Netflix announces their 2025 K-content lineup

by tccolb

Making big plans for 2025, Netflix recently held a press event in Seoul to present the year’s K-content lineup – along with the speedy teaser way below. On the heels of The Trauma Code – Heroes on Call opening the year with a fun bang, excitement is certainly bubbling for the more to come and I hope you’re sitting comfy with snacks because it’s certainly a big list to get through.

Title: Melo Movie
Release date: February 14
Need to know: Slotted to timely premiere on the year’s special day of love, the powers-that-be meddle between Choi Woo-shik (A Killer’s Paradox) and Park Bo-young (Light Shop) – as well as Lee Jun-young (Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale) and Jeon So-ni (Parasyte – The Grey) – to help give our two sets of ex-lovers a second chance.

Title: When Life Gives You Tangerines
Release date: March 7
Need to know: Set on Jeju Island, the period romance follows IU (Hotel Del Luna) and Park Bo-gum (Record of Youth) as their relationship matures over different seasons, growing from childhood friends to something more. The older versions of their characters will be taken on by Moon Sori (Jeongnyeon – The Star is Born) and Park Hae-joon (The 8 Show), respectively.

Title: Mercy for None
Release date: Q2
Need to know: Ex-gangster So Ji-sub (Doctor Lawyer) is driven back into the underground world with vengeance on his agenda, when younger brother Lee Jun-hyuk (Love Scout) – in a special cameo – suffers a ~mysterious~ death. The action-noir and webtoon adaptation also stars Heo Jun-ho (Bloodhounds), Ahn Gil-kang (Bittersweet Hell), and Choo Young-woo (The Trauma Code – Heroes on Call) among others.

Title: Dear Hongrang (previously Tangeum)
Release date: Q2
Need to know: A Joseon-era mystery tale that stars Lee Jae-wook (The Impossible Heir) as the missing son of a wealthy merchant who inexplicably comes home after a curious 12 years away. Half-sister Jo Boa (Destined With You) had desperately hoped for his return all this time, but she’s bothered by unsettling feelings of suspicions that he’s not who he says he is.

Title: Karma
Release date: Q2
Need to know: Based on a popular webtoon, the crime-thriller follows the story of six individuals who become cruelly entangled by a twisted fate, played by Park Hae-soo (Narco-Saints), Shin Mina (No Gain No Love), and Lee Hee-joon (Blood Free), in addition to Kim Sung-kyun (The Fiery Priest 2) , Lee Kwang-soo (No Way Out – The Roulette), and Gong Seung-yeon (The First Responders 2).

Title: Weak Hero Class 2
Release date: Q2
Need to know: Park Ji-hoon (Love Song for Illusion) is our young, underdog hero once again and the second season has him transferring to another school after the events of Season 1. A new battle against the bullies thus begins, along with Ryeoun (Namib), Lee Min-jae (Kick Kick Kick Kick), Yoo Soo-bin (The Perfect Deal), and Lee Jun-young among others.

Title: Squid Game 3
Release date: June 27
Need to know: Continuing the story from where season 2 ends, our Player 456 Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game 2) is now in the last leg of his grueling journey for this Season 3. With Front Man Lee Byung-heon (Squid Game 2) also still standing, the final showdown awaits us this summer.

Title: Aema
Release date: Q3
Need to know: Exploring the workings of the film industry in 1980s South Korea, the period comedy stars Honey Lee (The Fiery Priest 2), Bang Hyo-rin (Hail to Hell), Jin Seon-gyu (The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch), and Jo Hyun-chul (Inspector Koo) in a fictional re-telling of how the real-life and iconic 1982 erotic film Madame Aema was made.

Title: You and Everything Else (previously Two Women)
Release date: Q3
Need to know: In a heartwarming story with themes of friendship and love, we follow besties Kim Go-eun (Little Women) and Park Ji-hyun (Flex x Cop) through both the good times and the bad times in their long relationship. The series also stars Kim Gun-woo (The Glory) as Kim Go-eun’s ex-boyfriend from college.

Title: Trigger
Release date: Q3
Need to know: When a series of illegal gun deliveries come to light, that are all from an unknowable sender, the crime-action puts soldier-turned-cop Kim Nam-gil (The Fiery Priest 2) on the case. But as he begins his investigations, the crime-action will lead him to encounter the meticulous weapons broker Kim Young-kwang (Evilive).

Title: Genie, Make a Wish (previously All the Love You Wish For)
Release date: Q4
Need to know: Headlined by Kim Woo-bin (Black Knight) as our title’s ~magical~ genie, the fantasy rom-com will likely spell hijinks for him as well as Suzy (Doona), Ahn Eun-jin (Goodbye Earth), and Noh Sang-hyun (Pachinko 2) with three wishes on the line. All this not to mention that it’s been oh just a short 1000 years since our genie has been woken from his lamp.

Title: As You Stood By
Release date: Q4
Need to know: Adapted from the acclaimed Japanese novel Naomi to Kanako by Okuda Hideo, the mystery-suspense stars Jeon So-ni and Lee Yumi (Mr. Plankton) as two friends dreaming of committing the perfect crime – aided by Lee Moo-saeng (Gyeongseong Creature 2) – in order to save Lee Yumi from her abusive husband Jang Seung-jo (Nothing Uncovered).

Title: Can This Love Be Translated
Release date: Q4
Need to know: Pairing a multi-lingual interpreter Kim Sun-ho (The Tyrant) with top star Go Yoon-jung (Death’s Game) in an opposites-attract love story, the rom-com also has Lee Yi-dam (The Queen Who Crowns), Choi Woo-sung (Chief Detective 1958), and Japanese actor Fukushi Sota (Ai no Nai Koibitotachi ) in the cast.

Title: The Price of Confession
Release date: Q4
Need to know: Jeon Do-yeon (Crash Course in Romance) and Kim Go-eun are at the center of this tale, with the former in grief over her husband’s murder and the latter being the prime suspect. The crime-thriller also stars prosecutor Park Hae-soo and attorney Jin Seon-gyu.

Title: Cashero
Release date: Q4
Need to know: Caping Junho (King the Land) to be our title’s superhero, he’ll be teaming up with math-genius Kim Hye-joon (A Shop for Killers), super lawyer Kim Byung-chul (Perfect Family), and bread-lover Kim Hyang-gi (Secret Playlist) to fight the big bads. But it’s going to be a wallet-depleting adventure as Junho relies on physical cash to be his fuel for super strength and said money zaps away once his punches have made their hit.

Adding to the dizzyingly long list above, Netflix will be releasing 7 original films:

• Revelations starring Ryu Joon-yeol, Shin Hyun-bin (Q1)
• Lost in Starlight, animation voiced by Kim Tae-ri, Hong Kyung (Q2)
• Wall to Wall starring Kang Haneul, Yeom Hye-ran, Seo Hyun-woo (Q3)
• Love Untangled starring Gong Myung, Shin Eun-soo (Q3)
• Mantis starring Im Shi-wan, Park Kyu-young, Jo Woo-jin (Q3)
• Good News starring Sol Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, Ryu Seung-beom (Q4)
• The Great Flood starring Kim Da-mi, Park Hae-soo (Q4)

As well as 7 variety/documentary shows (outside of the currently airing Single’s Inferno 4):

• Kian’s Bizarre B&B (Q2)
• The Devil’s Plan 2 (Q2)
• Better Late Than Single (Q2)
• The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies (Q3)
• Crime Scene Zero (Q3)
• Physical: Asia (Q4)
• Culinary Class Wars 2 (Q4)

And finally, the following dramas will be streaming internationally on the platform (availability may differ by region):

• tvN’s The Potato Lab starring Kang Tae-oh, Lee Sunbin (March 1)
• tvN’s Resident Playbook starring Go Yoon-jung, Kang Yoo-seok (April)
• JTBC’s Heavenly Ever After (previously More Beautiful Than Heaven) starring Kim Hye-ja, Sohn Seok-gu (April)
• ENA’s Tastefully Yours starring Kang Haneul, Go Min-shi (Q2)

Via News Culture, Sports Donga

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