Mouse

 

Mouse  starring Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun and Kyung Soo-jin. The series, directed by Choi Joon-bae and Kang Cheol-woo and written by Choi Ran, follows the confrontation of police officer Jeong Ba-reum (Lee Seung-gi) with a serial killer. It premiered on tvN on March 3, 2021 and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 KST. It is also available for streaming on MyTV SUPER in Hong. kong and Viu and IQiyi in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines , Myanmar and Malaysia.

 

The scriptwriter is inspired by the Incheon Elementary School Murder case in 2017. 

"I want the defendant to know how precious our youngest child was..." In 2017, at the Incheon Elementary School murder trial, this is what the mother of the child victim said. Unfortunately, that did not happen.

When the victim’s mother asked the defendant what was the hardest thing right now, the defendant's answer was not sorry or guilt. Instead, the defendant said, "The weather is nice, but it's the hardest for me not to see cherry blossoms.“

The whole nation was shocked and furious at the defendant's response. Perhaps it is natural for the defendant to give such an answer. After all, the defendant was born with a different gene from ours, the "Psychopathic Gene". Psychopath has the same brain as ordinary human beings, but without a mirror neuron. She does not feel the pain of others at all. Neither can they perceive other feelings such as guilt, sympathy, compassion, or regret. Therefore, we cannot expect repentance or atonement from the defendant. That's why the defendant could not understand that the child she brutally murdered is, in fact, precious to his parents.

Victims' families can only spend their entire lives in pain while the perpetrators spent the rest of their lives trying to kill. They have the genes that enable them to turn a blind eye to what they have done and live comfortably, without feeling even 1% of the remorse or guilt that they should have felt and that gives rise to unbearable rage.

The scriptwriter planned the drama in this backdrop. The psychopaths are the ones who believe in what they have done. As the scriptwriter wanted to see psychopath murderers feel the pain, reflect on their actions, and atone. Even if there’s only a slight chance that they will feel empathy, they should understand their sins sincerely and feel remorse. That would be the best punishment and salvation for the psychopathic murderers

Mouse fantasizes the scenario, what if psychopaths can feel remorse and guilt for their actions. It follows Jeong Ba-reum (Lee Seung-gi), a steadfast police officer, whose life changes when he encounters a psychopathic serial killer. This drives him and his partner Go Moo-chi (Lee Hee-joon) to unearth the truth behind psychopathic behaviours. This also raises the questions, whether it is possible to scan a psychopath in the mother's womb using fetal genetic testing? And if the child in the womb is a psychopath, will it be wise to have that child

Cast

Main

·         Lee Seung-gi as Jeong Ba-reum / Jung Jae-hoon, a police officer whose life changes after the confrontation with a psychopathic killer. He stopped school violence perpetrators and won the Citizen Hero Award in high school. He is a new police officer at the Dongbu Police Station. He frequently visits senior citizens living alone in the neighborhood, and helps them with their laundry, repairing the boilers, buying the groceries and many more. He also feeds stray cats on a daily basis and even once rescued a bird by stopping a car with his body. He is such a nice guy that one would wonder whether a man like Ba-reum actually exists in the world. The lack of knowledge on his past and his "too kind to be true" nature has raised suspicions on his identity. 

·         Lee Hee-joon as Go Moo-chi, a detective who does not care about the rules and is willing to resort to any method to catch criminals

o    Song Min-jae  as young Go Moo-chi

o    Suh Dong-hyun as teen Go Moo-chi

Just like his name, "Go" Moo-chi the legendary gangster detective, standing alongside the unsub, will make you feel confused as to who is the detective and who is the criminal. Because of his hot temper, he ends up assaulting suspects, doing expediency and illegal investigation. Therefore, the arrest rate of Go Moo-chi is the highest among other public figures, but he is not interested in promotion or performance. He became a detective to get revenge on the murderer who killed his parents. His only goal is to enter the detention center where the murderer is and kill him. He has visited a lot of psychopaths and attempted to kill them but failed to do so. Then, a psychopath, the Predator, has captured his attention. He is willing to be a monster to catch it and is willing to provoke and chase him. Something unexpected happened and he is thrown into another whirlwind of fate...

·        Park Ju-hyun^[10] as Oh Bong-yi, a tough-looking high school senior who lives with her grandmother and is an expert in martial arts. Though she doesn't excel much at school, she is confident and tough, and always straightforward. However, she is a character with a deep past. After the incident ten years ago, she realized that she was the only one in the world who could protect or save herself. Bong-yi has learned the basics of "self-defense" to protect herself. In her backpack, instead of books, she always has her boxing gloves and sports bands. She is a 10-tier martial arts girl who is excellent in boxing and jiujitsu, as she visits the martial arts gym every day. She has a bickering relationship with Jung Ba Ruem however she cares a lot about Ba Ruem's over all well being. 

·        Kyung Soo-jin as Choi Hong-ju, a talented production director known as "Sherlock Hong-ju"

o    Park So-yi as young Hong-ju

She is a producer of the Current Affairs and Culture Department of OBN, and nicknamed "Sherlock Hongju." She is proud of herself and if she wants to, she would throw herself to broadcast the incident somehow. Even fire and water cannot stop her passion. And Hong-ju's instinct is never wrong. At a young age, she won the Celestial Arts Award, various journalists' awards, and special awards, making her one of the most talented reporters in the station. She seems to be in and out of the police station as if it was her own home to obtain information for her broadcast. Then the murder that caught Hong-ju's radar! But somehow, the closer they get to the case, the harder the truth is to be found. For 25 years, she is about to open a huge Pandora's box, which she has lived with in her heart all