Reply 1997

Reply 1997
Promotional poster
GenreRomance
Comedy
Teen
Drama
Created byShin Won-ho
Lee Myung-han
Written byLee Woo-jung
Lee Sun-hye
Kim Ran-joo
Directed byShin Won-ho
StarringJung Eun-ji
Seo In-guk
Hoya
Eun Ji-won
Shin So-yul
Lee Si-eon
Sung Dong-il
Lee Il-hwa
ComposerKim Han-jo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
CinematographyOh Jae-ho
Bae Young-soo
Running time30–60 minutes
Production companytvN
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseJuly 24 (2012-07-24) 
September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
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Reply 1994
Reply 1988

Reply 1997 (Korean: 응답하라 1997; RR: Eungdaphara 1997) is a 2012 South Korean television series and the first installment of the Reply anthology series. It centers on the lives of six friends in Busan as the timeline moves back and forth between their past selves as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 and their present selves as 33-year-olds at their high school reunion dinner in 2012 where one couple will announce that they're getting married. It portrays the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when first generation idol groups such as H.O.T. and Sechs Kies took center stage and K-pop was just beginning to blossom.

The series was one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history, and has garnered praise from audiences and critics for being well-researched and full of humor and heart.