Park Hae Jin

Cha Cha Woong (Park Hae Jin), a charismatic stage magician, secretly employs ghosts as his assistants. When he meets Go Seul Hae (Jin Ki Joo), a police officer who can also see spirits but fears her ability, an unusual partnership begins. Despite his initial reluctance, Cha Woong is persuaded to use his supernatural connections to help solve crimes. As they work together to catch criminals with the help of his ghostly "employees," an unexpected romantic tension develops between them. This is a 2022 South Korean supernatural comedy-drama directed by Lee Hyeong Min and Jeong Sang Hee.

From Now On, Showtime!

🧙‍♀ Mysteries Of Magic 🔮

In this role reversal gone wrong, an old school boss goes to work for his former employee, testing their rocky relationship is hilarious and surprising ways. Yeol Chan is a hard-working manager at a ramen company who has achieved rapid success, climbing the ranks at Joonsu Food thanks to his creativity and marketing skills. But when he gets an intern, he never expects it to be Man Sic, his former, condescending employer who caused him a lot of turmoil at his first office job. Man Sic is a quintessential "kkondae," a self-entitled and stubborn older person normally found in management workplace positions in South Korea.

Kkondae Intern

Fearless emergency service worker Kang San Hyeok (Park Hae Jin) is blighted by memory gaps. But when his rescue work leads him to a seemingly enchanted forest, he starts discovering clues about his childhood. He also meets Jeong Yeong Jae (Jo Bo Ah), a passionate young surgeon who has just begun a residency in the forest. As they spend more time in the woodland, they feel a strange bond drawing them together. Could their pasts somehow be intertwined? Will they learn the truth in this forest? And could it bring them to love? This 2020 South Korean romantic drama was directed by Oh Jong Rok.

Forest

Mysterious Forest Team

Kang San Hyeok

Hong Seol (Oh Yeon Seo) is an unassuming university student just trying to get by, but her life takes a surprising turn when Yoo Jung (Park Hae Jin), a handsome and wealthy senior, starts taking an interest in her. Known for his charm and generosity, Yoo Jung has always stood out, but his unexpected attention towards Hong Seol catches everyone off guard, including her. As the two embark on an awkward and unexpected relationship, they quickly become the talk of the campus. But beneath Yoo Jung's polished exterior lies a complexity that Hong Seol is unprepared for, setting the stage for romance filled with twists and hidden truths. Based on the popular webtoon of the same name by Soonkki, this 2018 romance film was directed by Kim Jae Young, adapted from the 2016 drama series.

Cheese in the Trap (Movie)

Captured Team 

Yoo Jung

JTBC

Top-billing celebrity Yeo Un Gwang (Park Sung Woong), a former stuntman turned actor known for villain roles, hires a bodyguard, Kim Seol Wu (Park Hae Jin), due to growing security concerns. Seol Wu proves to be an extremely capable protector with mysterious abilities and hidden agendas. Through his new job, he encounters Cha Do Ha (Kim Min Jung), the actor's manager and fomer fan club head, who initially shares a platonic relationship with Un Gwang but becomes increasingly suspicious of the handsome and enigmatic bodyguard. As new threats emerge, Seol Wu must navigate protecting his client while simultaneously pursuing his own secret missions. This is a 2017 South Korean drama series directed by Lee Chang Min and Kim Sang Ho.

Man to Man

Translation Service Agents

Hong Seol (Kim Go Eun) hasn’t had the easiest life – although she’s a hardworking and dedicated student, she was forced to take an extended break from her studies to help alleviate her family’s financial situation. She appears to have a stroke of luck when she receives a scholarship for a year’s worth of college tuition, but it was meant for another student: upperclassman Yoo Jung (Park Hae Jin), the heir to a family-owned multinational corporation. While he's athletic and attractive, he's secretly insecure and often vindictive towards those he dislikes. Yoo Jung often finds himself at odds with Hong Seol, but also seems to find her attractive. Things escalate when Yoo Jung’s estranged childhood friend In Ho (Seo Kang Joon) comes back to town – and also falls for Hong Seol. Will this love triangle make Hong Seol's college life hell, or will she find a genuine relationship? This 2016 Korean drama, based on the webtoon of the same name by Soonkki, was directed by Lee Yoon Jung.

Cheese In The Trap

I'm trapped

Sun Mi (Lee Young Ah), a perfumer with a rare blood disorder, has learned to embrace life despite her health challenges. During a work trip to an aquarium, she meets Sang Woo (Park Hae Jin), a competitive swimmer who cares for marine animals. As they fall in love, they must confront the uncertainty of their future together, questioning whether to pursue a relationship knowing Sun Mi's limited life expectancy. Their tender romance explores the delicate balance between living fully in the present and facing the potential pain of inevitable loss. This is a 2015 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Jeong Kwon.

Snow Is on the Sea

The Fate like Snow  

Xi An

When a young man is forced to wait on a woman hand-and-foot, how could his life be any more complicated? Li Ang (Park Hae Jin) is an aspiring photographer who gets a temp job at the fashion magazine called “Fashion Love.” Hao Li Ren (Gan Ting Ting) is the director of the magazine, and Li Ang makes the mistake of using her nickname “Devil Hao” to her face and then accidentally breaks the magazine’s expensive camera equipment. The merciless Li Ren insists that Li Ang compensate the magazine for the entire cost of the expensive camera. Li Ang is concerned about how he will repay the money because his family owns a modest noodle shop and they are not well off. Then through a series of events, Li Ren “hires” Li Ang to pretend to be her fake boyfriend at a class reunion. She then becomes injured and is home-ridden. Since Li Ang needs a place to stay, he offers to become Li Ren’s caretaker/roommate/fake boyfriend to repay the money he owes. But will Li Ang’s girlfriend and Li Ren’s ex-boyfriend further complicate their strange arrangement? “Love’s Relativity” is a 2013 Chinese drama series.

Love's Relativity

Li Ang

This drama depicts a stranger man's long and arduous journey to find his woman. The ideological conflict between the North and South Korea and revenge against those in power are just side stories. What penetrates here is a man's sublime and fierce love for a woman. It will give you a different impression and thrill from other medical dramas you have seen. It deals with the stories of doctors in a specific space called Myungwoo University Hospital, but in the end, it contains the joys and sorrows of life. So in that way, Doctor Stranger is a drama about our lives.

Doctor Stranger

The Doctors Without Borders

Han Jae Joon

Min Joon fell from outer space to the land of Joseon in 1609. He remains young and beautiful, just as he first came to the earth. Moreover, he can move surprisingly fast with keen eyesight and hearing. He can also foresee the future but never uses his powers, planning to live a quiet life without others bothering him. He takes a cynical stance on love, thinking it's merely lust and greed. However, this completely changes for him when he meets Song Yi. He learns to love through her, which leads him to be in danger of being exposed to the world.

My Love From the Star

Go Go Alien and Hallyu Star

KBS02

Despite being poor but smart, Seo Yeong's family is happy until her father, Sam Jae, is laid off from work. Everything seems to fall apart. After a failed business attempt, Sam Jae gets involved in gambling, and his relationship with Seo Yeong grows distant. Though never ranking lower than first place, Seo Yeong has no tuition money and has to give up her dream of being a doctor and prepares for the bar exam. On the other hand, Seo Yeong's twin brother, Sang Woo, enrolls in medical school and makes an effort to fix the relationship with his father. The father wants to reconcile and ask for forgiveness from his daughter Seo Yeong, but she only feels hate and betrayal. Far apart, despite being physically close, will the father and daughter ever understand each other?

Seo Yeong, My Daughter

Today, modern people have even lost love for each other. We shout that the core value of the universe is love, and our life is all about a fight to find that love, but we hide from our closest friends and family like an actor. So we become the loneliest people in the world, dreaming of futile escape and wasting the precious gifts of life. Through the stories with mixed fates, we realize that true love and salvation of the soul are the restorations of humanism. As society rapidly advances, we have become psychological nomads. Where is our haven? This drama is about the restoration of humanism. Humanism and devotion between family members are what we need.

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