Reverse (리버스) — Upcoming Drama Preview: A Woman Who Spent 15 Years Planning Revenge Just Forgot Who She Was

Wavve | Fridays | Premieres April 17, 2026 | 8 Episodes × 60 min | Streaming on Kocowa internationally

A woman spends 15 years planning revenge for her parents’ mysterious death. She finally gets close. She’s engaged to the chaebol successor whose family is connected to everything. And then — a villa explosion wipes her memory clean. Now she’s being nursed back to health by the man she was supposed to destroy, and she has no idea who either of them really are.

This is a mystery revenge thriller and the premise alone has me HOOKED.

The Premise

When Ham Myo Jin (Seo Ji Hye) was a child, her parents died in a mysterious accident. For 15 YEARS she’s endured, carried her grief, and plotted revenge. She’s had one thought in her head for a decade and a half — make them pay.

The perfect opportunity finally presents itself. She’s engaged to Jun Ho (Go Soo), the promising successor to the powerful Seokwang Group. She’s right where she needs to be, inside the family she’s been targeting her entire adult life. Years of preparation are about to pay off.

And then there’s an explosion at the chaebol family’s villa. She survives — but she loses ALL her memories. Everything. The revenge plan. The truth about her parents. The reason she’s with Jun Ho in the first place. Gone.

Now she’s rebuilding her life with her fiancé, a man who seems to love her but who she can’t actually remember. And as fragmented memories start to resurface — triggered by things like a sudden fire during a barbecue — she starts to question EVERYTHING. The poster asks the chilling question: “Did I kill someone?”

The tagline says it all: “Erased memories, reversed truth — suspect everyone.”

The Cast

Seo Ji Hye (서지혜) as Ham Myo Jin

Known for: Crash Landing on You, Heart Surgeons, Dinner Mate, Black Knight, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

Seo Ji Hye always plays the characters I love to HATE. In Crash Landing on You she was SO GOOD at making you despise her at first — cold, manipulative, entitled — and then slowly making you actually feel sorry for her by the end. The way she took that character from hateable to sympathetic was genuinely impressive acting. Not many actresses can make you do that full 180 journey with them.

And now here she is playing Myo Jin — a woman who’s been planning revenge for 15 years, who might have done something terrible, who’s now stumbling through her own life trying to piece together who she actually is. This is the kind of morally grey role she EXCELS at. She can do vulnerable and dangerous at the same time. The amnesia angle means she’s essentially playing two versions of the same character — the ruthless revenge plotter she was before, and the confused, frightened woman she is now. That’s a lot to juggle and she’s the right actress for it.

Go Soo (고수) as Jun Ho

Known for: Missing: The Other Side (S1 & S2), Heart Surgeons, Madame Antoine, Green Rose, White Tower

Go Soo plays the fiancé — the promising successor of Seokwang Group. He’s the “perfect” partner helping her rebuild her life after the accident. But is he actually devoted? Or is he hiding what really happened at the villa? The synopsis describes him as a “suspicious fiancé” and the poster shows him with this unreadable expression. This is the kind of role where everything depends on what the actor chooses to show and what they hold back.

Interestingly — Seo Ji Hye and Go Soo have actually worked together before in Heart Surgeons back in 2018. So they’ve got pre-existing chemistry to draw on, which is going to make their dynamic feel lived-in from episode one.

Kim Jae Kyung (김재경) as Hui Su

Known for: The Devil Judge, The Secret Life of My Secretary, You Are My Hero

Third lead in the main cast. Details on her character are limited from the promotional material but she’s been getting steady roles in mystery-thrillers so she’s comfortable in this genre.

Yoon Je Moon (윤제문) as Supporting Role

Known for: Misaeng, The Attorney, The Beauty Inside, Masquerade

Another familiar face in K-drama villain territory. Yoon Je Moon is always the bad guy. I’ve seen him in so many dramas playing the antagonist that seeing his name in the cast list is basically a warning sign — he’s here to cause problems. Which, in a revenge thriller, is exactly what you want.

Other Supporting Cast

The full supporting cast is stacked:

Im Won Hee

(the only original cast member returning from the 2022 audio movie version)

Gu Sung Hwan

as Jae Yong

Shim Hyung Tak

Choi Moo Sung

Kim Min, Kang Young Seok, Hwang Se In, Ryu Phillip, and more

The Creative Team

Lim Gun Joong is both the writer AND the director. Which is interesting because he’s adapting his own work — Reverse was originally a 2022 Naver Vibe audio movie called “Reverse: Memory and Truth.” Audio movies are a pretty unique Korean format — full-cast acted productions that you LISTEN to rather than watch. The original had voices from Lee Sun Bin, Lee Jun Hyuk, Dasom, and Im Won Hee.

For this drama adaptation, the story has been restructured and expanded — taking what was a shorter audio experience and stretching it into 8 full-length episodes. That’s why Im Won Hee is the only returning cast member — the production chose fresh faces for the main roles so they could build a different visual interpretation.

Originally scheduled to air in August 2025, it got pushed to February 2026, then pushed again to April 17, 2026. When dramas get delayed twice, it usually means either post-production took longer than expected or they wanted a better airing slot. Either way — it’s here now.

What I’m Interested In

Seo Ji Hye doing morally grey. She does it so well. The journey from “who is this woman” to “oh god, what has she DONE” is going to be electric.

The amnesia-meets-revenge hook. Most revenge thrillers are about someone methodically executing a plan. This one is about someone who’s LOST the plan and might accidentally save the person she came to destroy before remembering why she hated him. That’s a brilliant twist on the genre.

Only 8 episodes. Short, tight, no filler. Mystery thrillers thrive in this format — you can’t drag out the reveals for 16 hours without losing momentum.

Yoon Je Moon in the cast. You KNOW there’s going to be a proper villain somewhere and he’s always going to deliver.

“Did I kill someone?” That tagline on the poster. The idea that Myo Jin might discover she’s not just the victim but actually did something terrible as part of her revenge plan? That changes the moral complexity completely.

Adapted from an audio movie. That’s a fresh source material. It means the story has been battle-tested in a stripped-back format where it had to work on voice and plot alone. If it held up there, it has a solid foundation.

Quick Stats

Title Reverse (리버스)

Network Wavve (Korea)

International Streaming Kocowa

Episodes 8 × 60 min

Premiere April 17, 2026 (Friday)

Airing April 17 – May 8, 2026

Genre Thriller, Mystery, Melodrama, Revenge

Content Rating 15+

Writer & Director Lim Gun Joong

Based On 2022 Naver Vibe audio movie “Reverse: Memory and Truth” by Lim Gun Joong

Production Young & Contents Co., Ltd

Cast

Seo Ji Hye

Ham Myo Jin — 15 years of revenge planning, now completely amnesiac Go Soo Jun Ho — the “perfect” fiancé with the suspiciously timed villa explosion

Kim Jae Kyung

Hui Su — supporting lead

Yoon Je Moon

Supporting role — you know he’s up to something

Gu Sung Hwan

Jae Yong — supporting role