Come Back Mister
Come Back Mister is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Rain, Oh Yeon-seo, Kim In-kwon, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-jung, Lee Hanee, Choi Won-young and Yoon Park, based on the Japanese novel published in 2002, Mr. Tsubakiyama's Seven Days by Jirō Asada. It aired on SBS from 24 February to 14 April 2016 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Synopsis
Kim Young-soo is a section chief in the women's apparel section at Sunjin's department store. He and his wife Shin Da-hye do not get along because his long work hours and constant overtime distract him from home. During one of these overtimes, he accidentally falls from a roof and is killed. His company writes his death off as a suicide in order to not receive blame for overworking him.Han Gi-tak is a former gangster who runs a restaurant. He has loved actress Song Yi-yeon for many years, but she has always distanced herself from him because of his lifestyle. Her ex-husband, Cha Jae-gook has whipped up a scandal to force her to give him their child, and threatens Yi-yeon with it. Just as Gi-tak figures this out, he gets in a car accident and is killed at the same time as Young-soo.
Young-soo and Gi-tak both arrive in the afterlife, but they both feel that they must return: Young-soo to reconcile with his wife and prove his death was not a suicide, and Gi-tak to protect Yi-yeon. They are given two months and return to life in new bodies: Young-soo as Lee Hae-joon, a handsome young man; and Gi-tak as Han Hong-nan, a beautiful young woman. They have three rules:
- They can not reveal their true identities.
- Revenge is forbidden.
- They cannot engage in human affairs.
Cast
Main characters
- Rain as Lee Hae-joon / Kim Young-soo
- Oh Yeon-seo as Han Hong-nan / Han Gi-tak
- Kim In-kwon as Kim Young-soo
- Kim Soo-ro as Han Gi-tak
- * Kwak Dong-yeon as young Han Gi-tak
- Lee Min-jung as Shin Da-hye
- Lee Hanee as Song Yi-yeon
- * Ji Ha-yoon as young Song Yi-yeon
- Yoon Park as Jung Ji-hoon
- Choi Won-young as Cha Jae-gook
- Lee Tae-hwan as Choi Seung-jae
Supporting characters
- Park In-hwan as Kim Noh-gap
- Lee Re as Kim Han-na
- Oh Dae-hwan as Na Suk-chul
- Kang Ki-young as Jegal Gil
- Ra Mi-ran as Maya
- Yoon Joo-sang as Stationmaster of Re-Life Centre
- as Jang Jin-goo
- Ahn Suk-hwan as Cha Hee-jang
- Oh Na-ra as Secretary Wang / X
- Park Min-woo as Yoo Hyuk
- Ryu Hwa-young as Wang Joo-yeon
- Lee Moon-sik as Pilot
- Park Chul-min as Ma Sang-sik
Production
The first script reading took place on 22 December 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.Epilogue
The epilogue shows the life of the real Lee Hae-joon and his pilot surviving on an isolated island. Lee Hae-joon wants to fly back to Seoul because he has an important business, but unfortunately he gets into a plane crash. The epilogue is shown in Episode 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15.Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.- Episode 15 was postponed to 14 April 2016 in favor of coverage of the National Assembly elections.
- Episodes 15 & 16 aired back-to-back on 14 April.