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[[File:Tlobs.jpg|thumb|350px|Legend of the Blue Sea]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 푸른 바다의 전설 / Puleun Badaui Jeonseol
*'''Also known as:''' Remember the Blue Sea
*'''Genre:''' Romance, comedy, fantasy
*'''Episodes:''' 20 + 1 Special
*'''Broadcast network:''' SBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2016-Nov-16 to 2017-Jan-25
*'''Air time:''' [[SBS Wednesday & Thursday Night 21:55|Wednesday & Thursday 22:00]]
*'''Original Soundtrack:''' [[Legend of the Blue Sea OST]]

==Synopsis==
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world. [http://mydramalist.com/18816-legend-of-the-blue-sea --MyDramaList]

==Cast==
;Main Cast
*[[Jun Ji Hyun]] as Se Hwa / Shim Chung (mermaid)
**[[Shin Eun Soo]] (신은수) as teen Se Hwa
**[[Kal So Won]] as child Se Hwa
*[[Lee Min Ho (1987)|Lee Min Ho]] as Kim Dam Ryung / Heo Joon Jae (27, conman)
**[[Jr.|Jin Young]] as teen Dam Ryung / Joon Jae
**[[Jun Jin Seo]] as child Joon Jae
;Conmen
*[[Lee Hee Joon]] as Jo Nam Doo (31, golfer conman)
*[[Shin Won Ho]] as Tae Oh (25, hacker conman)
;Heo Joon Jae's family
*[[Lee Ji Hoon (1988)|Lee Ji Hoon]] as Heo Chi Hyun (27, Joon Jae's step-brother)
*[[Hwang Shin Hye]] as Kang Seo Hee (54, Joon Jae's step-mother, Cha Hyun's biological mother)
**[[Oh Yun Ah]] (오연아) as younger Kang Seo Hee
*[[Choi Jung Woo]] as Heo Il Joong (59, Joon Jae's father)
*[[Na Young Hee]] as Mo Yoo Ran (54, Joon Jae's biological mother)
**[[Shim Yi Young]] as younger Mo Yoo Ran
;Cha Shi Ah's family
*[[Shin Hye Sun]] as Cha Shi Ah (27, KAIST researcher)
*[[Moon So Ri]] as Ahn Jin Joo (44, Daechi-dong mom)
*[[Lee Jae Won (1986)|Lee Jae Won]] as Cha Dong Shik (40s, entrepreneur)
;People who chase Joon Jae
*[[Sung Dong Il]] as Lord Yang (innkeeper) / Ma Dae Young (40s, prison-breaker)
*[[Park Hae Soo]] as Hong Dong Pyo (42, detective)
;Extended Cast
*[[Shin Rin Ah]] as Seo Yoo Na (elementary school 1st grade student)
*[[Hong Jin Kyung]] as homeless woman (ep 3, 5, 9, 11, 15-17)
*[[Lee Ho Jae]] as old fisherman
*[[Ri Min]]
*[[Seo Bum Shik]]
*[[Jung Tae In]] (정태인)
*[[Seo Dong Won]] as Aquarium employee
===Cameos===
*[[Go Kyu Pil]] as Han Sung Tae (Myung-dong Capital CEO) (ep 1)
*[[Kim Sung Ryung]] as Jang Jin Ok (madam of Myung-dong Capital) (ep 1-3)
*[[Krystal Jung]] as Min Ji (stewardess) (ep 1)
*[[Ahn Jae Hong (1986)|Ahn Jae Hong]] as Kim Bong Duk / Thomas, the missionary (ep 2)
*[[Cha Tae Hyun]] as Han River conman (ep 4)
*[[Kim Kang Hyun]] as policeman (ep 5)
*[[Park Jin Joo]] as ER nurse (ep 6)
*[[Jo Jung Suk]] as Yoo Jung Hoon (merman / 119 rescue worker) (ep 7, 8)
*[[Jung Yoo Mi (1984)|Jung Yoo Mi]] as Kim Hye Jin (Jung Hoon's ex-girlfriend) (ep 8)
*[[Kim Sun Young (1976)|Kim Sun Young]] as woman at the sauna (ep 11)

==Production Credits==
*'''Chief Producer:''' [[Park Young Soo]]
*'''Director:''' [[Jin Hyuk]], [[Park Sun Ho (director)|Park Sun Ho]] (박선호)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Park Ji Eun (writer)|Park Ji Eun]]

==Episode Ratings==
*''See [[Legend of the Blue Sea/Episode Ratings]]''

==Recognitions==
'''2016 SBS Drama Awards:'''
*Top Excellence Award for Genre & Fantasy Drama ([[Lee Min Ho (1987)|Lee Min Ho]])
*Top 10 Stars Award ([[Lee Min Ho (1987)|Lee Min Ho]] & [[Jun Ji Hyun]])
*Best Couple Award ([[Lee Min Ho (1987)|Lee Min Ho]] & [[Jun Ji Hyun]])
*Special Acting Award for Fantasy Drama ([[Sung Dong Il]])
*Best Eating ([[Jun Ji Hyun]])

==Notes==
*SBS announced that on December 29, it will not be airing the drama’s 14th episode. Instead, a special feature that stitches together popular scenes from the first 13 episodes will be shown.

==External Links==
*[http://program.sbs.co.kr/builder/programReplayVideo.do?pgm_id=22000009983&pgm_build_id=19607&pgm_mnu_id=46305 Official site]
*[http://movie.daum.net/tv/main?tvProgramId=77104 Daum movie site]
*[[wikipedia:ko:푸른 바다의 전설|Korean Wikipedia]]

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