Manhole

3.8
20171h

This time-slip drama centers around Bong Pil and his five friends who travel between the past and present through a manhole in order to stop a wedding scheduled a week later.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: Manhole | 맨홀 - 이상한 나라의 필 [Teaser Ver.1]

Manhole | 맨홀 - 이상한 나라의 필 [Teaser Ver.1]

Seasons

16 Episodes • Premiered 2017

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1. Episode 1

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2. Episode 2

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3. Episode 3

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4. Episode 4

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5. Episode 5

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6. Episode 6

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7. Episode 7

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8. Episode 8

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9. Episode 9

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10. Episode 10

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11. Episode 11

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12. Episode 12

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13. Episode 13

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14. Episode 14

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15. Episode 15

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16. Episode 16

Cast

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Uee

Kang Soo Jin

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Cha Sun-woo

Jo Seok Tae

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Jung Hye-sung

Oh Jin Suk

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Ju Jin-mo

Bong Pil's father

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Kim Hye-ok

Bong Pil's mother

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Seo Hyun-chul

Soo Jin's father

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Lee Yeon-kyung

Soo Jin's mother

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Kang Hong-suk

Bong Pil's friend

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Jang Mi-kwan

Kang Jae Hyun [Soo Jin's fiance]

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Lee Sang-yi

Oh Dal-Soo

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Woo Hyeon

Suk Tae's father

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Jin Hyun-kwang

Studio President

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Baek Sang-hee

Blind date

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Reviews

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ParkMin

4/10

Not the first drama with time travel to chase a lost love and not the best either. The first few episodes introduced us to the concept and up to episode 3 it seemed promising. The first time travel was to the past and the second one returned to the present to see the consequences of his actions. He did something minute in the past but resulted in him turning into a gangster once returned. The drama hinted into creating these radical scenarios for every round trip which sounded like fun. Unfortunately, this was a one off thing and the subsequent events were utterly disappointing. The entire plot device of this manhole was handled poorly. There were obvious coherency problems and plot holes, pun intended. I think the writer realized this problem which is why he didn't include any traveling between episodes 11-15. Speaking of which, these episodes got significantly dumbed down and became soulless and out of touch. They made the love rival blatantly bad and psycho to open the way for the main lead to have a clear black and white cut, avoiding any moral ambiguity the viewers might run across. That was the only way for the writer to glue them together without performing mental gymnastics. There were other remarks to be said about characters' reasoning, underlying theme, chemistry, side characters, story structure, and romance, but maybe on a later time.

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