While You Were Sleeping 2017

Overview

While You Were Sleeping is a 2017 South Korean television series that blends the legal drama and fantasy genres. The series stars Lee Jong-suk, Bae Suzy, Lee Sang-yeob, Jung Hae-in, and Ko Sung-hee. The narrative centers on Nam Hong Ju, a woman who lives with her widowed mother and possesses the ability to foresee future events through her dreams. Despite this gift, she often feels powerless to alter the outcomes of the accidents she witnesses. Her life intersects with a rookie prosecutor named Jung Jae Chan and his younger brother, Seung Won, after they move into the neighborhood. Following a series of unusual dreams involving Hong Ju, the ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention, Jae Chan realizes their destinies are linked. The characters begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways as Jae Chan struggles to prevent the events seen in Hong Ju’s visions from coming to pass. The program consists of sixteen chapters distributed over 16 episodes.