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For the 2011 SBS daily drama of the same name, see [[:While You Were Sleeping]].


While You Were Sleeping (2017)

While You Were Sleeping

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Synopsis[]

A young woman with bad premonition dreams meets two people who suddenly develop the same ability. Nam Hong Joo lives with her mother, Yoon Moon Sun, a widow who runs a small restaurant. Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother, Seung Won, move in across the street. Since Hong Joo was young, she has had the ability to see the good and bad events before they happen, however she is often unable to do anything about it. One day, Jae Chan has a strange premonition dream about an accident involving Hong Joo and Lee Yoo Beom, a ruthless attorney who used to be Jae Chan’s tutor. Jae Chan decides to interfere in the course of events and ends up saving the lives of Hong Joo and Han Woo Tak, a young police officer. When Jae Chan, Hong Joo, and Woo Tak then start having dreams about one another, they realize that their lives are now somehow entwined. But can the three discover the reason that they were brought together, and can they prevent the people closest to them from getting hurt? - Viki

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Cast[]

Main Cast
Division 3 Detectives
Jung Jae Chan's family
Nam Hong Joo's family
Others
Guests

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Recognitions[]

2018 Seoul International Drama Awards:

  • Top Excellence Award for Hallyu Dramas

Korea First Brand Awards:

  • Drama Category

2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards:

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:

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[]

See While You Were Sleeping (2017)/Reviews

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