Once Again (South Korean TV series)

Once Again (Korean한 번 다녀왔습니다) is a 2020 South Korean family drama television series starring Lee Sang-yeob and Lee Min-jung. The drama aired on KBS2 from March 28 to September 13, 2020, every Saturday and Sunday from 19:55 to 21:15 (KST).[2]

Once Again
Promotional poster
Hangul
한 번 다녀왔습니다
Literal meaningI've Been There Once
Revised RomanizationHan Beon Danyeowatseumnida
Genre
Written byYang Hee-seung
Ahn Ah-reum
Directed byLee Jae-sang
Starring
ComposerLee Kyu-ok
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes100[a]
Production
Executive producersHwang Eui-kyung (1-4)
Ki Min-soo (5-50)
KBS Media
ProducersKim Young-gyu
Moon Seok-hwan
Oh Kwang-hee
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[a]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseMarch 28 (2020-03-28) –
September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)

Synopsis

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Song Young-dal (Cheon Ho-jin) and Jang Ok-boon (Cha Hwa-yeon) have been married for many years and they have four children (a son and three daughters): Joon-sun (Oh Dae-hwan), Ga-hee (Oh Yoon-ah), Na-hee (Lee Min-jung) and Da-hee (Lee Cho-hee).

Third child Na-Hee is a doctor and she works with her husband Doctor Yoon Gyu-jin (Lee Sang-yeob) at the same hospital. They fell in love during their medical school days and got married, but their marriage life is not doing very well. Meanwhile, the first child Joon-sun (Oh Dae-hwan) and the second child Ga-hee (Oh Yoon-ah) are both divorcees and live with their parents. The youngest child Da-Hee struggles as an intern at a company.

Cast

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Main

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Supporting

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  • Oh Dae-hwan as Song Joon-sun — Young-dal and Ok-boon's eldest child.
  • Oh Yoon-ah as Song Ga-hee — Young-dal and Ok-boon's second child.
  • Lee Cho-hee as Song Da-hee — Young-dal and Ok-boon's youngest child.
  • Moon Woo-jin as Kim Ji-hoon — Ga-hee's son.

Yoon Gyu-jin's family

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  • Sung Chan-ho as Gyu-jin and Jae-seok's deceased father, only appears in their family photo.
  • Kim Bo-yeon as Choi Yoon-jung — Gyu-jin and Jae-seok's mother.
  • Lee Sang-yi as Yoon Jae-seok — Gyu-jin's younger brother, Da-hee's love interest, later her husband.

Yongju Market

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  • Lee Jung-eun as Kang Cho-yeon — Sister's Kimbap store owner. Young-dal's long-lost younger sister, Song Young-sook.
  • Baek Ji-won as Jang Ok-ja — Ok-boon's unmarried younger sister.
  • Ahn Gil-kang as Yang Chi-soo — Young-dal's friend.
  • Ki Do-hoon as Park Hyo-shin — Song's family fried chicken restaurant part-time delivery man, later became a stuntman for Joon-sun's action company. Ga-hee's love interest.
  • Kim So-ra as Lee Joo-ri — Sister's Kimbap store worker.
  • Song Da-eun as Kim Ga-yeon — Sister's Kimbap store worker.
  • Shin Mi-young as Park Kyung-hwa — Dried fish store owner.
  • Kim Ga-young as Im Jin-joo — Twisted donut store owner.

Family of Joon-sun

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  • Im Jung-eun as Sung Hyun-kyung — Joon-sun's wife.
  • Lee Ga-yeon as Song Seo-young — Joon-sun's eldest daughter.
  • Ahn Seo-yeon as Song Seo-jin — Joon-sun's younger daughter.

Members of Evergreen Children's Hospital

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  • Alex Chu as Lee Jeong-rok — Na-hee's medical school senior.
  • Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Bo-young — Gyu-jin's first love.
  • Song Min-jae as Yoo Shi-hoo — Bo-young's son.
  • Shin Soo-jung as Park Ji-yeon
  • Kang Yoo-seok as Han Gi-young
  • Kim Hyun-mok as Hong Sung-woo
  • Kim Mi-eun as Shin Hye-jung
  • Lee Sang-kyung as Shim Jung-hee
  • Han Bom as Oh Yeon-ji

Others

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  • Oh Eui-shik as Oh Jung-bong — Joon-sun's action junior, a stuntman.
  • Jang Won-hyuk as Lee Jong-soo — Joon-sun's action junior, a stuntman.
  • Bae Ho-geun as Kim Seung-hyun — Ga-hee's ex-husband.
  • Heo Hyun-ho as Monk Yong Kang — Monk who is a father figure to Cho-yeon.
  • Kim Hye-won as Kwon Ji-hye — Ga-hee's store manager.
  • Jung Han-bit as Seo Yoon-hee — Jae-seok's blind date.
  • Jo Mi-ryung as Hong Yeon-hong — Cho-yeon's friend, a schemer and troublemaker.
  • Nam Jung-hee as Shim Moon-sil — Yeon-hong's mother.

Special appearances

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  • Ji Il-joo as Cha Young-hoon — Da-hee's ex-fiancé.
  • Son Jong-hak as Jang Choong-soo — Evergreen Children Hospital's director.
  • Lee Sung-kyung as Ji Sun-kyung — Jae-seok's ex-girlfriend.
  • Kang Chan-hee as Choi Ji-won — Da-hee's friend from college.
  • Jo Han-chul as Jo Won-chul — Loan shark that harasses Yeon-hong for her debts.
  • Lee Pil-mo as Lee Hyun — Hyun Media CEO, film director for Yongju Market's promotional video.

Viewership

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  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
  • The 48th episode of the series aired on September 6, 2020, logged a national average viewership of 37.0% with 6.8 million viewers watching the episode.[3]
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[3] TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 March 28, 2020 19.4% 17.7% 20.2%
2 23.1% 21.7% 23.3%
3 March 29, 2020 22.9% 23.2% 22.3%
4 26.3% 25.3% 26.4%
5 April 4, 2020 20.5% 18.8% 22.0%
6 24.5% 22.4% 25.4%
7 April 5, 2020 24.2% 22.8% 25.0%
8 28.1% 27.4% 29.1%
9 April 11, 2020 21.3% 20.1% 21.0%
10 26.0% 25.5% 25.3%
11 April 12, 2020 26.7% 26.1% 25.8%
12 29.6% 29.3% 29.3%
13 April 18, 2020 21.3% 20.8% 19.8%
14 26.6% 26.4% 23.1%
15 April 19, 2020 26.3% 25.7% 24.6%
16 29.9% 30.3% 27.0%
17 April 25, 2020 25.0% 21.4% 20.4%
18 25.5% 21.6% 25.2%
19 April 26, 2020 28.4% 23.9% 23.6%
20 28.8% 28.3% 27.9%
21 May 2, 2020 21.4% 21.2% 20.6%
22 26.1% 26.1% 25.3%
23 May 3, 2020 24.5% 23.7% 23.7%
24 28.2% 27.6% 28.2%
25 May 9, 2020 26.6% 26.7%
26 22.1% 21.8%
27 May 10, 2020 25.1% 25.0% 24.9%
28 30.2% 30.5% 29.4%
29 May 16, 2020 22.0% 21.9% 19.7%
30 27.2% 26.8% 24.3%
31 May 17, 2020 26.6% 27.1% 24.3%
32 29.9% 30.4% 29.3%
33 May 23, 2020 21.8% 21.4% 21.1%
34 26.3% 25.6% 25.8%
35 May 24, 2020 27.4% 27.2% 26.1%
36 31.1% 30.5% 29.5%
37 May 30, 2020 21.2% 20.4% 20.5%
38 27.0% 26.1% 26.0%
39 May 31, 2020 26.0% 25.6% 25.6%
40 30.9% 30.6% 29.5%
41 June 6, 2020 23.7% 24.1% 21.8%
42 28.5% 28.8% 26.8%
43 June 7, 2020 26.5% 26.0% 25.7%
44 30.1% 29.5% 30.0%
45 June 13, 2020 23.9% 23.1%
46 28.7% 28.0%
47 June 14, 2020 27.8% 27.5% 25.6%
48 31.6% 31.1% 30.3%
49 June 20, 2020 23.1% 23.4% 21.0%
50 28.8% 28.0% 26.5%
51 June 21, 2020 28.6% 28.5% 25.7%
52 31.5% 31.9% 29.9%
53 June 27, 2020 23.6% 23.3% 20.9%
54 28.0% 27.5% 26.9%
55 June 28, 2020 28.5% 28.3% 25.5%
56 32.2% 31.5% 30.1%
57 July 4, 2020 23.2% 22.6% 21.4%
58 28.6% 28.5% 25.6%
59 July 5, 2020 28.9% 28.5% 25.8%
60 33.0% 33.0% 29.7%
61 July 11, 2020 24.6% 24.2% 22.7%
62 29.6% 29.5% 27.7%
63 July 12, 2020 30.3% 29.7% 27.8%
64 33.3% 32.5% 30.9%
65 July 18, 2020 23.9% 23.5% 23.8%
66 29.4% 28.7% 28.4%
67 July 19, 2020 30.4% 30.3% 28.9%
68 33.7% 33.4% 33.0%
69 July 25, 2020 24.2% 23.1% 21.9%
70 28.7% 27.6% 26.3%
71 July 26, 2020 29.6% 28.9% 28.3%
72 33.0% 32.7% 32.0%
73 August 1, 2020 25.7% 25.0% 24.6%
74 30.1% 29.3% 29.5%
75 August 2, 2020 32.1% 32.3% 30.0%
76 35.6% 36.0% 34.2%
77 August 8, 2020 29.4% 28.7% 26.9%
78 33.2% 32.4% 30.6%
79 August 9, 2020 33.6% 33.2% 30.0%
80 36.5% 36.1% 33.6%
81 August 15, 2020 26.9% 27.0% 25.0%
82 31.4% 31.8% 30.0%
83 August 16, 2020 29.6% 28.6% 29.2%
84 32.9% 31.4% 32.5%
85 August 22, 2020 29.2% 29.5% 26.7%
86 33.2% 33.7% 30.8%
87 August 23, 2020 32.8% 32.5% 31.1%
88 35.5% 35.1% 35.2%
89 August 29, 2020 30.2% 30.2% 29.1%
90 35.5% 35.5% 33.7%
91 August 30, 2020 34.5% 34.0% 32.5%
92 36.5% 35.7% 35.5%
93 September 5, 2020 27.4% 26.0% 27.4%
94 32.6% 31.2% 31.9%
95 September 6, 2020 34.8% 34.7% 32.1%
96 37.0% 37.0% 35.4%
97 September 12, 2020 29.6% 28.9%
98 33.5% 33.4%
99 September 13, 2020 33.6% 33.0% 32.8%
100 34.8% 33.9% 34.9%
Average 28.4% 27.9% [b]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2020 KBS Drama Awards Daesang (Grand Prize) Cheon Ho-jin Won
Top Excellence, Actor Cheon Ho-jin Nominated
Top Excellence, Actress Cha Hwa-yeon Nominated
Lee Min-jung Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Cheon Ho-jin Nominated
Lee Sang-yeob Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Cha Hwa-yeon Nominated
Lee Jung-eun Won
Lee Min-jung Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Oh Dae-hwan Won
Best Supporting Actress Baek Ji-won Nominated
Oh Yoon-ah Won
Best Young Actor Moon Woo-jin Won
Best Young Actress Ahn Seo-yeon Nominated
Lee Ga-yeon Won
Best New Actor Lee Sang-yi Won
Best New Actress Lee Cho-hee Won
Netizen Award, Actor Lee Sang-yeob Won
Best Writer Yang Hee-seung Won
Best Couple Award Cheon Ho-jin and Lee Jung-eun Won
Lee Sang-yeob and Lee Min-jung Won
Lee Sang-yi and Lee Cho-hee Won
7th APAN Star Awards[4] Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Lee Sang-yeob Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Lee Min-jung Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Lee Sang-yi Won
Best Supporting Actress Lee Jung-eun Nominated
Best New Actress Lee Cho-hee Nominated
Popular Star Award, Actress Lee Min-jung Nominated

Original soundtrack

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Once Again OST
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedMarch 28, 2020
GenreSoundtrack, Pop
LanguageKorean, English
LabelBon Factory Worldwide, Kakao Entertainment

Track listings

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No.TitleArtistLength
1."Let's Never Meet Again"Park Bo-ram3:37
2."LOVE IS DANGER"Raina, Song Yuvin3:44
3."Why Am I Like This"Lee Sang-yi3:24
4."The Day We Broke Up"Ra.L4:05
5."Everything Passes By"Jung Dong-ha3:38

Notes

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  1. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
  2. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ Cha, E. (March 28, 2020). "Lee Min Jung And Lee Sang Yeob's "Once Again" + Choi Jin Hyuk's "Rugal" Both Premiere To Higher Ratings Than Predecessors". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Kim, Myung-mi (November 13, 2020). "APAN STAR AWARDS' 우수상 후보 공개, 박보검부터 지창욱까지". naver (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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