365: Repeat the Year

Synopsis:

There are 10 people who wanted to change at a certain point of their lives due to a tragic ending or event, thus, when Dr. Lee Shin, a psychiatrist of Zian Clinic, called and invite them for an opportunity of a lifetime, the ability to reset their lives, everybody agreed to participate except one. Police Detective Ji Hyung Joo of Violence Crime, wanted a reset and join the group as his partner who was like a brother to him, Detective Park Sun-Ho, died because of him. While Shin Ga-Hyun, a beautiful and popular webtoon writer, became cripple from a hit and run accident wanted to be able to walk again and mend her broken relationships. Police Detective Ji Hyung Joo and Shin Ga-Hyun formed a special friendship as they discovered mysterious death of their group after the reset. They try to unravel the truth and find the person behind the murders and why this is happening in peril of their own lives.

Characters:

Lee Joon Hyuk as Ji Hyung Joo
Nam Ji Hyun as Shin Ga Hyun
Kim Ji Soo as Lee Shin
Yang Dong Geun as Bae Jung Tae
Lee Shi Ah as Seo Yun Soo
Yoon Joo Sang as Hwang No Sup
Im Ha Ryong as Choi Kyung Man
Jung Min Sung as Cha Jung Suk
Jun Suk Ho as Park Young Gil
Ahn Seung Kyoon as Ko Jae Young
Lee Yoo Mi as Kim Se Rin
Kim Ha Kyung as So Hye In
Ryu Tae Ho as Heo Jang Il
Lee Sung Wook as Park Sun Ho
Yoon Hye Ri as Jin Sa Kyung
Ryeoun as Nam Sun Woo
Min Do Hee as Min Joo Young
Im Hyun Soo as Han Woo Jin
Oh Hee Joon as Goo Seung Min
Sung Hyuk as Kim Dae Sung
Baek Soo Jang as Oh Myung Chul
Ahn Min Young as Song Ji Hyun
Lee Tae Vin as Choi Young Woong
Lee Dong Ha as Jo Hyun Woo
Kim Ha Eun as Lee Young
Lee Chae Kyung as Kim Soo Yun
Yoo Gun as Ahn Kyung Nam
Kim Choo Wol as Choi Kyung Man’s wife
Kim Ki Hwan as Traffic Cop
Jang Joon Hyun as Jang Jin Ho
Lee Chung Mi as Kim Se Rin’s Sister
Park Sun Woo as Ko Suk Kyu
Uhm Ji Man as Police Officer

My Review:

OCN has truly mastered creating suspense thrillers on their past succeeding k-dramas, from Voice, Duel and this. From Episode 1 till it progresses, the suspense and the mystery has been constantly exciting. Even if I want to let go so I can go to sleep, my brain had so much stimuli and fully entertained that I can’t help but stay straight 12 hours to watch it. Crazy, huh? But, it was truly worth it.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

As I am browsing the list of K-dramas in one of the sites I visit for a guide of K-dramas after I finished all the k-dramas I’ve been waiting for, I accidentally discovered this. I read its reviews and the premise seems to be interesting plus the number of episodes is manageable. The reviews I read were all positive. In fact, one of the reviews I read stated that this was one of the k-dramas that are unfortunately underrated as it was shown on MBC, a Korean TV station that seems to have a bad reputation of coming out consistent not so good Korean dramas, thus, it went under the radar and was not given the right accolade and recognition it deserved. I totally agree after watching it.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) I have watched. Lee Joon Hyuk in several of his good projects such as “The Lies Within”; “Designated Survivor:60 Days”, “ “Naked Fireman” and “Secret Garden”. He was always a good actor, not hallyu star material but a potential great character actor. On this k-drama, he has done a terrific performance as Ji Hyung Joo. He successfully delivered the character and I hope on his next project, he will be given a chance to do something like this again, be promoted properly and seen by many.

(2) Nam Ji Hyun is also a good actress I’ve seen in”Suspicious Partner”, “Shopaholic Louis” and “Angel Eyes” to name a few. She had good chemistry with Lee Joon Hyuk and as Shin Ga Hyun, she was able to give the right amount of blend of someone expected to perfect all the time, living a life of a famous person, and now down her luck due to her accident. She also depicted being good and inquisitive without going borderline irritating as she shows her character. Her character’s friendship with Ji Hyung Joo was one of the highlights of this K-drama.

(3) It was too bad that not many have watched this and can appreciate the quality of its production. The way it was written and executed are gems why K-dramas became so popular around the world. This is 1,000x better than a lot of k-dramas I’ve watched that became popular in the mainstream with high ratings. Sometimes, the saying Success is 1% Perspiration and 99% Luck is true. There are a lot of K-Dramas like Goblin and Crash Landing On You that became so popular when the actual story is really not that good. Yet, k-dramas with this quality didn’t get the right exposure it deserved.

(4) This is one of the K-Dramas wherein all the supporting characters are essential to the story and truly relevant. Thus, it worked and turned out well.

(5) This is also one of the suspense thrillers with fantasy element that did work and was done well. It was also produced at the right length, thus, there’s really no boring episodes. I also got surprised by the revelations so many times as the story unfolds. It was truly unpredictable.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

For me, this K-drama is perfectly done. However, there’s just one piece on the story that confuses me which is the question how much the character can truly remember when they do the reset? Is it just the parts that leads to what they want to change? Other than that, I sincerely love it from beginning till its end.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Definitely Yes

My Rating to this Drama ( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars

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01. Paris – Murmur
02. Into My Life – Say’Z
03. Looking for My Life – Noel

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