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Hello Monster

{{Short description|South Korean television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox television

| image = I Remember You promotional poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = I Remember You{{cite web|url=https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120156500|title=Remember You (2015)|website=CJ ENM|publisher=CJ ENM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720075529/https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120156500|archive-date=July 20, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2019}}

| genre = {{plainlist|

}}

| writer = Kwon Ki-young

| director = {{ubl|Noh Sang-hoon|Kim Jin-won}}

| starring = {{plainlist|

}}

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer = Lee Pil-ho

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_episodes = 16

| executive_producer = {{ubl|Choi Jin-hee|Park Ji-young|Jung Sung-hyo}}

| producer = {{ubl|Hwang Ui-kyung|Lee Na-jung|Park Woo-ram}}

| editor = Kim Young-joo

| location =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Park Sung|Kim Kyung-ho}}

| camera =

| company = CJ E&M

| runtime = 70 minutes

| channel = KBS2

| first_aired = {{start date|2015|6|22}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2015|8|11}}

| related =

| creator = KBS Drama Division

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| title = Korean name

| hangul = 너를 기억해

| hanja = 너를 {{linktext|記憶}}해

| rr = Neoreul gieokae

| mr = Nŏrŭl kiŏkhae

}}

Hello Monster ({{ko-hhrm|너를 기억해}}; lit. I Remember You) is a South Korean television series starring Seo In-guk, Jang Na-ra, Choi Won-young, and Park Bo-gum.{{cite web|last=Jin|first=Min-ji|title=Seo In-guk takes on drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3003496|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=April 24, 2015|access-date=June 15, 2015}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Min-ji|title=I Remember You Releases Photos of Jang Nara and Seo In Guk|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/93574/irememberyou-releases-photos-of-jangnara-and-seoinguk-together|website=Mwave.interest.me|access-date=June 15, 2015|date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711043813/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/93574/irememberyou-releases-photos-of-jangnara-and-seoinguk-together|archive-date=July 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Yoon|first=Sarah|title=Jang Na-ra 'had concerns' about age gap with costar Seo In-guk|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201506161601208122288_2|website=K-pop Herald|access-date=June 22, 2015|date=June 16, 2015}} It aired on KBS2 from June 22 to August 11, 2015 every Monday and Tuesday at 21:55 for 16 episodes.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Nancy|title=Seo In Guk and Jang Nara's Sexy Poster for I Remember You Unveiled|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/93761/seo-in-guk-and-jang-naras-sexy-poster-for-i-remember-you-unveiled|website=Mwave.interest.me|access-date=June 15, 2015|date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723045435/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/93761/seo-in-guk-and-jang-naras-sexy-poster-for-i-remember-you-unveiled|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Ghim|first1=Sora|title=Hello Monster Releases Its Couple Poster Of The Leads|url=http://bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=22190|website=Bntnews.co.uk|access-date=June 15, 2015|date=June 8, 2015|archive-date=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727183725/http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=22190|url-status=dead}}

Audiences and critics alike praised Park Bo-gum's performance and won him Best Supporting Actor and Popularity Award at the 29th KBS Drama Awards.

Synopsis

Genius profiler Lee Hyun, returns home to Korea after something from a case he has been sent triggers a memory he thought he had lost forever. Unbeknownst to him, one of his team members, Detective Cha Ji-an, has been investigating him for some time. She is aware that his father was murdered and his brother disappeared under mysterious circumstances involving a criminal named Lee Joon Young whom they both want found and incarcerated. Each seeks to unravel the other, unaware that they've been drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse by a master player and that both truth and evil are closer and far more twisted than they think.

Cast

=Main=

  • Seo In-guk as Lee Hyun / David Lee
  • Hong Hyun-taekHong Hyun-taek and Hong Eun-taek are biological brothers. as young Lee Hyun

:Lee Hyun was a "strange child" who caught the attention of his father, a police inspector, who later confined him in a small room to prevent him from breeding criminal thoughts. An intelligent child, he later studies abroad and becomes a reputed professor. Strangely, he loses his childhood memories, and a series of events lead him to return to South Korea. There he tries to solve numerous murder cases that seem to be linked to one another in order to find his long-lost little brother, whom he presumed to be the serial killer.

  • Jang Na-ra as Cha Ji-an
  • Park Ji-so as young Cha Ji-an

:Cha Ji-an's father mysteriously disappeared together with Lee Joon-young, a convicted prisoner who was said to have escaped from confinement. She becomes a police inspector and meets Lee Hyun, the boy she has been stalking since her childhood. Their similar circumstances lead them together as they work to solve criminal cases.

:Born as a result of rape, Joon-young was neglected as a child. He soon bred murderous thoughts and became a murderer who eventually escaped from prison. 20 years later, he returned with the identity of Lee Joon-ho. His main personality trait throughout the series was depicted as someone who doesn't understand complexities of human emotions while being well versed in their thoughts. For-example, from his perspective, his returning of Cha Ji-an's father's remains was a good deed despite having killed and framed the guy himself. Knowing how her father ended up 20 years ago made her angry at him but he was sad to see Cha Ji-an being angry and couldn't figure out the reason despite it being very obvious to others.

:He doesn't think he ever did anything bad since there was always a justifiable reason for himself.

:In his own words, Lee Hyun was the kid he wanted to be while Lee Min was the kid who came to resemble him.

  • Park Bo-gum as Jung Sun-ho / Lee Min
  • Hong Eun-taek as young Lee Min

:Lee Min shared a close relationship with Lee Hyun as a child and often confided his darkest secrets to him. He feels neglected later on as he was under the misconception that he had been abandoned by his brother after their father was murdered. He later appears nearly 20 years later using the name Jung Sun-ho.

=Supporting =

:The leader of the special investigator team and the son of the police commissioner.

  • Min Sung-wook as Son Myung-woo

: Special investigator member and senior of Cha Ji-an. He is cynical and is annoyed by Lee Hyun's attitude.

: The youngest member of the team. He is a bright young man who is cheerful.

: Special investigator team member. He is a slightly quiet person. Unbeknownst to the team, he is one of the kids that Lee Joon-young saved from his hellish childhood life.

:Planning director of the investigation team and Lee Hyun's adoptive mother.

  • Nam Kyung-eup as Kang Seok-joo

:Police commissioner and father of Kang Eun-hyuk

:She was raped and gave birth to Lee Joon-ho.

=Guest and cameo appearances=

{{colbegin}}

:Cha Ji-an's aunt.

:Lee Hyun's and Min's father.

:A chaebol, who is a serial killer and Jung Sun-ho's client

:Lee Hyun's indebted friend, who Hyun always ask a favor from

  • Lee So-yoon
  • Yoo Hyung-kwan as Yang Jin-seok
  • Park Gun-rak
  • Lee Won-jae
  • Ha In-hwan
  • Bae Ki-bum
  • Han Young-kwan
  • Yoon Dong-young
  • Dong Yoon-seok
  • Song Ui-joon
  • Shin Jae-ha as Park Dae-young (episode 5)

: A serial killer whose motive is to avenge his mother and little sister's death

  • Kim Jong-gu as Shin Jang-ho
  • Jung Jong-ryul
  • Kim Kyu-chul as Park Young-chul (episode 5)

: Park Dae-young's father, a prisoner who was accused of killing his wife and daughter

:Lee Han-chul's son

:Lee Jung-ha's friend. His father was murdered by Lee Han-chul.

  • Ryu Sung-hyun as Lee Han-chul (episodes 6–7)

:Lee Jung-ha's father, a serial killer and rapist

  • Lim Seong-eon as Ji Hyun-sook (episodes 9–10)

:Myung-woo's blind date, who later was abducted by a serial killer and his girlfriend

  • Ko Kyu-pil as Park Soo-yong
  • Park Jae-woong as Do Jae-shik (episode 10)

:A serial killer

  • Lee El as Kang Sung-eun (episodes 9–10)

:Do Jae-shik's girlfriend and accomplice

  • Kim Min-kyung
  • Hwang Min-ho

{{colend}}

Production

The first script reading took place in the end of April 2015 at the annex of KBS in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.{{Cite web|last=Hong|first=Jiye|date=2015-05-22|title=서인국 장나라, '너를 기억해' 대본 리딩 인증샷…연기 변신 기대 '첫 방송은 언제?'|url=http://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=991277|access-date=|website=Joongbo.com|language=ko}}

Reception

= Critical response =

Despite the show's lackluster ratings, audiences and critics alike praised Park Bo-gum's performance and won him Best Supporting Actor and Popularity Award at the 29th KBS Drama Awards.{{cite web |title=Hello Monster: The Discovery of Actor Park Bo-gum |url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201508120935377410 |website=Newsen.com}} In 2025, in a career retrospective for Park, Gulf News stated that Park's performance in the series was "his best role yet in a stellar career... proving his ability to shape-shift into what the role demanded—even if the show wasn’t always a hit, Bo-gum always was."{{Cite web |last=Palat |first=Lakshana N. |date=2025-06-16 |title=Park Bo-gum turns 32: Why Hello Monster is his best role yet in a stellar career from Encounter to Tangerines |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/park-bo-gum-turns-32-the-rise-of-koreas-nations-crown-prince-from-hello-monster-to-tangerines-1.500164875 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Gulf News |language=en}}

= Viewership =

In this table, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|the red numbers}} represent the highest ratings.

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
rowspan="3" |{{abbr|Ep.|Episode}}

! rowspan="3" |Original broadcast date

! rowspan="3" |Title

! colspan="4" |Average audience share

colspan="2" |TNmS{{cite web|url=http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp|title=TNmS Daily Ratings|website=Tnms.tv|language=Korean|access-date=June 22, 2015|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128032303/http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp|archivedate=November 28, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

! colspan="2" |AGB Nielsen{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|title=Nielsen Korea|website=Nielsenkorea.co.kr|language=Korean|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}

width=100 |Nationwide

! width=100 |Seoul

! width=100 |Nationwide

! width=100 |Seoul

1

| June 22, 2015

| Every Child's Story Begins with Their Parents

| {{color|red|5.6%}}

| 5.4%

| 4.7%

| 4.7%

2

| June 23, 2015

| Hello, Monster

| {{color|red|5.6%}}

| {{color|red|5.8%}}

| 4.7%

| 4.5%

3

| June 29, 2015

| Thou Shall Not Kill, But...

| 5.2%

| {{color|red|5.8%}}

| 4.7%

| 4.8%

4

| June 30, 2015

| The Suspect, Lee Hyun

| 4.9%

| 5.0%

| {{color|blue|4.0%}}

| {{color|blue|4.1%}}

5

| July 6, 2015

| Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past

| 4.6%

| 4.8%

| 4.6%

| 4.8%

6

| July 7, 2015

| The Blood of a Murderer

| 5.4%

| 5.5%

| 4.8%

| 4.9%

7

| July 13, 2015

| Let's Be Partners?

| 5.0%

| 5.2%

| 4.7%

| 4.5%

8

| July 14, 2015

| Remember Me

| 4.2%

| 4.7%

| 4.6%

| 5.0%

9

| July 20, 2015

| Stalker S

| 4.5%

| 4.6%

| 4.9%

| 5.1%

10

| July 21, 2015

| Find Me

| 4.6%

| 4.7%

| 5.0%

| 5.0%

11

| July 27, 2015

| Birth of a Monster

| 4.7%

| 5.1%

| 4.8%

| 4.9%

12

| July 28, 2015

| If I Had to Kill Somebody...

| 4.6%

| 5.5%

| 5.0%

| 5.2%

13

| August 3, 2015

| What Choice Would You Make?

| {{color|blue|4.1%}}

| {{color|blue|4.1%}}

| 4.5%

| 4.7%

14

| August 4, 2015

| Lee Joon-young's Room

| 4.7%

| 4.9%

| {{color|red|5.3%}}

| {{color|red|5.4%}}

15

| August 10, 2015

| Is a Happy Ending Possible?

| 4.6%

| 5.0%

| 4.5%

|4.9%

16

| August 11, 2015

| I Remember You

| 4.3%

| 4.3%

| 5.1%

| 5.3%

colspan="3" |Average

! {{color|green|4.8%}}

! {{color|green|5.0%}}

! {{color|green|4.7%}}

! {{color|green|4.9%}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"
Year

! Award

! Category

! Recipient

! Result

!Ref.

rowspan=8| 2015

| rowspan=3| {{center| 8th Korea Drama Awards }}

| Top Excellence Award, Actress

| Jang Na-ra

| {{nom}}

|

Excellence Award, Actor

| Seo In-guk

| {{nom}}

|

Best Screenplay

| Kwon Ki-young

| {{nom}}

|

{{center|4th APAN Star Awards }}

| Best New Actor

| rowspan="3" | Park Bo-gum

| {{nom}}

|

rowspan=4| {{center| 29th KBS Drama Awards }}

| Best Supporting Actor

| {{win}}

|

Popularity Award, Actor

| {{win}}

|

Excellence Award, Actor in a Mini-series

| Seo In-guk

| {{nom}}

|

Excellence Award, Actress in a Mini-series

| Jang Na-ra

| {{nom}}

|

International broadcast

class="sortable wikitable"

! Country

! Network(s)/Station(s)

! Series premiere

! Title

{{flagicon|Malaysia}} MalaysiaTV2September 2 - October 7, 2018 (Sunday - Tuesday, 20:30 - 21:30);{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2018 |title=I Remember You PREMIERE |url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20180902/281818579705869 |access-date=May 28, 2022 |via=PressReader}} December 23, 2018 - ongoing (Sunday - Tuesday, 20:30 - 21:30) [reaired]I Remember You

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/drama/hellomonster/pc/index.html}} {{in lang|ko}}
  • {{KBS World TV program|938}}
  • {{hancinema drama|Remember_You|Hello Monster}}
  • {{IMDb title|4803738|Hello Monster}}

Category:Korean Broadcasting System television dramas

Category:2015 South Korean television series debuts

Category:Korean-language television shows

Category:Detective television series

Category:Television series by CJ E&M

Category:2015 South Korean television series endings

Category:South Korean thriller television series

Category:South Korean crime television series