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When Hong-joo plans an elaborate wedding scheme to force Yeol to marry her.
Also the final battle at Eun-ho’s ‘wedding’

I generally don’t remember wedding scenes as most of the time it’s mainly fan service. There are probably memorable ones I’m forgetting tho. That said, I would actually love a mini 4 episode Kdrama centred around a wedding. There is usually so much going on, the chaos of it all would be endlessly entertaining if done right.

Angel's Last Mission: Love
The drama itself was extremely polarizing (i personally liked it despite its flaws). But the wedding with the two leads was beautiful, a simple, understated and modest backyard wedding.

I'm actually having a hard time remembering wedding scenes in dramas I've watched. This makes me realize that what's often more heart-warming and memorable for me are the glimpses into married life we sometimes get at the end of dramas... the married life vignette at the end of Legend of the Blue Sea was really nice. I also LOVED the married life ending of 30 But 17 that also included a glimpse of their wedding photo. Crazy Love also did this beautifully (some of the angst in the last third of CL is very dark, but the OTP's relationship is beautiful, and became one of my favorite drama romances). I'm sure there are lots of others I'm missing or havent seen yet!

Not going to lie, I'm all for cliches and cheese BUT weirdly, despite being a romantic at heart, drama weddings haven't really been for me. I love a good wedding don't get me wrong, but there's something about how overly cheesy??? (idk something along that lines) most drama ones are that I just can't get through without feeling a bit cringe. Not cringe like I hate them, I just haven't been like 😍 ✨ at many or actually watched many drama wedding scenes in full.

SO my list of wedding scenes actually I watched without skipping AND really liked, is very small:
- the 'wedding' in AoS 2 (like the one in the field)
- the wedding where everything went endearingly wrong in Tale of Nokdu
- not a K-drama but the wedding in When I Fly Towards You was so heartwarming and adorable
- this is a rogue addition because it's not the wedding that I like but the way it's gatecrashed in Cinderella and the Four Knights

In hindsight, looking at this list, maybe I just prefer wedding scenes where it's a smaller affair rather than the full bells and whistles type affairs? Or at least where the ratio between fan-service and emotional culmination of main couples' journey is skewed more in favour of the latter rather than the former - it works better when it flows as part of the plot I think for me, rather than as a footnote to the end of the story.

Kdrama wedding??

The one and only JEALOUSY INCARNATE!

Goblin : the whole scene was beautiful and simple.

Because this is my first life : the whole cast in the bus was nice to watch.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha : it was as chaotic as the couple 😂

The King's Affection : she's in a coma and she's dreaming her wedding if her grandfather didn't decide to kill her in the first place. The whole scene was beautiful and Park Eun-Bin did well.

When I first started watching kdramas, I remember being surprised and a little disappointed that happy wedding scenes, or epilogues where we saw the main couple had married and started a family, were so rare. As many know, these types of scenes are so common in Western media that even though I don't personally believe people IRL must get married or have children to be truly committed to one another, and that sometimes these scenes are cringey anyway, it took me a while to stop expecting and missing at least some acknowledgement in dramas that the main couple did or would have some kind of wedding.

Now, I'm taken aback when they do happen, although in the case of KTL, I absolutely expected a big wedding scene.

All that said, I have two favorites:

--The family pics at the end of "Fated to Love You" showing that the main couple remarried and had children.

--The wedding ceremony in the field in AoS2. I wasn't expecting them to marry, so that scene with the vows and the wedding drink was a lovely surprise. It was understated and beautifully shot; I got teary thinking about all they had gone through to be together, and that made it a truly memorable moment. The later scenes of them spending the early part of their marriage hunting escaped magical creatures together was also wonderful. Just a perfect ending to a romantic drama, imo.

My favorite wedding scene is from BTLIOF. I loved the narrative reason they were having a wedding (I’m a sucker for contract marriages). I loved the delicate, novel emotionality of the interactions between the ML and the FL. And I especially loved the conversation between the FL’s mother and our sweet ML.

I also truly loved this drama’s take on marriage. In my experience, long-term relationships really can fundamentally change every few years as everyone gains new experiences, and relationship renegotiations are not only often necessary but also add amazing depth to a marriage.

As a certified wedding-hater (more than ever thanks to cdramas - xianxia wedding trauma is REAL! - lately) I usually cringe HARD at such scenes yet accept them as point that needs to be reached in many cases. Smaller and simpler ceremonies thus win by mile in my books, and generally I prefer historical dramas aesthetics to modern ones because those puffy white cake dresses are just not it, sorry.

TALE OF NOKDU had a wonderful one, ML's parents' one in GU FAMILY BOOK (too bad the whole drama wasn't about them, maybe I didn't drop it so fast then!), PRINCESS' MAN did it very practical way by limiting things to rings/wows exchange and wedding night... From modern ones I sort of fondly recall MARRIAGE NOT DATING and ANOTHER OH HAE YOUNG, STRONG WOMAN DO BONG SOON had its moments but overall was just too much of everything. Generally my favorite romances skip this step altogether and I prefer it this way *shrugs* But I'm never the one to say NO to a proper wedding night tho!^^

Hands down Goblin for its simplicity, elegance, intimacy and the very meaningful sentiment behind the place where it happens for both the characters. Also it is the most romantic setting ever, standing in a field of buckwheat flowers ( the flower represents lovers) just the two of them, saying their vows under the moonlight. They way he looks at her, they way he says his vows, his voice…SIGH!
Gong Yoo in a tux- really I don’t have to say any more than that and the dress Kim Go Eun wore was beautiful.
Then having the intimate, funny dinner with Reaper, Duk hwa and the secretary. Reaper’s disgusted look when Goblin starts singing is priceless.
It felt so sincere and momentous after all they had been through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qt_7HzxGI

I'm not a fan of weddings. I mean... I totally understand and support marriage, but I don't like big "party" weddings with many attendants and hundreds of guests.
So I don't care if a drama ends showing a wedding or it is left to our imagination.

I remember some special, unusual weddings in “King of Baking”, “Because this is our first life”, “Youth of May” (kind of), “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon”, "Do do sol sol la la sol”, “Go Back Couple” (that weird entrance XD), “Something about 1%”, “Secret Romantic Guesthouse”, “My Holo love”...
And there are times when we don't see the wedding day, but we can see some photos, as in “Start-up”.

My less favorite wedding without a doubt was the one in “Meteor Garden” (2018). I'm still trying to understand what was that 🤨.

Jealousy Incarnate (Dare To Dream) has certainly the best ever wedding coming with a sharp song and dance sequence.

The other best wedding is in City Hall where, as credits roll, a super fun and sweet wedding photo shot was inserted and followed by a 5-year-later happily ever after epilogue. Fan service at its best.

Secretary Kim, if only for the beautiful backdrop that I remember being a waterfall.

"Father is Strange" has at least three memorable weddings!
First one is the brother's iconic wedding scene
Second one is Hye-young's wedding and siblings hilarious dancing
Third one is parent's wedding and again dancing

Secretary Kim had a beautiful wedding that was fitting for the story. And of course, Because this is my First Life! 💝
I was surprised to see a wedding scene in Kings Land. I only read recaps, but a wedding was obviously filler. I dropped 30 to 17 due to the ridiculous treatment of the ml toward the fm throughtout the first half. So glad I didn't have to see them as a married couple.

Goong for its two weddings: one the Royal Wedding in historical garb between two strangers and much later the intimate, sweet wedding between two lovers. (Same couple) 🥰

I don't even actually remember if there was a proper wedding scene at the end of Marriage Contract, but everything about that ending makes me cry it's so sweet. So if there is a wedding scene, then that'd be a favorite.

Another Oh Hae-young had some fun post-wedding dancing.

Maybe I prefer spoiled-wedding scenes, like the one that stars off Smile, You.

Once again had a great outdoor wedding that had a dance routine and summed up the couple. It was the main couple’s brother and sister getting married.

How about The Law Cafe with the red wedding dress and the rain storm? There’s also the dual nation wedding in The King Two Hearts which was very unique, the multiple weddings in Devilish Joy and the kidnapped bride at the wedding in The Girl Who Sees Smells.

You mentioned Temperature of Love @dramaddictally and immediately sent me straight up to the fond memories I had of ToL's wedding. Infact, ToL wedding set-up forms the basis of what I hope will be my dream wedding : No fanfare... something quiet but memorable. ToL's wedding is forever seared in my memory.

I come from a region where the fanfare wedding is the norm. Fanfare as in the whole wedding procedure and procession, so what I desire might end up to be what it is - a dream. Surprisingly I pitched the idea to a few of my fellow guys and shockingly the whole few didn't buy the idea. It was what they wanted as well. But, they registered the same grievances in my head - it all depends on the bride and then, both families.

Thanks for the reminder. ToL is my favorite wedding scene.

Taking second place is Because This Life is My First. Why? For most stories, the wedding as the end of the story, where we wrap things up with our favorite characters and wish them HEA. But here, their wedding scene gave us a complete field trip - front seat rows - as to what their HEA looked like, even though Se-hee first botched the whole idea in 48 hours. Se-hee saying "let's go our house" during the wedding...that word "woo-ri" made the whole sequence sweet.

For the laughs ...
Mr. Queen : Bong-hwan bowed once and stop instead of bowing thrice.

About weddings: I don't like "fake out" weddings (DoDoSolSolLaLaSol, My Secret Romance), weddings for supporting characters.

Happy weddings...agree with so many choices already listed (Reply 1988, Because This Is My First Life, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?) and here are a few more that are memorable to me:
-Something About 1% presented as a flashback when they received the wedding video
-Goong/Princess Hours presented as a modern royal wedding that embraced traditional Joseon style
-King 2 Hearts, another modern royal wedding
-Bride of the Century elopement wedding
-Full House, RAIN!!!! and Song Hye Kyo
-Love in Contract fake weddings, but loved seeing Park Min-Young in lots of wedding dresses

Now we should do one with all the weddings that didn’t happen (thinking of two right now)!

I realized I haven’t actually seen that many wedding scenes in dramas (so I’ll be looking out for recommendations in this comment section!) but I think my favorite by far has been the one in Alchemy of Souls. When Jang Uk and Cho Yeong get to be united despite a totally uncertain future, and you get to see how far they’ve come, I was just melting under the weight of all the feels. I love that she, who has gone by so many names through the whole show, finally gets to choose the name she wants to go by for the rest of her life. They’ve been dear to each other for so long, and have had to deal with so many barriers to their relationship (including death!) that it was just incredibly satisfying to see them be so open about their feelings and hopes. I might need a rewatch of this soon.

Among too many wedding scenes in kdramas, one from Marriage Without Dating stood out for me for one reason; it's not a typical one that brings tears. It's this chaotic sort of wedding which shouldn't have existed in anywhere, but somehow it worked on them.

I think no one here has mentioned Tomorrow With You. I love the outdoor wedding venue, her simple dress, the rain, and the yellow umbrella.

My favourite dramaland wedding belongs to Tae Hee and Ja Eun in Ojakgyo Brothers. As a lonely only child, she found in him and his family the family she never knew she missed until circumstances bought her into their home, and for him, she was the one who could complete his family after he was taken in by his aunt, uncle and cousins who essentially became his parents and siblings. It was truly heartwarming and well earned - I loved the glimpse into their married lives afterwards which only family dramas tend to deliver.

OTT Wedding:
Stairway to Heaven wedding.
Can't figure out what's going on with all the screeching and blindness of CJW character back then. Hahaha.

Favorite Satisfying weddings:
1. Something about 1%
I knew they will be endgame because I watched the original, but I liked this version 😂
2. Sassy Girl ChunHyang
Haha. It was funny to see Jae Hee running to the church.

The Wedding that should have been shown
1. Chae rim and Jang Dong Gun - All about eve - huhu i feel I got robbed of their wedding 😭
2. Han Ye Seul and Oh Ji Ho - Fantasy Couple - I wonder what their vows would be.
3. Princess Hours - they could have gotten married again while they were out of Korea (were they in Macau? Can't remember)

My favourite wedding scene is in Bossam midway through episode 18.

It is just the couple having a makeshift ceremony in the backyard at night with a bridal crown made from flowers. Totally romantic and totally about the essence of a wedding: a promise between a couple.

What I remember best is not a wedding scene, but a wedding photo shoot for a finale. It was City Hall, and Cha Seung Won and Kim Sun Ah were drop dead gorgeous and gloriously happy.

A bunch of my faves have already been mentioned (particularly the ones from BTLIOF and Father is Strange) -one that I want to mention is the traditional wedding from the family drama that I sort of barely watched: Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop. It was the Ah-Choo couple (Lee Se-young was one half of this couple) getting married. I like how it was different from the usual modern drama weddings: https://youtu.be/P0YR59PB4p0
and https://youtu.be/iEZqTZYQSPs (chickens!)

The music in the background of the second video is Pachelbel's canon in d played on a gayageum in hip hop style

What immediately pops into my my mind isn't a beautiful wedding scene from a drama, but rather the one that I hated not witnessing - Business Proposal Somehow that show eroded its massive build up by giving us lamest of lukewarm endings.
I am more of a 'family' kind of ending, where there are a couple of kids running around, or the couple is simply enjoying their time together after marriage.
The only wedding that I can vividly recall otherwise is Strong Woman Do Bong Soon because it was so over the top funny. And of course the fact that the kids appeared in the picture - as I said, my kind of ending.

Happy fan-service weddings are written at the end when the screenwriter's used up all their brain power and they're just writing whatever. And the actors and actresses are also dead-tired and just trying to survive to the end. So I normally find them very boring and cheesy. It's actually a bit traumatizing having to watch these fake and cheesy weddings. I feel sorry for the leads whose first experience wearing a wedding dress and walking down the aisle have to be on a drama set in front of the camera. Weddings are a thing I feel are sacred, and to have to pretend to get married to someone else, even if it's just for a drama, it feels like it's taking away from the real deal. However, with that said, I have a soft spot in my heart for two types of weddings: 1) the drama and tension-filled wedding prevalent in makjangs where the male lead is marrying the evil fake twin of the female lead, or the female lead is marrying her first love who is two-timing with her best friend since junior high school. I don't know, is there something wrong with me? I find these kind of weddings more interesting, especially since they happen near the beginning of the drama. 2) the second type of weddings I like are the bittersweet and tearful ones you often see in Qiong Yao's dramas (sorry this is going off topic and veering into Taiwanese drama territory) The leads are often wearing beautiful traditional red wedding outfits. The bride is crying her beautiful eyes out for myriad reasons. For example, she is marrying her dead fiance (re: Ghost Husband). Or she is a mute bride forced to marry a man she had never seen before (re: Mute Wife). Or she is an orphaned 8 year old child bride sold off by evil auntie to bring good health to ailing young man (re: Wan Jun). I really admire Qiong Yao's ability to come up with one tragic wedding premise after another.

Marriage, Not Dating

While we are on the subject of kdrama weddings, does anyone remember which show had an outdoor marriage in a very hilly location, with someone singing on a stage, and a side character (sml maybe?) surprising everybody because he had drastically changed his hair and fashion style (he came in wearing leathers and chains)

I love the wedding in "Goblin" and "Bossam" for the reason already stated. Both these weddings were just for the couple and their vows to each other. Both grooms put effort into the planning and execution.

Sometimes I want to see the wedding and what it symbolizes. I felt let down with how "King--The Eternal Monarch" and "Rookie Historian" ended. I understand the feminist viewpoints in both, but I wanted them building a life together rather than just meeting up.

I liked the hint of marriage in "Fanletter, Please" in which the daughter draws a picture of the OTP getting married in tradition hanboks. The actress says she has worn Western wedding dresses in countless dramas and movies. So she wears a Hanbok in her IRL wedding.

One of the "Wedding" scene I remember is from "Hwayugi". Where the FL gets transported to the wedding picture. And it was such an important plot point that I never forgot it.

I did like the wedding scene from the "Because this is my first life" (Cough cough, it is not because of a certain min-ki shhi being awkward and adorable in a suit). The scene between Min-ki and mother of FL was really good.