Memorist

''Memorist'' () is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho, Lee Se-young, and Jo Sung-ha. Based on the 2016–2018 Daum webtoon of the same name by Jae Hoo, it aired on tvN from March 11 to April 30, 2020.

Synopsis

With the power to read people's memories, Dong Baek solves crimes as a detective in the police force. When a string of serial murders happen, Dong Baek teams up with talented criminal profiler Han Sun-mi to stop the killer and prevent further deaths. However, as they pursue the killer, the truth about their individual troubled pasts begins to unravel, and the murders quickly become far more convoluted than anything they had foreseen.

Cast

Main

* Yoo Seung-ho as Dong Baek / Sung Ju-ho
: A police officer and detective who is very passionate about catching criminals. He has the supernatural ability to read a person's memories by touching their skin. As a child, he was found wandering at Dongbaek Station with no memories of his past, except for a vague recollection of witnessing a woman, presumably his mother, being murdered.
* Lee Se-young as Han Sun-mi / Kim So-mi
: The youngest Superintendent of Special Investigation Headquarters. She was a originally a lawyer but later on became a police officer to find the truth about her father's murder 20 years ago.
* Jo Sung-ha as Lee Shin-woong, head of the entire police department.

Supporting

People around Dong Baek

* Ko Chang-seok as Gu Kyung-tan
: Dong Baek's senior at work and also the trio's captain. He frequently complaint about Dong Baek's recklessness will cause him hair loss but continuously tries his best in helping Dong Baek while also caring about him a lot.
* Jun Hyo-seong as Kang Ji-eun
: An honest reporter at TVC News. She was forced by her superiors to write fake news about Dong Baek
* Yoon Ji-on as Oh Se-hoon
: Dong Baek's partner and assistant. He cares a lot about Dong Baek and tries his best to help the latter.

Special Investigation Headquarters

* Kim Yoon-hee as Jung Mi-ja
: A criminal profiler that gathers intelligence about the serial murder case under Superintendent Han Sun-mi.
* Im Se-joo as Lee Seul-bi
: A criminal profiler that gathers intelligence about the serial murder case under Superintendent Han Sun-mi.
* Jung Ha-joon as Hwang Bong-gook
: A law student that become a detective. He specializes in hacking computer systems. He has a crush on Han Sun-mi, who was his lecturer from his student days and is very loyal to her.

Metropolitan Police

* Son Kwang-up as Byun Young-soo
* Kim Seo-kyung as Im Chil-gyu
* Moon Jung-gi as Kwon Woon-jang
* Oh Chi-woon as Min Sung-han
* Park Eung-su as Jang Ki-dae

Jin Jae Gyu's family

* Jo Han-chul as Jin Jae-gyu
**Choi Seung-yoon as young Jin Jae-gyu
**Seo Eun-yool as child Jin Jae-gyu
: An illegitimate child of a conglomerate chairman and a shaman, Jin Jae-gyu live a hellish life after his shaman mother died from poisoning. He was possessed by the spirit his mother served, and obtain the power to predict the future. He was a serial murderer named The Executioner, and is suspected as The Eraser.
* Lee So-yoon as Shim Sang-ha
: Jin Jae-gyu's stepdaughter, whom he loves most. As a child, she ran away from home after her mother committed suicide along with her lover as she believe they were murdered by her stepfather.
* Kang Hyun-jung as Shim Hyo-sook
: She was Jin Jae-gyu's wife and Sang-ha's mother. She only married him to take the money he inherited. She plans on killing him and leaving her daughter behind before running away with his money and her lover, Sang-ha's biological father.
* Lee Whee-Hyang as Hwang Pil-Seon
: She is Jin Jae-guy's step sister, a devilish woman that would do anything to protect her family's reputation. She covered up her son's crime from 20 years ago and got rid of everyone involved.
* Ahn Jae-mo as Bang Joon-Seok
: Hwang Pil-seon's only son, a former assemblyman. He holds a dark secret in his past.
* Kim Young-mi as Eun Soo-kyung
: Bang Joo-seok's wife. She was abducted by The Eraser while being 7 months pregnant.

Others

* Hong Seung-hee as Lee Bo-yun
* Jung Shin-hye as Yoo Ah-young
:Yoo Soon-nam's daughter
* Cha Mi-kyung as Mrs. Gong
* Yoo Gun-woo as Woo Seok-do
: A corrupt prosecutor that tries his best to arrest and stop Dong Baek at all costs under the order of the higher-ups.
* Kim Nak-kyun as Detective
* Cha Soon-bae as Im Joong-yeon
* Jo Seok-hyun as Northern Prosecutor
* Kim Ji-in as Yoon Ye-rim
: She was abducted on her way home by a serial murderer.
* Choi Seo-ryung as Kim Seo-kyung
* Lee Young-jin as Seo Hee-soo/Sung Ju-ran (ep. 12-16)
** Jo Hye-joo as young Sung Ju-ran
: Bang Joon-seok's personal maid and an accomplice of his wife's abductor.

Special appearances

* Ha Do-kwon as gang member (Ep. 1)
* Park Jin-woo as Detective (Ep. 1)
* Kim Ki-doo as Detective Yoon-young (Ep. 1)
* Choi Hee (Ep. 1)
* Jo Yi-haeng as Shin Mi-young's husband (Ep. 16)

Production

The first script reading took place on December 2, 2019.

The drama serves as a reunion between Yoo Seung-ho and Lee Se-young who previously worked together on the MBC drama '' Missing You'' (2012–13).

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Viewership

References

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TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas
Korean-language television shows
2020 South Korean television series debuts
2020 South Korean television series endings
South Korean crime television series
South Korean mystery television series
South Korean fantasy television series
Television series by Studio Dragon
Television shows based on South Korean webtoons