K-Dramas on Netflix this season had been officially rolled in See What’s Next Korea 2021!
I won’t be lying but the diverse genre coverage surely piques interest. We also see Korea’s top-tier actors representing imaginative stories.
Here are the confirmed K-Dramas on Netflix due to stream this season!
Love Alarm Season 2
Set in a world where a notification on an app called “Love Alarm” becomes the only indicator of love, Love Alarm season 2 is a Netflix original series about a girl who cannot trigger Love Alarm and two guys with unabashed love for her trying to figure out how she feels.
Season 2 picks up from the end of season 1, which became a huge sensation for its original concept of Love Alarm, It signals the user when someone with a crush on them is within the radius of 10 meters. The perfect chemistry of its gorgeous cast, Kim So-hyun, Jung Ga-ram, and Song Kang evidently warrants to tell
their unfinished story.
The new season will explore the unresolved feelings of first love of Jojo, Sun-oh, and Hye-yeong and capture various aspects of a society where the number of hearts on Love Alarm becomes so valuable that it affects a person’s social status.
The Silent Sea
Set in a future where water and food almost run out on Earth due to global desertification, The Silent Sea follows the story of the members of a special team that sets out to a research base on the Moon.
A story with unexpected twists and turns, The Silent Sea is a series based on director Choi Hang-yong’s short film that was given a major spotlight at the 13th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival in 2014.
Director Choi took the lead again for the series, teaming up with writer Park
Eun-kyo, who won Best Screenplay for the film Mother at the 29th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. The series has garnered much attention as actor Jung Woo-sung joined the project as an executive producer.
Actors Bae Doo-na, Gong Yoo, and Lee Joon play members of the team on a life-risking mission to the Moon, often dubbed “the silent sea,” promising to deliver intense suspense to the viewers.
D.P.
D.P. is a Netflix original series that follows the story of army private Joon-ho, one of many soldiers serving in the Korean military, who suddenly ends up becoming a member of the “Deserter Pursuit” unit that tracks down military deserters and encounters the realities of confused young soldiers.
Based on a webtoon by Kim Bo-tong, it garnered over 10 million views for its realistic portrayal of the brutal violence and human rights violations committed in the military with the refreshing theme of Deserter Pursuit (D.P.), a military police unit in charge of arresting soldiers
who deserted their posts.
The series is expected to balance the tension and thrill of chasing down deserters from the perspective of “soldiers catching soldiers” with shedding light on the mental torment and growth of young people. Actors Jung Hae-in, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Kim Sung-kyun play members of D.P., while Son Seok-koo plays a military official that disapproves of them to represent the trouble-ridden daily life in the deserter arrest unit.
My Name
Traversing the story of Ji-u, who joins the police force as an undercover for a crime organization in order to find the truth about her father’s death, My Name presents fist-clenching suspense of Ji-u’s revenge and the harsh truths uncovered in the process.
Director Kim Jin-min, whose previous work Extracurricular received much attention for the dark and twisted realities of teenagers and Korean society it portrayed, took the helm again for this upcoming series, promising a story of cold revenge and adrenaline-pumping action.
Actress Han So-hee, who impressed audiences with her unparalleled presence in The World of the Married, transforms herself as Ji-u, showcasing her limitless range yet again.
Veteran actors, including Park Hee-soon, Kim Sang-ho, Lee Hak-ju, and Jang Yull, and up-and-coming fresh faces have been cast for an amazing ensemble performance along with stunning noir action.
Move to Heaven
Slated to stream in the first half of 2021, Move to Heaven threads on the story about a young man named Geu-ru with Asperger’s syndrome and Sang-gu, who becomes Geu-ru’s guardian.
They start a trauma cleaning business and uncover the stories that are left behind by the deceased. Directed by Kim Sung-ho of How to Steal a Dog and written by Yoon Ji-ryun of Angel Eyes, the series centers around a unique theme of
“trauma cleaners” to pass on the messages from the deceased and tell the moving stories of those who are left behind.
Lee Je-hoon, beloved by audiences for his persuasive and nuanced performances, plays the role of Sang-gu, and rising star Tang Jun-sang plays the role of Geu-ru to relay the last words of those who passed.
Squid Game
Featuring an enthralling story, Squid Game depicts the stories of people who participate in a mysterious survival game with a 40-million-dollar prize at stake.
Viewers will find themselves glued to the screen by the tension and suspense from various players desperate enough to participate in a game that could
risk their lives and the choices made by people who are pushed to extreme situations.
It is the first TV series of director Hwang Dong-hyuk, whose previous works such as Silenced, Miss Granny, and The Fortress have offered insightful and poignant messages about society.
Lee Jung-jae plays Ki-hun, who lost his job and hit the rock bottom, while Park Hae-soo plays Sang-woo, who gets into trouble after embezzling his company’s funds, to capture the raw realities of those who risk their lives through a survival game.
Hellbound
Hellbound depicts supernatural phenomena experienced by people who are condemned to hell after their unexpected encounters with angels of death.
The intense series will depict supernatural events that are neither a miracle nor a curse. It describes the rise of a new religious group that interprets the
events as the will of the divine, and people trying to survive in the chaotic society.
Hell, the widely popular original webtoon published on Naver, created a lot of buzz from the beginning as it was co-created by illustrator Choi Gyu-seok of Awl (or Songgot in Korean) and director Yeon Sang-ho, taking charge of the storyline.
The Netflix series stars Yoo Ah-in, Park Jeong-min, Kim Hyun-ju, Won Jin-ah, and Yang Ik-june.
Kingdom: Ashin of the North *Special Episode
Kingdom: Ashin of the North is a sidequel to the global K-zombie sensation Kingdom and tells the story of “Ashin,” the heiress to a northern Jurchen town, and the secret behind the resurrection plant.
Created as a special episode, it is spun off from the story of Kingdom season 2 and depicts what happened in the past to the mysterious character Ashin, encountered by Lee Chang’s group on their northbound mission to uncover the truth behind the resurrection plant.
Gianna Jun, whose appearance at the end of season 2 created much buzz, plays Ashin to unfold the story that everyone has been waiting for. Actor Park Byung-eun, who made a lasting impression as the head of the Royal Commandery Min Chi-rok, makes another appearance in this special episode.
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