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While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping

That future, that time, that fate, can it be changed?

20178.41 Season32 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Park Hye-ryun
Written by Park Hye-ryun, Kang Sook
NetworksSBS

Top Cast

Suzy

Suzy

Nam Hong-joo

Lee Jong-suk

Lee Jong-suk

Jeong Jae-chan

Jung Hae-in

Jung Hae-in

Han Woo-tak

Lee Sang-yeob

Lee Sang-yeob

Lee Yoo-beom

Hwang Young-hee

Hwang Young-hee

Yoon Moon-seon

Shin Jae-ha

Shin Jae-ha

Jeong Seung-won

Kim Won-hae

Kim Won-hae

Choi Dam-dong

Park Jin-joo

Park Jin-joo

Moon Hyang-mi

Lee Ki-young

Lee Ki-young

Park Dae-young

Ko Sung-hee

Ko Sung-hee

Shin Hee-min

Themes & Keywords

policeromancelawyerjusticeprosecutorseeing the future

About While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of police, romance, lawyer, justice, prosecutor, seeing the future. Created by Park Hye-ryun, it stars Suzy, Lee Jong-suk, Jung Hae-in. 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.

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