My Top 3 Most Favorite K-Dramas
Kdramas with more intense and deep lessons
I believe Korean dramas deserve all the love in the world. I’ve been a fan of K-dramas for more than a decade now and I never get tired of them. Every drama is unique and special in its own way, whether it’s the swoon-worthy rom coms, the heart-wrenching historical dramas, the captivating mystery ones, or action dramas. Every drama has a strong storyline, superb direction, and brilliant acting. You can learn a lot about Korean culture, language, food, and history from K-dramas.
Here are my absolute favorite top three K-dramas that gave me great memories and I learned a lot from them.
Mr. Sunshine
Mr. Sunshine is a historical drama about the fall of the Joseon dynasty and the Japanese rule over Koreans. Mr. Sunshine has little to do with its title and is not bound by borders, linguistics, historical timings, or individuals in a cast. You find every culture echoed that has ever struggled for freedom from tyranny and a piece of yourself in every character from revolutionaries to adversaries, from nobles to slaves. They all live somewhere within each of us. This series, expertly written, acted, directed, and filmed, does more than captivate; it captures your gut and your spirit and takes your breath away, one episode at a time. Beyond the Korean political history as its backdrop, there is a profound love story with a depth of tenderness rare in modern dramas. The sensuality is subtle and soulful; leaving you on the edge of a kiss that never happens and wishing the writers would have taken mercy on us all and simply forgotten to write an ending.
Sky Castle
One of the most impactful, non-cliché, very very well-written k-dramas. I think it is rightfully said that no other drama is able to portray such realistic emotions and express these issues that exist in society in such a way that reaches our hearts. Although the first episode was somewhat a slow burner, from the start of the second episode every second is engrossing and one begins to think deeply and enter into the world of Sky Castle; which is a perfectly accurate portrayal of reality, perfect proportions of satire and comedy. Today’s education system around the world is focused only on creating more and more doctors and engineers in order to sustain this unsafe world without even considering the feelings of the later generations, directly or indirectly. This system just wants to create workforces to keep the older generation’s progress in this world and put them at ease without even considering how their children might feel. Although it is true that someone must do these jobs to keep our lives comfortable and protect the things built by our ancestors, shouldn’t a parent’s first priority be their child? I highly recommend this K-drama.
My Mister
This is not your typical Kdrama, and the characters aren’t your typical characters either. Without going into too much detail, I will say that the narrative is structured around two individuals from very disparate socio-economic backgrounds connecting over the shared desperation of their everyday existence. In itself that may not sound like much, but the writers have done an excellent job of fleshing out the characters of not just the main protagonists but also the broader cast, along with developing multiple strands of sub-narratives. I would describe the show as a very intense love story, without a shred of romance in the traditional sense of the word.
Most people think that Kdramas are for teenagers and they only focus on romance. This is not the case at all. Everyone needs to watch these dramas because there is so much to learn from them. Every drama, every episode, every character will give you a lifelong lesson and will make you think on a deeper level about the realities of life.
