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18 Again (18 어게인; 18 Eogein) is a South Korean television series based on the 2009 film 17 Again by Jason Filardi. Starring Kim Ha Neul, Yoon Sang Hyun and Lee Do Hyun, it aired on JTBC from September 21 to November 10, 2020, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:35 KST. The series is available on iQIYI and Viu with multi-language subtitles.
Synopsis[]
After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jung Da Jung (Kim Ha Neul) and Hong Dae Young (Yoon Sang Hyun) seem to be well settled in their domestic lives. The proud parents of a pair of eighteen year old twins, the devoted couple have worked hard to build a happy home together. But what seems like an ideal life on the outside is really anything but. Fed up with Dae Young's incessant nonsense, Da Jung is at her wits' end. When Dae Young announces that he's been fired, Da Jung gives up completely. Convinced life would be better without her husband in it, Da Jung wastes no time in filing for divorce.
Shaken by his wife's decision to leave him and utterly disappointed in where life has taken him, Dae Young takes a hard look at his life. It doesn't take him long to see all the places where things went wrong, and soon he finds himself regretting absolutely everything about his life. The moment the thoughts of regret enter his head, his body is instantly transformed into that of an eighteen year old, while his thirty-seven year old mind remains intact.
Suddenly given the chance to re-do his entire life, Dae Young changes his name to Ko Woo Young and enrolls himself in his childrens' school. Seeing life from an entirely different perspective, Dae Young soon finds that despite keeping his middle-aged brain, he still has a lot to learn.[1]
Cast[]
- Kim Ha Neul as Jung Da Jung
- Han So Eun as young Jung Da Jung
- Hong Dae Young's wife, 37-year-old mother of twins Shi Ah and Shi Woo, and a JBC intern announcer. Da Jung was very popular among Serim High School boys (she is every male students' first love) and eventually dated her classmate and popular basketball player Hong Dae Young. But before they can complete high school, they had to get married as she got pregnant with Hong Dae Young's twins, delaying her dream job of being a news announcer and postponing her college education. In present time, she is a 37-year-old mother to a pair of teenage twins who is getting fatigued of her husband's behavior. She files for a divorce alongside her job application at JBC to fulfill her dream despite being a mother in her late 30s. She has strong martial arts skill which she demonstrates since she was 18 years old. She gradually became troubled by her attraction towards her twins' 18-year-old friend "Go Woo Young", without knowing that Woo Young was actually her husband whose body shrink back to his 18-year-old self. She later finds out that Woo Young's true identity.
- Yoon Sang Hyun as 37-years-old Hong Dae Young
- Jung Da Jung's husband, 37-year-old father of twins Shi Ah and Shi Woo, and a senior washing machine repairman. Dae Young was a handsome, popular and talented basketball star in Serim High School. However, he decided not to pursue his basketball career and bravely took responsibility to marry his pregnant classmate and girlfriend Jung Da Jung and be a young father to their twins. In the first years of family life, he struggled to earn money for his family's sustenance, consequently losing his handsome, youthful looks due to combined aging, exhaustion from his multiple jobs, and unhealthy lifestyles like alcohol, smoking, and anger issue. In present time, he is a 37-year-old father to a pair of teenage twins and works as a senior washing machine repairman for almost 10 years. His life starts going downhill when Da Jung files a divorce paper against him and he gets fired from his job by his nepotistic boss.
- Lee Do Hyun as 18-years-old Hong Dae Young / Go Woo Young
- Wishing he could go back in time and fix his life, Hong Dae Young's 37-year-old body miraculously morphs into his 18-year-old body but retains his 37-year-old mindset and mannerisms. Dae Young starts living a new life as his best friend Go Deok Jin's son "Go Woo Young" and attends Serim High School, his twins' school, as a Class 2-7 student. At first, he wants to fulfill his dream of being basketball star and accepted into college through a basketball scholarship. However, by attending their school, he gets to know things about his twins that he never knew before and, later, the true reason behind the crumbling bond between him and the family. He resolves to use this chance to protect his kids by befriending them and to do his best to be more present to the family despite his appearance as an 18-year-old boy. He later changed back to his 37 year old self and reconciled with Da Jung and his children.
- Roh Jeong Eui as Hong Shi Ah, Da Jung's and Dae Young's daughter
- Lee Nam Gyeong as child Hong Shi Ah (Ep.2-4)
- Seo Ha Yoon as young Hong Shi Ah (Ep.1, 3, 9, 12-13)
- Ryeoun as Hong Shi Woo, Da Jung's and Dae Young's daughter
- Lee Chun Moo as child Hong Shi Woo (Ep.3+8)
- Oh Ja Hun as young Hong Shi Woo (Ep.1, 3, 8-9, 12)
- Wi Ha Joon as Ye Ji Hoon, a baseball pitcher
- Yoo Joon Hoo as child Ye Ji Hoon (Ep.7)
- Kim Kang Hyun as Go Deok Jin, Dae Young's friend
- Hwang Dae Ki as teen Go Deok Jin (Ep.1, 2, 9)
- Lee Mi Do as Choo Ae Rin, Da Jung's friend
- Choi Bo Min as Seo Ji Ho, Shi Ah's friend
- Kim Kang Hoon as child Seo Ji Ho (Ep.3-4)
- Hwang In Yeop as Goo Ja Sung, a basketball team leader
- Lee Soo as child Goo Ja Sung (Ep.9)
- Oh So Hyun as Jeon Bo Bae, Shi Ah's friend
- Lee Eun Jae as Uhm So Mi, Shi Ah's friend
- Ryu Da Bin as Hwang Young Sun, Shi Ah's friend
- Bin Chan Uk as Bang Gi Young, Ja Sung's friend
- Kim Yoo Ri as Ok Hae In, Woo Young's homeroom teacher
- Ahn Nae Sang as Moon Sang Hwi, a JBC director
- Jang Hyuk Jin as Heo Woong Ki, a JBC team leader announcer
- Kim Yoon Hye as Kwon Yoo Mi, a JBC announcer
- Go Eun Min as Im Ja Young, a JBC announcer
- Yang Dae Hyuk as Nam Gi Tae, a JBC announcer
- Kim Mi Kyung as Yeo In Ja, Da Jung's mother
- Lee Byung Joon as Hong Joo Man, Dae Young's father
- Lee Ki Woo as Choi Il Kwon, a PE teacher
- Kim Sun Min as teen Choi Il Kwon (Ep.2-3, 5, 7, 9)
- Kim Joong Ki as a teacher
- Kim Yun Jeong as a Go Go Play employee
- Moon Woo Bin as a Go Go Play employee
Soundtrack[]
Episodes[]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Episode | Title | Aired | South Korean viewers (millions) |
Average audience share (AGB Nielsen) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| Episode 01 | "Life Goes On" (삶은 계속된다) |
September 21, 2020 | N/A (<0.487) | 1.753% | N/A |
| Episode 02 | "About the Things That Made You Smile" (너를 웃게 만든 것에 대해서) |
September 22, 2020 | 0.653 | 2.417% | |
| Episode 03 | "A Story About Rain and You" (비와 당신의 이야기) |
September 28, 2020 | 0.773 | 2.674% | 2.494% |
| Episode 04 | "The Boy We Loved Back Then" (그 시절, 우리가 사랑했던 소년) |
September 29, 2020 | 0.749 | 2.532% | 2.531% |
| Episode 05 | "First Loves Never Come True" (첫사랑은 이루어지지 않는다) |
October 5, 2020 | 0.853 | 3.209% | 2.987% |
| Episode 06 | "A Sincere Heart of Her Number 1 Fan" (어느 1호 팬의 진심) |
October 6, 2020 | 0.771 | 2.786% | 2.855% |
| Episode 07 | "Someone Who Gives Courage to Me (내게 용기를 주는 사람) |
October 12, 2020 | 0.842 | 2.803% | N/A |
| Episode 08 | "The Story Only I Didn't Know" (나만 몰랐었던 이야기) |
October 13, 2020 | 0.865 | 3.157% | 3.220% |
| Episode 09 | "Things You Notice Only After You Have Lost Them" (잃고 나면 보이는 것들) |
October 19, 2020 | 0.911 | 3.117% | 2.969% |
| Episode 10 | "If I Love Again" (다시 사랑한다면) |
October 20, 2020 | 0.799 | 3.192% | 2.985% |
| Episode 11 | "Lost Love" (사랑을 놓치다) |
October 26, 2020 | 0.679 | 2.573% | 2.423% |
| Episode 12 | "Half-moon" (반달) |
October 27, 2020 | 0.656 | 2.256% | 2.315% |
| Episode 13 | "The Man That Makes My Heart Flutter" (나를 설레게 하는 남자) |
November 2, 2020 | 0.819 | 2.824% | 2.797% |
| Episode 14 | "I Miss You" (보고 싶다) |
November 3, 2020 | 0.779 | 2.878% | N/A |
| Episode 15 | "Confession" (고백) |
November 9, 2020 | 0.734 | 2.683% | |
| Episode 16 | "Life Goes On" (삶은 계속된다) |
November 10, 2020 | 0.736 | 2.743% | |
| Average | 2.725% | — | |||
This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
Production[]
The series adaptation is directed by Ha Byung Hoon, who also helmed the similarly themed romantic fantasy drama Confession Couple in 2017.
18 Again was originally scheduled to premiere on September 7, 2020 but it was postponed by two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trivia[]
- This drama took over the timeslot previously occupied by The Good Detective and was followed by Live On on November 17, 2020.[2]
- The drama was based on the American film 17 Again.
Gallery[]
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