However, Ji-won wakes up again – as herself, but 10 years in the past – and tries to get her revenge on Min-hwan. Meanwhile, her colleague Yoo Ji-hyeok (Na In-woo of River Where the Moon Rises) now also has eyes for her. (Amazon Prime Video, tvN, January 1)
2. Love Song for Illusion
Lead cast: Park Ji-hoon, Hong Ye-ji
Adapted from the webtoon of the same name, this drama features former Wanna One K-pop boy band member Park Ji-hoon in a dual role. He plays Crown Prince Sajo Hyun in the era of Joseon dynastic rule of Korea, who conceals his royal identity as a fashion designer, as well as Ak-hee, a man who finds it easy to make people fall in love with him, but is cursed to feel pain whenever he touches someone.
Hong Ye-ji (A Normal Family) plays Yeon Wol, a woman who decides to take revenge for the execution of her father. (KBS2, January 2)
3. Death’s Game Part 2
Lead cast: Seo In-guk, Park So-dam
4. Gyeongseong Creature Part 2
Lead cast: Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee
5. Knight Flower
Lead cast: Lee Hanee, Lee Jong-won
Killing Romance actress Lee Hanee transports us back to the Joseon era in Korea as Jo Yeon-hwa, a woman who has lived as a widow for 15 years. Her in-laws are a prestigious local family, but at night she sneaks out to become a vigilante helping those in need.
During her outings she becomes involved with senior officer Park Soo-ho (Lee Jong-won, The Golden Spoon) and begins to dream of a new future. (MBC, January 12)
6. A Shop for Killers
Lead cast: Lee Dong-wook, Kim Hye-jun
Disney+ launches its 2024 K-drama slate with A Shop for Killers, the drama debut of Doorlock director Lee Kwon.
Lee Dong-wook (Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938) stars as Jung Jin-man, a man who runs a mysterious shopping centre that trades in weapons. He takes in his niece Jung Ji-an (Kim Hye-jun, Kingdom) following the murder of her parents, but will she continue the family business? (Disney+, January 17)
7. The Bequeathed
Lead cast: Kim Hyun-joo, Park Hee-soon
Train to Busan and Hellbound director Yeon Sang-ho teams up once more with Netflix as the writer and creator of the horror-thriller series The Bequeathed.
Hellbound actress Kim Hyun-joo plays Yoon Seo-ha, who inherits a rural cemetery following her uncle’s death. When dark events begin taking place there, detective Choi Sung-soon (Park Hee-soon, My Name) starts to investigate. (Netflix, January 19)
8. LTNS
Lead cast: Esom, Ahn Jae-hong
Indie film darlings Jeon Go-woon (Microhabitat) and Lim Dae-hyung (Moonlit Winter) team up to write and direct this inventive black comedy, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival.
Esom (Taxi Driver) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl) play a couple who have been married for years but have a barren sex life – the title is an acronym for Long Time No Sex. Struggling to make ends meet, they team up to blackmail people having affairs. (TVING, January 19)
9. Captivating the King
Lead cast: Jo Jong-suk, Shin Se-kyung
Jo Jong-suk (Hospital Playlist) plays Joseon prince Lee In. He is loyal to his brother, the king, but after he is taken hostage by China’s Qing dynasty, his brother believes he has betrayed him.
Lee meets and falls in love with the unknown baduk (go, the Chinese board game) player Kang Hee-soo (Shin Se-kyung, Run On). But a twist of fate sees him return to the palace, where he is installed as the new king, only for Hee-soo to become a spy to get revenge on him. (tvN, January 21)
10. FlexxCop
Lead cast: Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Ji-hyun
He plays Jin Yi-soo, a successor in a Korean chaebol (family-run corporation) who, despite his childish personality, becomes a detective in a violent crimes unit.
He takes down bad guys with his vast wealth and personal connections, while working with Lee Gang-hyun (Park Ji-hyun, Reborn Rich), a veteran detective committed to catching criminals. (SBS, January 26)
11. Doctor Slump
Lead cast: Park Shin-hye, Park Hyung-sik
Park Hyung-sik plays Yeo Jung-woo, a top student who became a successful plastic surgeon until becoming involved in an unexpected incident. Park Shin-hye is anaesthesiologist Nam Ha-neul, who is known for her smarts but has nothing in her life aside from work and study.
The two meet again at the low points in their lives. (JTBC, January 27)
12. Queen of Divorce
Lead cast: Lee Ji-ah, Kang Ki-young
Lee Ji-ah in a still from “Queen of Divorce”.
The Penthouse star Lee Ji-ah is Kim Sa-ra, the “Queen of Divorce”, who married into the biggest law firm in Korea, only to be betrayed by her husband and lose everything. She now works as a divorce lawyer doggedly hounding bad spouses.
Sa-ra works alongside Dong Ki-joon (Kang Ki-young, Extraordinary Attorney Woo), a brilliant prosecutor who mysteriously left his career behind to join a divorce law practice. (JTBC, January 31)
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