Melting Me Softly
Melting Me Softly | |
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Hangul | 날 녹여주오 |
Literal meaning | Melt Me |
Revised Romanization | Nal Nogyeoju-o |
Genre | |
Created by | Studio Dragon |
Written by | Baek Mi-kyung |
Directed by | Shin Woo-chul |
Starring | |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Producers |
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Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 60 mins |
Production company | Story Phoenix |
Original release | |
Network | tvN |
Release | September 28 November 17, 2019 | –
Melting Me Softly (Korean: 날 녹여주오) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Won Jin-ah, and Yoon Se-ah. Created by Studio Dragon and produced by writer Baek Mi-kyung's own company Story Phoenix, it aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 (KST) from September 28 to November 17, 2019 for 16 episodes.[1][2]
Synopsis
[edit]Ma Dong-chan (Ji Chang-wook) and Go Mi-ran (Won Jin-ah) take part in a 24-hour experiment where both are frozen. Things don't go as expected and they wake up from the frozen capsule 20 years later instead of 24 hours. In order to survive the side effects of their cryogenic sleep, they must follow a set of restrictions to maintain their body temperature at 31.5 °C (max. 33 °C/88-91 °F) and keep their heart rate normal. The scientist behind the experiment is the only one who knows the key to their survival, but he has lost his memory after an accident. Racing against time, the story focuses on the two dynamic individuals' attempt to resume normalcy and catch up on the lost time of their lives.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Ji Chang-wook as Ma Dong-chan (32/52)
- Won Jin-ah as Go Mi-ran[3] (24/44)
- Yoon Se-ah as Na Ha-yeong[4] (44)
- Chae Seo-jin as young Ha-yeong (24), Dong-chan's girlfriend
Supporting
[edit]People around Dong-chan
[edit]- Yoon Seok-hwa as Kim Won-jo, Dong-chan's mother (55)
- Gil Hae-yeon as old Won-jo (75)
- Kim Won-hae as Ma Pil-gu, Dong-chan's father (59)
- Kang Ki-doong as Ma Dong-sik (29), Dong-chan's younger brother
- Kim Won-hae as old Dong-sik (49)
- Han Da-sol as Ma Dong-joo (30), Dong-chan's younger sister
- Jeon Soo-kyeong as old Dong-joo (50)
- Lee Do-gyeom as Baek Young-tak (35), Dong-joo's ex-husband, a police detective.
- Lee Do-yeop as old Young-tak (55)
- Lee Joo-young as Lee Hye-jin, Dong-sik's wife
- Oh Ah-rin as Ma Seo-yoon[5] (7), Dong-sik's daughter
People around Mi-ran
[edit]- Gil Hae-yeon as Mi-ran's mother (46/66)
- Park Choong-sun as Mi-ran's father (45/65)
- Park Min-soo as Go Nam-tae (12)
- Yoon Na-moo as adult Nam-tae (32), Mi-ran's brother
People at the broadcast station
[edit]- Im Won-hee as Son Hyeon-gi (48), Dong-chan's junior colleague
- Lee Hong-gi as young Son Hyeon-gi (28)
- Jung Hae-kyun as Kim Hong-seok (41/61)
- Han Jae-i as producer Su
- Hong Seo-baek as producer Lee
People at the campus
[edit]- Cha Sun-woo as Hwang Byung-shim (24), Mi-ran's ex-boyfriend
- Shim Hyung-tak as old Byung-shim (44)
- Song Ji-eun as Oh Young-seon (24), Mi-ran's best friend, who married Byung-shim.
- Seo Jeong-yeon as old Young-seon (44)
- Oh Ha-nee as Park Kyung-ja (24), Mi-ran's other best friend.
- Park Hee-jin as old Kyung-ja (44)
- Choi Bo-min as Hwang Ji-hoon (19), Hwang Byung-shim and Young-sun's son, a freshman at Korea University who develops a crush on Mi-ran.
- Kang Yoo-seok as Park Young-joon (19), Ji-hoon's best friend, a freshman at Korea University.
Others
[edit]- Lee Bong-ryun as Park Yoo-ja[6]
- Han Ki-woong as Lee Jung-woo
- Seo Hyun-chul as Hwang Gab-soo (46/66),[7] the professor in charge of the frozen human experiments. He was seriously hurt in a car accident that caused him to be comatosed, rendering him unable to help Dong-chan and Mi-ran to regain consciousness for the next twenty years
- Lee Moo-saeng as Jo Ki-beom (45),[7] Professor Hwang's assistant
- Kim Wook as young Ki-beom (25)
- Seo Sang-won as Doctor Yoon[7]
- Kim Bup-rae as Lee Hyung-do / Lee Seok-do, who were both twin brothers. Seok-do was one of the test subjects of Professor Hwang's experiment, and Hyung-do, who was Seok-do's younger twin brother, wanted to murder his brother and Professor Hwang in order to take his brother's place as the next-in-line CEO of their father's company
Special appearances
[edit]- Tony Ahn (Ep. 1)
- Kim Soo-ro (Ep. 6)
- Ra Mi-ran (Ep. 6)
- Park Jin-young as Jang Woo-shin (Ep. 14)
- Byung Hun
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Won Jin-ah and Yoon Se-ah have previously starred together in Rain or Shine (2017). The first script reading took place in June 2019.[8]
Original soundtrack
[edit]Melting Me Softly OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Recorded | 2019 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | |
Label |
Part 1
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Right In Front Of You" (네 앞에) |
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| K.Will | 4:00 |
2. | "Right In Front Of You" (Inst.) |
| 4:00 | ||
Total length: | 8:00 |
Part 2
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "You Have To Tell Me" (꼭 말해줘) |
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| Yeonjung (WJSN) | 03:13 |
2. | "You Have To Tell Me" (Inst.) |
| 03:13 | ||
Total length: | 06:26 |
Part 3
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "When Love Passes By" (사랑이 지나가면) | Lee Young-hoon | Lee Young-hoon | Ji Chang-wook | 04:11 |
2. | "When Love Passes By" (Inst.) | Lee Young-hoon | 04:11 | ||
Total length: | 08:22 |
Part 4
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Ice Doll" (얼음인형) |
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| Parc Jae-jung | 4:10 |
2. | "Ice Doll" (Inst.) |
| 4:10 | ||
Total length: | 8:20 |
Ratings
[edit]Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 652 | 816 | 882 | 864 | 536 | 658 | 547 | 701 | 299 | 511 | 330 | 429 | 453 | 456 | 379 | 549 | 566 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[10] | ||
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
1 | September 28, 2019 | The Origin Of Cryogenics | 2.486% | 2.606% | |
2 | September 29, 2019 | Resurrection | 3.177% | 2.858% | |
3 | October 5, 2019 | The Days We Lost | 3.163% | 3.278% | |
4 | October 6, 2019 | Some Like It Cold | 3.201% | 3.250% | |
5 | October 12, 2019 | The Destiny Of 31.5 Degree! | 2.063% | 2.126% | |
6 | October 13, 2019 | Captain Korea | 2.481% | 2.777% | |
7 | October 19, 2019 | All About Love | 1.843% | 2.101% | |
8 | October 20, 2019 | Fling and Fight | 2.419% | 2.511% | |
9 | October 26, 2019 | Between the Cold and the Passion | 1.160% | N/A | |
10 | October 27, 2019 | Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien | 2.074% | 1.983% | |
11 | November 2, 2019 | Family, After All | 1.461% | N/A | |
12 | November 3, 2019 | To Die or To Be Mad | 1.622% | ||
13 | November 9, 2019 | The Truth Too Late | 1.774% | 1.491% | |
14 | November 10, 2019 | The People Who Want To Get Frozen | 1.765% | 1.271% | |
15 | November 16, 2019 | Hot Guy and Cold Girl | 1.432% | N/A | |
16 | November 17, 2019 | Melting Me Softly | 2.282% | 2.407% | |
Average | 2.150% | —[a] | |||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
References
[edit]- ^ Kim, Ji-won (August 27, 2019). "'날 녹여주오', 9월 28일 첫방...'가장 뜨거운 온도 33도' 지창욱X원진아 포스터". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Silly cryogenic plot device may work in 'Melting Me Softly': Freeze two characters, thaw them out 20 years later, and then see what happens". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 23, 2019. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Cho, Yoon-sun (July 9, 2019). "[공식] 윤세아, tvN '날 녹여주오' 주연 확정…'지창욱 첫♥' 아나운서役". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). "'날 녹여주오' 화기애애 첫 대본 현장 공개". Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- Melting Me Softly at IMDb
- Melting Me Softly at HanCinema