Scripted series · SBS
While You Were Sleeping
That future, that time, that fate, can it be changed?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Suzy
Nam Hong-joo
32 eps
Lee Jong-suk
Jeong Jae-chan
32 eps
Jung Hae-in
Han Woo-tak
32 eps
Lee Sang-yeob
Lee Yoo-beom
32 eps
Hwang Young-hee
Yoon Moon-seon
32 eps
Shin Jae-ha
Jeong Seung-won
32 eps
Kim Won-hae
Choi Dam-dong
32 eps
Park Jin-joo
Moon Hyang-mi
32 eps
Lee Ki-young
Park Dae-young
32 eps
Ko Sung-hee
Shin Hee-min
32 eps
Bae Hae-seon
Son Woo-joo
32 eps
Min Sung-wook
Lee Ji-gwang
32 eps
Oh Eui-sik
Bong Doo-hyeon
32 eps
Lee Yoo-jun
Oh Gyeong-han
32 eps
Son San
Min Jeong-hee
32 eps
Lee Bong-ryeon
Go Pil-sook
32 eps
Pyo Ye-jin
Cha Yeo-jeong
32 eps
Lee Do-gyeom
Myeong Dae-goo
32 eps
Nam Da-reum
Young Jeong Jae-chan
32 eps
Shin Yi-Joon
Young Nam Hong-joo
32 eps
Lee Jae-kyoon
Choi Dam-dong
32 eps
Go Woo-rim
Young Jeong Seung-won / Chan-ho
32 eps
Kim So-hyun
Park So Yoon
8 eps
Kang Ki-young
Kang Dae Hee
5 eps
Yoon Kyun-sang
Lovers
1 eps
Lee Sung-kyung
Lovers
1 eps
Lim Ga-Young
High school student
1 eps
Shim Wan-jun
Man with mustache
1 eps
Yeo Hoi-hyeon
Lee Yu Beom [Young]
2 eps
Jang Hyun-sung
Jung Il Seung
4 eps
Hong Kyung
Choi Wook Hyeon [Deserter]
5 eps
Kim Do-Hye
Kindergartner
1 eps
Choi Won-young
Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]
2 eps
Uhm Hyo-seop
Park Jun Mo [So Yoon's father]
5 eps
Kim Da-ye
Kang Cho Hee [Dae Hee's sister / Barista]
9 eps
Jang So-yeon
Do Geum Sook [So Yoon's mother]
6 eps
Lee Jung-eun
Jae Chan's mother
2 eps
Park Young-soo
Car salesman
1 eps
Cho Mi-nyeo
Ji Kwang's Paralegal
4 eps
Kang Shin-hyo
Gyoo Won
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How While You Were Sleeping actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
While You Were Sleeping reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. On the other side of the street, Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother Seung Won become their new neighbors. An unusual dream involving Hong Ju, ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention leads Jae Chan to realize their destinies are intertwined, as they begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 32 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20171 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201732 episodes
7.0IMDbNam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. On the other side of the street, Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother Seung Won become their new neighbors. An unusual dream involving Hong Ju, ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention leads Jae Chan to realize their destinies are intertwined, as they begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Oh Choong-hwanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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