Villains also play the most important role in the success of any Korean drama. Some of the actors even got recognition after taking on villain roles, such as Han Soo Hee after “The World of the Married”, and Lim Ji Yeon after “The Glory”. The drama becomes more interesting after the villain’s performance. Here we have listed the top Korean dramas with powerful negative characters.
Park Yeon Jin – The Glory
Genre: Crime, Revenge
Cast: Song Hye Kyo, Lee Do Hyun, Lim Ji Yeon, Park Sung Hoon
Moon Dong Eun (Jung Ji So) dreamed of becoming an architect. Meanwhile, she became a victim of bullying by her fellow students. Park Yeon Jin (Shin Ye Eun) bullied and physically abused Dong Eun. At present, she is a weather presenter at a television station. Dong Eun dropped out of school and planned revenge. Moon Dong Eun (Song Hye Kyo) becomes an adult and starts tormenting her bullies. The Glory is one of the top Korean dramas with powerful negative characters.
Baek Hee Sung – Flower of Evil
Genre: Psychological, Romance, Suspense, Investigation
Cast: Lee Joon Gi, Moon Chae Won, Jang Hee Jin, Seo Hyun Woo
Baek Hee Sung (Kim Ji Hoon) is one of the most handsome villains in the K-drama world. Baek Hee Sung is the accomplice of Do Min Seok, who is a serial killer who killed several people before killing himself. He comes back to life, and the moment he comes back, he starts making plans to kill Do Hyun Soo. Now he wants to take back his identity, which Hyun Soo was using. Indeed, he plays his role perfectly.
Queen Consort Cho – Kingdom
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Zombies, Suspense, Historical, Horror
Cast: Joo Ji Hoon, Ryu Seung Ryong, Bae Doo Na, Kim Sung Gyu
Queen Consort Cho (Kim Hye Jun) is born in the Cho Clan, where everyone is selfish. She is the stepmother of Crown Prince Lee Chang. Queen Consort Cho’s father, Chief State Councillor Lord Cho Hak Joo (Ryu Seung Ryong) hides the king’s death until his daughter, Queen Consort Cho, gives birth to the prince. He wants to take all the political power into his own hands. However, his daughter is another level of devil, and she has killed her father to take all the power. Her character is emotionless and greedy for power.
Cha Min Ho – Defendant
Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Legal, Mystery
Cast: Ji Sung, Uhm Ki Joon, Kwon Yu Ri, Oh Chang Seok, Uhm Hyun Kyung
Park Jung Woo (Ji Sung) is a prosecutor at the Seoul Central Prosecutors Office. But one day, he wakes up and finds himself locked at the police station. He is falsely accused of killing his wife Ji Soo (Son Yeo Eun) and daughter Ha Yeon (Shin Rin Ah) and is sentenced to death. He struggles a lot to prove his innocence. Cha Min Ho (Uhm Ki Joon) is the Vice President of Chamyung Group. His father abused him and is always compared to his older brother, Cha Sun Ho.
Jang Jun Woo – Vincenzo
Cast: Song Joong Ki, Jeon Yeon Bin, Ok Taecyeon
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Crime
Jun Woo (Ok Taecyeon) is an intern who works under lawyer Cha Young (Jeon Yeo Bin) at Woosang Law Firm. He plays a duality personality where, in front of Cha Young, he is a sweet, careless, innocent intern working under her, but behind everyone’s back, he is doing all the illegal and wrong work. He was doing wrong, but he made his stepbrother a puppet, so whenever things go wrong, he can blame him for everything. You can also watch Vincenzo’s Korean drama on Netflix.
Yeo Da Kyung – The World of the Married
Genre: Melodrama, Contemporary Romance, Drama, Thriller, Family
Cast: Kim Hee Ae, Park Hae Joon, Han So Hee
Ji Sun Woo (Kim Hee Ae) is a family medicine doctor and married to Lee Tae Oh (Park Hae Joon), and they have a son, Lee Joon Young (Jeon Jin Seo). Even though she has everything—a successful career and a happy family—she is still betrayed by her husband and other people. Lee Tae Oh’s dream is to become a famous movie director. Meanwhile, he is financially supported by his wife. Once loyalty and trust have been broken, everything else goes in vain.
Ok Eul Tae – Bulgasal Immortal Souls
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural
Cast: Lee Jin Wook, Kwon Nara, Lee Joon, Gong Seung Yeon
Dan Hwal (Lee Jin Wook) is an immortal and he wants to take his revenge on a woman who was behind his immortal. For the past 600 years, he has wanted to free himself from his curse. Min Sang Yeon (Kwon Nara) used to be immortal but now she reincarnated as a human. Dan Hwal is chasing her because she is the reason for his immortality. Eul Tae (Lee Joon) is also immortal. However, he enjoys immortality, power, and wealth.
Kim Joo Young – Sky Castle
Genres: Mystery, Psychological, School, Drama, Family
Cast: Lee Tae Ran, Yeom Jung Ah, Yoon Se Ah, Oh Na Ra, Kim Seo Hyung
Story of four housewives who live in the luxurious SKY Castle neighborhood. Han Seo Jin (Yum Jung Ah) is married to orthopedic surgeon Kang Joon Sang (Jung Joon Ho) and they have two daughters. Lee Soo Im (Lee Tae Ran) is a writer of children’s books. She is married to neurosurgeon Hwang Chi Young (Choi Won Young) and they have a son. No Seung Hye (Yoon Se Ah) is married to Professor Cha Min Hyuk (Kim Byung Chul) and they have two sons. Jin Jin Hee (Oh Na Ra) comes from a wealthy family, and she is married to an orthopedic surgeon, Woo Yang Woo (Jo Jae Yun). Kim Joo Young (Kim Seo Hyun) is a well-known tutor who is only accessible to elite families because her success rate is 100% in getting students accepted.
Choi Yoo Jin – The K2
Cast: Ji Chang Wook, Im Yoon Ah, Song Yoon Ah, Jo Sung Ha
Genres: Action, Thriller, Psychological, Romance
Kim Je Ha (Ji Chang Wook) is a former soldier also known as “K2”. He suddenly turns into a fugitive and he is wrongly accused of killing his girlfriend. Running from the Iraq police he came back to Korea and got a job as a bodyguard for Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon). She is the owner of JSS Security and the wife of Jang Se Joon. When he is assigned a job to guard Go Anna (Im Yoon Ah), he starts developing feelings for her. She is the illegitimate daughter of Se Joon.
Baek Jung Gi – Save Me
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: TaecYeon, Woo Do-Hwan, Seo Ye-Ji, David Lee, Cho Seong-Ha
Im Sang Mi (Seo Ye Ji) and her family moved to Muji County where her father got into a cult that disguised itself as a peaceful church but had very dark secrets. Sang Mi is also about getting trapped in the cult. She whispers “Save me” to his old classmates who then make a mission to help her. Baek Jung Ki (Jo Sung Ha) is the leader of the cult also known as Spiritual Father among his believers, whose kind and caring attitude is shadowed by violent, sexual harassment and manipulative behavior.
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