Seohyun, the former member of K-pop sensations Girls’ Generation and the first to go solo, has recently focused on acting. at love and leashes (Netflix), she co-starred with Lee Jun-young, who also transitioned into acting after debuting with boy group U-KISS and transitioning to the Korean reality competition series. Unit. When co-workers Ji-woo and Ji-hoo agree to explore their dominant and submissive impulses, will the romance end? essence: “No relationship is completely equal,” Jung Ji-woo (Seohyun) said at the beginning. love and leashes. “When two people meet, power always passes…
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Splash it or skip it?
We’ve seen enough romantic K-dramas at this point to see the genre’s metaphors coming. So it’s refreshing when we come across a series with so many of those metaphors, but it’s more concerned with character and story than with encounters and artificial conflict. twenty five and twenty one It is one of those series. read more. Opening shot: People walk in to audition for a ballet performance. It is today. You can tell because people put sanitizer on their hands and wear masks. essence: Kim Min-chae (Choi Myung-bin) is brought…
Read More‘Parasite’ star on ‘Dr Brain’ and why America loves K-dramas
Lee Sun-kyun, who appeared in the 2019 Academy Award-winning film Parasite and is now a star in Apple’s first Korean show, “Dr. Brain,” said he’s not surprised that the world is embracing Korean dramas right now. “Recently with the rise [boy band sensation] BTS and the screening of “Squid Game” and the movie “Parasite,” this really sparked the curiosity and global audience for Korean culture,” Sun-kyun, 46, told The Post through a translator. “There are many platforms that provide easy access to Korean content, so I think it feels fresh…
Read MoreNetflix Adds Three Movies From Creator ‘Squid Game’: Silenced, Miss Granny and The Fortress
It’s not Squid Game Season 2, but it’s close enough! .
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After a few weeks of the massive success of squid gameApple enters the Korean TV business with Dr. Bren, the first Korean series developed for the two-year-old streaming provider (the debut date coincides with the debut of Apple TV + in South Korea). Will you make the way splash squid game I did? Doctor. brain: stream it or skip it? Opening shot: A young boy’s face in the colored lights of a flashlight he clicks on and off constantly, switching between its colors and patterns. essence: From a young age,…
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