Reply 1994


Reply 1994 is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Go Ara, Jung Woo, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Sung-kyun, Son Ho-jun, Baro, Min Do-hee, Sung Dong-il, and Lee Il-hwa. It aired on tvN from October 18 to December 28, 2013 for 21 episodes.
Written by Lee Woo-jung and directed by Shin Won-ho, 1994 is the second installment of the Reply series. Its final episode garnered an average viewership rating of 11.509%, making it one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history.

Synopsis

Set in 1994, six university students from various provincial areas of South Korea live together at a boarding house in Sinchon, Seoul, which is run by a couple with a daughter named Sung Na-jung.
Like its predecessor, Reply 1997, follows a nonlinear story telling where it shifts between the past in 1994 and the present in 2013, making the viewers guess who will become Na-jung's husband among the male characters.
The series follows the historically and culturally significant events that happened in the country between 1994 and the years that follow, including the emergence of seminal K-pop group Seo Taiji and Boys, the Sampoong Department Store collapse and the birth of the Korean Basketball League. The names of the boys are revealed later, to avoid spoilers. They're mostly just referred to by their nicknames listed below.

Cast

Main

Director Shin Won-ho and writer Lee Woo-jung had originally planned for their previous TV series to be set in 1994, which was the year they entered college. But they decided to change the year to 1997 after casting Sechs Kies member Eun Ji-won, since H.O.T. and Sechs Kies fandom was at its peak that year, which made an interesting juxtaposition to the failing Korean economy during the IMF crisis.
Shin and Lee felt there was enough material for another series, and in a bid to replicate Reply 1997's success, cable channel tvN announced a "sequel" or "second season" in April 2013. Shin said, "The stories about people moving to Seoul are full of unpredictable incidents."
Despite the same writer and director, and the casting of Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa, Reply 1994 is not a prequel of Reply 1997; it uses the same concept of coming-of-age drama combined with 1990s nostalgia, but with a completely new plot and characters.
A novelization was published on January 17, 2014.

Original soundtrack

Soundtracks for the drama consist of re-arranged popular Korean songs from the nineties. All re-arranged songs are well received by Korean general public and topped various Korean music charts.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

''Reply 1994'' Director's Cut OST

Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

International broadcast

It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV beginning June 14, 2014.