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Hi Bye, Mama!
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Tae-hee
Cha Yu-ri
16 eps
Lee Kyoo-hyung
Cho Gang-hwa
16 eps
Go Bo-gyeol
Oh Min-jeong
16 eps
Shin Dong-mi
Go Hyeon-jeong
16 eps
Seo Woo-jin
Cho Seo-woo
16 eps
Lee Si-woo
Jang Pil-seung
16 eps
Oh Eui-sik
Gye Geun-sang
16 eps
Ahn Nae-sang
Dr. Jang
16 eps
Kim Mi-kyeong
Jeon Eun-suk
16 eps
Park Soo-young
Cha Mu-poong
16 eps
Kim Mi-su
Cha Yeon-ji
16 eps
Yoon Sa-bong
Ms. Mi-dong
16 eps
Ban Hyo-jung
Jung Gwi-soon
16 eps
Bae Hae-seon
Seong Mi-ja
16 eps
Park Eun-hye
Seo Bong-yeon
16 eps
Kim Dae-gon
Jang Dae-choon
16 eps
Han In-soo
Cho Gyeong-hwan
16 eps
Kang Yeon-jung
Nurse Jung
16 eps
Kwon Eun-seong
Gye Ha-jun
16 eps
Kim Seul-gi
Shin Soon-ae
1 eps
Lee Jung-eun
Seobinggo Shaman
2 eps
Ko Eun-min
Kim Hye Soo [Kindergarten teacher]
5 eps
Son Hee-soon
Grandmother
2 eps
Yoo Yeon
Mi So's mother
2 eps
Heo Soon-mi
Chi In's mother
1 eps
Lee Jung-ok
Apartment ghost
1 eps
Park Jung-yeon
Cho Seo-woo (teen)
1 eps
Han Sa-myeong
[Doctor]
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Hi Bye, Mama! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Hi Bye, Mama! reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Cha Yu-ri died in an accident five years ago, leaving her husband Cho Gang-hwa to raise their daughter by himself. She becomes a ghost and watches over them until one fateful day she is brought back to life by the deities and told she can become human again if she returns to her place in 49 days. Though her husband has remarried, so she must decide between her or his happiness as she slowly re-integrates back into her old lifestyle.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 16 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20201 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202016 episodes
8.1IMDbThis is the story of a mother who died and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation, and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain of losing his wife. Jo Kang Hwa is a skilled thoracic surgeon. After losing his wife four years ago, he had been working as a single father until he got married again two years ago. While he seems like a caring person, he does not offer a hand nor intervene when needed.
Best episode · S01E01 Life is Full of Unpredictable Surprises
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Kwon Hye-juWriter
Direction
- Yu Je-wonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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