Korean dramas are becoming popular among international audiences every day and one of the reasons is the satisfying endings. When the storyline is perfect but the ending is messed up, the drama loses its charm. Some of the best Korean dramas ended with a messed up or terrible ending. Here we have listed down some of the Korean dramas with terrible endings that you can skip watching.
Twenty-Five Twenty-One
Cast: Kim Tae Ri, Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Ji Yeon, Choi Hyun Wook, Lee Joo Myung
Genres: Romance, Life, Youth
Na Hee Do (Kim Tae Ri) is a member of the high school fencing team. Her team gets disbanded because the school becomes unfunded due to the IMF, but somehow she becomes a member of the fencing national team. Baek Yi Jin’s (Nam Joo Hyuk) father’s business went bankrupt. So he does all the part-time jobs. However, because of his hard work, he became a sports reporter for a broadcasting network.
Cheese In The Trap
Cast: Kim Go Eun, Park Hae Jin, Seo Kang Joon, Lee Sung Kyung
Genres: Psychological, Romance, Life
Hong Seol (Kim Go Eun) is a university student and she returns to college after a dropout. Yoo Jung (Park Hae Jin) is a senior of Hong Seol. Yoo Jung is good in everything he is handsome, intelligent, and has a very kind personality, but he has a dark side of which no one is aware. He came from a rich family whereas Hong Seol is from a poor family background.
Duty After School
Cast: Shin Hyun Soo, Lee Soon Won
Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
It is the story of high school students who are in the last year of their school and preparing for college admission but due to sphere attacks, they have to join the army and fight against the unknown creature. This drama is good but only season 1 is worth watching and season 2 disaster. You can skip Part 2.
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Cast: IU, Lee Joon Gi, Kang Ha Neul, Nam Joo Hyuk, Baekhyun, Ji Soo, Hong Jong Hyun, Yoon Sun Woo
Genre: Historical, Thriller, Romance, Fantasy
Hae Soo (IU) works at the department store. Her boyfriend dumps her and she becomes very sad. While drinking near a lake, she jumps to save a drowning boy. At the solar eclipse, she travels back in time to the Goryeo era and finds herself in the middle of princes. Wang So (Lee Joon Gi) is one of the princes of the Goryeo dynasty. This drama has a great storyline but a tragic ending which makes it one of the top Korean dramas with sad endings.
Vincenzo
Cast: Song Joong Ki, Jeon Yeo Bin, Ok Taec Yeon
Genres: Comedy, Law, Crime
An Italian family adopted Park Joo Hyung (Song Joong Ki) at the age of 8, and after that, his name was Vincenzo Cassano. He is a consigliere and works for the Mafia. But after his adopted father’s death, he went back to South Korea for a mission. He meets Lawyer Hong Cha Young (Jeon Yeo Bin) who can do anything to win a case. After her father’s death, she started looking at her father’s firm Jipuragi Law Firm.
Youth of May
Cast: Lee Do Hyun, Go Min Si, Lee Sang Yi, Keum Sae Rok
Genres: Romance, Youth, Drama, Melodrama
It is a story set in 1980, during the Gwanju uprising. It portrays the life and struggles placed by a young adult. This is the love of a medical student who is a topper in his class and a nurse who is intelligent and smart. Hee Tae (Lee Do Hyun) is a medical student and a topper in his class. He is an easygoing person. Myung Hee (Go Min Si) worked as a nurse for the past 3 years. She is a kind person.
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Cast: Seo In Guk, Jung So Min, Park Sung Woong
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Romance
Kim Moo Young (Seo In Guk) has mysterious eyes and he is a bit difficult to read. His character looks like a punk who doesn’t care about anything. He forgets the past one day he meets Yoo Jin Kang (Jung So Min) and falls in love with her. In the starting, Jin Kang’s impression of him is negative whereas when she starts to discover him she finds out that he is innocent and struggling to recognize his past life.
Snowdrop
Cast: Jung Hae In, Kim Ji Soo, Yoon In Na, Jang Seung Jo, Kim Hye Yoon
Genre: Romance, Drama, Melodrama, Political
Snowdrop Korean drama is a story from 1987, Im Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) is a North Korean agent who stays in South Korea for a secret mission. Young Roa (Kim Ji Soo) is a female student who hides him in a girl’s dorm, in mid of all the chaos, his real face comes to light. A beautiful love blossoms between them.
Record Of Youth
Cast: Byeon Woo Seok, Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, Kwon Soo Hyun
Genre: Friendship, Romance, Youth, Drama, Family, Melodrama
It is the story of youths who go through a lot of struggles and challenges to achieve their goal. Hye Joon (Park Bo Gum) is a smart and handsome model and he dreams of becoming an actor. Hae Hyo (Byeon Woo Seok) is more popular than Hye Joon and they have both been best friends since childhood. Meanwhile, Jeong Ha (Park So Dam) is a makeup artist and she wants to open her studio.
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