Come Back Mister

Come Back Mister is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Rain, Oh Yeon-seo, Kim In-kwon, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-jung, Lee Hanee, Choi Won-young and Yoon Park, based on the Japanese novel published in 2002, Mr. Tsubakiyama's Seven Days by Jirō Asada. It aired on SBS from 24 February to 14 April 2016 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Synopsis
Kim Young-soo (Kim In-kwon) is a section chief in the women's apparel section at Sunjin's department store. He and his wife Shin Da-hye (Lee Min-jung) do not get along because his long work hours and constant overtime distract him from home. During one of these overtimes, he accidentally falls from a roof and is killed. His company writes his death off as a suicide in order to not receive blame for overworking him.

Han Gi-tak (Kim Soo-ro) is a former gangster who runs a restaurant. He has loved actress Song Yi-yeon (Lee Ha-nui) for many years, but she has always distanced herself from him because of his lifestyle. Her ex-husband, Cha Jae-gook (Choi Won-young) has whipped up a scandal to force her to give him their child, and threatens Yi-yeon with it. Just as Gi-tak figures this out, he gets in a car accident and is killed at the same time as Young-soo.

Young-soo and Gi-tak both arrive in the afterlife, but they both feel that they must return: Young-soo to reconcile with his wife and prove his death was not a suicide, and Gi-tak to protect Yi-yeon. They are given two months and return to life in new bodies: Young-soo as Lee Hae-joon (Rain), a handsome young man; and Gi-tak as Han Hong-nan (Oh Yeon-seo), a beautiful young woman. They have three rules:
 * They can not reveal their true identities.
 * Revenge is forbidden.
 * They cannot engage in human affairs.

If any of these rules are broken, the fact that either of them ever existed will be erased.

Main characters

 * Rain as Lee Hae-joon / Kim Young-soo
 * A handsome young man. Kim Young-soo reincarnated in Lee Hae-joon's body.


 * Oh Yeon-seo as Han Hong-nan / Han Gi-tak
 * A beautiful young woman. Han Gi-tak reincarnated in Han Hong-nan's body.


 * Kim In-kwon as Kim Young-soo
 * Shin Da-hye's husband. An assistant manager at women's apparel section at Sunjin's Department Store. After he died, he reincarnated himself as Lee Hae-joon.


 * Kim Soo-ro as Han Gi-tak
 * Kwak Dong-yeon as young Han Gi-tak
 * A former gangster who runs a restaurant. He has loved actress Song Yi-yeon. After he died, he reincarnated himself as Han Hong-nan. He is Shin Da-hye's long lost brother.


 * Lee Min-jung as Shin Da-hye
 * Kim Young-soo's wife. Jung Ji-hoon's ex-girlfriend. After her husband died, she worked as a worker at Sunjin's Department Store. She is Han Gi-tak's long lost sister.


 * Lee Hanee as Song Yi-yeon
 * Ji Ha-yoon as young Song Yi-yeon
 * A famous actress who struggles after scandal. She is Han Gi-tak's love interest.


 * Yoon Park as Jung Ji-hoon
 * Shin Da-hye's ex-boyfriend and biological father of Kim Han-na. Worked under Kim Young-soo. After Kim Young-soo died, he was promoted to assistant manager at Sunjin's Department Store.


 * Choi Won-young as Cha Jae-gook
 * The president of Sunjin's Department Store and Song Yi-yeon's ex-husband.


 * Lee Tae-hwan as Choi Seung-jae
 * Han Gi-tak former partner as gangster and Song Yi-yeon's bodyguard.

Supporting characters

 * Park In-hwan as Kim Noh-gap
 * Kim Young-soo's father.


 * Lee Re as Kim Han-na
 * Daughter of Kim young-soo and Shin Da-hye.


 * Oh Dae-hwan as Na Suk-chul
 * Natural enemy of Han Gi-tak.


 * Kang Ki-young as Jegal Gil
 * Han Gi-tak's employee at his restaurant.


 * Ra Mi-ran as Maya
 * A worker for Re-Life Centre, who controls and watches over Lee Hae-joon and Han Hong-nan's actions.


 * Yoon Joo-sang as Stationmaster of Re-Life Centre
 * Go In-bum as Jang Jin-goo
 * A big boss who always prioritizes Han Gi-tak over Na Suk-chul.


 * Ahn Suk-hwan as Cha Hee-jang
 * President of Sunjin Group.


 * Oh Na-ra as Secretary Wang / X (unidentified spy)
 * A secretary and interpreter for the Sunjin Group's president.


 * Park Min-woo as Yoo Hyuk
 * A model who is used by Cha Jae-gook to be involved with Song Yi-yeon's scandal.


 * Ryu Hwa-young as Wang Joo-yeon
 * A young actress who really hates Song Yi-yeon.


 * Lee Moon-sik as Pilot
 * Flies the real Lee Hae-joon but unfortunately gets into a plane crash and is found to be surviving in an isolated island.


 * Park Chul-min as Ma Sang-sik

Production
The first script reading took place on 22 December 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.

Epilogue
The epilogue shows the life of the real Lee Hae-joon and his pilot surviving on an isolated island. Lee Hae-joon wants to fly back to Seoul because he has an important business, but unfortunately he gets into a plane crash. The epilogue is shown in Episode 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15.

Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.


 * Episode 15 was postponed to 14 April 2016 in favor of coverage of the National Assembly elections.
 * Episodes 15 & 16 aired back-to-back on 14 April.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
The drama aired on pay-TV channel ONE in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia with localised subtitles, within 24 hours of the original South Korean broadcast, from 25 February 2016 until 15 April 2016. It also airs in Indonesia on Rajawali Television (RTV). Net Mediatama later shows to promote the drama which will air on 15 February 2021.

Vietnam
It aired in Vietnam on HTV3 beginning 1 November 2016.

United States
The drama airs in the Los Angeles DMA free, over-the-air on Asian American channel LA 18 KSCI-TV (channel 18) with English subtitles, Wed-Thurs 9:15PM, beginning 16 March 2016.