COMPLETE LIST of Korean Drama recommendation that is not about romance
Not everyone like romance, sometimes viewers want to watch another genre that can give them thrill.
1. The cursed
Due to the success of the drama, it will have a second season and a movie is already in production this year. An enthusiastic social issues reporter, fighting against the evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate, meets a teen-age girl who is possessed by a spirit and has special abilities. The story will revolve around a woman who worked as news reporter, she has a husband who work in police department. In an occasion, a little girl come to the woman who is desperately in rage for her mistreatment from her line manager, the girl offers her help to curse the boss. Although it looks like a silly joke, but the curse is actually real. After that, the woman lives in guilt while trying to expose some evil scheme for a huge IT company.
2. Uncanny Counter
The Uncanny Counter (2021) is a South Korean tv series based on the webtoon Amazing Rumor by Jang Yi. Demon hunters pose as workers in a noodle shop in an effort to catch evil spirits hoping to find eternal life. he Uncanny Counter deviates from the stereotypical context of superhero stories. s. There might be some romance, there might be a bit of backstory, but there’s a whole lot more action. The story starts when So Mun (Jo Byung-gyu), a crippled high school student who is always bullied, suddenly got enlisted to became a "Counter". Usually, these spirits look for someone in a coma, but this time the spirit, Wi-gen (Moon Sook) finds Mun, who is just walking along with his buddies. Counters are a group of demon hunters and they have special abilities. So Mun is a powerful counter and is considered the group's ace.
3. Squid Game
Squid Game's basic story revolves around 456 heavily debt-ridden people from different age groups and strata of society, who participate in six rounds of various children's games to win a humongous sum of money. Hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly. Squid Game is absolutely worth watching if you can stand all the violence and tragedy. In Squid Game, the protagonist is a down-on-his-luck guy named Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who finds himself deeply in debt, divorced and broke.
4. Hellbound
Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice. Will update soon when the drama aired.
5. Kingdom
Story about the deceased king rises and a mysterious plague begins to spread; the prince must face a new breed of enemies to unveil the evil scheme and save his people. Kingdom's structure is engaging, if well-worn, and ultimately satisfying. In terms of writing, each of the main characters is entirely nondescript at best, a fatal flaw for any television show. Kingdom is a better zombie drama for a few reasons, but primarily because it ratchets up the horror aspects of its undead.
6. Sweet home
Despite its flaws and a premise we've seen before, Sweet Home distinguishes itself by its setting and its monsters. Sweet Home is able to deliver on big horror elements while also driving forward a dramatic plot with twists, turns, and character progress. The story revolve as humans turn into savage monsters, one troubled teenager and his neighbours fight to survive and to hold onto their humanity. Combining a horror theme with a somewhat timely premise, the Webtoon adaptation was noted for its incredible special effects, which pushed the series to become the first South Korean TV show to break into Netflix's Top 10.
7. Happiness
Happiness is a relatively easy-going story with doses of drama and comedy in its first four episodes, but it will turn into more action and darker after. A new type of deadly virus spreads throughout the city, and an apartment building where people live. The audience can well relate to how people from all classes, especially from the lower class, had to suffer due to infection disease. It's noticeable that Han Hyo Joo and Park Hyung Sik are giving life to fictional characters that have a pleasant and friendly demeanor.
8. My name
Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss and enters the force under his direction. My Name is an absolutely thrilling ride. The episodes are thrilling, grungy and feature a narrative style that keeps you on the edge. My Name revolves around the main character Yoon Ji-woo, who witnesses her father’s death at the hands of a murderer.
Ji-woo is determined to seek revenge for her father, and in order to find out who killed her father, she joins a gang led by Choi Mu-jin. She undergoes rigorous training to build her body and hone her fighting skills. When it comes to action thrillers the plot somehow goes flat, however K-dramas never comprises with the storyline.
9. Fiery Priest
As the fiery priest, Kim Nam Gil is a force to be reckoned with and yet surprisingly funny. This drama provides an acting reunion for honey lee and Kim Nam Gil as they previously appeared together in the drama Don't Look Back. An unconventional priest, a rookie detective and an ambitious prosecutor work together to solve a murder case involving a senior Catholic priest. Until now, it was believed that Hwang Chul Bum (Go Joon) was the murderer. However, he told Kim Hae Il that he was not the one who killed the priest and promised to tell him the truth behind the murder.
10. Squad 38
Squad 38 is a South Korean television series starring Ma Dong-seok, Seo In-guk and Choi Soo-young. It has a decent plot with some very likeable characters to push the story along. There were enough twists and turns to keep me interested, and I was definitely enjoying the story line.
11. Extracurricular
Extracurricular is a South Korean streaming television series directed by Kim Jin-min, starring Kim Dong-hee, Park Ju-hyun, Jung Da-bin, Nam Yoon-su, Choi Min-soo, Park Hyuk-kwon and Kim Yeo-jin.The drama actually created for the purpose of awareness of a criminal activity that happened in South Korea that time, where many female teenage and adult become the victim.
12. The devil judge
Ji Sung's long-anticipated return to the small screen may have influenced our decision to give this drama a high score, but it's undeniable that it is a good drama. The premise of The Devil Judge centres around a judge who is appointed to hold high profile trials like reality shows in a dystopian Korea. Jinyoung plays the idealistic judge Kim Ga-on. The acting was extremely strong from every actor (Jinyoung's own acting was pleasantly surprising with how solid it was, and as always, Ji Sung and Kim Min‑Jung, you can really tell that they have nailed it.
13. Sisyphus
Sisyphus: The Myth tells the story of a genius engineer named Han Tae-sul (Cho Seung-woo), who tries to uncover the truth behind his older brother's death, and a mysterious woman named Gang Seo-hae (Park Shin-hye), who travels back in time to help him save the world from imminent danger. The cinematography is so FINEEE and the actors are SO GOOD. There will be a time travel them in it.
14. Goblin
Kim Shin, an immortal goblin, goes to find a human bride to remove an invisible sword from his chest and end his life. One day, school student Ji Eun-Tak confesses to him that she is the chosen one. Expert says the popularity of the character - Goblin has scored ratings as high as 12.7 per cent, according to Nielsen Korea - can be attributed to female viewers' yearning for all-powerful male figures who can solve the problems of modern women with increasingly stressful lives
15. Memories of the Alhambara
16. Private lives
The female lead has been a con artist for 29 years and even did time in jail for fraud. Born as the daughter of Mi Sook and Hyun Tae, the con artist couple, she has significantly contributed to the family business as a swindler since her school days. And one day, Lee Jung Hwan walks into her life. In a world where data is no longer private, con artists uncover a sinister surveillance scheme headed by the government and a greedy corporation.
17. Hospital playlist
18. Itaewon class
19. Arthdal chronicles
Arthdal chronicles is one of those Asian TV series which has got its deserved response both from the audience and the critics. The story is about a mythical land of Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society. Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during ancient times. Eunseom (Song Joong-Ki) was born with a fate to bring disaster to Arthdal. Arthdal Chronicles was a unique and fun series. I liked to see a kdrama take on this genre especially by skilled writers. It might go into some messy writing in between tho.
20. Leverage
21. Witch dinner
Desperate people come to a diner to eat a magical dish with the hopes of having their personal wishes granted, even at the expense of their own souls. There is no much romance in it but it will give you a hint that the main couple will end up together by the end of drama. There is a twist and hidden meaning of all misery that happened in life, full of lesson of life so I recommend anyone to watch it.
22. 365: repeat the year
Ji Hyung-Joo (Lee Joon-Hyuk) is a veteran detective and he has 7 years of work experience. He gets an opportunity to travel one year into the past. He enjoys his life that has been reset, but he learns that people who have traveled back in time, like him, are involved in mysterious cases. Ga Hyun learns that the car which hit her belongs to Kim Dae Sung (Sung Hyuk), fiance of So Yeon Soo (Lee Si Ah), who is one of the resetters. As she delves deeper, she find out that the culprit was actually So Yeon Soo and Lee Shin knows more than she leads on. It's a near constant life and death situation, so there wasn't a whole lot of time to delve into that sort of thing. There is a really great friendship between Hyun Woo and Ga Hyun though with just a hint of romance as a possibility.
0 Response to "COMPLETE LIST of Korean Drama recommendation that is not about romance"
Post a Comment