Catch the Ghost

Synopsis:

Yoo Ryung has taken care of her sister Yoo Jin for a long time and they only have each other, so, when she lost her on the subway station, she has never forgiven herself. For 2 years she did everything she can and became a rookie of the subway station police and memorizing every nook and cranny of the place. While Ko Ji Suk is the chief of the subway station catching petty thieves and crimes, even though, a few years back he was the most promising detective in the major crimes. He left all that for his mother who has Alzheimer’s disease and drained all his finances to take care of her. He has done everything to make sure he is there for her, so, he protect himself from any chances of getting hurt and be killed until he met Yoo Ryung, who has brought him to situations that he precisely wanted to avoid. He was forced to tackle the dangerous case of the Subway Ghost serial killer and put himself on the line because this time, he has 2 precious people to protect and not only one.

Characters:

Moon Geun Young as Yoo Ryung | Yoo Jin
Kim Sun Ho as Ko Ji Suk
Jung Yoo Jin as Ha Ma Ri
Ki Do Hoon as Kim Woo Hyuk
Jo Jae Yoon as Lee Man Jin
Ahn Seung Kyoon as Kang Soo Ho
Lee Joon Hyuk as Chief Gong
Song Ok Sook as Kim Hyung Ja
Ahn Sang Woo as Jun Won Chul
Nam Ki Ae as Han Ae Shim
Kim Jung Young as Choi Kyung Hee
Song Sang Eun as Park Mi Hyun
Park Ho-San as Choi D-Cheol
Jung Min-Sung as Baesseu on Episode 3-4
Yang Hyun-Min as Geum-Sik on Episode 3
Oh Dae-Hwan as Kim Won Tae
Baek Seo-E as Ma Hye-Jin
Han Ji-Sag as Gu Du-Nam
Kim Gun-Woo as Kim Hee-Joon
Woo Jung-Won as Woman Handing Leaflets on Episode 10
Yoo Hyung-Gwan as Wangsuri Stationmaster
Ahn Soo-Bin as Cap with Wings Volunteer
Kang Min-Tae as Man with Knife
Jung Yi-Rang
Choi Min-Chul
Min Kyung-Jin
Park Ji-Yeon

My Review:

I watch this k-drama because it is becoming difficult to find good plots and stories that have substance and entertainment at the same time. Moon Geun Young is an actress that I watched in “Autumn in My Heart” and “My Little Bride” a long time ago when she was really young and I was curious if this one is something that I will like. I’m glad I did as overall it was a feel good romcom with action and drama that’s entertaining to watch.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) Moon Geun Young after “Autumn in My Heart” and “My Little Bride” has been into projects with genres that I don’t really like to watch, so, it’s the first time I’ve seen her in a long time on a project. I’m glad I did as this k-drama is exactly my cup of tea. She also delivered her character, Yoo Ryung, well, so I didn’t regret spending time watching it.

(2) I saw Kim Sun Ho in “Two Cops” k-drama but he didn’t really made an impression on me to the point that I will remember him. But, on this k-drama, he did. In fact, I thoroughly enjoyed his performance and felt an impact on his presence especially when he is in the scene with his character mom. He’ very effective and I get emotional every time these scenes occur especially on Episode 15, that was heartrending.

(3) What I love in k-dramas is that even though it do show the evil side of human beings, they also try to show more the best of us as people. In a way, I got addicted to it precisely because it made me less cynical. The time I waste watching these kdramas kind of replenishes my dwindling belief in the goodness of human kind. It provided me hope that the reel can be real. So, seeing the real journey of Ko Ji Suk’s love for his mother and Yoo Ryung’s love for her twin sister with all its flaws made me feel better. Their love were well written as loving is not always easy especially when one feels totally alone in the battle of living.

(4) The supporting casts were great and I especially like the family atmosphere in the subway police team even if they are all just colleagues.

(5) The dynamics of feeling in the characters’ relationships with each other were brilliantly written that shows realistic emotions. This is seen not only in the relationships of Ji Suk’s love for his mother and Yoo Ryung’s love for her twin sister, but, also between Ha Ma-Ri and Ji Suk, Ha Ma-Ri and her mother and the way our colleagues or others tend to harshly judge us base on what they just perceive to be the truth rather than really understanding the probability of other possibilities as to the answer to the question of why.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

This k-drama is far from perfect as much as it shows real emotions of people as they go through certain difficulties and challenges, it has also failed to show certain real inconsequential stuff that would have been made them more believable. The most frustrating parts is that this could have been remedied as they are quite banal, but, do affect my pleasure such as the leads hardly take a shower, although, it sort of provided an explanation on Episode 16 for Yoo Ryung, the impact on the body of Ko Ji Suk when he fell on the scooter into the car and his fight with a prize fighter, the possibility of Kim Hee-Joon and his gang being able to freely access the tunnels without even one knowing it, Yoo Jin’s being on her own after she run away from Yoo Ryung considering she’s supposedly autistic at level 2, etc. The k-drama depicted real life feelings but it failed to depict real life capacity of human beings to live in actual conditions in their daily lives and difficulties.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars

OST:
01. I’m with You – Park Jimin

Play Me:

02. That Star – Juniel

Play Me:

03. Highlight – Noh Tae Hyun
04. Wanted – ABRY
05. My Hero – Ahn Ji Yun
06. Feel My Heart – Kim Woo Sung

Download Area for the OST (Please take note that this is an outside URL and it’s not mine. Posts it if I happen to love the music and I want a copy that may take time or difficult to find on sites that will provide you the music without much hassle. So, kudos to all the sites who shares music just for the love of it!!!):

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