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
- Lee Se-young as Han Sun-mi / Kim So-mi
- Jo Sung-ha as Lee Shin-woong, head of the entire police department. He is responsible for covering up the murder and rape that happened 20 years ago. He is arrested in the end for corruption.
Supporting
People around Dong Baek
- Ko Chang-seok as Gu Kyung-tan also the Old Man
- Jun Hyo-seong as Kang Ji-eun
- Yoon Ji-on as Oh Se-hoon
Dong Baek's first love.
Special Investigation Headquarters
- Kim Yoon-hee as Jung Mi-ja
- Im Se-joo as Lee Seul-bi
- Jung Ha-joon as Hwang Bong-gook
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
- Lee So-yoon as Shim Sang-ha
- Kang Hyun-jung as Shim Hyo-sook
- Lee Whee-Hyang as Hwang Pil-Seon
- Ahn Jae-mo as Bang Joon-Seok
- Kim Young-mi as Eun Soo-kyung
Others
- Hong Seung-hee as Lee Bo-yun
- Jung Shin-hye as Yoo Ah-young
- Cha Mi-kyung as Mrs. Gong
- Yoo Gun-woo as Woo Seok-do
- 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
- Choi Seo-ryung as Kim Seo-kyung
- Lee Young-jin as Seo Hee-soo/Sung Ju-ran
- * Jo Hye-joo as young Sung Ju-ran
Special appearances
- Ha Do-kwon as gang member
- Park Jin-woo as Detective
- Kim Ki-doo as Detective Yoon-young
- Choi Hee
- Jo Yi-haeng as Shin Mi-young's husband
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.