There are some Korean dramas that we consider K-trauma and every time they draw lasting stories in our memory, haunting us like crazy due to their storylines consistent with its ending. To save your time and emotions from heartbreak, we have listed down some Korean dramas with heartbreaking plots.
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.
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.
Uncontrollably Fond
Cast: Kim Woo Bin, Bae Suzy, Im Joo Hwan, and Im Ju Eun
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama, and Melodrama
Shin Joon Young (Kim Woo Bin) and Noh Eul (Bae Suzy) go to the same school and Joon Young asks Noh Eul to be his girlfriend so that he can focus on his studies as he is very popular among girls. Due to some reasons, they both separated. At present, Joon Young is a famous singer and actor and Noh Eul is a documentary producer. Joon Young is very rich and has everything he needs, on the other hand, Noh Eul works hard to make a living. Fate made them meet again and Noh Eul was asked to make a documentary on Joon Young.
Big Mouth
Cast: Lee Jong Suk, Im Yoon Ah, Kim Joo Hun, Kwak Dong Yeon
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Crime, Investigation, Romance, Revenge
Park Chang Ho (Lee Jong Suk) is a lawyer whose winning rate is terrible. He is a very talkative person that’s why people call him “Big Mouth”. Chang Ho is involved in a murder case. Go Mi Ho (Im Yoon Ah) is the wife of Chang Ho and works as a nurse. She also helps her husband financially and psychologically in becoming a lawyer. When she finds that her husband is a murder case suspect she tries to clear his name.
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.
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.
Moon Lovers
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.
49 Days
Cast: Park Ju Hyun, Kim Young Dae, Kim Woo Seok, Yang Dong Geun, Park Sun Young
Genre: Historical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: This story is about a girl whose life is going well she was about to get married but everything changed when she met with a car accident and went into a coma. She has been given a chance to find 3 genuine people outside her family who would shed tears for her and she has 49 days. She finds a part-timer to do the task and at the end of this drama she dies.
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.
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