MANILA, PHILIPPINES — August is jam-packed with action, drama, fantasy, and a lot of mind-boggling shows. Here’s a list of all the new Korean dramas and movies available on Viu.
K-Dramas (Korean Dramas)
The Road: Tragedy of One
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Adapted from the novel “One Tragedy” by Norizuki Rintaro, is a gripping story of the secrets, desires, guilts, and salvation of affluent residents who live at “Royal the Hill”. Baek Soo Hyun (Ji Jin Hee) is a popular and respected anchorman whose statements are always taken as truth. But when away from the public eye, Soo Hyun is cold-hearted and stops at nothing to get what he wants. Soo Hyun is married to Seo Eun Soo (Yoon Se Ah – Melting Me Softly, Sky Castle, Good Witch), the daughter of the chairman of the Jegang Group, an influential heavyweight in the society. On a torrential rainy night, a tragic incident takes place and the secrets connected with it result in silence, avoidance, and confusion, which eventually leads to more tragedies. Now streaming on Viu, catch new episode drops every Thursday and Friday- hours after the Korean broadcast!
Police University
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Crime
A 6-episode series that revolves around a police university professor, Yoo Dong Man (Cha Tae Hyun – Birthcare Center, Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation, Matrimonial Chaos) with 20 years’ experience in crime detection and a talented computer hacker, Kang Seon Ho (Jung Jin Young – Love in the Moonlight, Miss Granny) who joins the university as a freshman in hopes to change his ways. Also a freshman, Oh Kang Hee (Krystal Jung – Prison Playbook, The Bride of Habaek, The Heirs) works tirelessly to achieve her dream of becoming a police officer. Watch them come together for a joint investigation and witness their adventures. Now streaming on Viu, catch new episode drops every Tuesday – Wednesday – hours after the Korean broadcast!
The Devil Judge
Genres: Crime, Law, Mystery
Hailed as the most buzzworthy drama in Korea today, The Devil Judge is a story set in dystopian, chaotic Korea bereft of law and order, Head Trial Judge Kang Yo Han (Ji Sung – Doctor John, Innocent Defendant, Protect My Boss) is signaling the need for change. His courtroom is the subject of a reality show where he mercilessly punishes the guilty, earning him the nickname of “Devil Judge”. A bitter rivalry has taken shape between the “Devil Judge” and the highly ambitious Jung Sun Ah (Kim Min Jung – My Fellow Citizens), who has risen from poverty to become the director of a corporate social responsibility foundation. Into this turbulent world enter two childhood friends on a quest for true justice: rookie Judge Kim Ga On (Park Jin Young – When My Love Blooms, Melting Me Softly, He is Psychometric) and Police Officer Yoon Soo Hyun (Park Gyu Young – The Third Charm, Fight for My Way). Do they have what it takes to challenge both the scheming Jung Sun Ah and the notorious “Devil Judge”? Now streaming on Viu, catch new episode drops every Sunday and Monday – hours after the Korean broadcast!
Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Investigation
It isn’t uncommon to see crimes get brushed aside without a proper investigation. Known as an enthusiastic and impressively effective detective, Jin Kang Ho (Cha Tae Hyun) will stop at nothing to catch the criminals he’s assigned to pursue. With a passion for solving unsolvable cases, Kang Ho finds it’s better to work alone. Or so it was, until the day he met Kang Moo Young (Lee Sun Bin – Criminal Minds: Korea, Another Miss Oh, Me and Me). The overly zealous producer of a low-rated investigative program, Moo Young is as enthusiastic about solving cases and catching criminals as Kang Ho. Sharing such an intense passion for their work, the two agree to team up, working together to make the world a better place. Joined later on by a former criminal profiler, a bar CEO and legendary fist-fighter who has chosen to put his past behind him, and a funeral director who once headed up the ace autopsy team at the National Forensic Service, this ragtag team soon become an unstoppable force in the world of crime-fighting.
A Korean Odyssey
Genres: Korean Drama – Romance, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
A journey of two destined souls begins as they try to find the light in a dark world full of evil spirits. Son Oh Gong (Lee Seung Gi – Mouse, The Producers, You’re All Surrounded) is a wicked monkey who hatched out from a rock and became a fairy in the heavenly realm for his outstanding magical power and martial arts skills. However, after committing a deadly sin due to his arrogance, he is imprisoned under a mountain for hundreds of years. With the help of an ordinary girl, Seon Mi (Oh Yeon Seo – Love with Flaws), who can see evil spirits, he manages to escape from the mountain, but he deceives her and runs away. As they are fated to, they meet again after 25 years, and he becomes her guardian when she handcuffs him with Geumganggo. Let’s join Oh Gong’s long path of adventure with Seon Mi that is full of romance and fantasy as he discovers how to go back to the heavenly realm.
K-Movies (Korean Movies)
Parasite
Genres: Drama
This critically acclaimed movie became the first non-English film to win the Best Motion Picture award at the 2020 Oscars. It likewise earned the Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, and Bong Joon Ho’s first Academy as Best Director. A powerful movie that depicts social inequalities portrayed by a powerhouse ensemble!
Unforgettable
Genres: Romance Drama
When a letter and cassette tape from 23 years ago show up at a radio station, the radio DJ and his old friends reminisce on the bittersweet summer they last spent together as kids. Every summer, Soo Ok (Kim So Hyun – River Where the Moon Rises, The Tale of Nokdu, Radio Romance) patiently waits for her friends Beom Sil (Do Kyung Soo a.k.a D.O from EXO – 100 Days My Prince), San Dol (Yeon Jun Suk – Iljimae), Gae Deok (Lee David – Hotel Del Luna, Bring It On, Ghost), and Gil Ja (Joo Ah Reum – Be My Dream Family, Graceful Friends) to arrive back to their hometown island. Watch this summer filled with fun, romance, and tragedy.
My Wife Got Married
Genres: Romance
It all started with football. Deok-hoon (Kim Joo Hyuk – Reply 1988) falls in love with In Ah (Son Ye Jin – Secret Garden) who shares his love and passion for the sport. They quickly become lovers and he proposes. She refuses at first but they eventually get happily married. Until one day, In-ah declares her wish to marry another man. She doesn’t want to divorce as she loves Deok-hoon all the same, the only thing is that she loves the new man as much. In Ah goes ahead and marries her new man. And so the bizarre bigamy begins.
Bank Attack
Genres: Comedy
Desperate for money to save his sick daughter’s life, Bae Gi Ro (Lee Moon Shik – The Tale of Nokdu, The Secret Life of My Secretary, The Undateables) decides to rob a bank. Things become much more complicated when real bank robbers enter the bank.
Shadows in the Palace
Genres: Thriller
During the Chosun period, a court lady is found dead and ruled as a suicide. But while performing an autopsy, palace medic Chun Ryung (Park Jin Hee – Taxi Driver, Love Scene Number) suspects murder and starts to investigate the case. With a sense of justice and full of wit, Chun Ryung bravely unmasks the deceptions, but soon confronts the veiled past, kept hidden by those that had far more power than she had expected.
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