Signal (TV series)

Signal OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	15 March 2016
Genre	Pop, K-pop, soundtrack
Producer	CJ E&M

Signal
	Promotional poster
Original title	시그널
Genre	Procedural ; Drama ; Thriller ;
Created by	Choi Jin-hee; Park Ji-young;
Written by	Kim Eun-hee
Directed by	Kim Won-seok
Starring	Lee Je-hoon ; Kim Hye-soo ; Cho Jin-woong ;
Opening theme	"I Will Forget You" by Jung Cha-sik
Ending theme	"The One Who Will Leave" by INKII; The Road by Kim Yoon-ah ;
Composer(s)	Kim Joon-seok; Park Sung-il;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lee Chan-ho; Lee Sang-baek ;
Producer(s)	Lee Jae-moon; Park Eun-kyung;
Cinematography	Choi Sang-mook; Lee Joo-young;
Editor(s)	Kim Na-young
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	80 minutes
Production company(s)	AStory
Distributor	tvN
Release
Original network	tvN
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	January 22 – March 12, 2016
Chronology
Followed by	Signal 2
Related shows	Signal (2018)
External links
	Website
	Signal at AStory Co., Ltd.

Last updated February 22, 2019

Signal (Hangul : 시그널; RR : Sigeuneol) is a 2016 South Korean police procedural television series starring Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo and Cho Jin-woong. It premiered on tvN on January 22, 2016. A total of 16 episodes aired on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 KST, with the final episode airing on March 12, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3] The series was inspired by real-life criminal incidents in Korea,^[4] including the Hwaseong serial murders.^[5]^[6]

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great. It may also be written as Hangeul following the standard Romanization.

The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to replace the older McCune–Reischauer system. The new system eliminates diacritics and apostrophes in favor of digraphs.

Korean dramas, or K-dramas, are television series in Korean language, made in South Korea.

Signal, also known as Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team, is a Japanese police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee, and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST starting April 10, 2018 on Fuji TV.

Kentaro Sakaguchi is a Japanese model and actor. He debuted as a model in Men's Non-no magazine in 2010, and as an actor under Tristone Entertainment in 2014. He has since starred in television series Tokyo Tarareba Musume (2017) and Signal (2018), as well as films The 100th Love with You (2017) and Color Me True (2018).

Fuji Television Network, Inc. is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as Fuji TV or CX, based on the station's call sign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System.

Synopsis

A mysterious walkie talkie allows a detective in the year 2000 to communicate with a cold case profiler from 2015; with the power of fore and hindsight the two not only solve crimes but prevent them from ever taking place. However, a long-standing murder case is closer to home than either realizes.

Cast^[7]

Main

Lee Je-hoon as Park Hae-young
Kim Hye-soo as Cha Soo-hyun
Cho Jin-woong as Lee Jae-han

Lee Je-hoon is a South Korean actor. He started his career in indie films, then went on to appear in commercial films like The Front Line (2011), Architecture 101 (2012) and My Paparotti (2013), and television series like Fashion King (2012), Secret Door (2014), Signal (2016) Tomorrow, With You (2017) and Where Stars Land (2018).

Kim Hye-soo is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), The Thieves (2012), Coin Locker Girl (2015), and Familyhood (2016), as well as the television series Signal (2016).

Cho Jin-woong is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles as Sejong's loyal bodyguard in Deep Rooted Tree (2011), a mobster in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), and a mysterious villain in A Hard Day (2014). He also gained recognition and praise for his performance as a detective in the television series Signal (2016).

Supporting

Police officers

Jang Hyun-sung as Kim Bum-joo
Jung Hae-kyun as Ahn Chi-soo
Kim Won-hae as Kim Gye-chul
Jung Han-bi as Oh Yoon-seo
Lee Yoo-jun as Jung Han-ki
Kim Min-kyu as Hwang Eui-kyung

Jang Hyun-sung is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career as a member of the Hakjeon Theatre Company, before transitioning to film and television. Jang is best known for starring in director Song Il-gon's arthouse films such as Spider Forest (2004) and The Magicians (2006), and most notably Feathers in the Wind (2005), for which one review praised him for giving "the performance of his career." He also had major roles in Nabi (2001), Rewind, My Right to Ravage Myself (2005), Love Is a Crazy Thing (2005), and My Friend and His Wife (2008). Aside from acting, Jang was one of the screenwriters for the Moon Seung-wook film Romance (2006).

Kim Won-hae is a South Korean actor. He is best known as a former cast member of SNL Korea.

Kim Min-kyu is a South Korean actor.

Extended

Jung Han-Bi as Oh Yoon Seo (Forensic Scientist)
Kim Hyun-Bin as young Park Hae-Young
Kang Chan-hee as Park Sun-woo
Lee Moon-soo as Lee Jae-han's father
Seo Ju-hee as Cha Soo-hyun's mother
Lim Hwa-young as Cha Soo-hyun's younger sister

Special appearances

Oh Yeon-ah as Yoon Soo-ah (ep.1-2)
Lee Young-eun as Kim Yoon-jung (ep.1-2)
Lee Si-a as Kim Won-kyung (ep.2-4)
Kim Jung-young as Won-kyung's aunt (ep.2-4)
Kim Ki-cheon as Lee Chun-goo (ep.3-4)
Lee Dong-ha as Han Se-kyu (ep.5-8)
Jung Suk-yong as Oh Kyung-tae (ep.5-7)
Park Si-eun as Oh Eun-ji (ep.5-6)
Choi Woo-ri as Shin Yeo-jin (ep.5-6)
Yoo Ha-bok as Shin Dong-Hoon (ep.5-7)
Son Hyun-joo as Jang Young-chul (ep.7,11,14,16)
Lee Na-ra as Shin Da-hye (ep.7-8)
Lee Sang-yeob as Kim Jin-woo (ep.9-11)
Lee Chae-kyung as Jin-woo's mother (ep.10)
Seo Eun-ah as Yoo Seung-yeon (ep.10-11)
Shin Yi-joon as Kang Hye-seung (young / ep.11-14)
Kim Woo-suk as Lee Dong-Jin (ep.12-14)
Hwang Seung-eon as Han Do-yeon (ep.13)
Jeon Su-ji as Kang Hye-seung (adult / ep.13-14)
Seo Ji-hoon as Jang Tae-jin (ep.14)

Original soundtrack

Disc 1:
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"회상" (Reminisce)	Jang Bum-joon	4:27
2.	"떠나야할 그사람" (The One Who Will Leave)	INKII	4:06
3.	"나는 너를" (I Will Forget You)	Jung Cha-sik	4:24
4.	"길" (The Road)	Kim Yoon-ah	4:27
5.	"행복한 사람" (Happy Person)	Jo Dong-hee	3:34
6.	"꽃잎" (A Petal)	Leesa	3:16
7.	"꽃이 피면" (As Flower Blooms)	Lee Seung-yeol	3:38

Disc 2:
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Detective Lee Jae-han" (형사 이재한)	Various Artists
2.	"For Those Who Left Behind" (남겨진 이들을 위해)	Various Artists
3.	"Young Park Hae Young" (소년 박해영)	Various Artists
4.	"Conclusive Evidence" (결정적 증거)	Various Artists
5.	"Heartfelt Desire" (절실한 염원)	Various Artists
6.	"Send The Signal Desperately" (간절함이 보내온 신호)	Various Artists
7.	"New Clue" (새로운 단서)	Various Artists
8.	"Past Can Be Changed" (과거는 바뀔 수 있습니다)	Various Artists
9.	"Jae Han's Reason" (재한의 추리)	Various Artists
10.	"Pain That Can't Be Heal" (치유되지 않는 아픔)	Various Artists
11.	"Footsteps of Nostalgia" (그리움의 발자취)	Various Artists
12.	"Profiling" (프로파일링)	Various Artists
13.	"형기대의 하루"	Various Artists
14.	"Tracking" (추적)	Various Artists
15.	"Don't Give Up" (포기하지마)	Various Artists
16.	"Crime Scene" (범행현장)	Various Artists
17.	"A Series of Labyrinthine" (미궁의 연속)	Various Artists
18.	"Real Culprit" (진범)	Various Artists
19.	"Run Too, Today" (오늘도 달린다)	Various Artists
20.	"Only I Didn't Know" (혼자만 모른다)	Various Artists
21.	"Long-term Unsolved Case" (장기미제사건)	Various Artists
22.	"The Truth Revealed" (드러나는 진실)	Various Artists
23.	"Cool Air" (서늘한 공기)	Various Artists
24.	"Plot" (음모)	Various Artists
25.	"Suggestion" (암시)	Various Artists

Reception

Upon its premiere, the series attracted attention for weaving actual cases into its plot and attained high ratings.^[8]^[9] With its finale rating of 12.54%, it is one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history.^[10]^[11] It received praise for its solid acting, tightly-constructed plot and detailed and sophisticated direction; and enjoyed success internationally in China and Japan.^[12]^[13]^[14]

The drama went on to win several awards from different award-giving bodies, including Best Drama, Best Screenplay for Kim Eun-hee, and Best Actress for Kim Hye-soo at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards, as well as another Best Actress award for Kim and the Daesang (Grand Prize for Television) for Cho Jin-woong at the tvN10 Awards. Cho also won the Daesang at the 1st Asia Artist Awards for his performance.

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
Ep.	Original broadcast date	AGB Nielsen^[15]	TNmS^[16]
1	January 22, 2016	5.4%	6.4%
2	January 23, 2016	6.9%	6.1%
3	January 29, 2016	8.2%	8.5%
4	January 30, 2016	7.7%	7.5%
5	February 5, 2016	7.8%	7.6%
6	February 6, 2016	7.1%	7.3%
7	February 12, 2016	8.6%	9.0%
8	February 13, 2016	7.8%	8.6%
9	February 19, 2016	7.8%	8.4%
10	February 20, 2016	9.2%	8.7%
11	February 26, 2016	10.5%	8.8%
12	February 27, 2016	10.1%	9.2%
13	March 4, 2016	9.7%	9.7%
14	March 5, 2016	11.1%	10.6%
15	March 11, 2016	10.8%	9.8%
16	March 12, 2016	12.54%	12.8%
Average		8.83%	8.69%

Note: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2016	52nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Drama	Signal	Won
		Best Director (TV)	Kim Won-seok	Nominated
		Best Actor (TV)	Cho Jin-woong	Nominated
		Best Actress (TV)	Kim Hye-soo	Won
		Best Screenplay (TV)	Kim Eun-hee	Won
	5th APAN Star Awards	Best Screenwriter	Kim Eun-hee	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Cho Jin-woong	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Kim Hye-soo	Nominated
	9th Korea Drama Awards	Best Drama	Signal	Nominated
		Best Production Director	Kim Won-seok	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Kim Eun-hee	Nominated
	tvN10 Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang), Actor	Cho Jin-woong	Won	^[17]
		Best Actor	Cho Jin-woong	Nominated
		Best Actor	Lee Je-hoon	Nominated
		Best Actress	Kim Hye-soo	Won	^[17]
		PD's Choice Award	Lee Je-hoon	Won
		Scene Stealer Actor	Jang Hyun-sung	Nominated
		Best Content Award, Drama	Signal	Won
	1st Asia Artist Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Cho Jin-woong	Won
		Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kim Hye-soo	Nominated
		Best Celebrity Award, Actor	Lee Je-hoon	Nominated
	18th Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best OST	Jang Beom-jun ("Reminiscence")	Nominated
	Korea Content Awards	Presidential Commendation Award	Kim Eun-hee	Won
2017	Brand of the Year Awards	Drama Writer of the Year	Kim Eun-hee	Won

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External links

Official website (in Korean)

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[1] Radwa Ashraf (9 December 2015). ""Signal": a paranormal cop drama debuts in 2016". The Asian. Retrieved 2017-07-21.

[2] "New tvN thriller to pick up where 'Reply 1988' left off". Yonhap News Agency. 14 January 2016.

[3] "Signal drama plot and cast update". The AsiaN.

[4] Jung, Min-kyung (2016-03-07). "Crimes in 'Signal' based on real Korean cases". The Korea Herald .

[5] "'시그널' 김혜수·이제훈, 화성연쇄살인사건 맡았다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-25.

[6] "Unsolved cases that 'Signal' could crack". The Korea Times. 18 February 2016.

[7] "TVING, tvn 시그널 인물소개". TVING, TvN.

[8] "TV drama 'Signal' enjoying high viewer ratings". The Korea Herald. 29 February 2016.

[9] "'Signal' sets another ratings record". The Korea Times. 28 February 2016.

[10] "'Signal' lures record TV audience". Korea Times . 23 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-02.

[11] "Drama 'Signal' concludes with double-digit viewership". The Korea Times. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

[12] "'Signal' tells Korea's true crime tales". Korea JoongAng Daily. 18 February 2016.

[13] "Korean drama 'Signal' sees critical success in China". The Korea Times.

[14] "'Signal' to begin airing in Japan next month". The Korea Herald.

[15] "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[16] "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[pd-17] 1 2 "'Reply 1988' chosen as tvN's top drama". Yonhap News Agency. 10 October 2016.

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2015–2018	Heart to Heart Super Daddy Yeol Ex-Girlfriend Club Oh My Ghost Second 20s Reply 1988 Signal Memory Dear My Friends The Good Wife Cinderella with Four Knights The K2 Entourage Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Tomorrow, With You Chicago Typewriter Big Forest Top Star U-back

Signal (TV series)

Contents

Synopsis

Cast^[7]