“Twenty-Five Twenty-One” (2022 Drama): Cast & Summary

Find out the cast and summary of Korean drama “Twenty-Five Twenty-One” with Kim TaeRi, Nam JooHyuk, WJSN’s Bona, Choi HyunWook, and Lee JuMyeong.

Carinne, Staff Writer
4 min to read · Published : Feb 9, 2022 · Updated : Mar 29, 2022

“Twenty-Five Twenty-One” (2022 Drama): Cast & Summary

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“Twenty-Five Twenty-One” is an awaited drama telling the story of five young people confused between friendship and love during their growing years.

The leads in the drama are Kim TaeRi, Nam JooHyuk, WJSN’s Bona, Choi HyunWook, and Lee JuMyeong.

Kim TaeRi is a renowned film actress and starred in the drama “Mr. Sunshine.” She is steadily gaining fans from around the world and is expected to give off a charismatic and heartwarming presence in this drama.

Nam JooHyuk is a popular actor with major roles in the dramas “Weightlifting Fairy Kim BokJoo”, “Bride Of The Water God”, “Dazzling”, “The School Nurse Files”, and “Start-Up”.

WJSN's Bona(“The Best Hit”, “Girl’s Generation 1979”, “Your House Helper”, “Homemade Love Story”), Choi HyunWook (“Real:Time: Love, Real: Time: Love 2, Real: Time: Love 3, Real: Time: Love 4”, “Taxi Driver”, “Racket Boys”) and Lee JuMyeong (“Man In The Shower”, “My Fellow Citizens!”, “Hospital Playlist”, “Missing: The Other Side”, “Kairos”, “Check Out The Event”) will also be starring in this drama.

“Twenty-Five Twenty-One” is the reunion of writer Kwon DoEun (“Search: WWW”) and director Jung JiHyun ("Search: WWW”, “You Are My Spring”, "The King: Eternal Monarch”).

Here is more information.

Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)

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Information

Title: Twenty Five Twenty-One / Seumuldaseot Seumulhana / 스물다섯 스물하나

Director: Jung JiHyun

Writer: Kwon DoEun

Network: tvN

Runtime: First half of 2022

# of Episodes: -

Genre: Romance

Language: Korean

Summary

A drama about the romantic story of two people who first met when they were 22 and 18, then again four years later at 25 and 21. The story follows the pure and fierce growth of immature youth and the excitement and difficulties between friendship and love.

Cast

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Kim TaeRi as Na HeeDo

HeeDo becomes a professional fencer for the National Fencing team after many twists and turns. Her high school team had to disband due to the IMF financial crisis that struck South Korea in the late 1990s. She is a bold person who doesn’t know how to give up.

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Nam JooHyuk as Baek YiJin

YiJin is the eldest son of a family that was destroyed by the IMF. After he lost all of his money, he became a reporter. In order to maintain his livelihood, he also works part-time at a book rental shop and as a newspaper delivery person.

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WJSN 's Bona as Go YooRim

YooRim is the youngest fencing gold medalist and Na HeeDo’s rival. She is a charismatic fencer, but when she removes her fencing suit she is a lovely, outgoing, and strong-willed person.

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Choi HyunWook as Moon JiWoong

An influencer with a unique personality and style. His main goal is to receive the badge “Today’s Member” on Cyworld, South Korea’s top social media site, in the early 2000s.

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Lee JuMyoung as Ji SeungWan

Known as “Joan of Arc”, she is first in her school and class president but is full of rebellion at heart. She is part of the broadcasting department and DJ’s a pirate radio show where she passionately shares concerns with listeners about this era, society, school, and individual life.

Teaser & Posters

Here is the first teaser.

Here are the official posters.