Reply 1997 (2012)

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Answer Me 1997

Details

• Title: 응답하라 1997 / Eungdabhara 1997
• Also known as: Answer to 1997 / Reply 1997
• Genre: Youth, sitcom
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2012-Jul-24 to 2012-Sep-18
• Air time: Tuesday 23:00 (2 episodes back to back)

Synopsis

This drama will focus on the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when idol groups took center stage and K-pop was blossoming.

It tells the story of 6 former high school friends from a school in Busan who meet again in 2012 and brings back memories to 1997 when they were still high school students. Moving back and forth between the ’90s and today, the story centers on the life of Sung Si Won (Jung Eun Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T., and her 5 high school friends. --KimchiDrama

Cast

Correlation Chart

Main Cast

• Jung Eun Ji as Sung Shi Won
• Seo In Guk as Yoon Yoon Jae
• Shin So Yool as Mo Yoo Jung
• Hoya as Kang Joon Hee
• Eun Ji Won (은지원) as Do Hak Chan
• Lee Shi Un as Bang Sung Jae

Extended Cast

• Sung Dong Il as Sung Dong Il (Shi Won's father)
  • Kang Kyun Sung (강균성) as young Dong Il (ep9)
• Lee Il Hwa as Lee Il Hwa (Shi Won's mother)
  • Park Cho Rong as young Il Hwa (ep9)
• Song Jong Ho as Yoon Tae Woong (Yoon Jae's brother)
• No Ji Yeon (노지연) as Jang Dan Ji
• Jung Kyung Mi (정경미) as Kyung Mi / Eun Dok Ki
• Sun Ah (선아) as Sun Ah / Eun Gak Ha

Cameos

• Kim Gook Jin as MC of Star Date (ep1)
• Tony Ahn as himself (ep1,3)
• Kim Ye Won (김예원) as Sung Song Joo (Shi Won's older sister) (ep4,9)
• Siwan as ROTC student (ep4)
• Lee Yoon Suk (이윤석) as Lee Dong Gyu (ep5)
• Kim Jong Min (김종민) as doctor (ep5)
• Shin Bong Sun (신봉선) as Busan club H.O.T. president (ep6)
• Choo Min Ki as Chu Shin Soo (ep8)
• Kim Tae Won (김태원) as karaoke room guest (ep8)
• Jung Myung Ok (정명옥) as karaoke room guest (ep8)
• Jung Joo Ri as karaoke room guest (ep8)
• Park Ji Yoon as Joon Hee's sixth older sister (ep8) / seventh older sister (ep10)
• Ryu Dam as Lee Dae Ho (ep8)
• Yoon Bo Mi (윤보미) as young Moon Jung Mi (Yoon Jae's mother in 1968) (ep9)
• Yang Joon Hyuk (양준혁) as Yoon Joon Hyuk (Yoon Jae's father in 1968) (ep9)
  • Son Jin Young as young Joon Hyuk (ep9)
• Kim Ki Wook (김기욱) as cell phone store salesman (ep9)
• Yoon Hyung Bin (윤형빈) as Eun Dok Ki's husband (ep10)
• Yang Se Hyung (양세형) as Eun Gak Ha's husband (ep10)
• Ahn Young Mi (안영미) as Sechs Kies fanclub president (ep10)
• Kang Yoo Mi as H.O.T. fanclub president (ep10)
• Shin Dong Yup as MC of 1998 Golden Disk Awards (ep10)
• Lee Joo Yeon as Joo Yeon (ep 14)

Production Credits

• Director: Shin Won Ho (신원호)
• Screenwriter: Lee Sun Hye (이선혜), Kim Ran Joo (김란주)

Episode Ratings

Episode ratings for tvN cable TV drama "Answer Me 1997"

Date	Episode	Subtitle	Average Rating (%)	Peak (%)
2012-07-24	01	Eighteen	1.20	1.80
	02	Becoming more and more different
2012-07-31	03	What you see is not everything	1.20	1.70
	04	Fair play
2012-08-07	05	Life's counterattack	1.60	2.10
	06	Love makes you do things you’ve never done
2012-08-14	07	Future hopes	3.25	4.56
	08	D-day
2012-08-21	09	The thread of fate	3.00	3.80
	10	The reason I like you
2012-08-28	11	The fairness of relationships	3.46	4.43
	12	The meaning of hands
2012-09-04	13	Next time… no, now	3.70	4.70
	14	Love is ordered by the heart
2012-09-11	15	While you were in love	4.17	5.52
2012-09-18	16	The reason why first loves don’t last
Average			-	-

Source: TNmS Media Korea

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

External Links

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• News articles: (1),(2) (3)