9 /10 1 Votes
4.5/5 DramaFever Directed by Shin Yoon-sub First episode date 24 February 2016 Number of episodes 16 | 89% AsianWiki Written by Noh Hye-young Country of origin South Korea Final episode date 14 April 2016 Cast Rain, Oh Yeon-seo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Also known as Come Back, Uncle
Come Back Alive
Come Back, Ahjussi Based on Mr. Tsubakiyama's Seven Days
by Jirō Asada Starring Rain
Oh Yeon-seo
Kim In-kwon
Kim Soo-ro
Lee Min-jung
Lee Ha-nui
Choi Won-young
Yoon Park Nominations PaekSang Arts Award for Most Popular Male in Television Genres Melodrama, Comedy, Family, Romance Similar One More Happy Ending, Goodbye Mr Black, Cheese in the Trap, Descendants of the Sun, Madame Antoine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Please Come Back, Mister (Hangul: 돌아와요 아저씨; RR: Dorawayo Ajeossi) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Rain, Oh Yeon-seo, Kim In-kwon, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-jung, Lee Ha-nui, Choi Won-young and Yoon Park, based on the Japanese novel published in 2002, Mr. Tsubakiyama's Seven Days by Jirō Asada. It aired on SBS from 24 February to 14 April 2016 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Contents
- Synopsis
- Main characters
- Supporting characters
- Production
- Epilogue
- Ratings
- Indonesia Malaysia Singapore
- Vietnam
- United States
- References
Synopsis
Kim Young-soo (Kim In-kwon) is a section chief in the women’s apparel section at Sunjin's department store. He and his wife Shin Da-hye (Lee Min-jung) do not get along because his long work hours and constant overtime distract him from home. During one of these overtimes, he accidentally falls from a roof and is killed. His company writes his death off as a suicide in order to not receive blame for overworking him.
Han Gi-tak (Kim Soo-ro) is a former gangster who runs a restaurant. He has loved actress Song Yi-yeon (Lee Ha-nui) for many years, but she has always distanced herself from him because of his lifestyle. Her ex-husband, Cha Jae-gook (Choi Won-young) has whipped up a scandal to force her to give him their child, and threatens Yi-yeon with it. Just as Gi-tak figures this out, he gets in a car accident and is killed at the same time as Young-soo.
Young-soo and Gi-tak both arrive in the afterlife, but they both feel that they must return: Young-soo to reconcile with his wife and prove his death was not a suicide, and Gi-tak to protect Yi-yeon. They are given two months and return to life in new bodies: Young-soo as Lee Hae-joon (Rain), a handsome young man; and Gi-tak as Han Hong-nan (Oh Yeon-seo), a pretty young woman. They have three rules:
1. They can not reveal their true identities.
2. Revenge is forbidden.
3. They cannot engage in human affairs.
If any of these rules are broken, the fact that either of them ever existed will be erased.
Main characters
Supporting characters
Natural enemy of Han Gi-tak.
Han Gi-tak's employee at his Restaurant.
A worker for Re-Life Centre, who controls and watches over Lee Hae-joon and Han Hong-nan's actions.
Stationmaster of Re-Life Centre.
A big boss who always prioritize Han Gi-tak over Na Seok-cheol.
President of Sunjin Group.
A secretary and interpreter for the Sunjin Group's president.
A model who is used by Cha Jae-guk to be involved with Yi-yeon's scandal.
A Pilot who flys the real Lee Hae-joon but unfortunately gets into a plane crash and found to be surviving in an isolated island.
Production
First script reading took place on the afternoon of December 22, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.
Epilogue
The epilogue show the life of the real Lee Hae-joon and his pilot surviving in an isolated island and Lee Hae-joon want fly back to Seoul because have an important business but unfortunately gets into a plane crash. The epilogue shows in Episode 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and the last is episode 15.
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore
The drama airs on pay-TV channel ONE in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia with localised subtitles, within 24 hours of the original South Korean broadcast, beginning 25 February 2016 until 15 April 2016. It also airs in Indonesia on Rajawali Television (RTV).
Vietnam
It aired in Vietnam on HTV3 beginning November 1, 2016.
United States
The drama airs in the Los Angeles DMA free, over-the-air on Asian American channel, LA 18 KSCI-TV (channel 18) with English subtitles, Wed-Thurs 9:15PM, beginning 16 March 2016.