Underplayed Gems

Reply 1997 (2012)

Reply 1997 poster
Original title
응답하라 1997
Directed by
Shin Won Ho
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 16 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 73 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of six high school friends in 1990s Busan navigate friendship, first love, and obsessive K-pop fandom. The story jumps between their teenage years and their 2012 reunion, where one couple among them will announce their wedding.

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What happens

Reply 1997 (Korean: 응답하라 1997; RR: Eungdaphara 1997) is a 2012 South Korean television series and the first installment of the Reply anthology series. It centers on the lives of six friends in Busan as the timeline moves back and forth between their past selves as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 and their present selves as 33-year-olds at their high school reunion dinner in 2012 where one couple will announce that they're getting married. It portrays the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when first generation idol groups such as H.O.T. and Sechs Kies took center stage and K-pop was just beginning to blossom. The series was one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history. It garnered praise from audiences and critics for being well-researched and full of humor and heart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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