Find Me in Your Memory

Find Me in Your Memory
Promotional poster
Hangul
그 남자의 기억법
Literal meaningMemoir of the Man
Revised RomanizationGeu Namja-ui Gieokbeop
Genre
Written by
  • Kim Yoon-joo
  • Yoon Ji-hyun
Directed by
  • Oh Hyun-jong
  • Lee Soo-hyun
Starring
Music by
  • Kim Joon-seok
  • Jeong se-rin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16[a]
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[a]
Production companyChorokbaem Media
Budget₩8.992 billion[2]
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseMarch 18 (2020-03-18) –
May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)

Find Me in Your Memory (Korean: 그 남자의 기억법) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Kim Dong-wook and Moon Ka-young. It aired on MBC TV from March 18 to May 13, 2020.[3][4][5]

Synopsis

A love story between a man who remembers every second of his life and a woman who forgot her painful past to live.

Lee Jung-hoon works as an anchorman at a broadcasting station. He has hyperthymesia, a condition that allows him to remember nearly every moment in his life. Meanwhile, Yeo Ha-jin is a top actress. She has forgotten her past. Due to this, she lives as she pleases.

Cast

Main

  • Kim Dong-wook as Lee Jung-hoon, anchorman for Live News who is loved for exposing his guests' wrongdoings.
  • Moon Ka-young as Yeo Ha-jin, a model-turned-actress who is recognized as a power influencer.

Supporting

People around Jung-hoon

  • Cha Kwang-soo as Lee Dong-young, Jung-hoon's father who's a carpenter.
  • Gil Hae-yeon as Seo Mi-hyun, a poet and Jung-hoon's mother.
  • Lee Joo-bin as Jung Seo-yeon, a ballerina who was Jung-hoon's first love and girlfriend but then she died.
  • Yoon Jong-hoon as Yoo Tae-eun, a neuropsychiatrist and Jung-hoon's best friend.[6]

People around Ha-jin

  • Kim Seul-gi as Yeo Ha-kyung, Ha-jin's little sister and manager.[7]
  • Lee Soo-mi as Park Kyung-ae, the CEO of Ha-jin's agency.
  • Shin Joo-hyup as Moon Cheol, Ha-jin's road manager.

People around Tae-eun

  • Kim Chang-wan as Yoo Sung-hyuk, Tae-eun's father and a university professor who wrote a thesis on Jung-hoon's condition.
  • Jang Yi-jung as Yoo Ji-won, Tae-eun's sister from his father's remarriage.
  • Yoo Ji-soo as Jin So-young, Seong-hyeok's wife and Tae-eun's stepmother.

People at the Press Bureau

  • Jang Young-nam as Choi Hee-sang, director of the news reporting bureau who is married to Cheol-woong.[8]
  • Lee Jin-hyuk as Jo Il-kwon, a newsroom reporter and Jung-hoon's junior colleague.[9]
  • Lee Seung-joon as Kim Cheol-woong, News Live director who is married to Hee-sang.[10]

Others

  • Ji Il-joo as Ji Hyun-geun, a movie director who helmed Ha-jin's film My First Love.
  • Kwon Eun-soo as News Media Staff .
  • Jang In-sub as Park Soo-chang, a reporter.
  • Kim Nam-hee as Drama Director.
  • Lee Soo-mi as Park Kyung-ae[11]
  • Park Ji-won as Kim Hee-young, a nurse.
  • Joo Seok-tae as Moon Sung-ho, Seo-yeon's stalker.
  • Han Da-mi as an assistant director.[12]

Special appearances

  • Park Sung-geun as Oh Taek-won (Ep. 1)[13]
Chairman of Hwarang Department Store. During a live interview, Jung-hoon exposes him for abusing his personal assistant.
An actor who is caught up in a dating scandal with Ha-jin after a paparazzo takes a picture of them in the parking lot of Gwang-jin's building.
An idol who is caught up in a dating scandal with Ha-jin after a paparazzo takes a picture of them in Yeo-min's car.
An actress who often bullied Ha-jin while working with her.
  • Hong Yoon-hwa as herself (Ep. 4)[16]
A reporter from Section TV Entertainment News who does a street interview with Ha-jin about her upcoming film My First Love.
Host of the radio show Nighttime Letters who interviews Ha-jin about her film My First Love.
A famous screenwriter that Ha-jin admires. She is a fan of Jung-hoon.
  • Kim Nam-hui as himself (Ep. 11)[18]
A drama director who works with writer Hwang. He was against Ha-jin's casting.
Radio DJ who receives Ha-jin as a guest.
A woman suspected of being involved in her husband Shim Jae-chul's murder. She is exposed by Lee Jung-hoon.
  • Park Jin-woo as Yang Jin-woo (Ep. 31–32)
A film director who cast Ha-jin as the lead actress in his film Find Me in Your Memory.

Production

The first script reading took place on February 12, 2020.[20]

Original soundtrack

Find Me in Your Memory OST
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released2020
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label
  • Music Buddy Co., Ltd.
  • Vlending Co., Ltd.

Part 1

Released on March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Here We Are" (나의 오늘이 너의 오늘을 만나[b])Lee Chi-hoonPark Sung-ilJooyoung4:04
2."Here We Are" (Inst.) Park Sung-il 4:04
Total length:8:08

Part 2

Released on April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."One Day" (하루)GeumeumdalGeumeumdalSolji (EXID)4:05
2."One Day" (Inst.) Geumeumdal 4:05
Total length:8:10

Part 3

Released on April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."A Memory In My Heart" (마음의 기록)
  • Seo Ha-na
  • Yangpa
Park Sung-ilYangpa3:47
2."A Memory In My Heart" (Inst.) Park Sung-il 3:47
Total length:7:34

Part 4

Released on April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Two People" (두사람)Yoon Young-joonYoon Young-joonSuran4:28
2."Two People" (Inst.) Yoon Young-joon 4:28
Total length:8:56

Part 5

Released on April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."While The Memories Are Asleep" (기억이 잠든 사이에)TaibianTaibian, BarkKang Seung-sik (Victon)4:25
2."While The Memories Are Asleep" (Inst.) Taibian, Bark 4:25
Total length:8:52

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[21][22]
Nationwide
1 March 18, 2020 3.0% (44th)
2 4.5% (26th)
3 March 19, 2020 3.5% (34th)
4 3.4% (35th)
5 March 25, 2020 3.2% (39th)
6 4.3% (27th)
7 March 26, 2020 3.3% (33rd)
8 3.5% (30th)
9 April 1, 2020 3.4% (39th)
10 4.5% (26th)
11 April 2, 2020 3.2% (30th)
12 4.0% 25th)
13 April 8, 2020 4.0% (31st)
14 5.4% (24th)
15 April 9, 2020 3.3% (30th)
16 3.9% (25th)
17 April 16, 2020[c] 3.1% (34th)
18 3.2% (33rd)
19 April 22, 2020 3.6% (36th)
20 4.8% (25th)
21 April 23, 2020 2.6% (37th)
22 3.0% (31st)
23 April 29, 2020 2.9% (41st)
24 3.9% (32nd)
25 April 30, 2020 2.3% (48th)
26 3.1% (34th)
27 May 6, 2020 3.4% (33rd)
28 4.1% (26th)
29 May 7, 2020 2.6% (37th)
30 2.8% (36th)
31 May 13, 2020 2.5% (44th)
32 3.6% (33rd)
Average 3.5%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2020 39th MBC Drama Awards Drama of the Year Find Me in Your Memory Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Kim Dong-wook Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Moon Ga-young Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Yoon Jong-hoon Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Kim Seul-gi Won
Best Supporting Actor Joo Seok-tae Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Jang Young-nam Nominated
Best New Actor Lee Jin-hyuk Nominated
Best New Actress Lee Joo-bin Nominated
Best Couple Kim Dong-wook & Moon Ga-young Won

Notes

  1. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
  2. ^ Lit. "My Today Meets Your Today"
  3. ^ Broadcast was delayed due to the 2020 South Korean legislative election.

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