Should you watch Hi Bye, Mama!?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Hi Bye, Mama!
Series · 2020
Cha Yu-ri died in an accident five years ago, leaving her husband Cho Gang-hwa to raise their daughter by himself. She becomes a ghost and watches over them until one fateful day she is brought back to life by the deities and told she can become human again if she returns to her place in 49 days. Though her husband has remarried, so she must decide between her or his happiness as she slowly re-integrates back into her old lifestyle.
The sides of Hi Bye, Mama!
- A mother who died five years ago
- A ghost given 49 days to live again
- A husband who has remarried
Hi Bye, Mama! is good for you if…
- you like crying over a mother who watched her daughter grow without her.
- you like a mother and a little girl meeting again.
- you like ghosts and shamans played for laughs between the tears.
Hi Bye, Mama! is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles for a series in Korean.
- you can't watch grief and loss this close up.
About: grief · motherhood · letting go
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