While You Were Sleeping (2017)

While You Were Sleeping

Details

Title: 당신이 잠든 사이에 / Dangsini Jamdeun Saie
Genre: Fantasy, legal, romance, thriller
Episodes: 32
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-27 to 2017-Nov-16
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Original Soundtracks: While You Were Sleeping (2017) OST

Synopsis

A supernatural romance about a field reporter who can see the future in her dreams and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.88

(16 votes)

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Jong Suk as Jung Jae Chan
- Nam Da Reum as young Jung Jae Chan
Bae Suzy as Nam Hong Joo
- Shin Yi Joon (신이준) as young Hong Joo
Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Yoo Bum
- Yeo Hoe Hyun as young Lee Yoo Bum
Go Sung Hee as Shin Hee Min
Jung Hae In as Han Woo Tak

Division 3 Detectives

Min Sung Wook as Lee Ji Kwang
Bae Hae Sun as Son Woo Joo
Lee Ki Young as Park Dae Young
Kim Won Hae as Choi Dam Dong
- Lee Jae Gyun (이재균) as young Dam Dong
Park Jin Joo as Moon Hyang Mi
Son San as Min Jang Ha

Jung Jae Chan's family

Shin Jae Ha as Jung Seung Won
- Go Woo Rim as young Seung Won
Lee Jung Eun as Jae Chan's mom
Jang Hyun Sung as Jung Il Seung

Nam Hong Joo's family

Hwang Young Hee as Yoon Moon Sun
Choi Won Young as Nam Chul Doo

Others

Lee Yoo Joon as Oh Kyung Han
Oh Ui Shik as Bong Doo Hyun
Pyo Ye Jin as Cha Yeo Jung
Kim Da Ye as Kang Cho Hee (Kang Dae Hee's sister)
Heo Jun Seok (허준석) as Dong Gyun
Go Woo Rim as Chan Ho (Son Woo Joo's son)
Lee Do Kyum (이도겸) as Myung Dae Goo
Lee Bong Ryun as Ko Pil Sook

Guests

Kim So Hyun as Park So Yoon (ep 3-8, 32)
Uhm Hyo Sup as Park Joon Mo (ep 3-8)
Jang So Yun as Do Geum Sook (ep 3-8)
Kang Ki Young as Kang Dae Hee (ep 9-13)
Kang Shin Hyo as Gyu Won (ep 10)
Shin Eun Jung as Kim Joo Young (ep 11-12)
Baek Sung Hyun as Do Hak Young (ep 13-20)
Cha Jung Won (차정원) as Yoo Soo Kyung (ep 13-20)
Jun Gook Hwan as Yoo Man Ho (ep 15-20)
Ham Sung Min as student (ep 17-19)
Moon Yong Suk as Lee Hwan (ep 19-24)
Ryu Tae Ho as Moon Tae Min (ep 21-24)
Kim Ki Chun as Lee Hwan's dad (ep 21-24, 32)
Yoon Kyun Sang as couple at farm (ep 21)
Lee Sung Kyung as couple at farm (ep 21)
Yoon Yong Hyun as Park Dae Young (ep 25-26)
Lee Jae Won as Jo Yoon Pyo (ep 25-28)
Lee Eun Woo as Ha Joo Ahn (ep 28-30)
Son Byung Ho as President Go (ep 29-31)
Lee Min Jae as student
Yoo In Soo as Choi Jae Sung

Production Credits

Directors: Oh Choong Hwan, Park Soo Jin
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun

Episode Ratings

See While You Were Sleeping (2017)/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

2018 Seoul International Drama Awards:

Top Excellence Award for Hallyu Dramas

Korea First Brand Awards:

Drama Category

2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards:

Popularity Award - Actress (Bae Suzy)

2017 SBS Drama Awards:

Female Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Bae Suzy)
Male Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Lee Jong Suk)
Male Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama) (Lee Sang Yeob)
Best Couple Award (Bae Suzy & Lee Jong Suk)
Best Supporting Actor (Kim Won Hae)

2017 Asia Artist Awards:

Asian Star Award (Bae Suzy)

Notes

This is a pre-produced drama.
Filming began February 2017 and finished July 2017.
Each night's broadcast is divided into two 30 minute episodes with a commercial break in between.
This is the third drama where actor Lee Jong Suk is starring in a work of scriptwriter Park Hye Ryun, after previously starring in dramas I Hear Your Voice and Pinocchio.
While You Were Sleeping is also Bae Suzy second starring role in a Park Hye Ryun drama after making her acting debut in another of Park Hye Ryun's scripted dramas, that drama being Dream High.
Shin Jae Ha and Kim So Hyun have previously appeared together opposite one another in KBS's 3-episode drama special Page Turner, a drama that was also scripted by Park Hye Ryun.
Kim So Hyun also appeared in Park Hye Ryun's I Hear Your Voice in a minor role.
The drama production location was in the city of Anssan, in the Gyeonggi Province.
Bae Suzy's "I Love You Boy" was a chart-topper, by its third week according to Gaon Digital Chart the song was streamed 3,815,648 times, elevating Bae Suzy into [GAON] Top 20 Most Downloaded Idol Soloist, she took the 11th spot.

Reviews

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