Who Are You? (Korean: 누구세요?; RR: Nuguseyo?) is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Yoon Kye-sang, Go Ara and Kang Nam-gil. It aired on MBC TV from March 3 to May 1, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes.
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Plot
Son Il-gun is a middle-aged deliveryman and devoted father to his daughter, Young-in. Young-in just graduated from high school and is an aspiring cartoonist, but she is working part-time instead of going to college due to financial difficulties, which the quick-tempered young woman partly blames on her "loser" father. She has no idea that Il-gun was once a struggling artist in his youth, but now that one of his paintings was sold for an exorbitant amount to a collector in New York, a local gallery offers Il-gun a solo exhibition. But before he can make a decision, Il-gun dies in a traffic accident, leaving Young-in penniless. According to Buddhism, the soul of a dead person is allowed to wander for 49 days in order to let go of all earthly attachments before going to the afterlife. But Il-gun loves his daughter so much that he takes it one step further, and possesses a stranger's body to care for Young-in and make it up to her.
Cha Seung-hyo was abandoned as a child, then adopted and raised in the United States. He is now a cold-hearted, perfectionist corporate raider without any meaningful relationships. However, after a traffic accident, he begins to lose time and wake up in strange situations, and he eventually learns that Il-gun is spiritually possessing him for three hours a day. Not only does Young-in find it suspicious that this stranger is suddenly concerned about her well-being, buying her expensive clothes and food, but Seung-hyo's subordinates also find it weird that he periodically acts out of character like a manically cheerful, old-fashioned man. Against his will, Seung-hyo gets drawn into Young-in's life, and discovers that Shin Jae-ha, owner of Nuri Art Gallery, is ingratiating himself with her, hoping to find more of the late Il-gun's paintings and buy them off her for less than they're worth. Young-in initially dislikes and mistrusts Seung-hyo, but the more she gets to know him, she glimpses his loneliness and gradually falls for him, which inevitably leads to awkwardness and hijinks.
Cast
Yoon Kye-sang as Cha Seung-hyo
Go Ara as Son Young-in
Kang Nam-gil as Son Il-gun, Young-in's father
Jin Yi-han as Shin Jae-ha, owner of Nuri Art Gallery
Park Ji-young as Kim Young-ae, Il-gun's girlfriend
Kim Sung-eun as Yoon Ha-young, gallery curator
Lee Eon as Kwon Yong-deok, Young-in's friend
Lee Min-jung as Yang Ji-sook, Young-in's friend
Jung Ho-bin as Yoon Hoo-jin, Seung-hyo's lawyer
Ahn Sun-young as Yeo Ji-won, Seung-hyo's secretary
Jo Deok-hyun as Driver Pi, Seung-hyo's chauffeur
Gi Ju-bong as Cha Chul-soo, Seung-hyo's father
Kim Mi-kyung as Oh Young-hee, Seung-hyo's mother
Kim Hyung-jong as Loan shark 1
Jung Hwan-gyu as Loan shark 2
Yoon Joo-sang as Sa Shin ("Angel of Death" or "Reaper")
Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Geum Nan-hee, Jae-ha's mother
Baek Jung-min as Jang Dong-gun
Kim Sung-kyum as President Kim