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Despite his wild popularity, Han Joon Oh (Kim Young Dae) is a star plagued by an overwhelming inferiority complex. Constantly fighting his insecurities, Joon Oh struggles to maintain the facade he puts up for his fans, until he’s involved in a near fatal accident and wakes up to find he’s been possessed by the spirit of Do Ha, an ancient nobleman. Do Ha is hellbent on exacting revenge on his wife who is reincarnated as Kang Yeong Hwa (Pyo Ye Jin), the brave firefighter who rescued Joon Oh from the accident and now works as his bodyguard. Can Joon Oh find a way to rid himself of this vengeful spirit or will his past insecurities keep him trapped by Do Ha forever? Based on the webtoon by Hye Yoom, this 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Pyo Min Soo and Park Chan Yool.

Moon in the Day

🕓The awaited love❤️Team

Oh Su Jae (Seo Hyun Jin) is on a journey to reach the pinnacle of South Korea's legal world. However, a key case takes an unexpected turn, leading to her abrupt demotion. Deflated, Su Jae takes on a job working at a law school, hoping to reclaim her reputation and standing in the law firm where she was once a partner. At the school, she meets Gong Chan (Hwang In Yeop), a student who has faced his own share of hardships. And as they begin to spend time together, a close bond forms. As Su Jae begins her journey back to the top, could love be on the cards? This 2022 South Korean drama series was directed by Park Soo Jin.

Why Her?

Fallen ⭐️ Rising Team

Kim Hee Woo (Lee Joon Gi) came from nothing to become a top lawyer, transforming himself from a high schooler with poor grades to an esteemed public prosecutor. But tragedy strikes as he’s investigating a politician suspected of corruption… and a mysterious man kills him. However, instead of dying, he wakes up as his younger self – a college student with all his "future" memories intact. Determined to uncover the truth behind his murder, he restarts his academic journey. Along the way, he meets Kim Hee Ah (Kim Ji Eun), the super-intelligent youngest daughter of a powerful business family, and they begin investigating together. When their journey brings them to a shady cabal of rich power brokers, will they find the answers they’re after – or further mortal danger? Based on a web novel by Lee Hae Nal, this 2022 South Korean drama series was directed by Han Chul Soo and Kim Yong Min.

Again My Life

⚖️Avengers of Time⏱

Ji Hyuk, an ace in the NIS Foreign Intelligence Bureau, has never failed a mission. However, during a mission by the China-North Korea borders in Liaoning, China, he goes MIA. After one year, Ji Hyuk, classified dead, suddenly appears at the Korean Consulate in Shenyang, China, in the most horrific state and doesn't remember anything that happened within the last year. With his memory lost, Ji Hyuk gets assigned to a team with minor tasks. While on the team, he meets Je Yi, who is delicate and heartwarming but with a painful past. For the first time, Ji Hyuk gets assigned to save people. As he relates to the stories of those people, he faces his memories. Will he be able to unravel all the clues and remember the past year when he went missing?

The Veil

The Black Sun team 

Yang Min Hyuk (Jo Jin Woong) works at the Seoul District Prosecutor’s Office. But his career and life take a dramatic turn when he investigates a case involving a woman whose car careered around the freeway, crashing into a number of other vehicles. As he is investigating the case, the woman is suddenly found dead in what appears to have been a suicide.

However, police find that the last message sent from the dead woman’s phone explains that had been sexually assaulted by Yang Min Hyuk. Yang Min Hyuk becomes the subject of an investigation himself. But as he tries to prove his innocence, he starts to suspect that she may not have taken her own life after all. Instead, he discovers that her death might have been somehow linked to the sale of a bank whose lawyer is Kim Na Ri (Honey Lee). As he continues to seek the truth, he realizes that the case is sucking him into the heart of a huge financial scandal...

“Black Money” is a 2019 South Korean movie that was directed by Chung Ji Young.

Black Money

Elite Detectives🔎

Prince Yeoning, later to be one of the most renowned monarchs of Joseon, the reformist King Yeongjo, embarks on a youthful adventure to the succession to the throne. Lee Geum, Prince Yeoning, was born of low origins and naturally became a court outsider. But he lacks no company. Later, Park Mun Su becomes one of the most famous amhaengeosa, or secret royal inspector is a persistent pursuer of justice. Dal Mun, a street gang leader and a popular clown, is a master of martial arts and knows everything in and around Hanyang, the capital. Yeo Ji is a damo, literally Tea Lady, who is employed as an attendant in government departments, and at times acting as detectives to investigate crimes that are considered inappropriate for male inspectors. Together, they are committed to the reform of Saheonbu, today's equivalent of the prosecutor's office, to uphold the justice of the times.

Haechi

The Guardians of Justice Team

Desperate for money to pay for his mother's medical bills, unemployed young man Min Je (Kim Mu Yeol) decides to get his apartment deposit money back. Unfortunately, he loses everything to a gangster as a repayment of his debt. The money swiftly changes hands: first to loan shark Baek (Im Won Hee), then to Assemblyman Moon (Jun Kwang Ryul), who maintains ties to organized crime. Tired of having to give up money to Assemblyman Moon, Baek hires Park (Lee Kyung Young) to kill him, and plans to provide Park with a gun he obtained from Detective Choi (Park Hee Soon) while the two were gambling... but the deliveryman accidentally gives the gun to Min Je instead. This sets off a frantic race between seven men to get their hands on the money and the gun, but they each have their own motives. This 2018 Korean movie was directed by Heo Joon Hyung.

Snatch-Up

Fake it 'til you make it

Killer Park

JTBC

An ambitious news anchor for a popular TV channel, Go Hye Ran (Kim Nam Joo) will stop at nothing to get what she wants. One day, her life is turned upside down when she gets mixed up in a murder case with her ex lover and his wife. What will happen when her public defender husband, Kang Tae Wook (Ji Jin Hee), decides to defend her and save their failing marriage?

Misty

Team of Misty

A ruthless politician is in cahoots with Lee Kang Hee (Baek Yoon Shik), a corrupt journalist who works for an influential national newspaper.

With help from Lee Kang Hee, the politician becomes a leading presidential candidate – at the behest of two companies that are secretly funneling funds to Lee Kang Hee’s newspaper and hoping to install the candidate as their own political puppet.

Ahn Sang Goo (Lee Byun Hun) is a go-between for the corrupt companies, who decide to cut him off suddenly after a mishap.

Ahn Sang Goo decides to take his revenge by holding a press conference to expose details of a slush fund set up by the companies and the politician, whom he accuses of cutting off his hand.

In steps Woo Jang Hoon (Cho Seung Woo), a determined young prosecutor intent on putting an end to the corruption and violence – but aware that doing so will be anything but easy.

This movie was adapted from a web-based comic written by Yoon Tae Ho.

“Inside Men” is a 2015 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Woo Min Ho.

Inside Men

Insider Team

A young girl’s destiny is with a sword.

Three mighty warriors, Deok Gi (Lee Byung Hun), Seol Rang (Jeon Do Yeon) and Poong Chun (Bae Soo Bin), lead an uprising to fight for freedom from an incompetent king. But at the last minute, Deok Gi betrays them, leading to Poong Chun’s death. Deok Gi tries to persuade Seol Rang to join his side, but she flees with Poong Chun’s baby daughter, Hong Ee.

Eighteen years later, Seol Rang goes by the name Wall So and is now blind and runs a tea house at the Byukran Port. She has been training Hong Ee, who now goes by the name Seol Hee (Kim Go Eun), to become a master of the sword so that she can avenge her father’s death.

Deok Gi now goes by the name Yoo Baek and has become a powerful military ruler. When he hosts a sword competition in the market, Seol Hee participates in the match. Her fight with master swordsman Yull (Lee Junho) catches Yoo Baek’s attention because of her similar sword style to Woll So. Yoo Baek sends his men after Seol Hee but she manages to escape.

Can Seol Hee take down one of the most powerful warriors of Goryo to fulfill her destiny of revenge?

“Memories of the Sword” is a 2015 South Korean film co-written and directed by Park Heung Sik.

Memories of the Sword

⚔️ 🤺 The Swordsmen Team 🤺 ⚔️

Can a group of Korean resistance fighters carry out an assassination before enemy forces hunt them down?

Yeom Sek Jin (Lee Jung Jae) is a Korean resistance fighter during the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea. He plans out the assassination of a Japanese commander and hires Ahn Ok Yoon (Jun Ji Hyun), a skilled sniper. Ok Yoon takes on the mission, along with her comrades Soksapo (Jo Jin Woong) and Hwang Duk Sam (Choi Duk Moon), to fight for Korean independence.

The Japanese send government sends contract killers Hawaii Pistol (Ha Jung Woo) and his partner Buddy (Oh Dal Soo) after Ok Yoon and her men. But can Ok Yoon carry out her mission when there is a traitor among them?

“Assassination” is a 2015 South Korean film co-written and directed by Choi Dong Hoon.

Assassination

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal.

When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung (Kim Nam Gil) and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol (Son Ye Jin) go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

“The Pirates” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Lee Seok Hoon.

The Pirates

One man is on a mission to avenge the death of his family members.

Dolmuchi (Ha Jung Woo) is a butcher, which is considered the lowest class, in the Joseon Dynasty. In a society where a person’s status is purely determined by his or her birth, Jo Yoon (Kang Dong Won) is born into a wealthy family. But because his mother was a concubine, Jo Yoon’s illegitimacy gives him no standing in society or his family.

Jo Yoon hires Dolmuchi to kill the pregnant wife of his dead stepbrother so that he can become a legitimate heir, but when Dolmuchi is not able to go through with the killing, Jo Yoon has Dolmuchi’s family killed instead.

The devastated Dolmuchi takes on the name Dochi and joins Ttaeng Choo (Lee Kyung Young) and Dae Ho (Lee Sung Min) in a band of outlaws known as Kundo. The bandits go after wealthy tyrants who prey on the poor by stealing from the rich and giving back to the poor. But can Dochi avenge his family’s death when he comes face-to-face with Jo Yoon again?

“Kundo: Age of the Rampant” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Yoon Jong Bin.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

The Time Outlaws

Ha Ryu is a prosecutor in charge of a corruption scandal of the first lady, Joo Da Hae. He\u2019s an orphan, and he wasn\u2019t living such a decent life in the past. But he had Da Hae by his side, and they were a happy family, including their daughter Eun Byeol. Da Hae also had rough times when she couldn\u2019t even afford her mother\u2019s funeral. Because of the painful memory from the old days, she gets ambitious for the upper crust, eventually marrying Baek Do Hoon of Baekhak Group. As Da Hae awakens her ambition to join the high class, she betrays Ha Ryu, making him fall into the bottomless pit. He starts his new life as his twin brother Cha Jae Woong and gets down to his revenge on Da Hae.

King of Ambition

     The Ambitious Team

May 18, 1980 marked the date of the Gwangju Uprising, when state troops killed and wounded thousands of civilians for protesting against the newly installed military dictator and implementation of martial law. Twenty-six years later, five individuals whose family members perished in the massacre unite to enact revenge against the former dictator: gangster Kwak Jin Bae (Jin Goo), Olympic shooter Shim Mi Jin (Han Hye Jin), policeman Kwon Jeong Hyuk (Lim Seul Ong), businessman Kim Ju Ahn (Bae Soo Bin), and mastermind Chairman Kim (Lee Kyung Young). Each person has their own motives and desires for participating, but as they plan and execute their mission, they must consider whether or not this assassination will bring them the justice and peace they hoped for. This 2012 Korean film, based on the webtoon of the same name by Kang Full, was directed by Cho Geun Hyun in his directorial debut.

26 Years

26 Years, One Revenge ⚖️

Chairman Kim

Every day Hyeong Do (So Ji Sub) gets up, puts on a shirt and tie and heads off to his office, where he is in charge of sales at a metal manufacturing company.

To all onlookers, he looks like the ultimate “company man” – a typical white-collar office worker.

Except for one detail – he, and all of his colleagues, are not office workers at all. They are, in fact, cold-blooded hired killers.

Hyeong Do’s bosses believe he is one of the most meticulous assassins in the “company,” and have earmarked him for promotion.

But, in a twist of fate, his life is turned upside down when he meets a single mother named Mi Yeon (Lee Mi Yeon). She is kind and compassionate and soon melts his cold heart.

He resolves to turn his back on his life of crime, and resign his post at the “company.”

However, he soon discovers that his is not the sort of profession that employees can just walk away from – and his former employees decide to come after him. Can he keep Mi Yeon safe, and escape his past for good?

“A Company Man” is a 2012 South Korean movie directed by Im Sang Yoon.

A Company Man

The White Collar Hitman

It is the winter of 1994 in South Korea and the country is shaken by an explosion on a busy river bridge named Balam Bridge, just outside Seoul. The media reports that the explosion was carried out by terrorists. But some investigators are not so sure. One journalist named Lee Bang Woo (Hwang Jung Min) starts to try to get to the bottom of this incident, unsure that is as it seems. Things get more mysterious when a friend from the past named Yoon Hyuk (Jin Goo) surfaces with some information.

Yoon Hyuk gives Lee Bang Woo a cache of what he says are secret documents and states that terrorists were not behind the explosion after all. Instead, he claims, the explosion was masterminded by government agents. With the help of two fellow journalists – Sung Hyo Kwan (Kim Min Hee) and Son Jin Ki (Kim Sang Ho) – he begins to dig deeper. What the group discovers is shocking: A secret group that appears to have power over all governmental affairs. But just how deep does this dastardly conspiracy go?

“Moby Dick” is a 2011 South Korean movie that was co-written and directed by Park In Je.

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