넷플릭스 드라마 추천Crime, Drama | Director Woo Min-ho | Starring Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo, Baek Yoon-sik
Despite its youth-restricted rating, the film ‘Inside Men’, which was released in Korea in November 2015, attracted a total of 7.07 million viewers due to its provocative subject matter and the brilliant performances of its actors. In addition, in a recent survey of ‘Korean popular films that people want to see again’ conducted by CGV Research Center, it received the second-most votes after ‘A Taxi Driver’, which ranked first. Critics are analyzing this as the fact that the plot in the film is similar to incidents and accidents that have occurred in Korean society in the past four years since its release, which is why viewers are coming back to the film.
Mystery | Director Lee Chang-dong | Starring Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo
Director Lee Chang-dong’s ambitious film ‘Burning’, released after eight years, garnered a standing ovation from the audience after its screening at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Jong-soo (Yoo Ah-in), an ordinary 20-something part-timer, meets Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), a childhood friend, by chance and develops feelings for her, but soon a mysterious man named Ben (Steven Yeun) joins them, and the director uses his own cinematography to describe the events that unfold. Jeon Jong-seo, who was a rookie actress at the time, made her debut in this film, and her natural acting skills stand out.
Drama | Director Boo Ji-young | Starring Yeom Jeong-ah, Moon Jeong-hee, Kim Young-ae, Kim Kang-woo
Employees who work hard every day at a mart, including Seon-hee (Yeom Jeong-ah), who earns a living while raising two children, and single mom Hye-mi (Moon Jeong-hee), suddenly receive a unilateral dismissal notice from the company one day. The way they fight against power and assert their rights without sparing themselves is admirable, but also desperate. Based on a true story about irregular female workers at Homever and Newcore Outlet, ‘Cart’ is a must-watch on Netflix this weekend.
Crime, Thriller | Directed by Won Shin-yeon | Starring Seol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Seol Hyun
A thriller film about a man who used to be a serial killer but now has Alzheimer’s disease, who smells the killer in a man who keeps hovering around his daughter, and who pulls out his own past memories to chase him down. The film is based on the best-selling book ‘Memoir of a Murderer’ by Kim Young-ha, but it garnered much attention for the actors’ acting skills more than anything else. The confrontation between Seol Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-gil, who are known for their chemistry, is enough to make viewers cringe with just their eyes.
Starring Lee Na-young, Lee Jong-suk, Jung Yoo-jin, Wi Ha-joon, etc.
The drama ‘Romance is a Bonus Book’, which is actor Lee Jong-suk’s last work before his military enlistment and Lee Na-young’s return to the small screen after 9 years, is a drama about a 37-year-old woman who worked at a successful advertising company but became a ‘career gap woman’ after getting married, raising a child, and getting divorced, and trying to get a new job. Lee Na-young perfectly portrayed the tearful situations and lines of Dan-i (Lee Na-young) at the beginning of the drama with her improved acting.
Starring Joo Ji-hoon, Bae Doo-na, Ryu Seung-ryong, Kim Sang-ho, Heo Jun-ho, etc.
Netflix’s first Korean original series, ‘Kingdom’, a zombie drama set in the Joseon Dynasty, has captured the hearts of not only Korean fans but also overseas fans. ‘Kingdom’, created through the collaboration of director Kim Sung-hoon of the movies ‘Tunnel’ and ‘All the Way’ and writer Kim Eun-hee of the drama ‘Signal’, is different from existing Korean dramas in that it is a seasonal series. Currently, Season 1, consisting of a total of 6 episodes, is available on Netflix.
Starring Go Ara, Sung Dong-il, Lee Il-hwa, Jung Woo, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Sung-kyun, Son Ho-jun, Cha Sun-woo, Min Do-hee, etc.
The second installment of the tvN ‘Reply’ series, ‘Reply 1994’ is a drama that tells the story of college freshmen from the class of ’94, and is a drama that many people in their mid-to-late 40s can relate to. Also, the drama does not reveal who the future husband of the main character Sung Na-jeong (Go Ara) is until the very end, and instead calls the characters by nicknames such as ‘Trash’, ‘Chilbongi’, and ‘Haetae’ instead of their real names, confusing the viewers until the end, making it fun to guess who the husband is.
Starring Jo Seung-woo, Bae Doo-na, Shin Hye-sun, etc.
‘Secret Forest’, which aired on tvN for about two months from June 2017, is an investigative drama that digs up corruption of people in high-ranking positions in the country, such as prosecutors and conglomerates. Although it didn’t record a very high viewership rating of 6.6%, it is famous for being a drama with a thick fan base, with people who have never seen it, but no one who has seen it even once. Also, Jo Seung-woo and Bae Doo-na showed fantastic chemistry in the drama and showed passionate acting, drawing attention.
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