Legend of the Blue Sea

Details

 * Title: 푸른 바다의 전설 / Puleun Badaui Jeonseol
 * Also known as: Remember the Blue Sea
 * Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy, adventure
 * Episodes: 20 + 1 Special
 * Broadcast network: SBS
 * Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-16 to 2017-Jan-25
 * Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
 * Original Soundtrack: Legend of the Blue Sea OST

Synopsis
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world. --MyDramaList

Teaser/Trailer
https://youtu.be/G_jt3EwBMwU

Cast

 * Main Cast
 * Jun Ji Hyun as Se Hwa / Shim Chung (mermaid)
 * Shin Eun Soo as teen Se Hwa
 * Kal So Won as child Se Hwa
 * Lee Min Ho as Kim Dam Ryung / Heo Joon Jae (27, conman)
 * Park Jin Young as teen Dam Ryung / Joon Jae
 * Jun Jin Seo as child Joon Jae
 * Conmen
 * Lee Hee Joon as Jo Nam Doo / Park Moo (31, golfer conman)
 * Shin Won Ho as Tae Oh (25, hacker conman)
 * Heo Joon Jae's family
 * Lee Ji Hoon as Heo Chi Hyun (27, Joon Jae's step-brother)
 * Hwang Shin Hye as Kang Seo Hee / Kang Ji Hyun (54, Joon Jae's step-mother, Cha Hyun's biological mother)
 * Oh Yun Ah as younger Kang Seo Hee / Kang Ji Hyun / Lord Yang's concubine in the past
 * Choi Jung Woo as Heo Il Joong (59, Joon Jae's father)
 * Na Young Hee as Mo Yoo Ran (54, Joon Jae's biological mother)
 * Shim Yi Young as younger Mo Yoo Ran
 * Cha Shi Ah's family
 * Shin Hye Sun as Cha Shi Ah (27, KAIST researcher)
 * Moon So Ri as Ahn Jin Joo (44, Daechi-dong mom)
 * Lee Jae Won as Cha Dong Shik / Sam Dol (40s, entrepreneur)
 * People who chase Joon Jae
 * Sung Dong Il as Lord Yang (innkeeper) / Ma Dae Young (40s, prison-breaker)
 * Park Hae Soo as Hong Dong Pyo / Kim Hyun (42, detective)
 * Extended Cast
 * Shin Rin Ah as Seo Yoo Na (elementary school 1st grade student)
 * Hong Jin Kyung as homeless woman
 * Lee Ho Jae as professor Jin Gyun Woo / old fisherman
 * Ri Min as manager Nam
 * Seo Dong Won as Aquarium employee
 * Choi Kwon as Yak Sun
 * Park Ji Il as Choi Kwon (head of department)
 * Kim Yoon Tae as lawyer
 * Lee Yoo Jin as open-air bath woman
 * Lee Soo Ryun (이수련) as personal shopper
 * Kim Jae Il (김재일) as prosecutor Yoo Shi Joon
 * Sung Chang Hoon (성창훈) as Mr. Yang's subordinate
 * Lee Sung Woo
 * Kang Joo Ha
 * Seo Bum Shik
 * Kim Hye Yoon
 * Park Myung Shin
 * Jung Tae In (정태인)
 * Kim Jung Pal (김정팔)
 * Kim Hyo Myung (김효명)
 * Kang Pil Sun (강필선)
 * Kwon Bum Taek (권범택)
 * Kim Soo Jin (김수진)
 * Allen Carson (카슨 앨런)

Cameos

 * Go Kyu Pil as Han Sung Tae (Myung-dong Capital CEO) (ep 1)
 * Kim Sung Ryung as Jang Jin Ok (madam of Myung-dong Capital) (ep 1-3)
 * Krystal Jung as Bae Min Ji (stewardess) (ep 1)
 * Ahn Jae Hong as Kim Bong Duk / Thomas, the missionary (ep 2)
 * Cha Tae Hyun as Han River conman (ep 4)
 * Kim Kang Hyun as policeman (ep 5)
 * Park Jin Joo as ER nurse (ep 6)
 * Kim Byung Choon as hospital deputy director (ep.6)
 * Jo Jung Suk as Yoo Jung Hoon (merman / 119 rescue worker) (ep 7, 8)
 * Jung Yoo Mi as Kim Hye Jin (Jung Hoon's ex-girlfriend) (ep 8)
 * Kim Sun Young as woman at the sauna (ep 11)
 * Im Won Hee as doctor (ep 19)
 * Kim Seul Gi as mermaid (ep 20)

Production Credits

 * Production Companies: Culture Depot, Studio Dragon
 * Chief Producer: Park Young Soo
 * Director: Jin Hyuk, Park Sun Ho (박선호)
 * Screenwriter: Park Ji Eun

Episode Ratings

 * See Legend of the Blue Sea/Episode Ratings

Recognitions
2016 SBS Drama Awards:
 * Top Excellence Award for Genre & Fantasy Drama (Lee Min Ho)
 * Top 10 Stars Award (Lee Min Ho & Jun Ji Hyun)
 * Best Couple Award (Lee Min Ho & Jun Ji Hyun)
 * Special Acting Award for Fantasy Drama (Sung Dong Il)
 * Best Eating (Jun Ji Hyun)