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Reply 1988
The year was 1988, a time when it was chilly, but our hearts were fiery, a time when we didn't have much but people's hearts were warm.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Hye-ri
Sung Deok-sun
20 eps
Ryu Jun-yeol
Kim Jung-hwan
20 eps
Park Bo-gum
Choi Taek
20 eps
Go Kyung-pyo
Sung Sun-woo
20 eps
Lee Dong-hwi
Ryu Dong-ryong
20 eps
Ryu Hye-young
Sung Bo-ra
20 eps
Choi Seong-won
Sung No-eul
20 eps
Ahn Jae-hong
Kim Jung-bong
20 eps
Kim Seol
Sung Jin-ju
20 eps
Sung Dong-il
Sung Dong-il
20 eps
Lee Il-hwa
Lee Il-hwa
20 eps
Kim Sung-kyun
Kim Sung-kyun
20 eps
Ra Mi-ran
Ra Mi-ran
20 eps
Choi Mu-sung
Choi Moo-seong
20 eps
Kim Sun-young
Kim Sun-young
20 eps
You Chea-myung
Ryu Jae-myung
20 eps
Lee Min-ji
Jang Mi-ok
20 eps
Lee Se-young
Wang Ja-hyun
20 eps
Bae Yu-ram
Mr. Yoo [Assistant manager]
20 eps
Lee Cheong-mi
Bo
20 eps
Kim Soo-ro
Snack shop owner
1 eps
Park Jeong-min
Bo-ra's boyfriend
2 eps
Kim Tae-hun
Cardiac surgeon
1 eps
Lee Soo-kyung
No-eul's girlfriend
1 eps
Kim Yeong-ok
Deok-sun's grandmother
1 eps
Jung Won-joong
Dong-il's older brother
1 eps
Jung Yoo-min
Bo-ra's friend
1 eps
Shin Young-jin
Song-hee's mother
1 eps
Jung Hae-in
Ho-young
1 eps
Park Ji-yoon
TV interviewer
1 eps
Kim Joo-hyuk
Deok-sun's future husband
15 eps
Lee Mi-yeon
Sung Deok-sun (older)
16 eps
Jeon Mi-seon
Sung Bo-ra (older)
8 eps
Woo Hyeon
Sung No-eul (older)
6 eps
Kwon Eun-soo
Song-hee
2 eps
Kim Chang-hwan
Reporter
1 eps
Nam Mi-jung
Fortune teller
1 eps
Jang Hae-song
Wang Xi
1 eps
Go Ara
Sung Na-jung
2 eps
Jung Woo
Kim Jae-jun
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Reply 1988 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Reply 1988 reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Humour.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 20 episodes.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E05
10th Anniversary Reunion (III): The Last Member of Ssangmun-dong
S00E08
Episode 8
S00E04
10th Anniversary Reunion (II): The Five Ssangmun-Dong Families' Fun Trip to Goseong
S00E07
Episode 7
S00E06
Episode 6
S00E03
10th Anniversary Reunion (I): The Reunion of Ssangmun-Dong Families
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.
Executive production
- Lee Myung-hanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Lee Woo-jungWriter
Direction
- Shin Won-hoDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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