Hi Bye, Mama!

Hi Bye, Mama!

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20201 season16 episodes70 min8.1 / 10

A bittersweet fantasy-drama about a mother given 49 days to return to life and navigate the impossible choice between reclaiming her family and honoring her husband's new happiness.

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.

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