Reply 1988
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Reply 1988

응답하라 1988

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.

Air date: 2015-11-06
Episodes: 20 ep
Network: tvN
Rating: 8.8 / 10
Cast entries
21
Episodes
20
Locations
4
Food stops
2
Story

Synopsis

A concise overview of the premise, tone, and dramatic setup.

Reply 1988 offers a nostalgic glimpse into the late 1980s, following the intertwined lives of five families and their teenage children who all reside in a small, close‑knit neighborhood in Seoul. The story unfolds through the everyday moments, shared laughter, and quiet struggles that bind these households together, painting a tender portrait of youth and community during a bygone era.

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Filming locations

Filming locations

Places connected to scenes, checked against source links before they appear publicly.

  1. 01

    England Wang Donkkaseu

    잉글랜드 왕돈까스
    7 Uhyeon-ro 90beon-gil, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea

    This place is famous as the restaurant where Jung-bong's family from the drama 'Reply 1988' went out to eat.

    It is also famous as the place where Jung-bong's family ate out in the TV show "Reply 1988."TV 프로그램 '응답하라 1988'에서 정봉이네 가족이 외식하던 그 장소로도 유명한데요.
    맛여행 "잉글랜드 왕돈까스" 응답하라 1988분위기! 응팔 촬영지
  2. 02

    Cheonghak-dong

    청학동
    경기 성남시 중원구 산성대로552번길 2

    This place is known as a filming location for the drama Reply 1988.

    It is famous as a filming location for Reply 1988.응답하라 1988의 촬영지로 유명합니다.
    [을지대 술집 추천] 응답하라 1988 촬영지 "청학동"
  3. 03

    The areas of Ssangmun-dong, Banghak-dong, and Ui-dong

    쌍문동, 방학동, 우이동 일대
    South Korea, Seoul, 서울 강북구 우이동 일대

    The background of the drama is the area of Ssangmun-dong, Banghak-dong, and Ui-dong in Dobong-gu, Seoul, which still preserves traces of the past despite the passage of a long time.

    Despite the passage of time, the areas of Ssangmun-dong, Banghak-dong, and Ui-dong in Dobong-gu, Seoul, still carefully preserve traces of the past.오랜 시간이 흘렀음에도 불구하고 과거의 흔적을 고이 간직하고 있는 곳이 서울시 도봉구 쌍문동, 방학동, 우이동 일대입니다.
    도봉구 응답하라 1988 촬영지는 어디
  4. 04

    Ssangmun Station Exit 3 and Ssangmun Market Alley

    쌍문역 3번 출구와 쌍문 시장 골목
    Ssangmun-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

    Ssangmun Station Exit 3 and the alley of Ssangmun Market became the motif for the drama.

    It was created with the motif of Ssangmun Station Exit 3 and Ssangmun Market Alley.쌍문역 3번 출구와 쌍문 시장 골목을 모티브로 제작되었으며
    도봉구 응답하라 1988 촬영지는 어디
Food guide

Food & places

Restaurants, cafes, markets, and dishes tied to the drama or the reader's visit path.

  1. 01Restaurant

    England Gyeongyangsik Donkkaseu

    England Old-Fashioned Pork Cutlet
    인천 중구 우현로90번길 7

    This Western-style pork cutlet restaurant, which opened in 1981 and has been operating for over 40 years, was a filming location for the drama 'Reply 1988'. It is known as a delicious pork cutlet restaurant that was a filming location for 'Reply 1988', and it is a place where you can experience the retro sensibility of the 80s.

    I was already satisfied because it was so much fun even before I tried the tonkatsu at England Donkkaseu, which is also a filming location for Reply 1988.응답하라1988촬영지이기도한잉글랜드 돈까스먹어보기도 전에 이미 재밌어서 만족스러웠슈
    추억의 맛, 응답하라1988 촬영지, 아이랑 부모님과 데이트
  2. 02Dish

    Yalgae Bunsik

    Tteokbokki
    충남 서산시 해미면 읍성마을4길 24-1

    This is the snack bar that Hyeri and her friends visited in the drama Reply 1988. You can taste the tteokbokki that evokes memories of eating in front of old schools. This is the snack bar that Hyeri and her friends visited in the drama Reply 1988. The old snack bar atmosphere remains intact.

    This place became even more famous after being introduced as the snack bar that Hyeri and her friends visited in the drama <Reply 1988>.이곳은 드라마 <응답하라 1988>에서 혜리와 친구들이 방문했던 분식집으로 소개되면서 더욱 유명해진 곳인데요.
    서산 해미 맛집 | 응답하라 1988 촬영지, 추억의 떡볶이 맛집...
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Details

Production

Broadcast details, runtime, language, and key production credits.

Country
KR
Original language
KO
Episode runtime
90 min
Spoken languages
한국어/조선말
Production companies
  • CJ ENMCJ ENM
Creators
Shin Won-ho신원호
Lee Woo-jung이우정

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Characters

Cast & characters

Key roles, performers, and character context for quick scanning.

  • Sung Deok-sun
    Sung Deok-sun
    Lee Hye-ri이혜리
  • Kim Jung-hwan
  • Choi Taek
  • Sung Sun-woo
  • Ryu Dong-ryong
    Ryu Dong-ryong
    Lee Dong-hwi이동휘
  • Sung Bo-ra
    Sung Bo-ra
    Ryu Hye-young류혜영
  • Sung No-eul
    Sung No-eul
    Choi Seong-won최성원
  • Kim Jung-bong
    Kim Jung-bong
    Ahn Jae-hong안재홍
  • Sung Jin-ju
    Sung Jin-ju
    Kim Seol김설
  • Sung Dong-il
    Sung Dong-il
    Sung Dong-il성동일
  • Lee Il-hwa
    Lee Il-hwa
    Lee Il-hwa이일화
  • Kim Sung-kyun
    Kim Sung-kyun
    Kim Sung-kyun김성균
  • Ra Mi-ran
    Ra Mi-ran
    Ra Mi-ran라미란
  • Choi Moo-seong
    Choi Moo-seong
    Choi Mu-sung최무성
  • Kim Sun-young
    Kim Sun-young
    Kim Sun-young김선영
  • Ryu Jae-myung
    Ryu Jae-myung
    You Chea-myung유재명

Source: TMDB

Actors

Lead actors

Lead performer biographies and notable credits.

Lee Hye-ri

Lee Hye-rias Sung Deok-sun

이혜리
1994-06-09 · Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Lee Hye-ri (born June 9, 1994), better known mononymously as Hyeri, is a South Korean actress, singer, and television personality. She rose to fame as the youngest member of girl group Girl's Day, and was named as the "Nation's Little Sister" by the South Korean media outlets after appearing as a fixed cast member on Real Men (2014). Hyeri later became known as the female lead in Reply 1988 (2015), which was the highest-rated drama in Korean cable television history at the time. After back-to-back success in variety and the small screen, Hyeri ranked third in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list in 2016 and became one of the highest-paid commercial models in South Korea. Hyeri was a regular cast member on Amazing Saturday from 2018 until 2020 when she left the show to focus on her acting career. She has since starred in the IQIYI series My Roommate Is a Gumiho (2021) and U+ Mobile TV's Friendly Rivalry (2025).

Ryu Jun-yeol

Ryu Jun-yeolas Kim Jung-hwan

류준열
1986-09-25 · Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Ryu Jun-yeol (born 25 September 1986) is a South Korean actor who studied acting at Suwon University and began building a reputation in short and independent films from 2012, making his feature debut with a small role in the Korean Academy of Film Arts title *INGtoogi: Battle of Internet Trolls*; after a flurry of shorts in 2014, he starred in the KAFA youth thriller *Socialphobia*, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, became a box-office sensation, and earned him the KAFA Rising Star Award, First Brand Awards, and Max Movie Awards, and he also appeared in the KAFA film *The Boys Who Cried Wolf*. He made his television debut in 2015 with a minor part in *The Producers* before landing his breakthrough main role in *Reply 1988* (2015–2016), which instantly turned him into a star and garnered him awards from the Paeksang Arts Awards and the Korea Cable TV Awards, while his film career exploded the following year with diverse projects including *One Way Trip*, *Sori: Voice from the Heart*, *No Tomorrow*, *Canola*, *The King*, and the Gwangju massacre drama *A Taxi Driver* alongside Song Kang-ho, cementing his status as a prolific Chungmuro actor whose subsequent box-office hits include *The King*, *A Taxi Driver*, *Believer*, *Money*, and *The Battle: Roar to Victory*.

Park Bo-gum

Park Bo-gumas Choi Taek

박보검
1993-06-16 · Seoul, South Korea

Park Bo-gum (born June 16, 1993), is a renowned South Korean actor and singer. He gained recognition for his work in film and television and is the youngest actor to be named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year twice. He is also the first actor to top the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list. Park has received major industry honors. He is regarded as a prominent figure of the Korean Wave.

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Go Kyung-pyo

Go Kyung-pyoas Sung Sun-woo

고경표
1990-06-11 · Seoul, South Korea

Go Kyung-pyo (born June 11, 1990) is a South Korean actor and comedian. He made his acting debut in 2010 and became a cast member of the live sketch comedy show *Saturday Night Live Korea* for its first three seasons. He subsequently appeared in the sitcom *Standby* (2012) and the dramas *My Cute Guys* (2013) and *Naeil’s Cantabile* (2014). Go gained wider recognition for his roles in *Reply 1988* (2015–16) and *Don’t Dare to Dream* (2016), receiving the New Star Award at the 2016 SBS Drama Awards for the latter. He went on to star in the fantasy-romance drama *Chicago Typewriter* (2017) alongside Yoo Ah-in and Im Soo-jung, and took his first leading role in KBS2’s *Strongest Deliveryman* in August 2017. In January 2018 he featured in the medical thriller *Cross*. He is set to make his comeback in the JTBC drama *Private Lives* as an imposter, opposite Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun.

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Lee Dong-hwi

Lee Dong-hwias Ryu Dong-ryong

이동휘
1985-07-22 · Seoul, South Korea

Lee Dong-hwi (born July 22, 1985), is a South Korean actor and singer who first gained recognition through his roles in the television series Reply 1988 (2015–2016) and Entourage (2016). He achieved further attention for starring in the feature film Extreme Job (2019), comedy series Pegasus Market (2019), and crime drama Chief Detective 1958 (2024).

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Source: TMDB

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Episode guide

Episodes

Episode stills, air dates, runtimes, and summaries.

  1. Hand in Hand
    Ep 1Hand in Hand
    2015-11-06 · 88 min

    In 1988 Seoul, Deok-sun spends her days hanging out with childhood friends and practicing her role in the upcoming Olympics opening ceremony.

  2. One Thing You Misunderstood About Me
    Ep 2One Thing You Misunderstood About Me
    2015-11-07 · 89 min

    Choi Taek's latest win calls for a neighborhood celebration. Deok-sun and Dong-il grieve for their loved one's passing in different ways.

  3. The Rich are Innocent, and the Poor are Guilty
    Ep 3The Rich are Innocent, and the Poor are Guilty
    2015-11-13 · 86 min

    Despite her disastrous dance skills, Deok-sun is determined to win a cassette player at a talent show being held during her school retreat.

  4. Can't Help~ing
    Ep 4Can't Help~ing
    2015-11-14 · 75 min

    Deok-sun declares she wants to get into college, Seong-gyun nurses hurt feelings, and Taek deals poorly with losing.

  5. Preparing for Winter
    Ep 5Preparing for Winter
    2015-11-20 · 90 min

    Bo-ra's participation in risky student protests upsets Dong-il. Sun-young wants to show her mother she's doing all right, even when she isn't.

  6. The First Snow is Falling
    Ep 6The First Snow is Falling
    2015-11-21 · 81 min

    Taek shoulders heavy pressure as he heads to China for a tournament. Deok-sun writes about experiencing first love, which Jung-hwan happens to read.

  7. To That Person
    Ep 7To That Person
    2015-11-27 · 93 min

    With Christmas around the corner, everyone picks names for Secret Santa. Jung-hwan notices Deok-sun wants a pair of pink mittens.

  8. One Warm Remark
    Ep 8One Warm Remark
    2015-11-28 · 90 min

    While the Kim family braces for Jung-bong's heart surgery, Bo-ra runs into relationship trouble, and Deok-sun meets No-eul's girlfriend.

  9. What it Means to Cross the Line
    Ep 9What it Means to Cross the Line
    2015-12-04 · 97 min

    The new year comes with money trouble for Sun-young and a health scare for Moo-sung. Deok-sun gets a glimpse of Taek's life in the spotlight.

  10. Memory
    Ep 10Memory
    2015-12-05 · 83 min

    Everyone piles into Bo-ra's car to fetch Dong-ryong after he runs away from home on his birthday. Deok-sun and Taek take a detour on the way back.

  11. Three Prophecies
    Ep 11Three Prophecies
    2015-12-11 · 104 min

    The moms see a fortuneteller. Jung-hwan grapples with complicated feelings, made worse when Deok-sun and her family temporarily move into his house.

  12. What It Means To Love Someone
    Ep 12What It Means To Love Someone
    2015-12-12 · 96 min

    Secrets abound as Sun-young keeps news about her part-time job from Sun-woo, who sneaks around with Bo-ra. Moo-sung babysits.

  13. Superman is Back
    Ep 13Superman is Back
    2015-12-18 · 99 min

    Il-hwa gets anxious about a lump on her chest before a physical at the hospital. Taek leaves for a big competition in Tokyo.

  14. Don't You Worry
    Ep 14Don't You Worry
    2015-12-19 · 98 min

    Sun-woo doesn't like that Sun-young and Moo-sung have grown so close. Deok-sun gifts Jung-hwan a pink shirt for his birthday.

  15. Between Love and Friendship
    Ep 15Between Love and Friendship
    2015-12-25 · 99 min

    Deok-sun faces a harsh reality check about getting into college. Dong-ryong ends up at the police station. Seong-gyun takes a bad fall.

  16. Life is an Irony (1)
    Ep 16Life is an Irony (1)
    2015-12-26 · 97 min

    When a TV singing competition rolls into town, Mi-ran and Dong-ryong are eager to audition. Bo-ra moves out to study for the bar exam.

  17. Life is an Irony (2)
    Ep 17Life is an Irony (2)
    2016-01-08 · 110 min

    As Deok-sun and the boys ponder their futures, the parents discuss their own bygone dreams. Meanwhile, Taek dreams of something sweeter.

  18. Goodbye, My First Love
    Ep 18Goodbye, My First Love
    2016-01-09 · 102 min

    It's 1994, and the friends are back in town for Taek's birthday. Deok-sun gets stood up for a concert, and Bo-ra agrees to a blind date.

  19. You Did Your Very Best
    Ep 19You Did Your Very Best
    2016-01-15 · 112 min

    During a layover in Beijing, Deok-sun makes sure to stop by to take care of Taek. Jung-hwan puts together a touching surprise for Mi-ran.

  20. Goodbye, My Youth. Goodbye, Ssangmundong.
    Ep 20Goodbye, My Youth. Goodbye, Ssangmundong.
    2016-01-16 · 113 min

    While Sun-woo and Bo-ra set out to change their parents' minds about their relationship, juicy gossip about Taek turns up on the news.

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Media

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OST

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