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Adapted From A Novel Korean Dramas & Movies
White Tower
The story is about politics and power struggle among doctors at a hospital. Friends can switch allegience and enemies can turn supportive in split seconds. Dr. Jang Joon Hyeok was...
Our Twisted Hero
A man travelling to the funeral of his fifth-grade teacher recalls his life at the time. As a city boy transferred to a country school, he encountered an unexpectedly old-fashioned...
The King’s Woman
This drama centers around Lady Kim, a scheming concubine, and the events from the reign of King Seon Jo to Prince Gwang Hae, which were filled with acts of immorality...
Snowball
Kang Yi, So Young, and Ah Ram are best friends who go to the same high school. Kang Yi appears relatively normal, compared to So Young who dreams of becoming...
The Map Against the World
At a time when maps weren’t readily accessible to the public, ‘Gosanja Kim Jeong Ho’ sets out to walk across the Korean peninsula to make the Daedongyeojido – the Great...
Sopyonje
In a tavern during the early 1960s, Dong-ho who is in his 30s, recalls his past as he is listening to a rendition of “pansori” sung by the tavern owner....
Mandala
“The film follows the differing lives of two Buddhist monks in Korea. By following their lives and their interaction throughout the film, Im creates a contemplation of the nature of...
A Petal
The film tells the story of a girl who was caught up in the 1980 Gwangju uprising at the age of 15, and its effect on her life in later...
Hot Blooded
A man born and raised in the outskirts of Busan gets involved in a gangster war for survival. (Source: HanCinema) ~~ Adapted from the novel “Hot Blood” (뜨거운 피》) by...
The Tooth and the Nail
Set in the 1940’s. When his fiance Ha Yeon dies in a fall, magician Suk Jin soon realizes her death was not a Self-harm, but a tragic end. Because she...
The End of the World
An unidentified epidemic with a 100% fatality rate strikes Seoul. There is no guarantee who will be alive tomorrow. The Korea Center for Disease Control (KCDC) begins investigating the unknown...
Mother and a Guest
Ok Hee, a 6-year-old girl, lives with her mother, grandmother and housekeeper in what the rural village refers to as the “widow house.” Their proper, feminine life is disrupted when...
Io Island
When a man from an island ruled by women disappears, the man suspected of terminate him investigates his past. ~~ Adapted from the 1974 novel of the same title by...
Drama Special Season 11: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
An Na is a planner at a start-up company who has trouble with the only developer of the company. She wants to get along with the developer, but he seems...
South Bound
An eccentric family decides to move to a remote island and drop out of mainstream society in order to save the place the father once called home. ~~ Adapted from...
Land
When she was 5 years old, Seo Hee’s mother ran off with one of their servants and she was left with her father, who had never been kind to her....
Vanishing
Alice is a forensic scientist who invented a revolutionary technique in the field of restoring damaged corpses. She visits South Korea to attend a conference and receives a request from...
Black House
A meek insurance agent investigates the Self-harm of a young boy, and begins to suspect foul play when the father keeps pressing the company for his insurance payout. ~~ Adapted...
Drama Special Season 9: Too Bright For Romance
“How about today?” “I love you, even today.” 19 years have passed since then. I wanted to ask if you were doing well. But memories should be kept as memories....
Minority Opinion
Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. A 20-year-old police officer and...
Amnok River Flows
This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when...
Contorted
A family moves to a quiet and isolated place, but suffers from nightmares on their very first day in the new home. The wife is anxious about a strange sound...
The Limit
“Limit” is a suspenseful thriller about a cop that goes undercover to hunt down the criminal behind a horrific unauthorized takingping case. Lee Jung Hyun will be starring as So...
The Ring Virus
Sun Ju is a reporter who uncovers a series of inexplicable deaths that occurred simultaneously. Her investigation leads her to a resort, where she finds a videotape filled with mysterious...