9 of the best new K-dramas to watch in November 2023: Daily Dose of Sunshine on Netflix, Vigilante o
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Young-hwa becomes his bodyguard but when Joon-oh wakes up he is possessed by the spirit of Do Ha (also Kim), a Joseon-era nobleman who was killed by his wife, who looked just like Young-hwa. (ENA, November 1)
2. Daily Dose of Sunshine
Lead cast: Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, Jang Dong-yoon, Lee Jung-eun
Park Bo-young (Strong Girl Bong-soon) leads the colourful hospital-set drama Daily Dose of Sunshine, which sees All of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyu reunite with Netflix.Park is Jung Da-eun, a nurse who has just been transferred to a neuropsychiatry ward. She struggles to adjust to the new field but grows her skills and confidence with the help of head nurse Song Hyo-jin (Lee Jung-eun, Parasite).Meanwhile she grows close to proctologist Dong Go-yoon (Yeon Woo-jin, Thirty-Nine) and is friends with Song Yoo-chan (Jang Dong-yoon, The Tale of Nokdu), a bright young man with a secret. (Netflix, November 3)3. Vigilante
Lead cast: Nam Joo-hyuk, Yoo Ji-tae, Kim So-jin, Lee Joon-hyuk
Nam Joo-hyuk storms onto Disney+ as Kim Ji-yong, a handsome but angry young police academy recruit who takes it upon himself to eradicate the scourge of society at night, following the murder of his mother as a child.
Dubbed “Vigilante” by the press, he becomes a media sensation highlighting Korea’s lax laws against criminals.
Vigilante: Nam Joo-hyuk in Disney+’s engrossing revenge K-drama
4. Secret Playlist
Lead cast: Kim Hyang-gi, Shin Hyun-seung
Based on a webtoon and co-produced by Hulu Japan, Secret Playlist features Kim Hyang-gi (Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds) and new face Shin Hyun-seung as a YouTuber and an idol who engage in a secret romance.Kim is student Song Han-ju, who secretly works as the YouTube musician PLII, while Shin is Lee Do-guk, a member of a boy band who wants to collaborate with PLII. (TVING, November 18)
5. A Bloody Lucky Day
Lead cast: Lee Sung-min, Yoo Yeon-seok, Lee Jung-eun
Shadow Detective star Lee Sung-min gets behind the wheel as taxi driver Oh Taek, who wakes up from an auspicious dream and catches a huge fare across the country. Problem is, his fare is Geum Hyeok-soo (Yoo Yeon-seok, Hospital Playlist), a charming young man who turns out to be a psychopathic killer.Lee Jung-eun (Parasite) plays the mother of one of Hyeok-soo’s victims trying to track him down in this drama debut from Hostage: Missing Celebrity director Pil Gam-sung. (TVING, November 24)
A Bloody Lucky Day: Yoo Yeon-seok, Lee Sung-min take a taxi ride from hell
6. Once Upon a Boyhood
Lead cast: Im Si-wan, Lee Sun-bin
In this 1980s-set drama, Im Si-wan of boy band ZE:A plays Jang Byung-tae, a young man who struggles at school and transfers to an agricultural high school in the countryside where he faces an unexpected incident.
The Fiery Priest director Lee Myung-woo helms the show, returning to Coupang Play after making its first drama One Ordinary Day. (Coupang Play, November 24)7. My Demon
Lead cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Song Kang
Young stars Kim You-jung (Backstreet Rookie) and Song Kang (Sweet Home) are set to heat up the screen in the fantasy romance drama My Demon.Kim is Do Do-hee, the haughty young heiress of the Future Group who doesn’t trust anyone and doesn’t believe in love.
Do-hee then enters into a sham marriage contract with handsome demon Jung Gu-won (Song), who can live forever by tricking humans into deals that look too good to be true.
After meeting Do-hee, Gu-won mysteriously loses his power and must protect her to save himself. (SBS, November 24)
8. The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract
Lead cast: Lee Se-young, Bae In-hyuk
In this based-on-a-webtoon period drama, Lee Se-young (The Law Cafe) plays Park Yeon-woo, a young maiden whose husband suddenly dies on the night of their wedding. She is then kidnapped and thrown into a well.When she opens her eyes she finds herself in present-day Seoul and is saved from a swimming pool by Kang Tae-ha (Bae In-hyuk, Why Her?), the successor of the SH Seoul Corporation.Tae-ha is a frank young man with a heart condition who is not interested in romance, but his ailing grandfather wishes to see him married before he dies. He then enters into a contract marriage with Yeon-woo. (MBC, November 24)
9. Tell Me that You Love Me
Lead cast: Jung Woo-sung, Shin Hyun-been
Jung Woo-sung (Hunt) and Shin Hyun-been (Hospital Playlist) join forces for this romantic drama directed by Kim Yoon-jin (Our Beloved Summer) and scripted by Kim Min-jung (The Sound of Magic).Cha Jin-woo (Jung) is a man who has trouble speaking owing to a hearing impairment and expresses himself through his drawings.
He meets aspiring actress Jung Mo-eun (Shin), who expresses herself through words. The pair must overcome their obstacles as they draw closer. (ENA, November 27)
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