Oh it’s brilliant I’m loving it. Another one that’s very good also is ‘Dear my friends’ I think both these are for the more mature viewer.
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Want a well produced Kmovie that is spellbinding and unique? Try “The Beauty Inside” (Netflix). Never have I seen this premise before. Loved it. And, yes, on the mature side.
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I would go for ‘The lover’.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/37/f0/45/37f045525eddf6ccfcfd593e8083c248.jpg
It is really not your typical Kdrama.
It’s about 4 couples/pairs of people who live in the same apartment building and you get a look in their lives.
One couple is a woman who is together with a guy who’s a lot younger than her, so you have issues with the age gap and with the fact that they don’t always want to let other people know they are together.
Another couple is probably in their thirties, they live together but are not married. One of the issues is that their familie doesn’t know they live together or disagree with them not being married. Because of this they themselves sometimes start to wander why they aren’t married.
The third couple is a couple that lives together and are planning to marry soon. I didn’t find this couple that interesting, luckily they didn’t have too much airtime.
And last, a younger guy that lives alone but wants to share his appartment so it’s easier to pay the rent. A Japanese guy who is traveling around will stay there for a few months. The guy realizes bit by bit that he has feelings for the Japanese guy.
I wouldn’t say it’s the best series I have seen in my life, but it’s very refreshing from all the usual Kdramas.
Where I can watch boss and me in eng sub.
Do you mean ‘Protect the Boss’ ? if so try Drama Cool or KissAsian.
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I know it’s been a while nobody posted here, but I think it’s an interesting thread that people will notice in the future.
I would like to recommend KBS Drama Specials. They are not dramas, they are one-hour long films made for TV. One may like some more than the others, but they are invariably of very good quality, the themes are interesting and fresh and get you thinking: you know, the ones you don’t forget after watching. The writing is not the usual k-drama clichés, the actors are top-notch (sometimes unknown names) and generally they are far from k-drama cliché.
Many of them are bitter sweet, but you won’t regret watching them.
You may find the story of the Korean middle-aged farmer who got a young Vietnamese wife and how they adjust to each other, especially when the wife falls in love with the local doctor (My wife Natree’s first love).
The story of a terminally ill cancer patient, a married middle-aged woman who, in the hospital, meets Lee Jong Suk and they have a sweet and poignant one-day romance (My best days).
The story of a father who poses as a nude model to make ends meet (My father is a nude model).
The story of someone who finds his past love as a rival for a coveted university position, and the moral struggle of both (Still Frame).
The story of a convict and a battered woman (a wonderful one, it’s called This kind of love).
The story of someone who is told he will die but then doesn’t (that one I really adored).
And other much more light-hearted ones like “Bride in sneakers”.
The thing most people dislike about them is not only that some of them have a sad ending, but even more that many of them (not all) have a somewhat open ending. Most of the time it’s not really open, you guess what is going to happen, but sometimes there are heated discussions on YT on what it really means.
I just love them, although I do hope that the endings were a bit clearer on some of them.
Here at viki they are bundled in anthologies, instead of being offered one by one, which makes it very difficult to promote them and also to find them by film title.
https://www.viki.com/tv/29726c-romantic-comedy-drama-specials-part-1
https://www.viki.com/tv/29727c-romantic-comedy-drama-specials-part-2
(Keep in mind that, although love is the theme, many of those are not at all romantic comedies)
https://www.viki.com/tv/29729c-unexpected-life-drama-specials
https://www.viki.com/tv/29728c-crime-and-film-noir-drama-specials
https://www.viki.com/tv/29725c-school-themed-drama-specials
Warmly recommend them. And, although they don’t have explicit sexual content or anything, they are for more mature audiences in the other sense mentioned in this thread.
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I loved the drama Adolescent Medley, it’s a little bit different because there are 4 episodes. But it was really great. (It’s not a mature drama !)
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I hope you watched Another Miss Oh, because that one was great! If you really want skinship you should watch A Frozen Flower! Very mature content, brilliantly done, you can’t watch it here, but it’s one of my favorite movies! Warning… you’ll never look at Running Man’s Ace the same way again! lol
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Im currently watching “Dear, My Friends”, sadly not on viki (perhaps more licence requests are needed).
This is very realistic drama and I think every generation should watch it, you will see all the mature veteran actors, Im amazed at their performance… it’s about aging, relationships, human mistakes intentionally and unknowlingly, some beautiful cinematographic scenes and a really touching script, laugh and cry with them, get your box of tissues ready…
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Does it have a happy or sad ending? I’m okay with crying, provided it finishes well. When you have watched it all, please come back and tell us. No need to spoil, just if it has a happy ending.
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Im half way through but some of the eps have really sad tissue moments, maybe because it captures beautifully the human emotions or because I can feel them.
I recommend this if you have aging parents or if you have older children and prepare for aging… I think there are few eye openers… 
I let you the “ending” know when done 
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It’s not one of those unrealistic fairy tale “lived happily ever after” type, but the ending is good.
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That’s fine for me!
Actually, you know, sometimes, when everything around you is a mess, your friends are jobless, your pension is about to be cut AGAIN in a month, and your love life… let’s not even talk about it… You feel you really cannot take heartbreak even in films and series.
I mean, it needn’t be too saccharine, I’m not enjoying Cinderella and the Four Knights Disney-style stuff, because it’s too fake so it doesn’t deliver comfort. But yes, I call it a happy ending when people are content and smiling at life with no regrets. That’s enough for me.
For instance I was very pissed off with the Love Rain ending, where, after all those really heartbreaking moments, the older couple decided to be “just friends”, although they were in the U.S. and nobody could even know what the heck they were doing behind closed doors.
And in the Japanese version of Second to Last Love, at the end of part 2, again they don’t become a real couple at the end. She refuses his proposal, and they end up as just friends hugging a bit and being comfortable with each other. Why on earth? (or maybe were they planning part 3?) Amazing series, othewise, at a wholly different level than k-drama.
Can u tell me some Korean drama with more action or thrill
No
Chines drama boss and me.
No regrets on the drama marriage, not dating is absolutely hilarious/romantic/sweet! Leaves you feeling inside all warm and fuzzy …
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City hunter that’s top!!!
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OH MY VENUS my favorite drama and has some romantic scenes!
Heartless City/Cruel City
May I also recommend the film “Sunny”. It’s about the friendship of seven women in high school, and how they find each other again when they are middle aged and revive their bonds. Exceptional!
https://www.viki.com/movies/29558c-sunny
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sunny-movie-review-271391
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(2011_film)
https://dramarants.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/movie-review-sunny-2011/
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