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Chicago Typewriter

TV·2017–2017·tvN·Comedy, Fantasy, Romance·1h·7.7

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Chicago Typewriter is a story about three writers who lived during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, and are reincarnated into the present as a best-selling writer in a slump, an anti-fan and a ghostwriter.

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Yoo Ah-inYoo Ah-inHan Se-joo / Seo Hwi-youngLim Soo-jungLim Soo-jungJeon Seol / Ryu Soo-hyeonGo Kyung-pyoGo Kyung-pyoYoo Ji-no / Shin YoolKwak Si-yangKwak Si-yangBaek Tae-min / Heo Young-minJo Woo-jinJo Woo-jinGal Ji-seokOh Na-raOh Na-raSecretary KangYang Jin-sungYang Jin-sungMa Bang-jinJeon Soo-kyeongJeon Soo-kyeongWang Bang-wool

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