Save Me (South Korean TV series)

Save Me[2] (Korean: 구해줘; RR: Guhaejwo) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Ok Taec-yeon, Seo Ye-ji, Jo Sung-ha, and Woo Do-hwan. Serving as the first television series from producer Lee Jae-moon's company Hidden Sequence, it aired on OCN from August 5 to September 24, 2017 for 16 episodes. This drama series is based on the popular Daum webcomic Out of the World (세상 밖으로) by Jo Geum-san.[3]

Save Me
Promotional poster
Also known asRescue Me
Hangul구해줘
Genre
Based on"Out of the world" (세상 밖으로)
by Jo Geum-san
Developed byStudio Dragon
Written byJung Shin-kyoo[lower-alpha 1]
Directed byKim Sung-soo
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producer(s)Lee Jae-moon
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s)Hidden Sequence
DistributorOCN
Release
Original networkOCN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseAugust 5 (2017-08-05) –
September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)
Chronology
Followed bySave Me 2
External links
Website
Production website

Synopsis

Im Sang-mi and her family move from Seoul to Muji-gun, a suburban town, after her father's business fails. There is a religious cult called Goseonwon that has most of the town in its grasp; it has a large number of followers and disguises itself as a peaceful church but dark secrets, torture, violence, and murder lurk underneath.

Sang-mi's brother, Sang-jin, is mercilessly bullied and assaulted at school; when he finally commits suicide as a result, the event breaks Sang-mi's family apart. Taking advantage of their fragile state the leader of the church lures her parents into the cult. Despite Sang-mi's repeated objections that there is something wrong with the cult, her father becomes fully brainwashed. With her father in the clutches of the cult and her mother mentally unstable, Sang-mi becomes trapped and unable to escape.

Three years later, Sang-mi's previous classmates, Han Sang-hwan, the son of Muji's governor and now a law student, his best friend Dong-chul, and their two friends, Jung-hoon and Man-hee, have a chance encounter with Sang-mi, wherein she whispers "Save me." Sang-hwan, determined to right the wrongs of his past, becomes determined to save Sang-mi and expose the cult's reality to the town; he is joined by Dong-chul, Jung-hoon, Man-hee in the mission, unaware that they will uncover a deeper web of corruption than just the cult.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Hillbilly Quartet

  • Lee David as Woo Jung-hoon
  • Ha Hwa-jung as Choi Man-hee

Sang-mi's family

People at Goosunwon

People in Muji

  • Son Byung-ho as Han Yong-min
  • Choi Moon-soo as Chae Min-hwa
  • Jang Hyuk-jin as Lee Kang-soo
  • Kim Kwang-kyu as Woo Choon-kil
  • Go Jun as Cha Joon-goo
  • Kang Kyung-hun as Lee Ji-hee
  • Choi Hyuk-joo as Madame Tudari
  • Park Soo-yeon as Choi Kyung-hye
  • Jeon Yeo-been as Hong So-rin
  • Lee Jae-joon as Dae-shik
  • Yoon Jong-suk as Lee Byung-suk

Extended
  • Lee Joon-gyu as Chil-goo
  • Lee In-cheol as Elderly Man
  • Hong Sung-deok as Dong-cheol's father
  • Son Young-soon as Dong-cheol's grandmother
  • Jung Joon-won as Jung-goo
  • Kim Jung-pal as Lee Byung-seok's father
  • Min Kyung-ok as Jung-goo's grandmother
  • Ahn Min-young as Devotee
  • Noh Eun-jung as Devotee
  • Jong Seok as Iljin 1
  • Lee Seung-hyub as Iljin 2
  • Jang Won as Iljin 3
  • Nam Hyun-jung as Iljin 4
  • Jung Kang-hee as Gochujang
  • Son Byung-wook as Pil-soo
  • Yoo-yeon as Teacher
  • Kim Ha-yeon as Devotee
  • Kim Jin-hee as Devotee
  • Im Ho-joon as Devotee
  • Jwa Chae-won as Devotee
  • Kim Doo-eun as Devotee
  • Lee Seol-goo as Shaman
  • Lee Tae-hyung as Lee Jin-seok
  • Jung Jae-kwang as Eun-sung
  • Cha Joon as Bu-jjang
  • Lee Jung-heon as Police Chief
  • Kim Seo-hwi as Yu-ra, Eun-shil's daughter
  • Park Jung-min as Section Chief Park
  • Jung Ki-seob as Senior Reporter
  • Jang Se-ah as Hospital Nurse
  • Kim Se-on as Hwa-ran
  • Han Tae-il
  • Kook Ji-yong
  • Ahn Se-ho
  • Kwon Oh-jin
  • Jung Myung-joon

Special appearances
  • Jung Hee-tae as homeless man
  • Son Jong-hak as Cheon Jae-soon

Second season

OCN confirmed that Save Me will be back for a second season.[7] This time, it will be based on the 2013 animated film The Fake. Save Me 2 will premiere on May 8, 2019.

Original soundtrack
Save Me
OST Album
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released2017
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean
LabelStudio Curiosity, Vlending Co., Ltd.

Part 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I Am (잉키)"Seo Dong-sungPark Sung-il (Copykumo)Inkii03:58
2."I Am (잉키)" (Inst.) Park Sung-il (Copykumo) 03:58
Total length:07:56

Part 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Hallucination (환각)"Lee Chi-hoonKim Jong-ikThe Vane04:06
2."Hallucination (환각)" (Inst.) Kim Jong-ik 04:06
Total length:08:12

Part 3
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Dust Wind (모래바람)"Jung Cha-sikJung Cha-sikJung Cha-sik05:09
2."Dust Wind (모래바람)" (Inst.) Jung Cha-sik 05:09
Total length:10:18

Ratings
  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[8] TNmS
NationwideSeoulNationwide
1 August 5, 2017 1.059% N/A 1.8%
2 August 6, 2017 1.741% 1.690% 1.4%
3 August 12, 2017 1.284% N/A 1.2%
4 August 13, 2017 1.689% 1.805% 1.8%
5 August 19, 2017 1.779% 1.904% 1.1%
6 August 20, 2017 2.275% 2.525% 1.7%
7 August 26, 2017 2.251% 2.802% 1.6%
8 August 27, 2017 2.960% 3.286% 2.4%
9 September 2, 2017 2.433% 2.730% 1.4%
10 September 3, 2017 3.028% 3.192% 1.7%
11 September 9, 2017 2.646% 2.966% 2.2%
12 September 10, 2017 2.879% 2.940% 2.9%
13 September 16, 2017 2.549% 2.897% 2.0%
14 September 17, 2017 3.001% 2.825% 2.8%
15 September 23, 2017 3.244% 3.846% 2.5%
16 September 24, 2017 4.797% 4.639% 4.5%
Average 2.476% 2.861% 2.1%
  • 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 and EBS).

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
201854th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest New ActorWoo Do-hwanNominated[9]

International broadcast
  • In Vietnam, it streamed through Zing TV & FPT, playing 2 hours after its original broadcast in South Korea.
  • In Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Sri Lanka, tvN Asia aired Save Me in 2019 with subtitles.
  • In Indonesia, Sony One aired this TV series in 2018.

Notes
  1. In 2019, starting with the MBC TV drama Item, he started to use the pen name "Jung Yi-do".[1]

References
  1. "'구해줘' 정이도 작가 "사이비 종교, 현실이 더 끔찍"(인터뷰①)". edaily (in Korean). September 23, 2017.
  2. SAVE ME 본격 사이비 스릴러 구해줘 1화 예고 대공개 '뜨거운 촌놈들, 사이비 세상을 구원하다' 170805 EP.1. OCN via YouTube. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  3. Jo Geum-san. "세상 밖으로 (Out of the World)". Daum Webtoon (in Korean). Kakao Corporation. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. Kim, U. (April 19, 2017). "2PM's Taecyeon, Seo Ye Ji, And More Confirmed For New OCN Drama". Soompi. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. "Taecyeon confirmed as the lead for OCN's 'Save Me'". Allkpop. April 18, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. "Seo Ye-ji Takes a Step Further as Actress with Cult Drama". Chosun Media. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. https://www.soompi.com/article/1300493wpp/ocn-confirms-upcoming-drama-lineup-including-new-seasons-for-save-me-and-voice
  8. "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  9. "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
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