
Abyss(2019)
After meeting an untimely demise in separate incidents, Cha Min and Go Se-yeon discover they’ve come back to life in new bodies they don’t recognize.


While investigating a serial murder case, Detective Han Tae Joo gets into a catastrophic incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to 1988, appointed to work at a police station in a small city. Believing he is there for a reason, he tries to solve the case from the past in hopes of finding a way back to his life in 2018.

Jung Kyung-ho
Han Tae-Joo

Park Sung-woong
Kang Dong-Cheol

Ko A-sung
Yoon Na-Young

Oh Dae-hwan
Lee Yong-Ki

Ro Jong-hyun
Jo Nam-Sik

Choi Seung-yoon
Kim Min-seok

Kim Jae-kyung
Han Mal-Sook

Kim Ki-cheon
Manager Park

Kim Young-pil
Kim Kyung-Se

Oh Ah-Rin
Young-Joo
Life on Mars is a comedy, crime, sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of coma, hallucination, time travel, friendship, serial killer, bromance. Created by Lee Dae-il, it stars Jung Kyung-ho, Park Sung-woong, Ko A-sung. While investigating a serial murder case, Detective Han Tae Joo gets into a catastrophic incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to 1988, appointed to work at a police station in a small city. Believing he is there for a reason, he tries to solve the case from the past in hopes of finding a way back to his life in 2018.
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