An old-fashioned walkie-talkie that closely links the fates of two people and unlocks countless secrets. The mix-and-match elements of crossing + solving cases make this drama not only brain-burning, but also endless afterglow.
剧名:Signal (2016)
Director: Kim Won-seok
Writer: Kim Eun-hee
Cast: Lee Do-hoon / Cho Chun-hung / Kim Hye-so / Jang Hyun-sung / Kim Won-hae / Jeong Han-fei
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Suspense / Crime
Premiere: 2016-01-22 (South Korea)
Episodes: 16
Douban score: 9.2
Signal (also known as Signal) is a 10th anniversary special kim doo drama broadcast by tvN Cable korea on January 22, 2016, directed by Kim Won-suk, written by Kim Eun-hee, and starring Lee Do-hoon, Kim Hye-so and Cho Jin-woong. The drama mainly tells the story of the current criminal police officer Park Hae-young (played by Lee Tei-hoon) and the former criminal police officer Lee Jae-han (played by Cho Jin-hung) through the old-fashioned walkie-talkie, traveling through time and space, and cracking some long-outstanding cases in the process. The drama won the Best TV Drama Award and the Best Screenplay Award in the TV Drama Department at the 52nd Korea Baeksang Arts Awards.
<h1>Synopsis:</h1>
Park Hae-young (Lee Tae-hoon), the psychological profiler of the long-outstanding case team, is a discontented and distrustful police heretic. To make ends meet, Hae-young wasted her talents investigating celebrity privacy and then selling it to the media until a 10-year-old wireless machine rang out. And Li Caihan (Zhao Zhenxiong), a criminal police officer who was active in the police circle in the 80s, is a straight man who will not play a little clever, but will only bravely move forward. Timber Han used a wireless machine to contact Haiying and began to solve the past unsolved events.
<h1>Character Introduction:</h1>
- Park Hae-young, actor Lee Tae-hoon
Criminal psychology profilers, talented people who have hung up the title of guard after graduating from police college, are full of distrust and have unknown pains about the world. The "death" forgotten in the world is a pain that turns into blood and pus for him. After becoming a policeman he hated, he found an old wireless machine in a pile of waste. Someone sent him a message from the unworkable wireless machine, and then the things he thought were impossible to change were surprisingly changing, and he began to hold out hope.
- Cha So-hyun actor Kim Hye-so
The criminal police of the long-outstanding case team are more able to subdue people with their eyes than if they were wordy. In the past 15 years, only the matter of the first love of the police senior, Han, can arouse her greater reaction. Haiying is treated as a small hairy criminal policeman, but he is accidentally involved. Now managing the long-outstanding task force, in the process of investigation, she learned that Hae-young used an old wireless machine to talk to someone, and that the object of the conversation was most likely her long-cherished first love, Han, and after knowing this, she began to waver.
- Lee Jae-han actor Cho Chun-hung
The criminal police of the serious crime group will not play a little clever, but will only bravely go forward, in front of the girl who has a crush, a straight man who does not even dare to lift his head. But in 1989, two fate-changing events occurred, the "Gyeonggi Southern Killings" and the wireless exchange with the future Hae-young. After experiencing pain in between, he took this as an opportunity to become a real policeman. In his wireless phone call with Haiying, he conveyed the earnest belief that "the past can be changed, and the future can be changed."
- Kim Fan-joo actor Jang Hyun-sung
The Seoul Police Agency searched for the chief of the search, wanted to get ahead, showed a strong desire, and did not hesitate to use threats and negotiation methods to destroy anyone for the sake of the future. No one but himself believes in it, it is his principle of doing things. But there is one thing that always hinders me, and that is the long-outstanding task force. The more the task force investigates, the more it discovers missing points from past searches. The task force Park Hae-young is approaching "That Incident" and Lee Jae-han, and his anger turns into uneasiness, and he wants to prepare a conspiracy to disband the task force.
- Kim Kyu-chul actor Kim Won-hae
The criminal police of the long-term unfinished case special case group, not touching the high level is the best policy, do not want to come out and only want to be moderate. Because he made his first appearance in the Kim Yoon-jeong abduction incident, he was sent to the task force. "The honor of the wallet is more important than the honor of the police" is the creed of life. However, the courage is also small, and the community stuffed a few pocket money enough for him to satisfy, but he was found by the inspection team, forcibly demoted, and served as a police superintendent. Talking slip, from colleagues from police officers to market guys, he knew more than a truckload of intelligence.
- Jung Hyun Ki actor Lee Yoo Joon
The long-term unfinished case team evidence appraiser, just looking at the appearance is the serious crime team criminal police, but in fact has a cold and delicate heart that is different from the appearance and a taste that does not match the muscles of the body, cream pasta. I am very concerned that fashion can not give up fashion at any time, but it is not a slender figure, so his fashion can not always shine. Calling himself a cold man, he dared to tell the truth objectively to others. Always carrying fragrances and sprays, he is self-managing, loves to be clean, and has a delicate mind.
- An Zhishou Actor Zheng Haijun
The commander of the wide area search team, Jin Fanzhou's subordinate. In the first encounter between the village jurisdiction office and Cai Han, if there is no wrong decision, he may get along well with Cai Han, but in fact, he is a very good person. In the process of solving the case by the long-term unfinished case team, Zhi Shou remembered the original intention of his youth, but this made him think even more of the mistakes he had made before and wanted to hide. In this way, his regrets and troubles accumulate deeper and deeper. In front of Fan Zhou, he never showed his sincerity, and he was not the same as Xiu Xian.
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Behind the scenes:
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Director Kim Won-seok said that after reading the script, the first actor who came to mind who was suitable for Park Hae-young's criminal police was Lee Do-hoon, who was also the first person the director identified in the play, and his acting skills were stable and trustworthy.
The drama is Kim Hye-so's first TV drama work on cable tv after his debut, and it is also the second TV drama work after the TV series "God of the Workplace" after three years.
The second long-outstanding case in the drama is the most famous unsolved case in Korean history: the Hwaseong serial murder case. The reason why this case is so famous, in addition to the viciousness and horror of the case itself, it has been adapted into the movie "Memories of Killing" and the TV series "Cape Tong Yi", because "Cape Tong Yi" is also the work of tvN Cable Station, which is actually the second time that tvN Cable Station has used another plot to show this unsolved case.
<h1>Episode Review:</h1>
Since its inception, the drama has become a series recommended by Korean drama fans with "high ratings, good reputation, and zero bad reviews", and has even been considered by many viewers to be their "TV series of life". The suspense of the play is endless, the plot turns thousands of times, and the screenwriter gives an ending that makes the audience shoot the case, not simply telling the audience a clear result, but through such an ending, the seed of hope is left in the hearts of the audience. Based on the real case, it is the main reason why the play can cause such a response, through the power of reality, whether it is the comfort of the victims, or the reflection on society, or the non-abandonment of the truth, they are presented to the audience in a more shocking form, resulting in energy beyond the plot itself. Whether it is Kim Hye-so, Lee Do-hoon or Cho Jin-hung, who surprised the audience, through superb acting skills and choreographers, they all made this powerful story presented to the audience with the best image. (Xinhua Comment)
Xiaobian's biggest feeling is that this is really a drama that needs to be watched with heart, when you watch the first episode, you will be deeply attracted and unable to extricate yourself, the compact storyline makes people feel nervous at the same time will also be addicted, and sure enough, high ratings, good reputation is not unreasonable