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K-Drama Update #6: October Releases
Family by Choice | October 9
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Family
When Kim San-Ha (Hwang In-Yeop), Yoon Joo-Won (Jung Chae-Yeon), and Kang Hae-Joon (Bae Hyun-Sung) were young, the trio spent their adolescence being raised as chosen siblings by Joo-Won's father and San-Ha's father. Upon reaching adulthood, San-Ha and Hae-Joon sought out their biological families, leaving Joo-Won behind. Ten years later, the found family reunites, but things aren't the same as they used to be.
Dong-jae, the Good or the Bastard | October 10
When Kim San-Ha (Hwang In-Yeop), Yoon Joo-Won (Jung Chae-Yeon), and Kang Hae-Joon (Bae Hyun-Sung) were young, the trio spent their adolescence being raised as chosen siblings by Joo-Won's father and San-Ha's father. Upon reaching adulthood, San-Ha and Hae-Joon sought out their biological families, leaving Joo-Won behind. Ten years later, the found family reunites, but things aren't the same as they used to be.
Dong-jae, the Good or the Bastard | October 10
Genre: Mystery, Law, Drama
Seo Dong-Jae (Lee Joon-Hyuk) is a prosecutor at the Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office who has a bleak future due to the stigma of having been corrupted in the past. As he takes on the murder case of a high school girl, he begins to walk a dangerous tightrope between his instincts as a prosecutor and as an opportunist.
Doubt | October 11
Seo Dong-Jae (Lee Joon-Hyuk) is a prosecutor at the Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office who has a bleak future due to the stigma of having been corrupted in the past. As he takes on the murder case of a high school girl, he begins to walk a dangerous tightrope between his instincts as a prosecutor and as an opportunist.
Doubt | October 11
Genre: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological
Jang Tae-Soo (Han Suk-Kyu) is a legendary criminal profiler in Korea. He was one of the first in his field and paved the way for criminal behavior analysis in the country. At home, he is a single parent and raises his daughter Jang Ha-Bin (Chae Won-Bin) by himself. Jang Tae-Soo works on a murder case and realizes his daughter is involved.
Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born | October 12
Jang Tae-Soo (Han Suk-Kyu) is a legendary criminal profiler in Korea. He was one of the first in his field and paved the way for criminal behavior analysis in the country. At home, he is a single parent and raises his daughter Jang Ha-Bin (Chae Won-Bin) by himself. Jang Tae-Soo works on a murder case and realizes his daughter is involved.
Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born | October 12
Genre: Music, Drama
In the 1950s, right after the Korean War, Yoon Jeong-Nyeon (Kim Tae-Ri) barely makes a living by selling clams. She dreams of going to Seoul and working as an actress for a woman's gukguek theater company while becoming rich. When Yoon Jeong-Nyeon watches a performance by the Maeran Woman’s Gukguek Theater Company, led by Director Kang So-Bok (Ra Mi-Ran), Yoon Jeong-Nyeon is inspired to turn her dream into reality.
Love in the Big City | October 21
In the 1950s, right after the Korean War, Yoon Jeong-Nyeon (Kim Tae-Ri) barely makes a living by selling clams. She dreams of going to Seoul and working as an actress for a woman's gukguek theater company while becoming rich. When Yoon Jeong-Nyeon watches a performance by the Maeran Woman’s Gukguek Theater Company, led by Director Kang So-Bok (Ra Mi-Ran), Yoon Jeong-Nyeon is inspired to turn her dream into reality.
Love in the Big City | October 21
Genre: LGBTQ+, Romance, Drama
This is an adaptation of Sang Young Park's bestselling novel by the same name. The story is about an HIV-positive gay writer called Go Young (Nam Yoon-su), and his grapples with life, love, and relationships.
A Virtuous Business
This is an adaptation of Sang Young Park's bestselling novel by the same name. The story is about an HIV-positive gay writer called Go Young (Nam Yoon-su), and his grapples with life, love, and relationships.
A Virtuous Business
Genre: Business, Comedy, Life
In the rural village of Geumje in 1992, four women begin door-to-door sales of adult products. This is a remake of the 2016 British television series “Brief Encounters.”
In the rural village of Geumje in 1992, four women begin door-to-door sales of adult products. This is a remake of the 2016 British television series “Brief Encounters.”
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I'm currently trying to catch up with Love Next Door. As someone who doesn't tend to be into friends-to-lovers, I'm enjoying the romance a lot. It's a shame that the second-lead couple is really boring in comparison.
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LOL! Is it an actual romance? That would be awesome. :D
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(Are you still watching Love Next Door, btw? How do you feel about minor spoilers?)
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I think, at this point, I've pretty much lost any interest in it. I could have stomached one illness plot but I didn't want to see another. This show was my comfort watch but sickness rarely comforts me, regardless of the outcome. I don't mind spoilers!
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Anyway, the cute thing was that Choi Seung-Hyo's father thought Choi Seung-Hyo's mother was having an affair with her boss, right? Eventually he confronts the man about it, and it turns out Seo Hye-Sook and her boss are just friends and the boss is gay. It's not treated as a punchline (except re the father's assumptions), and the guy seems nice. It made me awww. (Chances of the boss getting anymore screentime are approximately zero, but still.)
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By the way: Did you know they cut the central lesbian romance from Jeongnyeon? It wasn't on my radar either way but I thought that was really disappointing after High School Return of a Gangster already did the same thing. At least the latter kept the love interest in the show, if only as a "bromance".
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Oh, that sucks about the lesbian romance. I didn't know anything about it or the Gangster one, but boo! I expect that from Chinese media because censorship, but with Kmedia there's much less excuse. :-(
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(Still super into Black Out. Watching that tight-knit, seemingly somewhat happy community unravel is fun.)
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And ha, I just finished reading Love in the Big City, so I'll definitely be checking that out. And possibly Jeongnyeon for the setting and Kim Tae-ri. :D