“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.”
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.
Lee Hye-ri
Sung Deok-sun
Ryu Jun-yeol
Kim Jung-hwan
Park Bo-gum
Choi Taek
Go Kyung-pyo
Sung Sun-woo
Lee Dong-hwi
Ryu Dong-ryong
Ryu Hye-young
Sung Bo-ra
Choi Seong-won
Sung No-eul
Ahn Jae-hong
Kim Jung-bong
Kim Seol
Sung Jin-ju
Sung Dong-il
Sung Dong-il
Reply 1988 is a comedy series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of love triangle, nostalgia, friendship, romcom, romance, coming of age. Created by Lee Myung-han, it stars Lee Hye-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Bo-gum. 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.
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