Still 17
2018
Original language: Korean
- drama
- comedy
- crime
- mystery
The story
Gong Woo-Jin is a 30-year-old single man and he works as a set designer. Due to a trauma he experienced 13 years ago, he does not want to have a relationship with others. When Woo Seo-Ri was 17, she fell into a coma. 13 years later, she wakes up from her coma. Her mental age is still that of a 17-year-old, but she is now 30-years-old. Gong Woo-Jin and Woo Seo-Ri get involved with each other and fall in love.
What it’s like
Soft, warm-toned interiors and everyday Seoul streets give this one a gentle, lived-in look, with a sunny, slightly washed-out palette that softens its heavier moments. The mood is tender and wistful, a melancholy kept light by quiet humour and an easy romance that unfolds in shared domestic spaces and small routines. Music is woven through the episodes, with melodic pop and piano carrying the emotional swells, and the pacing is unhurried, leaning on long conversational scenes rather than sharp cuts. It suits a rainy weekend, a comfort rewatch, or an evening when you want something warm with an undercurrent of ache. Its central arc follows two wounded people slowly learning to trust each other and to face the past they have been carrying. The intensity is moderate: emotional trauma, a coma, and a crime-and-mystery thread that run through the story, with the darker material handled through dialogue and memory rather than graphic violence. Expect tears more than shocks. It is for viewers who want heartfelt, bittersweet romance with healing at its core and a sense of time lost and gently recovered.
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