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
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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 as Aquarium girl
- Kang Ro Chae as lead actress on TV
- 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)
- Carson Allen as mermaid
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
- Directors: Jin Hyuk, Park Sun Ho
- Screenwriter: Park Ji Eun
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)
Notes[]
- SBS announced that on December 29, it will not be airing the drama’s 14th episode. Instead, a special feature that stitches together popular scenes from the first 13 episodes will be shown.
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