Life on Mars (2018)
2018 · 1 season · Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
While investigating a serial murder case, Detective Han Tae Joo gets into a catastrophic incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to 1988, appointed to work at a police station in a small city. Believing he is there for a reason, he tries to solve the case from the past in hopes of finding a way back to his life in 2018.
Starring Jung Kyung-ho, Park Sung-woong, Ko Asung, Oh Dae-hwan and Ro Jong-hyun.
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