Netflix Korean dramas in 2021: Gong Yoo and Lee Joon in space thriller The Silent Sea, Kim So-hyun returns in Love Alarm, Jung Hae-in stars in D.P.
- Whatever your favourite genre is, seems there’s a K-drama for you. From the supernatural to the fantastical, some of Korea’s biggest stars hit Netflix next year
- Train to Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho directs Burning star Yoo Ah-in in the spooky Hellbound, while Yoon Chan-young battles zombies in All Of Us Are Dead
As 2020 winds down, anticipation for the new year builds, and so will Netflix’s line-up of South Korean television shows. K-dramas starring some of the country’s biggest stars are arriving to the streaming platform in the first few months of the year, and even some sequels to much loved shows.
Whether you’re interested in romance or thrillers, here are the K-dramas we know are heading to Netflix in 2021.
The Silent Sea
This sci-fi thriller is an eight-episode show featuring some of South Korea’s biggest stars: Bae Doona, who has appeared in numerous Korean and Hollywood films and is currently starring in Kingdom; Gong Yoo, known for Coffee Prince and Goblin; and K-pop star-turned-actor Lee Joon. The three will appear as members of a team sent to the moon to investigate the mysterious abandonment of a lunar research facility.
Hellbound
This supernatural drama directed by Yeon Sang-ho, who helmed Train to Busan, stars Yoo Ah-in, best-known for his role in the critically acclaimed film Burning, as the cult-like leader of a religious organisation promoting the arrival of beings sent to drag people to hell.
Park Jung-min, Kim Hyun-joo, and Won Jin-ah will also appear. Park will play a television producer investigating the organisation Yoo’s character heads, and Won will play the wife of Park’s character, while Kim will play a lawyer similarly going up against the organisation.