It also highlighted the huge changes South Korea has gone through over the last 20 years. The K-drama didn’t quite stick the landing, but it showed some interesting insight into what goes into creating K-pop idols. Living in the future, Hyun-jae needs to find out what happened to his life, bandmate, former manager, and girlfriend. When the lead singer of a massively popular K-pop group in the ’90s, Yoo Hyun-jae, is caught in a monsoon, he’s transported to present-day Seoul. The time-travel K-drama The Best Hit, also known as Hit the Top, marked the directorial debut of 2 Days & 1 Night cast member, Cha Tae-hyun. The show has quickly become a favorite among fans and is easily one of the best K-dramas of 2017. So, Yoon Ji-ho, a woman also in her 30s who needs a place to live and is envious of people who own property moves in.Įxcellent writing, a solid cast, great characters, and a story with a good, relatable hook make Because This Is My First Life a must-see K-drama.
Because This Is My First LifeĪnother show highlighting larger social concerns in South Korea, Because This Is My First Life is about two people in their 30s who have both given up on dating. Nam Se-hee owns his own home but has problems keeping up with his mortgage. The show is silly and a little obvious, but it’s a lot of fun, and Choi Si-won really sells the troublemaking rich kid who wears his heart on his sleeve.
But the K-drama does a great job of highlighting social issues, economic concerns, and the stranglehold that chaebol companies have on South Korea’s current employment market.
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It’d be easy to dismiss Revolutionary Loveas a mere vehicle for Si-won’s TV comeback. When he’s thrown out of the family, he has to learn to fend for himself, prompting him to see the world from the perspective of regular, hard-working people. Revolutionary Loveĭirect from his military service, Super Junior hottie Choi Si-won stars as Byun Hyuk, an obnoxiously rich third generation heir to a chaebol food manufacturing company. When she starts working as an assistant for the misunderstood CEO that people call the “Silent Monster,” she discovers there’s more to her sister’s death than meets the eye. But after her sister’s apparent suicide at work, Ro-woon decides to get revenge on the PR company who she feels is responsible for her death. My Shy BossĪlso known as Introverted Boss, My Shy Boss starts out weak but quickly develops into a show with compelling characters and a particularly good supporting cast who each get to grow in realistic ways.Ĭhae Ro-woon is an outgoing singer of a local opera company. So, she gets a job as a bodyguard for a rich CEO of a video game company who helps her control her super strength and use it for good.ĭespite its occasionally messy storyline, the great rapport of the cast and the well-developed characters made the romantic yet action-packed K-drama one of the highest-rated shows on Korean cable TV. Bong-soon dreams of being an elegant woman and the star of her own video game. Strong Woman Do Bong-soon stars Park Bo-young as the adorable titular woman who was born with superhuman strength. Save Me‘s creepy tone isn’t what you usually expect from a K-drama, which is why it deserves a spot on the list of 2017’s best K-dramas. Completely out of options and cut off from the outside world, Sang-mi finds an opportunity to mouth the words “save me” to a group of boys she knew from high school, and they attempt to rescue her. Save Meīased on the popular webcomic, Out of This World, Save Me follows Im Sang-mi and her family who get sucked into a weird religious cult. This year, Korean dramas delved deep into the darker side of the psyche with some fantastic thrillers, lots of time travel, and comedies and romance shows highlighting some serious social issues. So, get your binge-watching slippers ready, because these are the 15 best K-dramas of 2017.
Much like American TV’s move to invest in higher productions, even in the cable market, 2017 saw many K-dramas breaking all-time viewership records. It’s been a stellar year for South Korean TV this year.
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