The Girl Who Sees Smells

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The Girl Who Sees Smells
File:The girl who sees smell.jpg
Promotional poster
Also known as 'Sensory Couple'
Genre Romance
Suspense
Comedy
Fantasy
Based on The Girl Who Sees Smells
by Man Chwi
Written by Lee Hee-myung
Directed by Baek Soo-chan
Oh Choong-hwan
Starring Park Yoo-chun
Shin Se-kyung
Namgung Min
Yoon Jin-seo
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Yong-jin
Producer(s) Lee Yong-seok
Min Yeon-hong
Jang Sung-wook
Cinematography Lee Gil-bok
Jung Min-gyun
Editor(s) Jang Si-yeon
Running time 65 minutes
Production company(s) SBS Plus
Release
Original network Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release April 1 (2015-04-01) –
May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21)
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 냄새를 보는 소녀
Revised Romanization Naemsaereul Boneun Sonyeo
McCune–Reischauer Naemsaerŭl Bonŭn Sonyŏ

The Girl Who Sees Smells (Hangul: 냄새를 보는 소녀; RR: Naemsaereul Boneun Sonyeo) is a 2015 South Korean television series adapted from the webtoon of the same title.[1] Starring Park Yoo-chun, Shin Se-kyung, Namgung Min and Yoon Jin-seo, it aired on SBS on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes from April 1 to May 21, 2015.[2][3][4][5]

Its early working title was Sensory Couple (Hangul: 감각남녀; RR: Gamgangnamnyeo), before reverting to the name of the original webtoon.[6]

Plot

Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When the murderer is distracted, she escapes but is hit by a car. Eun-seol's parents are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, the work of the "Barcode" serial killer. The lead detective on the case, Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness.

On that same night, Choi Mu-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister, also named Choi Eun-seol (Kim So-hyun), who's being treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. But when he returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.

Six months later, Eun-seol comes out of her coma. But she has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned green with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. To protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he's her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Another six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedian, and works as a gopher for a small, struggling theater company called Frog Troupe.

On the other hand, Mu-gak had been so traumatized by his sister's death that after two months of no sleep and constant pain, he'd fainted and was clinically dead for ten days. When he woke up, he'd lost the sense of smell and taste, and is unable to feel pain. And unlike his previous warm personality, Mu-gak is now stoic, emotionless, and speaks in a monotone. He leaves his job at the aquarium to become a police officer, vowing to reopen the case and catch the killer. But to do so, he must first get promoted to detective, and has to prove himself to the head of the homicide unit Detective Kang Hyuk (Lee Won-jong) in ten days or else never ask for a promotion again. Cho-rim also needs a skit partner for her upcoming audition in ten days, and when she offers to help him with his cases in exchange, they decide to team up. After a model (Park Han-byul) turns up dead, seemingly another victim of the Barcode serial killer, Mu-gak joins the investigation headed by Lieutenant Yeom Mi (Yoon Jin-seo), and he hones in on two possible suspects: the model's boyfriend, chef Kwon Jae-hee (Namgung Min) and her doctor (Song Jong-ho).

Cast

Main characters

After the murder of his sister, Mu Gak is determined to become a police inspector and take revenge for his sister's death. He is desensitised and is unable to smell or taste his food.

Cho Rim witnessed the murder of her parents and lived on as the sole witness of the barcode serial murders. She has a strange ability-being able to see smells as patterns in the air. She forms a team with Mu Gak, and together, they work to solve the series of barcode murders.

Supporting characters

  • Jung In-gi as Oh Jae-pyo
  • Nam Chang-hee as Jo In-bae
  • Oh Cho-hee as Eo Woo-ya
  • Jung Chan-woo as Wang Ji-bang
  • Park Jin-joo as Ma Ae-ri
  • Lee Won-jong as Kang Hyuk
  • Choi Tae-joon as Detective Yeh
  • Jo Hee-bong as Detective Ki
  • Kim Byung-ok as Chief of Police
  • Choi Jae-hwan as Detective Tak
  • Jung Hyun-seok as Detective Kim
  • Kim Gi-cheon as Kim Joong-in
  • Song Jong-ho as Dr. Chun Baek-kyung

Guest/cameo appearances

  • Kim So-hyun as Choi Eun-seol (ep 1–2, 5)
  • Kim Dong-kyun as Park Hyung-jin (ep 1)
  • Bang Eun-hee as Yang Mi-yeon (ep 1)
  • Heo Joon-seok as Kang Sang-moon (ep 1)
  • Kim Bo-mi as Convenience store clerk (ep 1)
  • Kim Il-joong, Jang Ye-won as Themselves, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1)
  • Running Man cast as Themselves (ep 1)
  • Park Han-byul as Joo Ma-ri (ep 2)
  • Oh Jung-tae as Autoclub employee (ep 2)
  • Park Young-soo as Arrested man at the police station (ep 2)
  • Dan-woo (ep 2–3)
  • Son Se-bin (ep 2–3)
  • Ha Soo-ho as Hwang Ki-soo (ep 4)
  • Kim Ho-chang as Tak Min-seok (ep 4)
  • --- as Chef Hong (ep 5)
  • Oh Tae-kyung as Yang Seok-jin (ep 5)
  • Lee Jung-shin as Himself (ep 6)
  • Julian Quintart (ep 10)
  • Elena Vashilivashivanova

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[7] AGB Nielsen[8]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 April 1, 2015 5.6% 7.1% 5.6% 6.1%
2 April 2, 2015 6.0% 6.6% 6.1% 6.8%
3 April 8, 2015 6.6% 7.1% 7.0% 7.9%
4 April 9, 2015 7.8% 8.8% 7.8% 8.0%
5 April 15, 2015 7.4% 8.4% 7.1% 7.5%
6 April 16, 2015 8.5% 9.8% 7.5% 7.7%
7 April 22, 2015 7.3% 8.0% 8.1% 8.4%
8 April 23, 2015 9.2% 10.5% 8.3% 8.5%
9 April 29, 2015 7.9% 8.5% 6.8% 7.0%
10 April 30, 2015 9.3% 10.7% 8.0% 8.4%
11 May 6, 2015 8.0% 9.4% 7.5% 8.1%
12 May 7, 2015 8.6% 9.8% 6.9% 6.7%
13 May 13, 2015 9.1% 10.6% 8.7% 9.2%
14 May 14, 2015 10.1% 11.4% 9.5% 9.7%
15 May 20, 2015 10.9% 13.5% 9.6% 9.5%
16 May 21, 2015 11.9% 14.4% 10.8% 11.4%
Average 8.4% 9.7% 7.8% 8.2%

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Result
2015
23rd SBS Drama Awards
 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Yoo-chun Won
Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries Namgung Min Won
MelOn Music Awards
 Best OST "Spring Is Gone by Chance" by Yuju & Loco Won

References

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