Reply 1997

Reply 1997 is a 2012 South Korean television series that follows the lives of six friends in Busan as the timeline shifts between their past as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 and they're present as 33-year-olds at their high school reunion dinner in 2012, where one couple announces their engagement. As the first installment of the Reply series, it also depicts the extreme fan culture that arose in the 1990s, when first-generation idol groups like H.O.T. and Sechs Kies took center stage and K-pop was just getting started. The series is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history and has garnered praise from audiences and critics for being well-researched, refreshing, genuine, and full of humor and heart. The series originally aired live on cable channel tvN in 16 episodes.

In this film, Seo In-guk plays Yoon Yoon-jae, Shi-won's childhood best friend who frequently visits her house following the death of his parents. Yoon Yoon-jae is quiet and brooding yet devoted to those close to him. He is also known as one of the two most attractive boys in the school, along with Joon-hee, and girls frequently fall for both of them. He is bright and graduated first in his class. Yoon-jae falls in love with Shi-won as a teenager and tries to keep it a secret. Seo In-guk received the Rising Star Award at the 1st K-Drama Star Awards, and Reply 1997 received the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 7th Cable TV Broadcasting Awards.

Detailed information:
Directed by: Shin Won-ho
Starring: Jung Eun-ji, Seo In-guk, Hoya, Eun Ji-won, Shin So-yul, Lee Si-eon
Release date: July 24, 2012