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- “ Taxi Driver” SBS’s drama “Taxi Driver” involves a taxi driver by the name of Kim Do Gi (Lee Je Hoon) who is secretly a vigilante crime fighter. His main goal, as well as the goal of the taxi driving company he works for, is getting revenge on behalf of the oppressed and those who have been wronged.
- “Move To Heaven” Lee Je Hoon stars as Jo Sang Gu, an underground fighter who is also an orphan. He commits a crime and gets out of jail to realize that his older brother has passed away, leaving him as the sole guardian of his autistic teenage son.
- “ Beyond Evil” Han Joo Won (Yeo Jin Goo) is a police officer who gets transferred to a small town from the big city of Seoul. He is trying to uncover the case of a series of murders that happened 20 years prior.
- “ Youth Of May” Lee Do Hyun plays Hwang Hee Tae, a charming and brilliant medical school student who falls in love with Kim Myung Hee (Go Min Si), a strong-willed and independent nurse.
- 'Crash Landing on You' Original run: December 2019–February 2020. Starring: Son Ye-jin, Hyun Bin, Seo Ji-hye, and Kim Jung-hyun. The love story: A freak paragliding accident brings together a North Korean soldier and a South Korean heiress, in this ultimate tale of star-crossed lovers.
- 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' Original run: June–August 2020. Starring: Seo Yea-ji, Kim Soo-hyun, Oh Jung-se, and Park Gyu-young. The love story: A caretaker (Kim) who looks after his autistic older brother (Oh) crosses paths with a children's book writer (Seo) whom he knew as a child.
- 'Descendants of the Sun' Original run: February–April 2016. Starring: Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo, Kim Ji-won, and Jin Goo. The love story: Taking place amidst a war, this drama follows the romance between Korean Special Forces Captain Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki) and surgeon Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-ko).
- 'It's Okay, That's Love' Original run: July–September 2014. Starring: Gong Hyo-jin, Jo In-sung, Sung Dong-il, Lee Kwang-soo, and Do Kyung-soo (EXO's D.O.)
- The Veil. Main Cast: Nam Goong-min as Han Ji-hyuk. Park Ha-sun as Seo Soo-yeon. Kim Ji-eun as Yoo Je-yi. If you’re looking for a drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat, The Veil is the one for you.
- Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha. Main Cast: Shin Min-ah as Yoon Hye-jin. Kim Seon-ho as Hong Doo-shik. Korean dramas can be intense and draining to watch sometimes, but that’s not the case for Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.
- Squid Game. Main Cast: Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun. Park Hae-soo as Sang-woo. Heo Sung-tae as Duk-su. Wi Ha-joon as Joon-ho. If there were a survival game that rewarded you with KRW45.6 billion (~USD38,293,936.08), would you be willing to participate in it?
- Happiness. Main Cast: Han Hyo-joo as Yoon Sae-bom. Park Hyung-shik as Jung Yi-hyun. Happiness hits close to home as the drama draws parallels between a fictional zombie virus and the very real Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced us to distance and isolate ourselves for the past two years.
Hometown Cha Cha Cha made waves as a healing rom-com k-drama this 2021. Here are more feel good shows to have on your binge-watch list.
- Doom at Your Service
- Beyond Evil
- Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
- My Name
- King’s Affection
- Yumi’s Cells
- Vincenzo
- Move to Heaven
- Squid Game
- Hellbound
Season:limited series When a woman (Park Bo-young) discovers she’s been diagnosed with brain tumour and only has 100 days left to live, she makes one spur of the moment wish: destruction upon life on earth. On the surface, the premise of Seo In-guk’s long-awaited comeback drama seems witty and amusing, but it’s much more intriguing and heartfelt th...
Season:limited series Twenty years after a gruesome abduction and murder in rural Man-yang, the sudden disappearance of a young woman plunges the close-knit town into suspicion and chaos in the search for her before it is too late. Dark secrets are unearthed at every turn in this binge-worthy crime thriller, leaving viewers questioning the friendly...
Season:limited series Hometown Cha-Cha-Chahas been a weekly dose of good vibes for K-drama lovers, who devotedly anticipated its weekly releases which stars Kim Seon-ho and Shin Min-a. It follows the story of a dentist who finds herself opening up a clinic in an idyllic coastal town, far from the city life she’s known all her life. There, she meets...
Season:one After only stepping up into lead roles last year, Han So-hee proved she was more than capable of carrying whole shows twice in 2021. My Name, her second series of the year, showed her versatility and range too, as she nailed her portrayal of the revenge-driven – and incredibly badass – Yoon Ji-woo playing the long game as she tried to ge...
Season:limited series For a moment, it seemed as if The King’s Affectionwould be disadvantaged in a year full of historical K-dramas. After all, haven’t the public had enough of the gender-swap, hidden-identity tropes? Clearly not, since we lapped up this sweeping, gorgeous, pastel-hued tale of romance with a soup ladle. Despite the melodramatic pl...
Season:one Based on a popular South Korean webtoon of the same name, Yumi’s Cells follows the life of unlucky-in-love Kim Yumi (played by Kim Go-Eun) through the eyes of the cells in her head. The live-action series is interspersed with painfully cute animated characters representing emotions like love, anxiety, hunger and lust who interpret the ac...
Season: limited series Vincenzo, vincero. This dark comedy centred on an ethnically Korean, Italian mafia consigliere was a K-drama that 2021 didn’t know it needed – and we’re all the better for it. Amidst character love-hate relationships, engaging twists, brilliant easter eggs and fun cameos, what also truly made Vincenzo a heartening watch was b...
Season:one Move To Heaven, based on an essay by a former trauma cleaner, was notable for its fresh look at the drama around death. Instead of focusing on the moment of extinction itself, this big-hearted series from director Kim Sung-ho (2018’s Notebook From My Mother looked at the messy aftermaths through the eyes of father and son (and trauma cle...
Season:one It’s no wonder Squid Gameemerged as one of (if not) the biggest shows of 2021 – knife-sharp societal critiques are presented through the not-so-inherent innocence of childhood in director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s nail-biting thriller series. Taking place in contemporary Seoul, 456 poverty-stricken strangers are presented with the possibility of...
Season:limited series Does it say something about us as a society that some of our best shows this year dealt with the breakdown of some of our primal, inherent belief systems? The horror of Hellbound may not have been as orchestrated and straightforward as that in Squid Gamebut that did not make it any less disturbing. 1. Read More: ‘Hellbound’ re...
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Dec 23, 2021 · Netflix has given fans romance storylines involving mature love stories, star-crossed couples, and riveting gender-bending K-dramas in 2021. ‘Mad for Each Other’ 2021 Romance K-drama | via...
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