K-drama Review: Please Come Back, Mister (2016)

Hi everyone! The recent drama that I just finished is PLEASE COME BACK, MISTER~

Some of my friends recommended it to me, I have watched it trailer and Rain's appearance made this drama is so tempting to watch!

ABOUT

Please Come Back, Mister (Hangul: 돌아와요 아저씨; RR: Dorawayo Ajeossi) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Rain, Oh Yeon-seo, Kim In-kwon, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-jung, Lee Ha-nui, 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.

Also known as	Come Back, Uncle Come Back Alive Come Back, Ahjussi
Genre	Melodrama Comedy Family Romance
Based on	Mr. Tsubakiyama's Seven Days by Jirō Asada
Written by	Noh Hye-young
Directed by	Shin Yoon-sub
Starring	Rain Oh Yeon-seo Kim In-kwon Kim Soo-ro Lee Min-jung Lee Ha-nui Choi Won-young Yoon Park
Country of origin	South Korea
Originallanguage(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	SBS
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	24 February – 14 April 2016

That chocolate absss

They came back alive with different appearance

PLOT

Kim Young-soo (Kim In-kwon) is a section chief in the women’s apparel section at Sunjin's department store. He and his wife Shin Da-hye (Lee Min-jung) 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 (Kim Soo-ro) is a former gangster who runs a restaurant. He has loved actress Song Yi-yeon (Lee Ha-nui) for many years, but she has always distanced herself from him because of his lifestyle. Her ex-husband, Cha Jae-gook (Choi Won-young) 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 (Rain), a handsome young man; and Gi-tak as Han Hong-nan (Oh Yeon-seo), a pretty young woman. They have three rules:

1. They can not reveal their true identities.

2. Revenge is forbidden.

3. They cannot engage in human affairs.

If any of these rules are broken, the fact that either of them ever existed will be erased.

(cr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Come_Back,_Mister)

Song Yi Yeon, Hong Nan, Sung Jae

with supporting roles

Unfortunately Please Come Back Mister was aired the exactly same with with Descendant of The Sun so when netizen raved for DoTS, PCBM became unavoidable less popular and its rating even didn't reach 5%.


MUSIC
The soundtracks of this drama is really nice and suitable to many types of the scenes.
There are some of their songs that I love :D


STORY

This drama is good. Though I almost fall asleep when I was watching Episode 1 (because Rain hasn't appeared yet. LOL), the drama plot is unpredictable, "twisted" many times and so mind-blowing. To sum up, the Episode 1-5 were boring but the rest of it is... addictive enough for me.
Watching PCBM was like reading a mistery novel. You shouldn't miss any clue or face to make a complete puzzle and solve mistery behind the unanswered questions in this drama.


ACTING

I admit that everyone worked hard for this drama, their acting skills were SOOO GOOD! Especially Lee Jae Hoon (Rain), Kim Young-soo (Im In Kwon), and Oh Yeon So (Hong Nan).
- I never seen Rain in those hilarious and ugly faces XDD His acting was superb!!!! He can be gentle and funny alternately LOL.
- This was my first time watched Oh Yeon So & Lee Min Jung (Shin Dahye)'s acting and they're irreplaceable. I can't imagine how it would be if Oh Yeon So weren't Hong Nan at the first place. She was hilarious, LOL XD And of course, her acting was brilliant!

left-right: Han Gi Tak, Han Hong Nan, Lee Hae Joon, Kim Young Soo

OVERALL

This drama is clearly not for teenagers IMHO, because it brought marriage issues, and has complicated story. PCBM isn't kind of a lovey dovey common drama out there, the relationship between one to another isn't as simple as boyfriend and girlfriend's relationship. However, PCBM contains many deep messages and I was amazed by this touching & hilarious drama :) :)

Rating: 8/10

What do you think about this drama? :D