Kdrama Club

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May 7

Queen of Tears: Queen of Tears  Season 1 (Full Season)

The queen of department stores and her small-town husband weather a marital crisis — until love miraculously begins to bloom again. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:15 AM - 2 comments

April 10

Parasyte: The Grey: Season 1 (all episodes)  Season 1 (Full Season)

Parasyte: The Grey is a 2024 South Korean sci-fi horror television series directed and co-written by Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, Hellbound). The series is a live-action spin-off of the manga series Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki and depicts a confrontation with unidentified parasitic creatures that live on humans and have the urge to kill humans. The series currently has a 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
posted by vverse23 at 7:59 PM - 1 comment

January 28

Welcome to Samdalri: Welcome to Samdal-ri  Season 1 (Full Season)

After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 6:26 AM - 2 comments

January 27

My Demon: My Demon  Season 1 (Full Season)

A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 7:08 AM - 4 comments

January 8

Gyeongseong Creature: Season 1  Season 1 (Full Season)

In the Spring 1945 in Gyeongseong, during the Japanese rule of Korea, a resourceful young Korean man accidentally discovers the local military hospital has created a monster through human experimentation. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 9:35 PM - 9 comments

December 28

The Matchmakers: The Matchmakers  Season 1 (Full Season)

A young widow moonlights as a successful matchmaker, and is joined by a young widower prince. The two reluctantly join forces to marry off the eligible singles in their society, but perhaps the greatest match is the one they don't expect. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:19 AM - 1 comment

December 12

Glitch: (2022, Kdrama)  Season 1 (Full Season)

Glitch (2022) is a Korean scifi drama. Hong Ji-Hyo (Jeon Yeo-been) and Heo Bo-ra (Nana) are childhood friends who are obsessed with UFOs and alien abductions. Years later, they reunite to solve the mystery of Ji-hyo's mysteriously missing boyfriend, which leads to deeper and more sinister mysteries. It's on Netflix in the USA. [more inside]
posted by jabah at 6:02 AM - 1 comment

October 31

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim: What's Wrong with Secretary Kim  Season 1 (Full Season)

A high maintenance, narcissistic CEO takes his hard-working secretary for granted. When she decides to quit, he realizes how much he depends on her. As he attempts to change her mind, the relationship between them evolves, and they also learn more about their traumatic childhoods. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:41 AM - 3 comments

October 23

Miracle Brothers: Miracle Brothers (aka Miraculous Brothers)  Season 1 (Full Season)

An aspiring writer deep in debt encounters a young man with no memories and strange abilities. Together they fight injustice and form an unlikely bond. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:30 PM - 1 comment

October 18

Destined with You: Destined with You  Season 1 (Full Season)

A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 6:01 PM - 4 comments

October 4

Behind Your Touch: Behind Your Touch  Season 1 (Full Season)

A village veterinarian receives a secret ability: when she touches a person or animal's butt, she's able to read their past. Though this leads to a lot of questionable scenarios, when a cop discovers her ability, he needs her help to catch the killer in their midst. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:07 PM - 5 comments

September 20

My Lovely Liar: My Lovely Liar  Season 1 (Full Season)

A woman has the special ability to detect lies from truth, but she sees her special gift as a curse, and she's unable to trust anyone. When she meets a music producer who's gone into hiding while being suspected of murder, the two get entangled. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 7:03 PM - 1 comment

August 19

Mask Girl: Season 1: Full Season  Season 1 (Full Season)

An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 12:19 PM - 3 comments

August 18

Heartbeat: Heartbeat  Season 1 (Full Season)

Seon Woo Hyul is a vampire who wants to become a human but ended up becoming half-human when he woke up a day before completing his 100 years of sleep. Meanwhile, Joo In Hae is a modern lady who shows no compassion about him and only wanted to survive. Will they find love and learn to care for each other now that fate brought them together? [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:09 AM - 1 comment

August 8

King the Land: King the Land  Season 1 (Full Season)

Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile — which he cannot stand. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 6:58 PM - 3 comments

July 25

See You in My 19th Life: See You In My 19th Life  Season 1 (Full Season)

Ban Ji-eum can endlessly reincarnate. But when her 18th life gets cut short, she dedicates the next one to finding her now grown-up childhood love. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:33 PM - 7 comments

July 9

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God: Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (aka The Lonely Shining Goblin)  Season 1 (Full Season)

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, Dokkaebi, a 939-year-old guardian of souls, meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:50 AM - 6 comments

Joseon Attorney: A Morality  Season 1 (Full Season)

A Joseon nobleman works as an attorney with twisted motivations, until he inadvertently becomes known as a hero of the people. Through a series of misadventures, the attorney learns how to use the law righteously to defend and support everyday citizens. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:30 AM - 1 comment

July 6

Doom at Your Service: Season 1-Full Season  Season 1 (Full Season)

While drunken Dong-kyung wishes for the end of the world on a falling star. Little does she know, Myul Mang, an emissary between the Gods and humans who can do just that is actually listening. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 6:59 AM - 1 comment

June 11

Our Blooming Youth: Our Blooming Youth  Season 1 (Full Season)

Prince Lee Hwan receives a cursed letter from a supernatural entity detailing several dark predictions for his future and is horrified to realize that the curses are indeed coming true one by one. Min Jae-yi, on the other hand, finds herself wanted by the local authorities after being unjustly accused of murdering her family members and unilaterally calling off her arranged marriage. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 12:34 PM - 1 comment

The Good Bad Mother: The Good Bad Mother  Season 1 (Full Season)

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with a mind of a child — forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 11:04 AM - 1 comment

Doctor Cha: Doctor Cha  Season 1 (Full Season)

Twenty years after leaving her medical career, a housewife returns as a first-year resident — struggling to find her footing in a job full of surprises. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 6:39 AM - 3 comments

April 17

Missing: The Other Side: First Season-Full Season  Season 1 (Full Season)

While fleeing a gang, Kim Wook stumbles upon a village with a secret that may hold the key to his own past. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 3:38 PM - 3 comments

April 14

Divorce Attorney Shin: Divorce Attorney Shin  Season 1 (Full Season)

Driven by a personal tragedy, a pianist-turned-lawyer navigates the complex world of divorce — fighting for his clients to win by any means necessary. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:20 PM - 4 comments

March 26

Kokdu: Season of Deity: Kokdu: Season of Deity  Season 1 (Full Season)

A drama about what happens when a death god, Kokdu who comes down to the earth every 99 years to punish humans, works as a visiting doctor. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:13 PM - 0 comments

The Heavenly Idol: The Heavenly Idol  Season 1 (Full Season)

A fantasy-romance drama about a High Priest from another world who body-swaps with a K-pop idol to fight a demon king on this world. (Based on the webnovel High Priest Rembrary) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 7:12 AM - 1 comment

March 23

Sweet Home: Sweet Home-Full 1st Season  Season 1 (Full Season)

In the wake of a huge personal tragedy, a young man finds himself trapped in his apartment building with his fellow neighbors fighting to survive as humanity turns into monsters. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 11:54 AM - 9 comments

March 19

The Glory: Season 1   Season 1 (Full Season)

A former victim of abuse sets off to get revenge on her bullies. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 12:51 PM - 3 comments

March 13

Bad and Crazy: Full Season 1  Season 1 (Full Season)

A corrupt yet practical detective's life suddenly changes when a mysterious assailant thrusts him into the case of a missing woman linked to an up and coming politician.
posted by miss-lapin at 11:30 PM - 3 comments

March 10

Love to Hate You: 10 episodes (2023)  Season 1 (Full Season)

A new battle-of-the-sexes drama has just dropped [2/10/2023], and while it boasts all the K-drama tropes we know and love, they’re packaged in a slightly more mature box. Love and silliness are still at the forefront of this rom-com, but it also addresses sexism and misogyny from the lens of a woman who has made it her mission to stomp on the patriarchy in whatever small way she can. DramaBeans, rating 9.2 [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 1:43 AM - 4 comments

March 5

Crash Course in Romance: Crash Course in Romance  Season 1 (Full Season)

A mother with a heart of gold navigates the cutthroat world of private education when her daughter tries to join a celebrity math instructor's class. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 3:35 PM - 5 comments

February 19

Touch Your Heart: Touch Your Heart (aka Reach of Sincerity, aka Jinsimi Dadda)  Season 1 (Full Season)

An actress trying to recover from a scandal takes on the job of a secretary at a law firm in order to prepare for a future role. Her prickly attorney boss has little patience for her, but as the two get to know each other, they come to an understanding. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 1:38 PM - 4 comments

February 10

The Interest of Love: The Interest of Love  Season 1 (Full Season)

In this introspective melodrama romance, four individuals work at a bank and become involved in a love square. Their relationships bring up histories, insecurities, and thoughts around love. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:55 PM - 1 comment

January 9

Alchemy of Souls: Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow  Season 2 (Full Season)

Jang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner in her own home, seeks his help to reclaim her freedom. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:06 PM - 3 comments

January 4

May I Help You: May I Help You  Season 1 (Full Season)

A young man who runs a cheap errand service meets a woman who is a funeral director. The woman can communicate with ghosts, and must fulfill their last wishes or face bad luck. The two join forces to be of service to their unique clientele. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:25 PM - 1 comment

December 17

Behind Every Star: Behind Every Star  Season 1 (Full Season)

Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine. (Korean adaptation of France's Call My Agent!) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:47 PM - 1 comment

December 4

The Queen's Umbrella: Under the Queen's Umbrella  Season 1 (Full Season)

A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 8:04 AM - 1 comment

November 13

She Would Never Know: (aka Sunbae, Don’t Put that Lipstick On) 2021  Season 1, Episode 16

Based on a popular 2017 Webtoon, this show tells the love story between a lovely "sunbae" and a bold "hoobae". (hmmm . . this was taken from IMDB, but it might not be entirely clear, especially for folks who are unfamiliar with kdramas, so I added more descriptions below the fold) IMDB Rating: 7.5 [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 12:04 PM - 2 comments

November 12

Just Between Lovers: (aka Rain or Shine; Geunyang Saranghaneun Sai) 2017  Season 1, Episode 16

A major accident (building collapse) takes the lives of 48 people. The lives of the survivors, those who lost loved ones, and those connected to the parties blamed for the tragic event are marked forever. IMDB Rating: 8.2 [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 9:37 PM - 1 comment

October 29

All of Us Are Dead: Full Season (2022)  Season 1, Episode 12

A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out or turn into one of the rabid infected. IMDB 7.5 rating [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 11:35 AM - 4 comments

September 29

Once Upon a Small Town: Once Upon a Small Town  Season 1 (Full Season)

Against his wishes a veterinarian from the big city relocates to the countryside, where he meets a policewoman, a town insider with a friendly secret. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:25 PM - 1 comment

September 28

Little Women: Little Women (2022)  Season 1 (Full Season)

This is a loose retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, set in modern day South Korea and wrapped in a murder-mystery-thriller. 12 episodes; episodes drop Saturday and Sunday on Netflix; Sep 3 through Oct 9, 2022. Director: Kim Hee Won (Vincenzo); Screenwriter: Jung Seo Kyung (Handmaiden, Mother). [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 2:49 PM - 8 comments

August 28

Alchemy of Souls: Alchemy of Souls - Season 1  Season 1 (Full Season)

A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 12:58 PM - 3 comments

August 24

Cafe Minamdang: Cafe Minamdang  Season 1 (Full Season)

A story about a former criminal profiler who now works as a fraudster posing as a fortune teller and the female detective who gets involved with him. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 6:19 PM - 4 comments

August 1

Extraordinary Attorney Woo  Season 1 (Full Season)

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Korean: 이상한 변호사 우영우) is a Korean legal drama starring Park Eun-bin in the title role, along with Kang Tae-oh and Kang Ki-young. I'm watching it on Netflix in Canada, but am not sure about other countries. [more inside]
posted by Mogur at 2:22 PM - 23 comments

June 21

Reply 1988: (aka Answer Me 1988) Eungdabhara 1988  Season 1 (Full Season)

Reply 1988 centers on the lives of five families living in a small neighborhood in Seoul. No cell phones, just one TV in the main living area, and absurdly large family meals (frequently shared with the whole neighborhood). As with Hospital Playlist, Prison Playbook, and the rest of the Reply series, shows from this writer & director pair are about relationships; in Reply 1988 the relationships are between the childhood friends as they slowly mature, between parents & children, and across all the adults. It’s a slice of life drama, with a lot of comedy, romance, culture, and history mixed in. 20 episodes, most over 90 minutes. [more inside]
posted by kbar1 at 7:58 AM - 2 comments

June 13

Our Blues: Our Blues  Season 1 (Full Season)

Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:51 PM - 2 comments

May 31

My Liberation Diary: My Liberation Notes  Season 1 (Full Season)

Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 3:59 PM - 3 comments

May 22

Tomorrow: Tomorrow  Season 1 (Full Season)

Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 8:16 AM - 4 comments

April 15

Pachinko: Season One  Season 1 (Full Season)

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:12 PM - 1 comment

April 6

The Office Blind Date: aka Business Proposal  Season 1 (Full Season)

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:27 PM - 6 comments

April 3

Twenty Five Twenty One: Twenty Five Twenty One  Season 1 (Full Season)

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 7:31 PM - 6 comments

Meteorological Administration People: Office Romance Cruelty: aka Forecasting Love & Weather  Season 1 (Full Season)

Inside a national weather service, love proves just as difficult to predict as rain or shine for a diligent forecaster and her free-spirited co-worker. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 7:08 PM - 3 comments

April 1

Thirty Nine: Thirty-Nine  Season 1 (Full Season)

Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:07 PM - 3 comments

March 1

Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Justice  Season 1 (Full Season)

A prickly judge who despises juvenile criminals arrives at a juvenile court, where she takes on a complex role examining punishment for young offenders. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 5:33 PM - 1 comment

February 12

Movie: Love & Leashes

"Love never hurt so good for two co-workers who enter a contractual relationship as partners in consensual play, pleasure and pain." Starring Seohyun and Lee Joon-Young. [more inside]
posted by Mogur at 3:42 PM - 6 comments

February 2

Vincenzo: Vincenzo  Season 1 (Full Season)

A mafia consigliere heads to South Korea to claim a gold stash that's hidden in the basement of a commercial building. However, he soons finds himself drawn into a legal battle against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 8:03 PM - 3 comments

February 1

Our Beloved Summer: Our Beloved Summer  Season 1 (Full Season)

Years after filming a viral documentary in high school, two bickering ex-lovers get pulled back in front of the camera — and into each other's lives. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:53 AM - 6 comments

January 18

Hotel Del Luna: Hotel del Luna (Full Season)  Season 1 (Full Season)

When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 3:41 PM - 14 comments

December 27

The Silent Sea: The Silent Sea (Full Season)  Season 1 (Full Season)

During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets. (Netflix) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 3:40 AM - 9 comments