Answer Me 1997 (응답하라 1997)

Details

• Title: 응답하라 1997 / Eungdabhara 1997
• Also known as: Answer to 1997 / Reply 1997
• Genre: Youth, romance, comedy
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN (the last two episodes also aired on Mnet, OCN, and O'live at the same time)
• 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 Shi Won (Jung Eun Ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T., and her 5 high school friends. --KimchiDrama

Cast

• Jung Eun Ji as Sung Shi Won
• Seo In Guk as Yoon Yoon Je
• 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 (ep 9)
• Lee Il Hwa as Lee Il Hwa (Shi Won's mother)
• Park Cho Rong as young Il Hwa (ep 9)
• 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 (ep 1)
• Tony Ahn as himself (ep 1, 3)
• Kim Ye Won (김예원) as Sung Song Joo (Shi Won's older sister) (ep 4, 9)
• Siwan as ROTC student (ep 4)
• Lee Yoon Suk (이윤석) as Lee Dong Gyu (ep 5)
• Kim Jong Min (김종민) as doctor (ep 5)
• Shin Bong Sun (신봉선) as Busan club H.O.T. president (ep 6)
• Choo Min Ki as Chu Shin Soo (ep 8)
• Kim Tae Won (김태원) as karaoke room guest (ep 8)
• Jung Myung Ok (정명옥) as karaoke room guest (ep 8)
• Jung Joo Ri as karaoke room guest (ep 8)
• Park Ji Yoon as Joon Hee's sixth older sister (ep 8) / seventh older sister (ep 10)
• Ryu Dam as Lee Dae Ho (ep 8)
• Yoon Bo Mi (윤보미) as young Moon Jung Mi (Yoon Jae's mother in 1968) (ep 9)
• Yang Joon Hyuk (양준혁) as Yoon Joon Hyuk (Yoon Jae's father in 1968) (ep 9)
• Son Jin Young (손진영) as young Joon Hyuk (ep 9)
• Kim Ki Wook (김기욱) as cell phone store salesman (ep 9)
• Yoon Hyung Bin (윤형빈) as Eun Dok Ki's husband (ep 10)
• Yang Se Hyung (양세형) as Eun Gak Ha's husband (ep 10)
• Ahn Young Mi (안영미) as Sechs Kies fanclub president (ep 10)
• Kang Yoo Mi as H.O.T. fanclub president (ep 10)
• Shin Dong Yup as MC of 1998 Golden Disk Awards (ep 10)
• Lee Joo Yeon as Lee Joo Yeon (Tae Woong's doctor) (ep 14, 16)
• Lee Sol Ji (이솔지) as Lee Sol Ji (TV program MC) (ep 15)
• Go In Bum as Shi Won's great uncle (ep 15)
• G.NA as Choi Jin Ah (Yoon Jae's blind date) (ep 15)
• Bae Da Hae (배다해) as Shi Won's colleague (ep 16)
• Lee Soo Geun (이수근) as hired driver (ep 16)

Production Credits

• Director: Shin Won Ho (신원호)
• Screenwriter: Lee Woo Jung (이우정) (Main), Lee Sun Hye (이선혜) (Assistant), Kim Ran Joo (김란주) (Assistant)

Trivia

• The last two episodes of the drama aired on four cable channels: tvN, OCN, Mnet, and O'live at the same time, so the ratings was combined from these four channels. Source

Recognitions

• 2012 5th Korea Drama Awards: Best New Actor Award (Seo In Guk)
• 2012 5th Korea Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Seo In Guk and Jung Eun Ji)

Source: DramaWiki