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Jung Da-jung (Kim Ha-Neul) is married to 37-year-old man Hong Dae-young (Yoon Sang-Hyun). Dae-young was a hot teenager back in high school. Everyone would scream his name and think of him as their first love. However, he destroyed himself by drinking and smoking, ending up as the icon of drastic change. They have a pair of twins 18 years old son & daughter. Da-jung works hard as a rookie announcer and she has a sincere heart. She becomes totally fed up with her husband and is unable to deal with him any longer. Dae-young got fired from his job and he is looked down upon by his family. At this time, Da-jung hands him divorce papers. Meanwhile, Dae-young looks at himself as an ordinary unemployed middle-aged man and he regrets his life. Feeling pathetic and hopeless, he goes to his high school and makes a wish by throwing a basketball. “Let me go back!”. As if the heavens listen to his words literally, Dae-young sees that he’s 18 again! Given a second chance, Dae-young changes his name to Go Woo-young (Lee Do-hyun) and starts his new life. But when he finds out that his ex-wife is seeing another man, he must fix his relationship with her as a high school student!

Kim Ha-neul is a popular actress who has won many awards in her acting career. Her popularity and acting skills earned her recognition all these years and her stardom has always been guarantee of ratings. Yoon Sang-hyun is known for his versatility, and ability to be likeable even when he is playing a loser character. Lee Do-hyun is a rising rookie who is skilled in acting of everything from romances to comedies. In 18 Again, he plays a character that has both an innocent, upright 18-year-old and a 37-year-old man inside. In order to best portray the character, Lee Do-hyun is showing a lot of passion and always researching and discussing the character.

Kim Ha-neul, Yoon Sang-hyun, Lee Do-hyun, and the other actors forged great chemistry with their genuine and relatable acting. The cast are working hard to make a drama in which viewers can become immersed, laugh, get excited, and relate to the stories.

Character & Cast

Kim Ha-neul (as Jung Da-jeong)

18 years ago, Da-jung was the first crush for many boys and role model for girls. She has a baby face that glows even in a group of 20-year-old women, but in reality, she’s a mother in her late thirties with 18-year-old twins. Although Da-jung and Dae-young got divorced, Da-jung still want to be a proud mother to her twins. After 10 years of trying to become a newscaster, she becomes one through a blind audition which doesn’t consider age, education or work experience but solely based on her “skills”. However, she immediately becomes the target of her youthful peers and is on the verge of getting fired for the mere reason that she is a mother.

Yoon Sang-hyun (as Hong Dae-young)

18 years ago, Dae-young was the first love of many girls and role model for boys. Back then, Dae-young swept the MVP

awards at high school basketball tournaments and was called “a basketball genius” among potential university recruits. But now he’s become an ordinary man who couldn’t be picked out from a group of middle-aged men in a diner. He is divorced from his wife, neglected by his children, and fired from his job. He’s lived for 18 years with the pride of being the leader of his family, and now everything has collapsed!

Lee Do-hyun (as Go Woo-young)