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While You Were Sleeping (2017)

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For the 2011 SBS daily drama of the same name, see While You Were Sleeping.
While You Were Sleeping

Details

Synopsis

A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening.

Cast

Main Cast
Division 3 Detectives
Jung Jae Chan's family
Nam Hong Joo's family
Others
Guests

Production Credits

Episode Ratings

Recognitions

2018 Seoul International Drama Awards:

  • Top Excellence Award for Hallyu Dramas

Korea First Brand Awards:

  • Drama Category

2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards:

2017 SBS Drama Awards:

  • Female Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Bae Suzy)
  • Male Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Lee Jong Suk)
  • Male Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Lee Sang Yeob)
  • Best Couple Award (Bae Suzy & Lee Jong Suk)
  • Best Supporting Actor (Kim Won Hae)

2017 Asia Artist Awards:

Notes

  • This is a pre-produced drama.
  • Filming began February 2017 and finished July 2017.
  • Each night's broadcast is divided into two 30 minute episodes with a commercial break in between.
  • This is the third drama where actor Lee Jong Suk is starring in a work of scriptwriter Park Hye Ryun, after previously starring in dramas I Hear Your Voice and Pinocchio.
  • While You Were Sleeping is also Bae Suzy second starring role in a Park Hye Ryun drama after making her acting debut in another of Park Hye Ryun's scripted dramas, that drama being Dream High.
  • Shin Jae Ha and Kim So Hyun have previously appeared together opposite one another in KBS's 3-episode drama special Page Turner, a drama that was also scripted by Park Hye Ryun.
  • Kim So Hyun also appeared in Park Hye Ryun's I Hear Your Voice in a minor role.
  • The drama production location was in the city of Anssan, in the Gyeonggi Province.
  • Bae Suzy's "I Love You Boy" was a chart-topper, by its third week according to Gaon Digital Chart the song was streamed 3,815,648 times, elevating Bae Suzy into [GAON] Top 20 Most Downloaded Idol Soloist, she took the 11th spot.

Reviews

Review by [[User:Nova984[]

No need to worry about losing your time binge-watching another stale drama, why? Because this drama is going to have you at the edge of your seat. It has the perfect flourishes that make a drama a definitive must-watch! What does it have to its favor? An overarching central mystery? Check! Nail-biting cliffhangers? Check! Astonishingly brilliant special effects? Check! A fantasy or supernatural element that will help you suspend your disbelief? Check! A heart-wrenching dramatic romance? Check and mate!

Lee Jong Suk reaffirms once more what a good actor he is in While Were You Sleeping, long gone are the days of his debut in 2010's Prosecutor Princess, all thanks in part of While You Were Sleeping scriptwriter Park Hye Ryun who has found her perfect leading man for a couple of dramas she has written previously, 2013's I Can Hear Your Voice and 2015's Pinocchio. Lee Jong Suk's range as an actor truly shows in his performance as Jung Jae Chan, a cold-hearted prosecutor with a dark shadow lingering over his past in present, who during the course of the drama reveals his most buried inner-feelings to Bae Suzy's character Nam Hong Joo. Both of them are megastars in South Korea and as this drama proves it without a shadow of a doubt, they are a match made in heaven. Quite a coupling indeed.

Meanwhile, the conflict arises when you least suspect by a terrifying force of villainy that will have you fuming in rage, something to be expected as always, after all, is Dramaland, everything can happen. We all drama fans are a bit masochistic for that anyway. The acting is top notch for everyone involved, I like how the characters especially have each and every one of them their little quirk or some bit of nuance into their portrayal of the characters to make them more relatable and real life for the viewers.

The script written by Park Hye Ryun has many twists and turns that will have you gasping for air after a heart-stopping moment, believe me, there are plenty of those, the direction is absolutely flawless, although some camera work needed more work or effort put into it, the editing is masterful but flawed in some scenes and moments that are scattered over the course of the drama's run, the soundtrack is quite a treat for drama lovers, it has songs courtesy of Davichi, Kim Na Young and even Eddy Kim, but more surprising of all is that Suzy and Lee Jong Suk have respectively two songs each, and both songs are such a joy to listen to.

My recommendation better binge-watch this drama with your significant other because it's going to be the real treat for date night. 9.5/10!

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