Reply 1988
| Reply 1988 | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 응답하라 1988 |
| Hanja | 應答하라 1988 |
| RR | Eungdaphara 1988 |
| MR | Ŭngdaphara 1988 |
| Genre | Family drama Comedy Romance Coming-of-age |
| Written by | Lee Woo-jung |
| Directed by | Shin Won-ho |
| Starring | Lee Hye-ri Park Bo-gum Ryu Jun-yeol Go Kyung-pyo Lee Dong-hwi Sung Dong-il Lee Il-hwa |
| Theme music composer | Shin Hae-chul |
| Opening theme | To You (그대에게) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 + special |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lee Myung-han |
| Running time | 90–110 minutes |
| Production company | tvN |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | November 6, 2015 – January 16, 2016 |
| Related | |
| Reply 1997 Reply 1994 | |
Reply 1988 (Korean: 응답하라 1988) is a South Korean television series and the third installment of the Reply anthology series. It stars an ensemble cast led by Lee Hye-ri, Park Bo-gum, Ryu Jun-yeol, Go Kyung-pyo, and Lee Dong-hwi. It revolves around five friends and their families living in the same neighborhood of Ssangmun-dong, Dobong District, Northern Seoul from the year 1988. It aired every Friday and Saturday from November 6, 2015, to January 16, 2016, on tvN for 20 episodes.
Reply 1988 received widespread critical and audience acclaim with its finale episode recording an 18.8% nationwide audience share, making it the highest rated drama in Korean cable television history at the time of airing. It was hailed as a “National Drama,” and is an example of 1980s nostalgia which initiated the newtro boom in South Korea.