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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.
Dec 15, 2021 · The Korean dramas released in 2021 were an eclectic mix of melodramatic mysteries, dark fantasies, revenge tales and fluffy romance. My list of the best dramas includes a few hits and...
- 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. Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho, Lee Sang-yi. 2,160 votes. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha effortlessly captured hearts with its charming portrayal of small-town life, quaint romances, and genuine friendships.
- Mouse. Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun. 1,835 votes. Mouse, an intense psychological thriller, keeps viewers on the edge of their seats, as suspense and surprises lurk behind every corner.
- Squid Game. Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Oh Yeong-su. 1,804 votes. Squid Game, with its uniquely intriguing premise, shook the world and became a global phenomenon.
- Vincenzo. Song Joong-ki, Jeon Yeo-been, Ok Taec-yeon. 4,626 votes. Vincenzo begins as a tempestuous and gripping tale of an Italian Mafia consigliere, portrayed masterfully by Song Joong-ki, who allies with a no-nonsense lawyer played by Jeon Yeo-been to take revenge on evildoers.
- 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...
Dec 21, 2021 · So what are the Best Korean Dramas of 2021? In this list, Cinema Escapist has chosen 2021’s top Korean dramas — across a diversity of genres including romance, thriller, action, sci-fi, crime, and beyond. These Korean dramas also star top actors like Song Joong-ki, Lee Seung-gi, Park Shin-hye, Yoo Ah-in, Han So-hee, and more.
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