A decades-old incident involving a group of five friends who ran an illegal pro-democracy broadcasting station during the Fifth Republic in South Korea brings together three different people—an illegal "night courier" with the codename "Healer" who possesses top-notch fighting skills, a reporter from a second-rate tabloid news website, and a famous journalist at a major broadcast station. In trying to uncover the truth from that 1992 incident, they grow into real, honest reporters, while dealing with the conflict between truth and fate.
Cast
Main
Ji Chang-wook as Seo Jung-hu/Park Bong-soo/Healer
*Park Si-jin as young Jung-hu
*Go Woo-rim as child Jung-hu
*Choi Jung-hu as toddler Jung-hu
Park Min-young as Chae Young-shin/Oh Ji-an
*Kim So-yeon as young Young-shin
*Shin Soo-yeon as 10-year-old Ji-an
*Park Ji-so as 8-year-old Ji-an
*Ku Geon-min as 5-year-old Ji-an
Yoo Ji-tae as Kim Mun-ho
*Kim Seung-chan as young Mun-ho
*Lee Woo-joo as child Mun-ho
Supporting
Kim Mi-kyung as Jo Min-ja, Hacker ahjumma, a former detective specializing in cyber crimes
Oh Kwang-rok as Ki Young-jae, Jung-hoo's teacher, one of five friends from the past
Ji Il-joo as Seo Joon-seok, Jung-hoo's father, an engineer of the illegal radio station and later a photographer working with Oh Gil-han
Lee Kyung-shim as Jung-hoo's mother
*Song Ji-in as young Jung-hoo's mother
Park Sang-myun as Chae Chi-soo, Young-shin's adoptive father, a lawyer specializing in defending clients accused of burglary who also runs a café where he has employed many of his former clients
Woo Hyun as Chul-min, a former convict and one of Chae Chi-soo's clients who now works at the café
Park Won-sang as Jang Byung-se, head of "Someday News," an internet tabloid news site where Chae Young-shin works
Choi Seung-kyung as Yeo Gi-ja, "Reporter Yeo" at "Someday News"
Park Sang-won as Kim Moon-sik, one of the initial five friends, now a highly successful CEO of a news agency
*Son Seung-won as young Moon-sik, driver of the truck from which the five friends ran their illegal radio station
Do Ji-won as Choi Myung-hee, Young-shin's biological mother, living in the present with Kim Moon-sik and using a wheelchair
*Jung Hye-in as young Myung-hee, one of the lead reporters in the illegal radio station
Woo Hee-jin as Kang Min-jae, news director at "ABS News," where Kim Moon-ho works at the start of the story
Jang Sung-beom as Lee Jong-soo, Kim Moon-ho's assistant
Park Sang-wook as Bae Sang-soo, head of a rival "night courier" agency
Hong Seung-jin as Yo-yo, employed by Bae Sang-soo
Jo Han-chul as Yoon Dong-won, a detective specializing in cyber crimes
Oh Jong-hyuk as Oh Gil-han, Young-shin's biological father, one of the lead reporters in the illegal radio station and a regular reporter after the fall of the Fifth Republic
Jung Gyu-soo as Oh Tae-won, Moon-sik's secretary and agent of "The Elder"
Kim Ri-na as Joo Yeon-hee, an actress who turns to Chae Young-shin and her father for help
Choi Jong-won as Park Jung-dae, "The Elder," a shadowy figure operating behind the scenes
Lee Moon-sik as Ko Sung-chul
Nam Hee-seok
Jeon Hye-bin as Kim Jae-yoon
Ratings
Original soundtrack
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
It aired in Vietnam on HTV2 from March 17, 2016, under the name Người hùng của em.
It aired in Thailand on PPTV starting October 15, 2016.
