Netflix’s newest film Sweet and Sour stars Jang Ki Yong, Chae Soo Bin, and Krystal Jung, and tells the story of a relationship’s sweet beginnings, its sour phases, and its bitter ends. And if you’re one of those who’ve seen the film, then you’d surely find yourselves not only ~shookt~ by the way the film ended but also in love with the film’s three leads.
Still can’t get enough of the cast of this new Netflix movie? Here are 10 K-dramas you can watch right now to see more of them:
My Roommate is a Gumiho
My Roommate is a Gumiho follows Shin Woo Yeo, a 999-year-old gumiho who collects human energy in a marble so he can attain his human form. Things get complicated when he meets college student Lee Dam who accidentally swallows his marble. This endangers her life, as well as Woo Yeo’s chance of becoming human. As they figure out how to get the marble back, Lee Dam and Shin Woo Yeo decides to live together.
Jang Ki Yong stars in this drama as Shin Woo Yeo, and he is joined by Lee Hye Ri, Kang Han Na, and Kim Do Wan, and Bae In Hyuk.
Where to Watch: iQiyi
Search: WWW
Another K-drama which stars Jang Ki Yong is Search: WWW. This drama follows Bae Ta Mi, Cha Hyun, and Song Ga Kyung, three accomplished women working in South Korea’s web portal industry. Although these women have very different personalities, what unites them is how they prioritize success in their careers above anything else.
This 2019-drama stars Lim Soo Jung, Lee Da Hee, and Jeon Hye Jin. Jang Ki Yong also star in this drama as Park Morgan, a handsome young man who ends up falling in love with Bae Ta Mi despite their age differences.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Come and Hug Me
Come and Hug Me centers on Jang Ki Yong’s Yoon Na Moo and Jin Ki Joo’s Gil Nak Won, childhood lovers who are forced to break apart after Na Moo’s father, who’s a psychopath serial killer, murders Nak Won’s parents. Nine years later, Na Moo now goes by the name Chae Do Jin, and he’s become a passionate detective who wants to atone for his father’s sin. Nak Won is now the actress Han Jae Yi. The two cross paths again, and they would have to try to prove that their love can be stronger than their past.
Where to Watch: Netflix
A Piece of Your Mind
Chae Soo Bin stars in the 2020 drama A Piece of Your Mind as Seo Woo — a classical music recording engineer who remains optimistic despite all the setbacks she’s had in life. Starring alongside her is Jung Hae In, whoplays Moon Ha Won, who’s known in the AI industry as the man behind the popular portal site. A rational thinker with a soft heart, he believes that having a small fraction of his love’s heart should be enough for him. However, this is put to test when he meets Seo Woo.
Lee Ha Na, Kim Sung Gyu, and Park Ju Hyun also star in this drama.
Where to Watch: Viu
I Am Not a Robot
I Am Not a Robot centers on Kim Min Kyu, a company shareholder suffering from “human allergy,” making him unable to do normal interactions with other people. He finds interest in a robotic named Aji-3, which is created by the Santa Maria robotic team. However, just when he decided to test the robot, an accident causes the robot’s batter to malfunction. Because of this, the Santa Maria team begs Aji-3’s model, Jo Ji Ah to pretend to be a robot so they can receive funding from Kim Min Kyu.
In this drama, Chae Soo Bin plays both the robot Aji-3 and the human Jo Ji Ah. As she pretends to be a robot in front of Kim Min Kyu, she becomes the one who is able to help him overcome his condition. Soo Bin stars in this drama alongside Yoo Seung Ho, Uhm Ki Joon, Park Se Wan, and more.
Where Stars Land
Where Stars Land is a drama about the lives of those who work at the busy Incheon Airport. At the center of the story is Chae Soo Bin’s Han Yeo Reum, a rookie member of the Passenger Services team who is clumsy and is willing to do the right thing even if it’s against the norm. It’s in her job that she meets Lee Je Hoon’s Lee Soo Yeon, a perfectionist who appears cold and aloof to his coworkers. What they don’t know, though, is that Soo Yeon is actually hiding a secret that makes him want to stay distant from everyone.
Despite the differences between Yeo Reum and Soo Yeon’s personalities, the two still end up getting closer with each other. Also starring in this drama are Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jee Soo, Kim Kyung Nam, Lee Soo Kyung, and more.
Search
Search is about a conscript sergeant named Yong Dong Jin, who receives a mysterious case just a few weeks before he gets discharged and rejoins the civilian world. After a murder happens in the demilitarized zone, the South Korean army decides to form an elite search party including Dong Jin to investigate on the case. However, as they begin doing so, it starts to dawn on the team that whatever it is they are hunting doesn’t appear to be human.
In this drama, Jung Soo Jung — a.k.a. Krystal Jung — plays Son Ye Rim. She’s a senior lieutenant from the Women’s University School corps, and is an officer at the KCST Command Center. She joins Dong Jin’s elite team in investigating the mysterious case at the DMZ.
Where to Watch: iQiyi
Player
Player is a 2018 drama about a swindler, a fighter, an elite hacker, and a talented driver who make up a crime redemption team, which attempts to take back properties hidden by criminals. They work with a prosecutor as they confiscate black money and arrest those who earn money from doing crimes.
In this drama, Krystal plays Cha Ar Yung, a skilled driver who grew up in an orphanage after being abandone by her parents. This drama also stars Song Seung Heon, Lee Si Eon, Tae Won Seok, Kim Won Hae, and more.
Where to Watch: Viu
Prison Playbook
Prison Playbook centers on the famous baseball player Kim Je Hyuk, who was arrested for using excessive force on a man who was trying to sexually assault his sister. While serving his time in prison, he reunites with his childhood friend Lee Joon Ho, who was once a baseball player and is now a prison guard at the penitentiary heās in. The drama revolves around Je Hyukās time in prison, the prisoners and prison guards he meets there, as well as his friends and family from outside of prison.
Krystal stars in this drama as Lee Joon Ho, Je Hyuk’s girlfriend who is studying traditional Korean medicine. She joins Park Hae Soo, Jung Kyung Ho, Im Hwa Young, and Kim Kyung Nam in this 2017 drama.
True Beauty
If you’ve been wondering where else you might have seen the guy who played Lee Jang Hyeok in the drama, it’s probably in True Beauty! It follows Lim Ju Gyeong, a shy comic book fan who uses makeup to hide her bare face. Shortly after her ātransformation,ā her social standing skyrockets, but with it comes the question of how long sheāll be able to keep her secret.
Lee Woo Je stars in this drama alongside Moon Ga Young, Cha Eun Woo, Hwang In Yeop, and more. Here, he plays Kim Cho Rong, one of Han Seo Joon’s friends.
Where to Watch: Viu
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