Sign (TV series)

2011 South Korean television series

Sign

Promotional poster

Genre| Romance
Crime
Action
Written by| Jang Hang-jun
Kim Eun-hee
Directed by| Jang Hang-jun
Starring| Park Shin-yang
Kim Ah-joong
Jun Kwang-ryul
Jung Gyu-woon
Uhm Ji-won
Composers|

* Yang Jeong-woo
* Kim Soo-jin

Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of episodes| 20
Production
Executive producers| Choi Moon-suk
Kim Yong-hoon
Lee Mi-ji
Producer| Park Ji-eun
Production companies| Apollo Pictures
Golden Thumb
Original release
Network| SBS TV
Release| January 5 (2011-01-05) –
March 10, 2011 (2011-03-10)

Sign (Korean: 싸인) is 2011 South Korean television series, starring Park Shin-yang, Kim Ah-joong, Jun Kwang-ryul, Jung Gyu-woon and Uhm Ji-won. It is about the life of forensic doctors. It aired on SBS TV from January 6 to March 10, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

## Synopsis

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The story details the partnership between Go Da-kyung (Kim Ah-joong), a warm-hearted rookie and Yoon Ji-hoon (Park Shin-yang), a high-tempered forensic doctor, who find themselves an unlikely pair for solving cases.

## Cast

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* Park Shin-yang as Yoon Ji-hoon [1]
* Kim Ah-joong as Go Da-kyung
* Uhm Ji-won as Jung Woo-jin
* Jung Gyu-woon as Choi Yi-han
* Jun Kwang-ryul as Lee Myung-han
* Song Jae-ho as Jung Byung-do
* Jang Hyun-sung as Jang Min-suk
* Ahn Moon-sook as Hong Sook-joo
* Jung Eun-pyo as Kim Wan-tae
* Im Ho-gul as Jang Jae-young
* Moon Chun-shik as Ahn Sung-jin
* Kwon Byung-gil as Goo Sung-tae
* Lee Jung-hun as Joo In-hyuk
* Kim Kyung-bum as Park Tae-gyu
* Jung Seung-ho as Go Kang-shik
* Kim Young-sun as Jung Eun-mo
* Hwang Sun-hee as Kang Seo-yeon
* Park Young-ji as Kang Joon-hyuk
* Kim Eung-soo as Chief prosecutor Choi Jung-seop
* Yoo Se-rye as Mi-young
* Park Geon-il as Seo Yoon-hyung
* Kim Han-joon as Kang Yong-hwa
* Oh Hyun-chul as Woo Jae-won
* Supernova as VOICE (cameo)
* Jung Yoon-hak as Boy Band "VOICE" member
* Jung Ji-yoon as Secretary for lead prosecutor
* Choi Jae-hwan as Ahn Soo-hyun (ep 4-7)
* Han Bo-bae as Aki-chan (ep 8)
* Kim Sung-won as school principal (ep 8)
* Kim Jung-tae as Jung Cha-young (ep 11-13)
* Baek Seung-hyeon as Lee Chul-won (ep 12-13)
* Jung Da-bin as Da-bin (ep 13-14)
* Kim Dan-yool as village kid (ep 13-14)
* Yoon Joo-sang as Jung Moon-soo (cameo)
* Kim Sung-oh as Lee Ho-jin (cameo, ep 15-19)
* Kim Min-kyo as policeperson (cameo, ep 1)
* Maxine Koo as Chinese CBC reporter (cameo)
* Jang Hang-jun as side table guest (cameo)
* Yang Taek-jo (cameo)
* Jung Mi-jung
* Im Seung-dae

## International Broadcast

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*     * Indosiar (2012–2013)
* RCTI (2015)
* NET. (2023)

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Recipient  | Result

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2011  | 47th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress  | Kim Ah-joong | Nominated
4th Korea Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang)  | Sign | Nominated
Best New Actress  | Hwang Sun-hee | Nominated
19th SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special  | Park Shin-yang | Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special  | Kim Ah-joong | Nominated
Uhm Ji-won | Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special  | Jung Gyu-woon | Won
Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special  | Hwang Sun-hee | Nominated

## Japanese remake

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A Japanese remake titled Sign: Houigakusha Yuzuki Takashi no Jiken (サイン―法医学者 柚木貴志の事件―) will air on TV Asahi in July 2019. It is produced by Total Media Communication.

## References

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1. ^ Hong, Lucia (September 3, 2010). "Park Shin-yang cast as male lead in upcoming series". 10 Asia. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

## External links

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* Sign official SBS website (in Korean)
* Sign at HanCinema
* Sign at IMDb

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Works written by Kim Eun-hee

Films|

* Once in a Summer (2006)
* Rebound (2023)

TV series|

* Golden House (2010)
* Sign (2011)
* Phantom (2012)
* Three Days (2014)
* Signal (2016)
* Kingdom (2019)
* Jirisan (2021)
* Revenant (2023)

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