Premiere Watch: Durian’s Affair
by missvictrix
Time slot: Saturday-Sunday
Broadcaster: TV Chosun
Genre: Makjang, melodrama, fantasy
Episode count: 16
Reasons to watch: Prepare thyselves! The infamous (but also strangely genius in her own way) makjang queen – screenwriter Im Sung-han — is back with her next drama after the success of Love ft. Marriage and Divorce Seasons 1-3. In Durian’s Affair, we take a time-slip approach, with two noblewoman characters from the Joseon era traveling through time, with all sorts of love (and other?) entanglements along the way. But really, one doesn’t even have to read the synopsis or watch the promotional material to know that a wild ride awaits. And while makjang has never been my cup of tea, it fascinates me as a genre – and so does this sumptuous time-bending story. Park Joo-mi and Choi Myung-gil lead the ensemble cast.
TL;DR: Newest drama from makjang queen/screenwriter Im Sung-han
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1 Jezz
June 23, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Legal streaming sites for this Kdrama: Viki/Viu
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Diana Hansen
June 24, 2023 at 9:17 AM
Thank you for giving us the streaming sites!
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OldLawyer
June 24, 2023 at 3:52 PM
I second that motion.
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Roriee
June 24, 2023 at 7:06 PM
It's also streaming on Kocowa.
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2 OAsia
June 24, 2023 at 3:53 AM
This writer's dramas are always so weird. General dramas are weird, with fantasy or magic elements, but with this writer, everything is weirder anyway. Her dramas start normally, and then she adds some ghosts or other weird things that don't fit the genre that the plot promised at the beginning of the airing. Here, at least from the beginning, it is known that the screenwriter will go crazy with the plot.
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Emperor
June 24, 2023 at 4:32 AM
Her drama's rating is usually also quite insane ...
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Roriee
June 24, 2023 at 7:11 PM
I'm definitely watching this! Her last drama Love and Marriage was bonkers and I was there for it! I'm still waiting for season 4 . . . 😁
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3 OldLawyer
June 24, 2023 at 3:54 PM
I am not a time travel or time slip drama fan but this one seems interesting.
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4 DancingEmma
June 24, 2023 at 3:58 PM
I am not into the makjang subgenre and the writer seems a bit/a lot ….
so I hope there are some funny comments about this coming sh*tshow in the weeks to come.
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5 john
June 25, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Not sure what to make of this show .
Do all the characters have a Joseon/Present Day counterpart ?
Time Travel Fish Pond w/ Electric Blue Luminescent Rock Attachment
Is a Plastic surgery hospital one of the sponsors ? 😵💫
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6 GetawayJunkie
June 25, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Why can't just write name the show as Ri-An's Affairs or Spell her name as in?
Spelling her full name as a single word just reminds me of the popular pungent fruit in South East Asia.
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