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K-drama Way Back Love, high-school romcom starring Kim Min-ha, is an instant classic

With stand-out performances and strong direction, Way Back Love is in the running to be one of the best Korean high-school romcoms ever

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Kim Min-ha as Hee-wan in a still from Way Back Love, which is in the running to be of the best Korean high-school romcoms of all time.

Lead cast: Kim Min-ha, Gong Myung

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Rising star Kim Min-ha is premiering her first two post-Pachinko roles at this year’s Busan International Film Festival: the big-screen thriller The Girl with Closed Eyes and the utterly delightful fantasy romantic comedy-drama series Way Back Love, in which she co-stars with Extreme Job actor Gong Myung.

This six-episode drama from Korean streaming service TVing, which premiered half of its episodes at Busan before an expected airing in 2025, is based on the novel A Week Before I Die, which serves as the Korean title of the show.

Kim plays a withdrawn and depressed university student, who one day answers a knock at her door and is shocked by who she sees. A handsome young man in a sweeping leather jacket, delighted to see her, exclaims “Ram-woo! Don’t you recognise me?”.

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The trouble is that her name is Hee-wan and the person at her door, who is actually Ram-woo, died four years ago. Ram-woo is now a grim reaper, and is visiting Hee-wan to tell her that she has a week left to live and to help her get the most out of the little remaining time she has.

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