Lee Jun-Hyuk is cast in SBS drama series “Awakening.” The occult themed drama series will be set at a high school. Lee Jun-Hyuk will play an exorcist priest named Antonio. He is sent to a high school, where students used drugs to cope with exams and awakened evil spirits during that time. Antonio risks his life to stop the evil spirts.
“Awakening” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Antonio (Lee Jun-Hyuk) is an exorcist priest ordained by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. He looks indifferent, but, in fact, he has a delicate and keen sense and is also empathetic. He is a man who endures terrible and fearful situation alone, bearing all the pain and loneliness. He has always won the fight against evil spirits.
One day, he is dispatched to the Holy Spirit High School as a new guidance priest. The school is in the heart of its entrance exam hell, filled with the jealousy and desire of the students. Some students, who pursue improving their grades, become seduced by stimulant drugs and that leads them to hear the dead’s voice and awaken terrible abilities, as their friends begin to die. The school has now become the playground of the evil spirit. Antonio, who has been dispatched to the high school to investigate the evil spirit, faces bizarre events and he will risk everything to find whoever is responsible for dragging the students into this death race.
