Romance korean dramas on netflix

Yoko Kamios best-selling manga series Boys Over Flowers was adapted into an enormously successful and influential K-drama in 2009. Working class high schooler Geum Jan-di (Ku Hye-sun) stops a group of rich bullies led by Gu Jun-pyo (Lee Min-ho), earning a scholarship to Jun-pyos prestigious school as a reward. Though Jun-pyo and his friends try to intimidate her, Jan-di consistently fights back, earning her Jun-pyos begrudging respect and amorous interest. As the students progress through school into young adulthood, a complicated web of love and betrayal, despite differences in social class, begins to take root and blossom.

Eagle-eyed viewers will recognize Lee Min-ho from Pachinko in Boys Over Flowers, with the 2009 series where his career truly catapulted. That breakthrough is well-warranted, given Lees solid chemistry with Ku Hye-sun and the arc that their two characters share. While Jun-pyo and his cronies are the antagonists in the beginning, not only do they mature and grow more compassionate, but they always seem so effortlessly cool. The thematic foundation of many romantic comedy K-dramas to follow, Boys Over Flowers remains a fantastic watch well over a decade since its debut.

The thing about modern Cinderella stories in South Korea is that the Princes Charming usually tend to be corporate heirs, reflecting the times and culture. That is certainly true of the 2016 romantic comedy Cinderella with Four Knights, based on the webtoon by Lee Min-young. After her college tuition is seized by her greedy stepmother, Eun Ha-won (Park So-dam) tirelessly works a multitude of jobs to pay for her own schooling. Impressed by her spirit, a wealthy corporate chairman invites Ha-won to move in with his three grandsons and their handsome bodyguard, hoping she will marry one of his descendants.

True to the malleability of the K-drama term, the series on this list range from the usual romantic comedies to period piece fare and outright melodrama. With such a wide variety in shows and genres to choose from, there is a love story for everybody to enjoy from South Koreas robust television industry.

So many shows live and die by the quality of the love story at their core and this is especially true of K-dramas, as Korean television steadily gains popularity worldwide. The K-drama term is a blanket one applied to scripted South Korean television of any genre and, more often than not regardless of genre, these shows find time for romance. With flawlessly beautiful main characters and soap operatic stakes, often in the best way, its easy to see the appeal of a good romantic K-drama. With Netflixs library of fantastic K-dramas growing rapidly, there are plenty of Korean love stories to choose from on the streaming service.

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