A Girl Who Sees Smells
A Girl Who Sees Smells | |
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SBS TV | |
Release | April 1 May 21, 2015 | –
A Girl Who Sees Smells
Its early working title was Sensory Couple (Korean: 감각남녀; RR: Gamgangnamnyeo), before reverting to the name of the original webtoon.[1] The drama managed to top the Contents Power Index (CPI) rankings for the most influential dramas.[9]
Synopsis
Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When the murderer is distracted, she escapes but is hit by a car. Eun-seol's parents are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, the work of the "Barcode" serial killer. The lead detective on the case, Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness.
On that same night, Choi Moo-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister (Kim So-hyun), also named Choi Eun-seol, who's being treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. But when he returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.
Six months later, Eun-seol comes out of her coma. But she has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned green with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. To protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he's her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Three years and six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedian, and works as a gofer for a small, struggling theater company called Frog Troupe.
On the other hand, Moo-gak had been so traumatized by his sister's death that after two months of no sleep and constant pain, he'd fainted and was clinically dead for ten days. When he woke up, he'd lost the sense of smell and taste, and is unable
Cast
Main
- Park Yoo-chun as Detective Choi Moo-gak
After the murder of his sister, Moo-gak is determined to become a police inspector and take revenge for his sister's death. He is desensitised and is unable to smell or taste his food.
- Shin Se-kyung as Oh Cho-rim/Choi Eun-seol
Cho-rim witnessed the murder of her parents and lived on as the sole witness of the barcode serial murders. She has a strange ability-being able to see smells as patterns in the air. She forms a team with Moo-gak, and together, they work to solve the series of barcode murders.
- Namkoong Min as Chef Kwon Jae-hee/Jay Kwon Ford
- Yoon Jin-seo as Yeom Mi
Supporting
- Jung In-gi as Oh Jae-pyo
- Nam Chang-hee as Jo In-bae
- Oh Cho-hee as Eo Woo-ya
- Jung Chan-woo as Wang Ji-bang
- Park Jin-joo as Ma Ae-ri
- Lee Won-jong as Kang Hyuk
- Choi Tae-joon as Ye Sang-gil
- Jo Hee-bong as Ki Choong-do
- Kim Byeong-ok as Chief of Police
- Choi Jae-hwan as Tak Ji-seok
- Jung Hyun-suk as Detective Kim
- Kim Gi-cheon as Kim Joong-in
- Song Jong-ho as Dr. Chun Baek-kyung
- Heo Jung-eun as Ji-eun
Special appearances
- Kim So-hyun as Choi Eun-seol (ep 1–2, 5)
- Kim Dong-kyun as Park Hyung-jin (ep 1)
- Bang Eun-hee as Yang Mi-yeon (ep 1)
- Heo Joon-suk as Kang Sang-moon (ep 1)
- Kim Bo-mi as Convenience store clerk (ep 1)
- Kim Il-joong as himself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1)
- Jang Ye-won as himself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1)
- Running Man cast as Themselves (ep 1)
- Park Han-byul as Joo Ma-ri (ep 2)
- Oh Jung-tae as Autoclub employee (ep 2)
- Park Young-soo as Arrested man at the police station (ep 2)
- Dan-woo as Driver that hit a car in the mountain (ep 2–3)
- Son Se-bin as Driver's girlfriend (ep 2–3)
- Ha Soo-ho as Hwang Ki-soo (ep 4)
- Kim Ho-chang as Tak Min-seok (ep 4)
- --- as Chef Hong (ep 5)
- Oh Tae-kyung as Yang Seok-jin (ep 5)
- Lee Jung-shin as Himself (ep 6)
- Julian Quintart (ep 10)
Ratings
Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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TNmS Ratings[10] | AGB Nielsen[11] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area
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Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area
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1 | April 1, 2015 | 5.6% | 7.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% |
2 | April 2, 2015 | 6.0% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
3 | April 8, 2015 | 6.6% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.9% |
4 | April 9, 2015 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 7.8% | 8.0% |
5 | April 15, 2015 | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 7.5% |
6 | April 16, 2015 | 8.5% | 9.8% | 7.5% | 7.7% |
7 | April 22, 2015 | 7.3% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.4% |
8 | April 23, 2015 | 9.2% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.5% |
9 | April 29, 2015 | 7.9% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 7.0% |
10 | April 30, 2015 | 9.3% | 10.7% | 8.0% | 8.4% |
11 | May 6, 2015 | 8.0% | 9.4% | 7.5% | 8.1% |
12 | May 7, 2015 | 8.6% | 9.8% | 6.9% | 6.7% |
13 | May 13, 2015 | 9.1% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 9.2% |
14 | May 14, 2015 | 10.1% | 11.4% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
15 | May 20, 2015 | 10.9% | 13.5% | 9.6% | 9.5% |
16 | May 21, 2015 | 11.9% | 14.4% | 10.8% | 11.4% |
Average | 8.4% | 9.7% | 7.8% | 8.2% |
Awards and nominations
Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2015 | 8th Korea Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Park Yoo-chun | Nominated |
4th APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Se-kyung | Nominated | |
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Park Yoo-chun | Won | ||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Se-kyung | Nominated | ||
Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Won | ||
Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Yoon Jin-seo | Won | ||
Best Couple Award | Park Yoo-chun and Shin Se-kyung | Nominated | ||
Best OST | "Spring Is Gone by Chance" by Yuju & Loco | Won |
Notes
References
- ^ a b Jones, Julie (February 27, 2015). "Park Yoochun To Romance Shin Se Kyung in Sensory Couple". KDramaStars. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^ Viki Inc.Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Sung, So-young (February 28, 2015). "New drama from a webtoon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ "[English] A Girl Who Sees Smells". SBS International. Seoul Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ Kwon, Ji-youn (April 6, 2015). "Convincing plot key to supernatural drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (March 6, 2015). "Park Yoo Chun, Shin Se Kyung, Nam Goong Min and More Read Scripts Together for The Girl Who Sees Smells". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (March 10, 2015). "JYJ′s Park Yoo Chun and Shin Se Kyung Unveil Opening Scene Filming for The Girl Who Sees Smells". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Kim, Jae-heun (May 10, 2015). "Park Yoo-chun and Namkoong Min want to swap roles". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "The Girl who Sees Smell ranks first in Contents Power Index | Beatus Corner". Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "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 December 26, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- A Girl Who Sees Smells at HanCinema
- A Girl Who Sees Smells at IMDb
- The Girl Who Sees Smells (original webtoon, expired) at kt KTOON
- The Girl Who Sees Smells at Naver Webtoon