Kill Me, Heal Me

Kill Me, Heal Me

Promotional poster for Kill Me, Heal Me
Genre Romantic comedy
Medical drama
Mystery
Written by Jin Soo-wan
Directed by Kim Jin-man
Kim Dae-jin
Starring Ji Sung
Hwang Jung-eum
Park Seo-joon
Oh Min-seok
Kim Yoo-ri
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Han Hee
Location(s) Korea
Running time 60 minutes
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s) Pan Entertainment
Huace Media
Broadcast
Original channel Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original run January 7, 2015 – March 12, 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Mr. Back
Followed by Angry Mom
External links
Website

Kill Me, Heal Me (Hangul: 킬미, 힐미; RR: Kilmi, Hilmi) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Oh Min-seok, and Kim Yoo-ri.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It aired on MBC from January 7 to March 12, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.[10][11] The series incorporates dissociative identity disorder and child abuse elements as pivotal topics.[12] It also reunited Ji Sung and Hwang Jung-eum, who previously starred together in Secret Love (2013).[13]

Plot

A traumatic childhood experience causes third-generation chaebol Cha Do-hyun to have memory lapses, and his personality fractures into seven different identities. He tries to regain control over his life and is treated secretly by Oh Ri-jin, a first-year psychiatry resident, who eventually falls in love with him.

Cast

Main characters

A wealthy businessman with a warmhearted personality who loves to help others. However, 11 years ago, after he realized that he suffers from dissociative identity disorder, he has been desperately trying to hide it from his families and friends. It is later revealed that his named Cha Do-hyun is not actually his real name but Cha Joon-young. He has six other identities:
  • Shin Se-gi: a vehement guy with a devil-may-care demeanor who appears when Do-hyun experiences violence. He may be violent, but he never hurts children and women. Se-gi endures all of Do-hyun's pain as he is the only one who remember his memories. His first love is Oh Ri-jin.
  • Perry Park: a 40 year-old man with an aficionado for fishing and building bombs. He speaks with Jeolla dialect.
  • Ahn Yo-seob: a suicidal, intelligent 17 year old boy and artist. Yo-na's twin brother.
  • Ahn Yo-na ("Yo-na" is the Korean version of "Jonah"): an extrovert and mischievous 17 year old girl who loves idols. She appears when Cha Do-Hyun undergoes a great deal of pain or mental stress, and needs to endure it clandestinely. She has a crush on Oh Ri-on.
  • Cha Do-hyun (NaNa): a 7 year-old girl who has a teddy bear named Nana.
  • Mr. X: a mysterious guy whom later revealed as the father of Cha Do-hyun (NaNa).
A first-year psychiatry resident who tries hard to maintain her seemingly perfect image to cover for her real personality. At first glance she looks elegant and genteel, but she is actually messy and short-tempered. Ri-jin then becomes Do Hyun's secret psychiatrist, and slowly falls in love with him. It is later revealed that her real name is actually Cha Do-hyun.
He is Ri-jin's twin brother. Ri-on often gets mistaken for a goofy simpleton, but he is actually a famous mystery novelist under the pseudonym Omega who investigates about Seungjin Family.
President of ID Entertainment, he is Do-hyun's confident and competent cousin. Ki-joon and Do-hyun are rivals, with both competing to inherit their family's company.
She is Do-hyun's first love and Ki-joon's fiancé, a cold and prideful woman.

Supporting characters

Seungjin Family
Family of Ri-jin and Ri-on
Others

Special appearance

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[16] AGB Nielsen[17]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 7 January 2015 8.7% (20th) 11.1% (12th) 9.2% (15th) 10.3% (13th)
2 8 January 2015 8.0% 11.2% (10th) 8.9% (17th) 9.6% (16th)
3 14 January 2015 8.5% 11.3% (9th) 10.3% (14th) 11.2% (8th)
4 15 January 2015 8.4% 10.4% (19th) 9.4% (18th) 10.8% (10th)
5 21 January 2015 8.6% (20th) 11.3% (10th) 9.5% (16th) 10.5% (11th)
6 22 January 2015 9.2% (17th) 12.3% (8th) 9.9% (14th) 10.9% (10th)
7 28 January 2015 9.4% (18th) 12.0% (7th) 9.6% (14th) 10.6% (10th)
8 29 January 2015 9.8% (14th) 12.3% (7th) 11.5% (11th) 12.5% (6th)
9 4 February 2015 10.2% (16th) 12.5% (6th) 10.5% (12th) 11.3% (9th)
10 5 February 2015 10.9% (14th) 13.5% (6th) 11.0% (11th) 12.2% (6th)
11 11 February 2015 11.2% (12th) 14.7% (5th) 10.9% (12th) 12.0% (6th)
12 12 February 2015 10.2% (14th) 14.1% (6th) 11.4% (9th) 12.3% (7th)
13 18 February 2015 11.0% (10th) 14.1% (5th) 10.3% (9th) 11.1% (7th)
14 19 February 2015 10.1% (9th) 13.2% (4th) 9.4% (7th) 9.6% (4th)
15 25 February 2015 11.2% (10th) 14.6% (6th) 10.5% (9th) 11.3% (8th)
16 26 February 2015 10.7% (13th) 12.8% (8th) 10.4% (11th) 11.2% (9th)
17 4 March 2015 12.1% (8th) 15.0% (6th) 11.5% (9th) 12.5% (6th)
18 5 March 2015 10.6% (10th) 13.0% (7th) 9.8% (15th) 11.0% (8th)
19 11 March 2015 10.7% (11th) 13.4% (7th) 9.2% (16th) 10.0% (13th)
20 12 March 2015 10.5% (13th) 13.1% (7th) 9.4% (17th) 10.6% (11th)
Average 10.0% 12.8% 10.1% 11.1%

Original soundtrack

Kill Me, Heal Me:
Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released March 5, 2015
Genre Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B
Language Korean, English
Label RIAK
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "환청" (Auditory Hallucination)Jang Jae-in feat. NaShow 3:29
2. "Healing Love"  Luna and Cho-yi (LU:KUS) 4:11
3. "말할 수 없는 비밀" (Unspeakable Secret)Moon Myung-jin 4:26
4. "이런 기분" (This Feeling)Lee Yoo-rim 3:34
5. "너를 보낸다" (Letting You Go)Park Seo-joon 4:07
6. "제비꽃" (Violet)Ji Sung 3:54
7. "환청 (Inst.)" (Auditory Hallucination (Inst.))Various Artists 3:29
8. "Healing Love (Inst.)"  Various Artists 4:11
9. "말할 수 없는 비밀 (Inst.)" (Unspeakable Secret (Inst.))Various Artists 4:26
10. "이런 기분 (Inst.)" (This Feeling (Inst.))Various Artists 3:34
11. "Kill Me"  Various Artists 2:26
12. "I Am Shin Se-gi"  Various Artists 3:39
13. "Beyond Recollection"  Various Artists 3:58
14. "Freak"  Various Artists 2:17
15. "Childhood"  Various Artists 2:01
16. "Who Are You?"  Various Artists 2:37
17. "Driving to the Past"  Various Artists 3:40
18. "I Am Cha Do-hyun"  Various Artists 2:16
19. "Heal Me"  Various Artists 2:46

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015
51st Baeksang Arts Awards
 Best Drama Kill Me, Heal Me Pending
Best Actor (TV) Ji Sung Pending
Best Director (TV) Kim Jin-man Pending
Best Screenplay (TV) Jin Soo-wan Pending

References

  1. ↑ Jung, Yeawon (5 December 2014). "Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum Confirmed as Leads for Kill Me Heal Me". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  2. ↑ Ahn, Woorim (5 December 2014). "Leading Roles Of Drama Kill Me, Heal Me Are Confirmed". BNTNews. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  3. ↑ Kim, Min-jin (6 December 2014). "Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-eum to reunite through Kill Me, Heal Me". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  4. ↑ "Hwang Jung Eum and Ji Sung reunite during script reading for Kill Me, Heal Me". Allkpop. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  5. ↑ Lee, Yousun (5 January 2015). "Kill Me, Heal Me starring Ji Sung and Hwang Jung-eum releases four posters". Asia Today. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  6. ↑ Hea, Jung-min (5 January 2015). "[Photo] Ji Sung, Hwang Jung Eum, Park Seo Joon and More Get Set for Kill Me Heal Me". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  7. ↑ "Hwang Jung-eum Reunites with Ji Sung for New TV Series". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  8. ↑ Jung, Yeawon (11 February 2015). "Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum Enjoy Taking Sticker Pictures for Kill Me Heal Me". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  9. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (12 February 2015). "Kill Me, Heal Me Reveals Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum's Rap Battle Was Ad-libbed". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  10. ↑ Nawael, Khelil (5 January 2015). "Two Days Left Until Kill Me, Heal Me First Airing". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Kill Me, Heal Me Hwang Jeong-eum and Ji Seong at ending party". TV Report via Hancinema. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  12. ↑ "“Kill Me, Heal Me” Writer Receives Touching Fan Letter from America". Soompi. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  13. ↑ Sung, So-young (6 December 2014). "Hwang and Ji together again". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  14. ↑ "Ji Sung Talks About Adopting Multiple Identities". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  15. ↑ Kim, Yeon-ji (19 March 2015). "Hwang speaks candidly on Kill Me". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  16. ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  17. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-01-07.

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