![]() You don’t need to be a dedicated Korean drama fan to appreciate All of Us Are Dead either. Like Train to Busan, the show’s characters represent different sides of human nature, and the zombie apocalypse forces those characters to clash in memorable, gut-wrenching ways that we won’t spoil in this blurb. This show-which centers on a group of students who get trapped at school during a zombie outbreak-is the most action-packed and thrilling K-drama of 2022.Īll of Us Are Dead feels like a more youthful, television-length counterpart to 2016’s smash hit Train to Busan. If you’re looking for a Korean drama that invites binge watching, look no further than All of Us Are Dead. Korean: 지금 우리 학교는 | Starring: Yoon Chan-young, Park Ji-hu, Cho Yi-hyun | Genre: Zombie, Action That broad appeal likely led Twenty One Twenty Five to become one of the most-watched Korean dramas of 2022. Through a framing narrative that involves Na’s young daughter in the present day, the drama does a good job of appealing to audiences across age spectrums: young people experiencing life today, and those who grew up during the 90’s who want to reminisce about their youth. Through the budding relationship between Na and Baek, Twenty One Twenty Five offers a soothing and measured walk down memory lane of late 90’s and early 2000’s Korea, weaving in historical events like 9/11 to show how the tides of time beat ceaselessly at the rock of relationships. ![]() ![]() The IMF Crisis has disrupted both of their dreams: Na’s high school fencing program gets defunded amidst fiscal austerity, while Baek’s family goes from “riches to rags”, forcing him to drop out of college and get a job. Kim Tae-ri plays Na Hee-do, a high school fencer with gold medal aspirations, while Nam Joo-hyuk plays Baek Yi-jin, a college dropout. It’s amidst this historical trauma that Twenty One Twenty Five kicks off with its story of two young lovers. In 1997, South Korea plunged into the Asian Financial Crisis, which Koreans to this day call the “IMF Crisis” due to harsh bailout terms imposed by the International Monetary Fund. Korean: 스물다섯 스물하나 | Starring: Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk | Genre: Youth, Romance, Historical, Coming-of-Age It’s no surprise that Our Blues became one of the highest-rated Korean dramas of 2022. The show manages to meaningfully address a litany of social issues across its 20 episodes, from ableism to suicide and child abuse, while still giving those who want romance in their K-dramas something to feel good about. There’s a tranquil and melancholy, but never depressing, vibe to Our Blues, like drinking warm coffee on a rainy day. An ensemble cast-Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-ah, Cha Seung-won, Uhm Jung-hwa, alongside many others-assumes roles across all walks of life: truck drivers, business owners, pearl divers, and so forth. The show is more of an anthology which dances between the stories of over a dozen interconnected individuals who live on Jeju Island, off Korea’s southern tip. Our Blues doesn’t feel like a typical K-drama, and that’s a good thing. ![]() Korean: 우리들의 블루스 | Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-ah, Cha Seung-won, Han Ji-min | Genre: Drama, Romance, Melodrama, Slice-of-Life The drama supposedly drew inspiration from American Psycho, and has a Silence of the Lambs-esque vibe with a brooding modern twist. It’s dark, violent, filled with sex, and not afraid to tackle mature themes like alienation and psychopathy. Somebody is a full-fledged Netflix production, meaning it wasn’t forced to be as tame as titles from Korean companies. This 2022 Korean drama introduces us to a woman named Kim Sun (Kang Hae-lim), who developed a chatbot called “Someone” as a kid and later gets recruited to adapt that chatbot into a dating app called “Somebody.” However, Kim notices a series of deaths linked to the app, and soon comes into contact with a mysterious architect named Sung Yun-oh (Kim Young-kwang). If you’re looking for a departure from formulaic saccharine romance K-dramas, consider Somebody. Korean: 썸바디 | Starring: Kim Young-kwang, Kang Hae-lim, Kim Yong-ji, Kim Soo-yeon | Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological
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