not just strangers who met by chance, but people with deep-rooted relations.

Cast

Main

Gong Yoo as Goblin / Kim Shin^[9]

A 939-year-old immortal goblin and protector of souls who is in search for his bride, who is the only one who can remove the sword piercing through his chest. Once the sword is removed, he may finally move to the afterlife and rest in peace. He served as a General during the Goryeo era, where he was appointed as the regent with his sister being betrothed to the young king Wang Yeo. However, due to being corrupted by a eunuch, the king's guards killed Kim Shin's sister, soldiers; and household before ultimately killing him with the very sword that is lodged in his chest. As both a reward for the good he had done for his country, and a punishment for all the deaths that he caused, the Almighty God grants him immortality. As he has lived for centuries, he feels lonely and depressed as he's watched his loved ones and those around him pass away over time. This is until he slowly falls in love with his bride who gives him a reason to live again.

Kim Go-eun as Ji Eun-tak^[10]
- Han Seo-jin [ko] as young Ji Eun-tak

An optimistic and bubbly 19-year-old high school student and the legendary Goblin's bride. A "Missing Soul", she can see ghosts and summon the Goblin due to her way of birth; her pregnant mom was in a hit-and-run at the time. The Goblin had intervened to save them both, before the Grim Reaper could take them. Orphaned at age 9 and pursued by the Grim Reaper, she was forced to live with her abusive aunt who only wanted the life insurance money left behind by Eun-tak's mother. She immediately becomes interested in the Goblin, who takes her in his home so she can pass her exams and enroll in university, while he begins to rediscover the joy of living through her. Originally oblivious to her duty of removing the sword from the Goblin's chest, she eventually learns the truth and struggles with the decision of fulfilling her duty as she has fallen in love with the Goblin.

Lee Dong-wook as Grim Reaper / Wang Yeo^[11]
- Kim Min-jae as young Wang Yeo

A good-looking, cynical yet humorous grim reaper (Angel of Death) who guides souls to their reincarnations or afterlives and Kim Shin's housemate. Along with many other grim reapers, he became a grim reaper after committing the greatest sin of all in his past life. He has no memory of his past lives, but does possess supernatural powers. Originally preferring to be by himself, he falls in love with a chicken restaurant owner named Sunny who eventually reciprocates his feelings. Through her, he begins to unlock clues to his memories and who he was in the past. It is revealed that he was the young king, Wang Yeo in his past life. Despite the king's original pleasant personality, he became corrupted by the power hungry eunuch and ordered his guards to kill everyone including his own wife and his loyal general, Kim Shin. This act drove Wang Yeo insane and caused him to ultimately take his own life.

Yoo In-na as Sunny / Kim Sun/ Queen Sun-Hee^[12]

The attractive owner of a chicken restaurant who hires Ji Eun-tak. The Grim Reaper begins to fall in love with her, and she soon returns his affection, although she is constantly confused by the Grim Reaper's constant social awkwardness. In her past life, it is revealed that she was the younger sister of General Kim Shin and she became the queen upon marrying King Wang Yeo (now the Grim Reaper). The couple were happily in love until the eunuch began to warp the mind of the king. When Wang Yeo tried to exile his loyal general Kim Shin, she supported her brother as he stood up to the king's ridiculous order and was executed as a result.

Yook Sung-jae as Yoo Deok-hwa^[12]^[13]
- Jung Ji-hoon [ko] as young Yoo Deok-hwa
- Kim Hyun-bin [ko] as teenage Deok-hwa

A rebellious yet kind-hearted chaebol heir and the only grandson of the Yoo family, a household that has the responsibility of taking care of the Goblin. He originally is a spoiled young adult who was only looking after the Goblin in order to receive a new credit card (after he was cut off). However, he learns of the Goblin and the Grim Reaper's true identities, and the trio grew to become strong friends. It is later revealed that the Almighty had taken over his body for a period of time so that he could enact his plan of intertwining the lives of Kim Shin, Ji Eun-tak, The Grim Reaper, and Sunny

Supporting

Lee El as Samshin, Goddess, the creator of birth and fate
Kim Byung-chul as Park Joong-heon, a cunning and manipulative eunuch from the Goryeo period
Kim Sung-kyum [ko] as Chairman Yoo Shin-woo, Deok-hwa's grandfather
Jo Woo-jin as Kim Do-young, Deok-hwa's secretary
Yeom Hye-ran as Ji Yeon-sook, Eun-tak's maternal aunt
Jung Young-gi [ko] as Park Kyung-shik, Eun-tak's male cousin
Choi Ri as Park Kyung-mi, Eun-tak's female cousin

Others

Hwang Seok-jeong as triplet sisters; two of them as a shaman fortune teller and a ghost
Ham Sung-min as North Korean soldier

Ghosts around Eun-tak

Ahn Ji-hyun as Go Jung-hyun, the ghost in the library who was Eun-tak's mother's best friend
Park Kyung-hye as Virgin Ghost, who always tries to take Eun-tak with her
Park Se-wan as Go Shi-won, the ghost who asked Eun-tak to clean her dormitory and fill it up with food so that her mother will not be sad (Ep. 2, 4–5)
Kim So-ra [ko] as Lee Jung-hwa, a vengeance ghost whose husband killed her (Ep. 4, 6–7, 9, 11)
Go Soo-jung as a ghost (Ep. 2)

People around Eun-tak

Noh Gang-min as the boy in the back-alley of the chicken shop who thinks he has wind powers
Kim Min-young as Park Soo-jin, Eun-tak's schoolmate who harasses her and takes pictures of her and the Goblin
Go Bo-gyeol as Kim Yoon-ah, Eun-tak's class president who defends her and later becomes her friend
Kim Nan-hee as Eun-tak's homeroom teacher who discriminates against her because she's an orphan
Ma Min-hee as one of Soo-jin's friends
Yoon Hee-kyung as one of Soo-jin's friends

Grim Reapers around Wang Yeo

Kim Ki-doo [ko] as a Batch 21 Grim Reaper who is Wang Yeo's friend and colleague and is very serious about his work
Choi Woong as Wang Yeo's junior grim reaper who lives in the rooftop above Sunny's apartment
Jo Hyun-sik as a Batch 22 Grim Reaper
Kim Chang-hwan [ko] as a Batch 23 Grim Reaper
Yun Da-yeong as a Batch 23 Grim Reaper who was once Wang Yeo's Court Lady

Others

Kim Nam-hee as Overworked doctor in ER
Yoon Kyung-ho as Kim Woo-sik, Kim Shin's loyal lieutenant from the Goryeo era (Ep. 1, 12, 14)
Lee Moon-soo as a loyal old man from the Goryeo era who kept Kim Shin's body (Ep. 1)
Nam Da-reum as Kim Soo-bok, the boy who met the Goblin in Paris (Ep. 1, 4)
Park Jin Woo as Loan Shark (Ep. 2–3, 6)
Yoon Joo-man as Loan Shark (Ep. 2–3, 6)
Lee Seul-bi as a vain woman at café (Ep. 3)
Kim Hyun-mok as Bus Passenger (Ep. 8)
Kim Hye-yoon as the young era of a widowed old lady (Ep. 15)

Special appearances

Park Hee-von as Ji Yeon-hee, Ji Eun-tak's mother (Ep. 1, 7)
Kim Min-jae as Wang Yeo (Ep. 1, 7–13)^[14]
Kim So-hyun as Kim Shin's sister (Queen)
Jung Hae-in as Choi Tae-hee, Ji Eun-tak's first love (Ep. 7, 8)^[15]

Production

Development

The series was written by Kim Eun-sook, who also wrote the popular series Secret Garden (2010), The Heirs (2013), and Descendants of the Sun (2016). The drama marked her second collaboration with director Lee Eun-bok after both worked on Descendants.^[16]^[17]

Filming

The first script-reading was held at Nuri Dream Square in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea, on 30 August 2016.^[18] The Goryeo-era flashback scenes were filmed on Gimje, North Jeolla Province on September 22^[19] for the battlefield scenes, while the palace scenes were shot at Naju Image Theme Park.^[20] Goblin and Grim Reaper's house (external shots) was filmed at (formerly) Unhyeongung's Western House, presently inside Duksung Women's University (utilized for administration offices).^[21]

Overseas filming mainly took place in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in October,^[22] using locations such as the Château Frontenac, Parc du Bastion-de-la-Reine (the Yoo family cemetery), Petit Champlain (Goblin's door to Canada), and the Fontaine de Tourny.^[23] The red door, which in reality is the emergency exit of the Théâtre Petit Champlain [fr], and other sites in Quebec City associated with the show have begun to attract numerous fans of the series.^[24]

The crew was awarded a special vacation to Phuket, Thailand after the end of the drama.^[25]

Original soundtrack

Album

Disc 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Round and Round"	Heize & Han Soo-ji	3:27
2.	"Stay With Me"	Chanyeol & Punch	3:12
3.	"My Eyes" (내 눈에만 보여)	10cm	2:37
4.	"Hush"	Lasse Lindh	4:20
5.	"Beautiful"	Crush	3:47
6.	"You Are So Beautiful" (이쁘다니까)	Eddy Kim	3:15
7.	"Who Are You"	Sam Kim	4:21
8.	"I Miss You"	Soyou	2:49
9.	"First Snow" (첫 눈)	Jung Joon-il	4:56
10.	"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다)	Ailee	3:49
11.	"Wish" (소원)	Urban Zakapa	3:56
12.	"Heaven"	Roy Kim & Kim EZ	4:19
13.	"Love"	Mamamoo	2:57
14.	"And I'm Here"	Kim Kyung-hee	4:07
15.	"Winter is Coming"	Han Soo-ji	2:30
16.	"Stuck in Love"	Kim Kyung-hee	2:39
Total length:			57:01

Disc 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Dark Walk"	Various Artists	4:34
2.	"Butterfly" (나비)	Various Artists	1:13
3.	"First Love" (처음사랑)	Various Artists	4:54
4.	"When You Open the Door" (문을 열고 나가면)	Various Artists	3:15
5.	"Eun-tak's Waltz" (은탁의 왈츠)	Various Artists	3:04
6.	"Sparkling Wind" (반짝이는 바람)	Various Artists	3:12
7.	"Small Beach House" (바닷가 작은집)	Various Artists	1:25
8.	"When Time Stops" (시간이 멈출 때)	Various Artists	2:25
9.	"One Day After A Hundred Years" (그렇게 백년을 살아 어느날)	Various Artists	0:18
10.	"Amnesia (기억상실)"	Various Artists	3:07
11.	"Their Only Moments" (그들만의 시간)	Various Artists	2:06
12.	"No God's Sword" (무신검)	Various Artists	1:02
13.	"The Future I Saw Was Right" (내가 본 미래가 맞았구나)	Various Artists	0:34
14.	"Whistling" (휘파람을 불며)	Various Artists	2:35
15.	"Samshin & Deok-hwa" (삼신과 덕화)	Various Artists	2:10
16.	"Feast of the Deities" (신들의 만찬)	Various Artists	3:01
17.	"Pray" (기도)	Various Artists	1:45
18.	"For That Excuse, I Wish I Could Stay Alive" (그 핑계로 내가 계속 살아 있었으면 좋겠어)	Various Artists	0:54
19.	"Warriors Song"	Various Artists	4:34
Total length:			46:08

Singles

Original soundtrack (Part 1–14)

Part 1

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Stay with Me"	Chanyeol, Punch	03:13
2.	"Stay with Me" (Inst.)		03:13
Total length:			06:26

Part 2

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Only in My Eyes" (내 눈에만 보여)	10cm	02:37
2.	"Only in My Eyes" (Inst.)		02:37
Total length:			05:14

Part 3

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Hush"	Lasse Lindh	04:20
Total length:			04:20

Part 4

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Beautiful^[28]"	Crush	3:48
2.	"Beautiful" (Inst.)		3:48
Total length:			7:36

Part 5

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"You Are So Beautiful" (이쁘다니까)	Eddy Kim	03:16
2.	"You Are So Beautiful" (Inst.)		03:16
Total length:			06:32

Part 6

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Who Are You"	Sam Kim	04:16
2.	"Who Are You" (Inst.)		04:16
Total length:			08:32

Part 7

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"I Miss You"	Soyou	02:50
2.	"I Miss You" (Inst.)		02:50
Total length:			05:40

Part 8

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"First Snow" (첫눈)	Jung Joon-il	04:57
2.	"First Snow" (Inst.)		04:57
Total length:			09:54

Part 9

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow^[29]" (첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다)	Ailee	03:50
2.	"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Inst.)		03:50
Total length:			07:40

Part 10

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Wish^[29]" (소원)	Urban Zakapa	03:56
2.	"Wish" (Inst.)		03:56
Total length:			07:52

Part 11

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"And I'm Here"	Kim Kyung-hee (April 2nd)	04:08
2.	"Winter Is Coming"	Han Soo-ji	02:30
3.	"Stuck in Love"	Kim Kyung-hee (April 2nd)	02:39
Total length:			09:17

Part 12

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Heaven"	Roy Kim, Kim EZ (GGot Jam Project)	04:20
2.	"Heaven" (Inst.)		04:20
Total length:			08:40

Part 13

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Love^[30]"	Mamamoo	02:58
2.	"Love" (Inst.)		02:58
Total length:			05:56

Part 14

There was a controversy surrounding the release of the song "Round and Round". Originally, the song was sung by Han Soo-ji. However, when the song was officially released, Han was merely a featuring on the track, which was sung by Heize. This caused dissatisfaction among fans, who loved Han's voice. CJ E&M released an official apology, saying that Han was enlisted to record just the first 50 seconds of the song, but the writer of the song, Nam Hye-seung, requested since the beginning that the full song be sung by another vocalist.^[31]

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Round and Round"	Heize and Han Soo-ji	03:22
2.	"Round and Round" (Inst.)		03:22
Total length:			06:44

Chart performance

Songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Remarks
Title	Year	KOR Gaon	US World	Sales	Remarks
"Stay With Me" (Chanyeol (EXO), Punch)	2016	3	3	KOR: 1,792,463+^[32]	Part 1
"My Eyes" (10cm)		7	—	KOR: 796,044+^[33]	Part 2
"Hush" (Lasse Lindh)		6	—	KOR: 745,412+^[34]	Part 3
"Beautiful" (Crush)		2	7	KOR: 2,051,618+^[35]	Part 4
"You Are So Beautiful" (Eddy Kim)		5	—	KOR: 1,258,363+^[36]	Part 5
"Who Are You" (Sam Kim)		3	15	KOR: 1,081,090+^[37]	Part 6
"I Miss You" (Soyou (Sistar))		5	11	KOR: 1,253,414+^[38]	Part 7
"First Snow" (Jung Joon-il)		9	—	KOR: 1,034,874+^[39]	Part 8
"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Ailee)	2017	1	10	KOR: 2,488,341+^[40]	Part 9
"Wish" (Urban Zakapa)		2	—	KOR: 816,149+^[41]	Part 10
"And I'm Here" (Kim Kyung-hee (April 2))		34	18	KOR: 170,382+^[42]	Part 11
"Winter is Coming" (Han Soo-ji)		56	—	KOR: 91,003+^[42]
"Stuck in Love" (Kim Kyung-hee (April 2))		63	—	KOR: 81,075+^[42]
"HEAVEN" (Roy Kim, Kim EZ (GGot Jam Project))		16	—	KOR: 292,137+^[43]	Part 12
"LOVE" (Mamamoo)		4	—	KOR: 444,958+^[44]	Part 13
"Round and Round" (Heize & Han Soo-ji)		4	4	KOR: 482,693+^[45]	Part 14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Album

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
Title	Album details	KOR ^[46]	Sales
Goblin OST Pack	Released: January 25, 2017 Label: CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download	1	KOR: 75,397+^[47] CHN: 20,005,638+^[48]

Reception

The series was popular among the international audience,^[49] which led to parodies of the drama on various social media sites, notably by both celebrities and political figures.^[50]

The drama has also sparked various fashion trends.^[51] Items and accessories worn by the cast members, such as the Lanvin coat worn by Gong Yoo, Lancôme lipstick used by Kim Go-eun^[52] and Fedora worn by Lee Dong-wook^[53] saw an increase in sales. Kim In-yook's poetry book, The Physics of Love, gained renewed attention after one of its verses was featured in the drama.^[54] There was also an increase in visitors at the various filming sites of Guardian, which contributed to a positive economic effect on the country.^[55] Additionally, original soundtracks featured in the series also topped local digital music charts.^[56] Since 2017, it has surpassed Descendants of the Sun (2016) in video-on-demand sales.^[57]

The Korea Times stated, "Its success was attributed to the creative plot" and "...the depth of perspective looking at life of the goblin that bears a bloody sword in his chest and has been given eternal life as punishment, immerses the audience into the fantasy story. The twist and complexity of life and death make the story more interesting."^[58]^[59]

Despite its success, Guardian was criticized for its several consumer product placements which drew an estimated 2-4 billion KRW from revenue.^[60]^[61]^[62] TV and cultural critics also criticized some aspects of the drama; such as the Cinderella complex feature in the series, where female lead is able to summon the male lead, who has supernatural powers. Furthermore, the female lead portrayed a poor high school student attracted to the male lead's rich 30-something man, which the show poked fun of when a classmate described him as a "sugar daddy".^[60]^[63] The drama was also criticized for its over-dramatic plot.^[61]

Viewership

The drama consistently topped cable television viewership ratings in its time slot. Its final episode recorded an 18.680% nationwide audience share according to Nielsen paid platform, making the episode the second highest rated in Korean cable television history at that time.^[7] It became the first cable drama to surpass 20% ratings.^[64]

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen^[65]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	December 2, 2016	6.322%	7.540%	6.7%
2	December 3, 2016	7.904%	10.024%	8.1%
3	December 9, 2016	12.471%	14.274%	12.0%
4	December 10, 2016	11.373%	13.768%	12.7%
5	December 16, 2016	11.507%	12.075%	14.0%
6	December 17, 2016	11.618%	14.772%	13.0%
7	December 23, 2016	12.297%	13.993%	13.8%
8	December 24, 2016	12.344%	14.748%	11.6%
9	December 30, 2016	12.933%	13.333%	14.6%
10	December 31, 2016	12.702%	14.551%	13.3%
11	January 6, 2017	13.894%	15.749%	14.8%
12	January 7, 2017	13.712%	15.680%	14.6%
13	January 13, 2017	14.254%	16.525%	15.3%
14	January 20, 2017^[b]	16.043%	17.767%	16.3%
15	January 21, 2017^[c]	16.917%	18.829%	17.7%
16	January 21, 2017^[c]	18.680%	20.986%	19.6%
Average		12.811%	14.663%	13.6%
Special	January 14, 2017	9.427%	11.786%	9.1%^[67]
	February 3, 2017	3.606%	5.050%	3.9%^[68]
	February 4, 2017	4.075%	5.582%	4.2%^[68]
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2017	First Brand Awards	Special Award	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Won
	11th Korean Cable TV Awards	Best Drama	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Won	^[69]
		Best OST	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won
		Rising Star Award	Yook Sung-jae	Won
		VOD Broadcasting	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Won
	5th Annual DramaFever Awards	Best Actor	Gong Yoo	Won	^[70]
		Best Supporting Actor	Lee Dong-wook	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Yoo In-na	Won
		Best Couple	Gong Yoo & Kim Go-eun	Won
		Best Melodrama	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Won
	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kim Eun-sook	Won	^[71]
		Best Drama	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Nominated
		Best Director	Lee Eung-bok	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Kim Eun-sook	Nominated
		Best Actor	Gong Yoo	Won
		Best Actress	Kim Go-eun	Nominated
	12th Asia Model Awards	Asia OST Popularity	Chanyeol (EXO), Punch (Stay With Me)	Won
	Brand of the Year Awards	Actor of the Year	Gong Yoo	Won
	12th Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Drama OST	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won	^[72]
	1st Soribada Best K-Music Awards	Best Hallyu OST	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won	^[73]
	10th Korea Drama Awards	Best Drama	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Won	^[74]
		Best Production Director	Lee Eung-bok	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Kim Eun-sook	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor	Lee Dong-wook	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress	Kim Go-eun	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress	Yoo In-na	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Yook Sung-jae	Won
		Best Original Soundtrack	Crush (Beautiful)	Nominated
		Best Original Soundtrack	Soyou (I Miss You)	Nominated
		Star of the Year Award	Yook Sung-jae	Won
		Popular Character Award	Kim Byung-chul	Won
		Popular Character Award	Park Kyung-hye	Won
	3rd Fashionista Awards	Best Fashionista – TV & Film Division	Gong Yoo	Nominated
		Best Fashionista – TV & Film Division	Yoo In-na	Nominated
		Global Icon	Lee Dong-wook	Nominated
	2nd Asia Artist Awards	Best OST Award	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won	^[75]
	22nd Asian Television Awards	Best Drama Series	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Nominated	^[76]
	19th Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best OST	Chanyeol (Exo), Punch (Stay With Me)	Nominated	^[77]
			Crush (Beautiful)	Nominated
			Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won
	9th Melon Music Awards	Song of the Year		Nominated	^[78]
		Best OST Award		Won
		Kakao Hot Star		Nominated
		Kakao Hot Star	Crush (Beautiful)	Nominated
2018	32nd Golden Disc Awards	Best OST Award	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won	^[79]
2018	27th Seoul Music Awards	Best OST Award	Ailee (I Will Go to You Like the First Snow)	Won	^[80]

Notes

^ Dokkaebi is a creature from Korean mythology and folklore.
^ Episode 14 was postponed as additional time was needed to work on the special graphics.^[66]
^ Episodes 15 and 16 were shown back-to-back on January 21, 2017.

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^
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Cumulative sales for "Round and Round":
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External links

Official website (in Korean)
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God on Netflix
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God at IMDb
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God at HanCinema

[2] Dokkaebi is a creature from Korean mythology and folklore.

[68] Episode 14 was postponed as additional time was needed to work on the special graphics.^[66]

[69] Episodes 15 and 16 were shown back-to-back on January 21, 2017.

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[14] "BTOB's Yook Sung-jae cast for new drama 'Goblin'". Kpop Herald. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

[15] "[XP초점] '도깨비' 김민재♥김소현, 짧은 분량 긴 여운…이토록 애틋하다니". Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[16] "[Oh!쎈 톡] '도깨비' 정해인 "잘생긴 태희오빠?..공유 선배가 더 멋지죠"". OSEN [ko] (in Korean). December 30, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

[17] 극구 부인하던 tvN ´도깨비´, 결국 ´태후´ 이응복 PD가 연출 – 일간스포츠. Joins. August 29, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

[herald-18] "'Descendants' writer, director team up for new fantasy piece". The Korea Herald. November 22, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

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[20] '도깨비' 공유, '찬란하神' 장군 눈빛...데뷔 첫 사극 연기 도전. 10Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
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[21] "K-Drama 'Goblin' – Filming Locations in Korea". ntd.tv. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[mer-22] "Where goblin and mermaid roam". The Korea Herald. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[23] "'Goblin' teaser accompanies fall foliage in Quebec". Kpop Herald. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

[24] "Le "Brad Pitt" de la Corée du Sud en tournage à Québec". La Presse (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
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[25] Porter, Isabelle (11 July 2017). "La porte magique de Québec: Les abords du Château Frontenac deviennent des lieux-cultes pour les adeptes d'une série fantastique sud-coréenne". Le Devoir. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television
1970s	- (1974)^* - (1975)^* - (1976)^* - (1977)^* - (1978)^* Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (I Sell Happiness) (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (A Lonely Affair) (1980) Ulhwa (1981) A Life-sized Buddha (1982) Winds of Change (1983) The Five Indian Kingdoms (1984) Korea's Butterflies (1985) Shin Bong-seung (500 Years of Joseon Dynasty) (1986) The Boil (1987) Love and Ambition (1988) Kim Hye-ja (Winter Mist and Sand Castle) (1989)
1990s	Peace, the Arduous Way to Go and Tree Blooming with Love (1990) The Second Republic (1991) Eyes of Dawn (1992) Go Doo-shim (My Husband's Woman) and Kim Hee-ae (Sons and Daughters) (1993) Park Chul (My Mother's Sea) (1994) Sandglass (1995) Korea's Reptiles (1996) The Most Beautiful Goodbye (1997) Lee Jang-soo (Offspring) (1998) Jang Soo-bong (When Time Flows) (1999)
2000s	Kuk-hee (2000) Kim Soo-hyun (The Aspen Tree) (2001) Taejo Wang Geon (2002) All In (2003) Kim Hee-ae (Perfect Love) (2004) Lovers in Paris (2005) My Lovely Sam Soon (2006) Jumong (2007) Kang Ho-dong (2 Days & 1 Night) (2008) Kim Hye-ja (Mom's Dead Upset) (2009)
2010s	Go Hyun-jung (Queen Seondeok) (2010) Hyun Bin (Secret Garden) (2011) Deep Rooted Tree (2012) Yoo Jae-suk (Infinite Challenge, Running Man and Happy Together) (2013) Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star) (2014) Na Yeong-seok (Grandpas Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day) (2015) Descendants of the Sun (2016) Kim Eun-sook (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) (2017) Stranger (2018) Kim Hye-ja (The Light in Your Eyes) (2019)
2020s	When the Camellia Blooms (2020) Yoo Jae-suk (Hangout with Yoo, Sixth Sense) (2021) Squid Game (2022) Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) (2023)
^* awarded to theatrical play or film