Overview of Still 17
‘Still 17’ is a South Korean television series aired by SBS TV from 23 July to 18 September 2018. The show was starred by Shin Hye-sun, Yang Se-jong, and Ahn Hyo-seop.
The story revolves around the lives of Woo Seo-ri (Shin Hye-sun) and Gong Woo-jin (Yang Se-jong), who were terribly affected by a bus accident that happened thirteen years ago.
Profile
- Name: ‘Still 17’
- Starring: Shin Hye-sun, Yang Se-jong, Ahn Hyo-seop
- Genre: Romance, Comedy
- Directed by: Jo Soo-won
- Screenplay by: Jo Sung-hee
- Running time: 32 minutes
- No. of episodes: 32
- Network: SBS TV
- Release date: 23 July – 18 September 2018
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Cast
- Shin Hye-sun as Woo Seo-ri
- Park Si-eun as young Woo Seo-ri
- Yang Se-jong as Gong Woo-jin
- Yoon Chan-young as young Gong Woo-jin
- Ahn Hyo-seop as Yoo Chan
- Ye Ji-won as Jennifer
Supporting
- Jung Yoo-jin as Kang Hee-soo
- Ahn Seung-gyun as Jin Hyun
- Wang Ji-won as Kim Tae-rin
- Lee Ah-hyun as Gong Hyun-jung
- Lee Seo-yeon as No Soo-mi
- Wang Ji-won as Kim Tae-rin
- Yoon Sun-woo as Kim Hyun-tae
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Yoon Sun-woo as Kim Hyung-tae
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Wang Seok-hyeon as young Hyung-tae
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Jeon Ye-seo as Kim Hyun-jin
- Wang Seok-hyeon as young Hyung-tae
- Lee Seo-yeon as No Soo-mi
- Lee Do-hyun as Dong Hae-bum
- Jeon Bae-soo as Woo Sung-hyun
- Lee Seung-joon as Kim Hyun-gyu
- Shim Yi-young as Kook Mi-hyun
- Jung Ho-bin as Byun Gyu-chul
- Jo Hyun-sik as Han Deok-soo
- Kim Young-jae as Kim Tae-jin
- Kim Min-sang as Woo-jin’s physician
- Jo Yoo-jung as Lee Ri-an
- Kim Ji-yee
- Son San
- Seo Yun-ah
- Ha Do-kwon as Rowing Club Coach
- Ji Dae-han
- Park Jong-hoon as Shim Myung-hwan
- Min Eun-kyung
- Jeong Jin-woon as Jung Jin-woon
Synopsis
The thirty-year-old Woo Seo-ri wakes up from her coma. She has been in the hospital for 13 years after the terrible bus accident that took away the lives of a few people during her school days. Though her hospital bills were paid without fault (later it will be disclosed that it is the truck driver who paid her hospital bills as repentance for causing the accident), no one comes to see her on the day she openes her eyes.
Fallen into a coma as a high school girl, it takes her a while to accept that she is now thirty years old. Seeing her helplessness, Yoo Chan decides to give her shelter. However, his idea did not please his uncle, another thirty-year-old man named Gong Woo-jin.
Woo-jin is a set designer who flees to Germany after the death of his high-school crush. When Woo-jin was in high school, he had a crush on a teenage girl named Soo-mi. Soo-mi lost her life in the same bus accident that put Seo-ri in a coma. Though Woo-jin never got a chance to talk to her, he learned that her name was Soo-mi from the name embroidered on her school jacket.
Woo-jin was on the same bus before it crashed into a car. While sitting inside the bus, he saw his crush on the other seat. To his surprise, she approaches him and asks about the bus stop that she intends to deboard. Hoping he could make use of the opportunity to confess his feelings for her, he tells her to deboard at the wrong bus stop. When he turns to take her portrait from his chart box, one of her friends boards in. Out of panic, Woo-jin jumps off the bus.
Later, he runs to the next bus stop and witnesses the terrible accident. The guilt of making the girl stay longer on the bus makes him flee to Germany.
Seo-ri wakes up from her coma when Woo-jin is staying with his nephew, Yoo Chan, and a maid named Jennifer. Yoo Chan is a handsome high school boy who is also the captain of the school’s rowing club. After learning the story of Seo-ri, he decides to become her guardian. Nonetheless, Woo-jin permits Seo-ri to stay at their house for a night.
Seo-ri decides to search for her uncle and aunt, her only guardians. Later, Woo-jin also helps her searching for them. At the end of their search, her aunt shows up with the personal diary of her uncle. From the diary, she learns that her uncle divorced his pregnant wife to save his family from debt and later died due to bad health.
The friendship of Woo-jin and Seo-ri slowly buds into love. Realising their love for each other, Yoo Chan decides to give up the love that he developed for her.
Seo-ri decides to leave Korea to pursue a career in music therapy. However, her love for Woo-jin restricts her from going abroad for her studies. Woo-jin becomes happy with her decision.
One day she learns about the death of her friend Soo-mi, who has been with her on the bus. She goes to see the memorial of Soo-mi with Woo-jin. Seeing the photo of Soo-mi, Woo-jin realises that it was not his crush who actually died on that day. Later, he learns that Seo-ri was his childhood crush, and she was wearing Soo-mi’s jacket with her name on the day he discovered her name.
Woo-jin becomes depressed after knowing the truth and decides to flee again. On the other hand, Seo-ri discovers her portrait drawn by Woo-jin in the storeroom. At the end, she meets Woo-jin and makes him understand that the bus accident was not his fault. Later, they decide to marry when the right time comes.
Theme
‘Still 17’ is a fusion of themes like nostalgia, love, friendship, and guilt. When the thirty-year-old Seo-ri wakes up from her coma, she feels like her soul is trapped in the body of a thirty-year-old lady. For Seo-ri, it feels like she has slipped time from 17 to her thirties. Therefore, the show shows both events from the past and present.
Seo-ri’s friendship with Woo-jin and Yoo Chan helped her to adjust to the new environment. Along with showing Seo-ri’s struggle to fit into adulthood, the show also focuses on the feelings of guilt and grief that are endured by the other characters.
Awards
- SBS Drama Awards 2018
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama – Shin Hye-sun
Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama – Yang Se-jong
Best Supporting Actress – Ye Ji-won
Best New Actor – Ahn Hyo-seop
Best Young Actress – Park Si-eun
Interesting Facts about Still 17
- The official script reading of ‘Still 17’ was conducted at the SBS Studio in Ilsan, South Korea on 16 May 2018.
- Due to the 18th Asian Games, the 17th and 18th episodes of the drama which were scheduled to air on 20 August were postponed to 21 August 2018.
- Also, the 19th and 20th episodes of ‘Still 17’ were aired on 28 August instead of 27 August 2018 due to the streaming of 18 Asian Games.
- The literal meaning of the title ‘Still 17’ is ‘Thirty but Seventeen’.
- Each episode of the drama is 35 minutes long and at a time 2 episodes were aired.
FAQs
- How many episodes are there in ‘Still 17’?
32 episodes. - In which year ‘Still 17’ was released?
The show was released in 2018. - Who plays the lead roles in ‘Still 17’?
The lead roles in the drama were played by Shin Hye-sun, Yang Se-jong, Ahn Hyo-seop. - What is the Instagram ID of Shin Hye-sun?
@shinhs831. - Who is the director of ‘Still 17’?
Jo Soo-won is the director of ‘Still 17’.
- What is the Instagram ID of Ahn Hyo-seop?
@imhyoseop. - Is ‘Still 17’ a time slip K-drama?
Yes, ‘Still 17’ is a time slip K-drama. In the show, Woo Seo-ri wakes up from her coma after 13 years.
