Twinkling Watermelon

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***Twinkling Watermelon*** (반짝이는 워터멜론) is a 2023 South Korean television series directed by Son Jong-hyun, and starring Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Seol In-ah and Shin Eun-soo. *Twinkling Watermelon* tells the story of a CODA boy with a natural talent for music, who travels back in time to 1995. He joins a band with his childhood father and forms a band called Watermelon Sugar with the suspicious youths he meets there, and communicates with them through music.

## Plot

In 2023, Ha Eun-gyeol is a high schooler with a passion for music. During the day, he is a studious model pupil...but at night, he rocks out as a guitarist in a band. But when he stumbles across a strange yet alluring music store, he goes hurtling back in time to 1995. Here, he comes face to face with his father Ha Yi-chan – as a high schooler! Yi-chan takes Eun-gyeol for a lunatic when the latter calls him “dad.” Worse still, it looks like Yi-chan has a crush on an icy cellist named Choi Se-kyeong – not his future mother Yoon Cheong-ah! In a bid to put things “right,” Eun-gyeol joins a band fronted by his future father. But will this be enough to help Eun-gyeol bring his future parents together...and will he ever get back to the 2020s?

## Cast

### Main

* Ryeoun as Ha Eun-gyeol
* Choi Hyun-wook as Ha Yi-chan
* Seol In-ah as Choi Se-kyung / On Eun-yoo
* Shin Eun-soo as Yoon Cheong-ah

### Supporting

* Ahn Do-gyu as Oh Ma-ju
* Yoon Jae-chan as Kang Hyeon-yul
* Lee Ha-min as Lee Si-guk
* Lee Su-chan as Noh Se-beom
* Choi Won-young as Eun-gyeol's father
* Seo Young-hee as Eun-gyeol's mother
* Bong Jae-hyun as Eun-ho
* Go Doo-shim as Go Yang-hee
* Lee Seok-hyung as Jung Bal-san
* Chun Ho-jin as Choi Hyeon or Grandpa Viva
* Jung Sang-hoon as master
* Woo Je-yeon as On Ji-hwan
* Kim Tae-woo as Yoon Geon-hyung
* Kim Joo-ryoung as Lim Ji-mi
* Kwon Do-hyung as Yoon Joo-yeop
* Lee Soo-min as Yoon Sang-ah
* Koo Jun-hoe as Goo Jun-hyung
* Yeon Oh as Jeong Ji-oh
* Han Min as Bae Soo-tak
* Kim Jun-hyung as Yoon Dong-jin
* Kim Mi Hwa as the Landlady

### Special Appearances

* Kim Hae-jun as Choi Jun
* Heo Jung Min as staff in a cafe
* Jung Hyeon-jun as young Eun-gyeol
* Lee So-yeon as 46 year-old Choi Se-kyung
* Seo Young-hee as 46 years old Yoon Cheong-ah
* Kim Hyeong-beom as adult Oh Ma-ju (2023)
* Song Chang-eui as adult Kang Hyeon-yul (2023)
* Ryu Soo-young as adult Lee Si-guk (2023)
* Jin Tae-hyun as adult Noh Se-beom (2023)
* Yoon Do-hyun as Yoon Dong-jin (2023)

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkling\_Watermelon
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