Reply 1988 응답하라 1988

 

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Reply 1988 in Korean title 응답하라 1988 (Eungdabhara 1988) is the ultimate. My number one favorite of all the Korean TV dramas/series I've watched for over two decades. It's a romance comedy and a family drama rolled into one. It aired on TVN for 20 episodes in 2015.

Cast:

Lee Hyeri as Sung Deok-sun/Sung Soo-yeon

Park Bo-gum as Choi Taek

Go Kyung-pyo as Sung Sun-woo

Ryu Jun-yeol as Kim Jung-hwan

Lee Dong-hwi as Ryu Dong-ryong

Sung Dong-il as Sung Dong-il (Deok-sun's father)

Lee Il-hwa as Lee Il-hwa (Deok-sun's mother)

Ryu Hye-young as Sung Bo-ra (Deok-sun's older sister)

Choi Sung-won as Sung No-eul (Deok-sun's younger brother)

Kim Sung-kyun as Kim Sung-kyun (Jung-hwan's father)

Ra Mi-ran as Ra Mi-ran (Jung-hwan's mother)

Ahn Jae-hong as Kim Jung-bong (Jung-hwan's older brother)

Kim Sun-young as Kim Sun-young (Sun-woo's mother)

Kim Seol as Sung Jin-joo (Sun-woo's little sister)

Choi Moo-sung as Choi Moo-sung (Taek's father)

Yoo Jae-myung as Ryu Jae-myung (Dong-ryong's father)

And many others

DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN 태양의 후예

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Descendants of the Sun in Korean title 태양의 후예 (Taeyangui Hooye) is one of my favorite Korean TV drama/series. It has 16 episodes which was aired in 2016. 

CAST

Main Cast

Song Joong-ki as Captain Yoo Shi Jin (aka Big Boss)

Song Hye-kyo as Doctor Kang Mo Yeon (aka Beauty)

Kim Ji-won as First Lieutenant Yoon Myung Ju

Jin Goo as Sergeant Major Seo Dae Young (aka Wolf)

And many others

FROM FIVE TO NINE 5→9～私に恋したイケメンすぎるお坊さん

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From Five To Nine 

One of my favorite Japanese TV dramas is "From Five to Nine," which is also known by its Japanese title, "5→9～私に恋したイケメンすぎるお坊さん (5→9: Watashi ni Koi Shita Ikemen Sugiru Obousan)" As a fan of the manga series by Miko Aihara, I found the live-action adaptation to be captivating in a whole new way. The drama was originally released in 2015 and consists of 10 episodes.

CAST

Ishihara Satomi as Sakuraba Junko

Yamashita Tomohisa as Hoshikawa Takane

Tanaka Kei as Kiyomiya Makoto

Furukawa Yuki as Mishima Satoshi

Takanashi Rin as Yamabuchi Momoe

And many more

Today’s Kira kun きょうのキラ君

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"Today's Kira-kun" (2017) - A Romance That Will Make You Smile 

Yasuhiro Kawamura directed "Today's Kira-kun," きょうのキラ君, a Japanese teen romance filmbased on the manga series "Kyo no Kira-kun" by Rin Mikimoto. The film portrays the narrative of Kira-kun and Ninon, two high school students who fell in love despite their opposing personalities and hardships. 

Cast:

Taishi Nakamura

Marie Iitoyo

Yuna Tairo

Shono Hayama