Title: 그 남자의 기억법 | Geu Namjaui Gieokbeop | Memoirs of the Man | Find Me in Your Memory
Genre: Melodrama | Romance
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast Period: March 18, 2020 to May 13, 2020
Synopsis:
Lee Jung Hoon is the host of 11 PM news, Lee Jung Hoon News Live. He is known as a no holds barred newscaster who asks difficult questions to his guests that sometimes placed them into a hot seat if they are lying. His show does well, viewed by many and even won an award for news broadcasting program. However, what’s not known to the public is that he actually suffer since he was 11 the condition called hyperthymesia, the ability to remember nearly every detail of his life. In other words, he won’t be able to forget anything in his mind even the difficult ones including the untimely death of the woman he loves due to a crime. He was struggling to emotionally survive until he met Yeo Ha Jin, an actress who is known to play villanous roles in her Korean dramas and films. She generally has a love and hate relationship with her fans until she became a guest of Lee Jung Hoon News Live and got entangled to have a fake romantic relationship with him. It wouldn’t have been an issue except they have a significant link to someone they both love wherein one is trying to forget and the other is trying to remember. Yeo Ha Jin is trying to win Lee Jung Hoon’s heart while the other is evading the situation that maybe perilous to both of them personally and professionally.
Characters:
- Kim Dong Wook as Lee Jung Hoon
- Moon Ga Young as Yeo Ha Jin
- Park Si Wan as Younger Jung Hoon
- Kwon Eun Sung as Child Jung Hoon
- Lee Go Eun as young Ha Jin
- Cha Kwang Soo as Lee Dong Young
- Gil Hae Yun as Seo Mi Hyun
- Lee Joo Bin as Jung Seo Yun
- Ha Roo Bi as young Seo Yun
- Yoon Jong Hoon as Yoo Tae Eun
- Oh Ja Hoon as Younger Tae Eun
- Kim Chang Wan as Yoo Sung Hyuk
- Jang Yi Jung as Yoo Ji Won
- Yoo Ji Soo as Jin So Young
- Kim Seul Gi as Yeo Ha Kyung
- Lee Soo Mi as Park Kyung Ae
- Shin Joo Hyup as Moon Chul
- Jang Young Nam as Choi Hee Sang
- Lee Jin Hyuk as Jo Il Kwon
- Lee Seung Joon as Kim Chul Woong
- Han Da Mi as ‘Live News’ Assistant Director
- Ji Il Joo as Ji Hyun Keun
- Jang In Sup as Park Soo Chang
- Park Ji Won as Kim Hee Young
- Joo Suk Tae as Moon Sung Ho
- Shin Dong Mi as Writer Hwang
- Lee Shi Young as Bar Waitress
- Ro Woon as Joo Yeo Min on Episode 1
- Kim Sun Ho as Seo Kwang Jin on Episode 1
- Yoo Ra as Goo Yoo Ra on Episode 1-2
- Hong Yoon Hwa as Section TV reporter on Episode 2
- Kim Eana as herself on Episode 3
My Review:
I am not too familiar with the lead actors on this Kdrama. I just watched it because there’s nothing much interesting to watch that is under romcom genre and it was suggested as one of the underrated Kdramas that must be watch. As I am swayed by underdog sympathy, I ended up trying and check this out if it is indeed underrated and should have been given more appreciation by the audience or Kdrama addicts like me
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) I actually enjoyed Moon Ga Young playing the role of Yeo Ha Jin. She is very in tune with her character and I believe has made this Korean drama more interesting to watch than it should. She has made her character more relatable and likable that one will care what happens to her.
(2) There’s definitely a chemistry between the lead actors, Kim Dong Wook as Lee Jung Hoon and Moon Ga Young as Yeo Ha Jin even if I’m not too enamored with Kim Dong Wook as an actor. He was passable but not heartrending leading man that I can swoon over while watching this Kdrama. Having said that, together they provided a relatively good romcom that one can at least enjoy and have a light time watching in one lazy afternoon, so to speak.
(3) I like Kim Seul Gi as Yeo Ha Kyung character on this Kdrama. She was able to successfully portray an unselfish and lovable sister of Yeo Ha Jin. She provides realistic check on the character of Yeo Ha Jin without being annoying and still be lovable when she’s onscreen. Her romantic arc with Jo Il Kwon was not that bad either. In fact, there are times I enjoy watching them together on the screen as their relationship grew from friendship into something else.
(4) The stalker arc is not that bad as it reminds you how people can be psychologically ill to think that you are in love with him/her even if one didn’t even do anything except does something humanly good or a kind act. It does add a certain mysterious flavor on a quite simple script.
(5) It makes you appreciate the difficult life of popular people lead as well. Although, being famous has a lot of perks, it is indeed challenging when one doesn’t have the right to privacy and people continually feel they have the right to judge you in everything that you do just because your are famous or earning big bucks because one reached the famous status because of the fans.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
This Korean romcom drama is by far perfect but it is not that bad either. However, I wouldn’t go far to consider it underrated because it wasn’t that great if you miss the chance of watching it.
(1) It was interesting in the beginning but after awhile it becomes a bit tedious. It begs the question of what’s so bad that people will harshly judge you if one can remember everything or one wants to forget a certain past of one’s life in order to cope and survive something that’s so horrendous that one doesn’t want to remember.
(2) There are secondary stories that I personally felt wasn’t that interesting except the message of the important role of a medical doctor and its vow to serve and provide care to their patients without using them for their own personal agenda.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? It’s Okay.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 3/5
OST:
01. My Today Meets Your Today – Joo Young
02. One Day – Solji of EXID
03. A Memory In My Heart – Yangpa
04. Two People – Suran
05. While The Memory Fall a Sleep – Kang Seung Shik of Victon
06. My Today Meets Your Today (Instrumental) – Joo Young
07. One Day (Instrumental) – Solji of EXID
08. A Memory In My Heart (Instrumental) – Yangpa
09. Two People (Instrumental) – Suran
10. While The Memory Fall a Sleep (Instrumental) – Kang Seung Shik of Victon
11. The Man’s Memory – Kim Joon Suk
12. When Love Is Felt – Kim Joon Suk
13. HBN Newsroom – Son Sung Rak
14. Once Happy Memories – Lee Yoon Ji
15. Time Gone By – Kim Tae Jin
16. Hyperthymestic Syndrome – Kang Mi Mi
17. Flashback – Kim Hyun Do
18. My Sister Was Kidnapped! – Son Sung Rak
19. Green Love – Jung Se Rin
20. Continuous Scandal – Shim Hee Jin
21. Unpredictable Woman – Kang Mi Mi
22. A Secret Date – Lee Yoon Ji
23. Briefing – Kang Mi Mi
24. Memories Of Space – Kim Hyun Do
25. Title Of The Man’s Memory – Title Of Kim Joon Suk
26. New Memories – Kim Joon Suk
27. News Live – Kim Tae Jin
28. Recollection – Kim Jung Wan
29. Suspicious Letter – Lee Yoon Ji
30. Stalker – Kim Do Eun
31. Indelible Mark – Kim Joon Suk
32. It’s My Fault – Shim Hee Jin
33. A Cherished Memory – Hong Eun Ji
34. An Emotionally Intelligent Pair – Lee Yoon Ji
35. Characters You’ve Never Seen Before – Hong Eun Ji
36. Such Different Personalities – Jang Yoo Rye
37. Another Happiness – Kim Joon Suk
38. Mamma After Maem Mae – Hong Eun Ji
39. Manager Life – Son Sung Rak
40. A Flutter – Jang Yoo Rye
41. A Fling Or Something – Kang Mi Mi
42. The Youngest Couple – Son Sung Rak
43. All I Need Is You – Kim Do Eun
44. A Haunting Memory – Hong Eun Ji
45. Who Is The Criminal? – Jang Yoo Rye
46. Neurose – Kim Hyun Do
47. A Narrowing Investigation – Shim Hee Jin
48. Scenes From A Memory – Goo Bon Choon
49. Mother’s Death – Jang Yoo Rye
50. The Shadow Visitor In Midnight – Kim Do Eun
51. The Pieces of Memory – Kim Joon Suk