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Details

 * Title: 시그널 / Shigeunul
 * Genre: Crime, thriller, mystery, romance
 * Episodes: 16
 * Broadcast network: tvN
 * Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-22 to 2016-Mar-12
 * Air time: Friday & Saturday 20:30
 * Original Soundtrack: Signal OST
 * Related TV shows: Gap Dong (tvN, 2014), Signal (KTV, 2018)

Synopsis
A walkie-talkie in the present somehow picks up signals from a detective in the past, Lee Jae Han (Jo Jin Woong). Police profiler Park Hae Young (Lee Je Hoon) finds this walkie-talkie and uses it to help solve cold cases. Detective Cha Soo Hyun (Kim Hye Soo), who was once a rookie at Lee Jae Han’s station, leads the cold-case team. Thanks to Park Hae Young (and Lee Jae Han), the team solves infamous cold cases. But communicating with the past has consequences.

Cast

 * Main Cast
 * Lee Je Hoon as Park Hae Young (late 20s, profiler)
 * Kim Hyun Bin as young Hae Young
 * Ahn Eun Ho (안은호) as teen Hae Young
 * Kim Hye Soo as Cha Soo Hyun (mid 20s - late 30s, detective)
 * Jo Jin Woong as Lee Jae Han (mid 20s - mid 30s, detective)


 * Crime lab/investigation unit
 * Jang Hyun Sung as Kim Bum Joo (early 40s - late 50s, investigation Chief)
 * Jung Hae Kyun as Ahn Chi Soo (mid 40s - late 50s, investigation Section Chief)
 * Kim Won Hae as Kim Gye Chul (early 40s, detective)
 * Jung Han Bi as Oh Yoon Seo (mid 30s, law scholar of NFS)
 * Lee Yoo Joon as Jung Hun Gi (30s, forensic evidence agents)
 * Kim Min Gyu as Hwang Ui Kyung (early 20s, officer)


 * Others
 * Lee Shi Ah as Kim Won Kyung (Lee Jae Han's first love)
 * Lee Moon Soo as Lee Jae Han's father
 * Im Hwa Young as Cha Soo Min (Cha Soo Hyun's younger sister)


 * Kim Yoon Jung & Seo Hyung Joon's case (ep 1-2)
 * Oh Yun Ah as Yoon Soo Ah (a nurse who has worked at Seonil Mental Hospital)
 * Lee Young Eun as Kim Yoon Jung
 * Song Yoo Hyun (송유현) as Kang Se Young (a nurse who has worked at Seonil Mental Hospital)
 * Seo Jung Joon (서정준) as Seo Hyung Joon (a suspect for Kim Yoon Jung's kidnapping and murder case)


 * South Gyeong-gi Serial Murders case (ep 2-4)
 * ?? as Jung Kyung Soon
 * ?? as Choi Young Shin
 * Kim Ki Chun as Lee Chun Goo (bus driver)
 * Lee Ki Sub (이기섭) as Lee Jin Hyung (Lee Chun Goo's son)


 * High-ranking Official Serial Robberies at Gyesu-dong and Hanyoung Bridge collapse (ep 5-7)
 * Jung Suk Yong as Oh Kyung Tae
 * Park Shi Eun as Oh Eun Ji (Oh Kyung Tae's daughter)
 * Yoo Ha Bok as Shin Dong Hoon (Yeo Jin's father)
 * Choi Woo Ri as Shin Yeo Jin (bridge collapse survivor)
 * Lee Dong Ha as Han Se Kyu


 * Missing Shin Da Hye's case (ep 7-8)
 * Lee Eun Woo as Shin Da Hye
 * Hyun Sung (현성) as Min Sung (Da Hye's fiance)
 * ?? as Min Ji Hee


 * Hongwon-dong Serial Murders Case (ep 9-11)
 * Lee Sang Yeob as Kim Jin Woo
 * Choi Ji Hoo (최지후) as younger Kim Jin Woo
 * Kim Yoon Hee as Yoon Sang Mi
 * Seo Eun Ah as Yoo Seung Yun
 * Lee Chae Kyung as Jin Woo's mother


 * High school student rape case at Inju, Lee Jae Han & Ahn Chi Soo's murder case, and Park Sun Woo unnatural death case (ep 11-16)
 * Kang Chan Hee as Park Sun Woo (Park Hae Young's older brother)
 * Jun Soo Ji (전수지) as Kang Hae Seung
 * Shin Yi Joon (신이준) as Kang Hae Seung in 1999
 * Seo Ji Hoon as Jang Tae Jin
 * Kim Woo Suk as Lee Dong Jin
 * Lee Dal (이달) as Il Jin (name unknown)
 * Joo Myung Chul (주명철) as Kim Sung Bum


 * Extended cast
 * Seo Joo Hee as Cha Soo Hyun's mother
 * Son Hyun Joo as Congressman Jang Young Chul
 * Lee Seung Chul as homeless man (ep. 9)
 * Hwang Seung Eon as Han Do Yun (ep 13, Park Hae Young's high school classmate)
 * Jung Young Joo as omelet rice ahjumma (restaurant owner)
 * Lee Do Yup as Kim Jung Jae
 * Jang Hyuk Jin
 * Hong Suk Bin
 * Ri Min
 * Son Young Soon
 * Im Chul Soo
 * Maeng Bong Hak
 * Kim Jong Goo

Production Credits

 * Producer: Lee Jae Moon
 * Director: Kim Won Suk
 * Screenwriter: Kim Eun Hee

Recognitions
2016 1st Asia Artist Awards:
 * Television Category - Grand Prize (Jo Jin Woong)

2016 tvN10 Awards:
 * Daesang (Actor) (Jo Jin Woong)
 * Best Actress (Kim Hye Soo)
 * PD’s Choice Award (Drama) (Lee Je Hoon)

2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards:
 * TV Category - Best Drama
 * TV Category - Top Excellence, Actress (Kim Hye Soo)
 * TV Category - Scriptwriting (Kim Eun Hee)

Episode Ratings
See Signal/Episode Ratings