2024 was an outstanding yr for brand spanking new Okay-dramas on Netflix. Recently, Netflix introduced its 2025 launch slate for its Korean titles, confirming when dozens of latest titles will probably be touchdown on the streaming service. With Okay-dramas followers ravenous to see their favourite stars on display, we’ll be discussing under which Okay-dramas we expect are probably the most anticipated to be launched on Netflix in 2025.
Here are our picks for probably the most anticipated Okay-dramas on Netflix in 2025:
Cashero (Season 1)
Saving the most effective till the final? Netflix might imagine so. Eager Okay-drama followers will probably be ready all yr for the discharge of Cashero as it’s at present scheduled to land on the platform in This fall 2025, so the earliest the collection will arrive in October.
Arguably, it’s Lee Junho that many sit up for seeing in motion due to his reputation as a Okay-pop idol within the boy band 2 PM and his rising fame as a unbelievable actor, contemplating he’s the primary idol-turned-actor to ever obtain the Best Actor award on the Korean PD Awards for his position in The Red Sleeve.
Picture: Junho performing on the fan live performance “Before Midnight” in August 2022 – (JYP Entertainment)
That doesn’t diminish Junho’s fellow actors, Kim Hye Joon, Kim Byung Chul, and Kim Hyang Gi. Kim Hye Joon is a former SNL Korea solid member and earned super recognition for her position because the Queen in Netflix’s Korean horror Kingdom. Veteran actor Kim Byung Chul has starred in dozens of titles, notably in Netflix exhibits reminiscent of All of Us Are Dead, Doctor Cha, and Mr. Sunshine. Meanwhile, actress Kim Hyang Gi has begun to amass her fan following due to her roles in dramas reminiscent of Secret Playlist, Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist, Salon De Nabi, and Moment at Eighteen.
Not to say, Cashero was already in style due to its webtoon from creator and artist Team Befar.
The Plot
Ordinary working man Kang Sang Woong is something however due to his superhuman power. However, his power is dictated purely by the money in his possession, so the richer Sang Woong is, the stronger he turns into. When lawyer Byeon Ho In discovers Sang Woon’s energy, he suggests they crew as much as save the world and are joined by Bang Eun Mi, whose telekinetic energy is dictated by the variety of energy she eats!
When Life Gives You Tangerines (Season 1)
Picture: IU (left) and Park Bo Gum (proper) in When Life Gives You Tangerines
Seeing the onscreen pairing of IU and Park Bo Gum makes When Life Gives You Tangerines probably the most anticipated Okay-drama releases on Netflix in 2025.
IU is at present probably the most well-known artists in South Korea and has an enormous fan following. However, she hasn’t starred in a Okay-drama collection since 2019, when she starred within the lead position of Hotel Del Luna and the Netflix anthology Persona. Fans are excited to see her return as an actress for a Okay-drama collection and may’t wait to share an on-screen romance with Park Bo Gum.
Picture: IU
Park Bo Gum can also be a well-known musician beneath THEBLACKLABEL’s administration. His appearing profession has seen him star in a number of in style Okay-dramas, reminiscent of Reply 1988, Love within the Moonlight, and Record of Youth. His necessary navy service between August 2020 and April meant Park Bo Gum needed to put his profession on maintain for a short interval. His return to appearing got here within the movie Wonderland. However, followers can’t wait to see him share a display with IU.
Picture: Park Bo Gum will star in JTBC’s upcoming Okay-drama collection Good Boy
The collection may even star Queenmaker actress Moon So Ri and The World of the Married actor Park Hae Joon, who will each play the middle-aged variations of the characters IU and Park Go Bum painting. Fans received’t have to attend lengthy for the Okay-drama because it’s the primary on this listing to land on Netflix in 2025, with a launch date of March seventh, 2025.
The Plot
The character descriptions remains to be our greatest understanding of the plot of the Okay-drama:
“Ae Soon is rebellious however will get nervous each time she rebels. She isn’t effectively off however is all the time shining and stuffed with positivity. She goals of changing into a poet, though she is unable to attend college, and he or she is a daring character who doesn’t conceal any feelings.
Gwan Shik is a particularly diligent and quiet character. Romance isn’t a power for him, nonetheless, and he doesn’t know methods to act if Ae Soon cries or laughs, however he’s a silent warrior who solely loves Ae Soon from the very starting and pours his all into loving her.”
Squid Game (Season 3)
Picture: Lee Jung Jae as Seong Gi Hun
Squid Game returned to Netflix with an emphatic second season, posting large numbers upon its return and completely establishing for a dramatic finale on June twenty seventh, 2025.
Will Seong Gi Hoon discover success in taking down the Squid Games as soon as and for all, or is he destined for failure? We can’t wait to seek out out in Squid Game season 3.
The Plot
After his failed insurrection contained in the Squid Games, Seong Gi Hun is now on the mercy of the Frontman. With Gi Hun apprehended, the video games are set to proceed for a last and bloody finale.
Mercy for None (Season 1)
Based on the favored webtoon Plaza Wars, we’re tremendous excited to see Netflix’s new action-crime thriller, Mercy for None, in motion. Some of the most effective and sometimes criminally underrated thrillers on Netflix have come from South Korea, and the primary identify that springs to thoughts was the 2021 collection My Name.
Picture: Mercy for None is the variation of the extremely stylized webtoon Plaza Wars
So Ji Sub, Ahn Kil Kang, Lee Bum Soo, and Gong Myung lead the solid. Mercy for None would be the first Netflix Original directed by So Ji Sub. His profession spans virtually thirty years, and he’s starred in nice dramas reminiscent of The Master’s Sun, Oh My Venus, Terius Behind Me, and extra. He’s additionally the proper actor to play Gijun.
Ahn Kil Kang has but to star in a Netflix Original, however the veteran actor is an thrilling and welcome addition to the solid. The multi-award-wining actor earned his awards starring in dramas reminiscent of Queen Seondeok and Bad Thief, Good Thief.
Mercy for None may even be the primary main position on Netflix for actor Lee Bum Soo, who has solely ever held two visitor roles on Netflix within the 2020 drama Private Lives and the 2022 movie twentieth Century Girl.
Lastly, followers will probably be excited to see Kim Dong Hyun, a former member of the hybrid actor/idol Okay-pop group 5urprise. The actor just lately returned to appearing after spending two years doing necessary navy service between December 2021 and June 2023. All three of his upcoming Okay-dramas exhibits, Mercy for None, Way Back Love, and Extremely Sensible Alcoholic, will premiere in Q2 2025.
The Plot:
“Gijun is the strongest fighter of the criminal underworld and ended the power struggle between the warring gangs of Seoul. But when Gijun’s brother, Giseok, rises in the ranks of an enemy gang, he leaves his life behind to avoid a confrontation with his brother. Fifteen years later, Giseok is murdered just days before his retirement. Gijun returns on a one-man mission of vengeance as he seeks those responsible for the death of his brother.”
As You Stood By
Picture: Lee You Mi in As You Stood By – Netflix
Everyone ought to be preserving their eye on As You Stood By, as it’s the Korean adaptation of the smash-hit Japanese novel Naomi and Kanako. The director behind the favored SBS and Disney+/Hulu collection Revenant is behind the thrilling adaptation, with the unbelievable solid consisting of Jeon So Nee, Lee You Mi, Jang Sung Jo, and Lee Moo Saeng.
Jeon So Nee has turn into in style with Netflix subscribers due to her position as Jung Soo In in Parasyte: The Grey. However, 2025 will probably be a busy yr for the actress on Netflix as she’ll be starring in Melo Movie and As You Stood By. Meanwhile, Lee You Mi has starred in a few of the largest Okay-dramas on Netflix due to her appearances in Squid Game, All of Us Are Dead, and Strong Girl Namsoon. The pair are more likely to be an iconic on-screen duo.
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The main males reverse are additionally Netflix alumni, with Jang Seung Jo starring in The Frog, Chocolate and The Good Detective, and Lee Moo Saeng starring in The Glory, Thirty-Nine, Cleaning Up, The Silent Sea, Chocolate, and Designated Survivor: 60 Days. We’ll must be affected person for the discharge of As You Stood By, because it’ll be coming to Netflix in This fall 2025.
The Plot
Two childhood palms, one the sufferer of home abuse by the hands of her violent husband, are pushed to the brink, ensuing within the homicide of the husband and burying his physique. Are higher days forward? Or will their crime meet up with them?
Genie, Make a Wish (Season 1)
We’re all excited to see Bae Suzy and Kim Woo Bin again in motion 9 years after the pair shared an on-screen romance within the k-drama collection Uncontrollably Fond.
The Okay-drama additionally reunites director and screenwriter pair Kim Eun Sook and Ahn Gil Ho, with the previous answerable for writing Netflix’s smash hit collection The Glory and the latter who directed the wonderful Okay-drama. Kim Eun Sook was additionally answerable for writing in style Okay-dramas The King: Eternal Monarch, Mr. Sunshine, The Heirs, and Goblin. Considering the observe document of her earlier work, Genie, Make a Wish has the potential to be one other big hit for Netflix.
As talked about earlier than, the collection will probably be led by Bae Suzy and Kim Woo Bin. The massively in style and gifted Bae Suzy has been appearing since 2011, and in between appearing, modeling, and her music profession, she just lately squeezed in time to jot down her screenplay. Netflix subscribers ought to be accustomed to Bae Suzy for her roles in Doona and Start-Up!
Picture: Bae Suzy in Genie, Make a Wish
As talked about, Kim Woo Bin acted alongside Bae Suzy within the 2016 Okay-drama Uncontrollably Fond, the place the pair have been praised extremely for his or her chemistry. Sadly, simply as his profession was taking off, a analysis of nasopharyngeal most cancers led to Kim Woo Bin’s break from appearing whereas he recovered from radiation remedy. Kim Woo Bin returned to appearing within the 2022 drama Our Blues and was additionally the lead in Netflix’s Black Knight. Suffice to say, his followers are determined to see him on display as soon as extra. Fans should be affected person, the Okay-drama lands on Netflix in This fall 2025.
Picture: Kim Woo Bin in Genie Make a Wish
The Plot:
“Genie is a spirit that comes out of the lamp. He is full of emotional excess and goes back and forth between different emotions. Ga Young is someone who lacks emotion. She happens to call Genie out of his lamp and is granted three wishes to make.”
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