you'll love
2016
16 eps
SBS
Comedy Fantasy Drama
Body Swap Fish Out Of Water
Two dead men get a second chance at life — but in different bodies. A devoted family man returns as a handsome young department store employee; a tough gangster returns as a beauti…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2018
54 eps
MBC
Drama Family Romance
Family Secrets Search For Family
A woman discovers she was adopted and sets out to find her biological family while navigating love and family secrets.
Like Emilia Pérez, it leans hard into family secrets. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2009
64 eps
TBS / Crunchyroll
Action Adventure Fantasy
Found Family Revenge
Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. Now they search for t…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2020
16 eps
tvN
Thriller Romance Mystery
Husband With Secret Cat And Mouse
A detective discovers her seemingly perfect husband may be hiding a dark past connected to serial murders.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2015
20 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Multiple Personalities Secret Relationship
A wealthy heir with seven personalities falls in love with the secret psychiatrist treating him.
Like Emilia Pérez, it leans hard into hidden past. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2005
16 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy
Fake Identity Chaebol Romance
Joo Yoo-rin is a gifted con artist and compulsive liar who scrapes by on tourist scams. Seol Gong-chan is a chaebol heir tasked with finding his dying grandfather's long-lost grand…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you'll love
2016
Yeon Sang-ho
Horror Action Drama
Zombie Apocalypse Survival
A father and daughter board a train to Busan as a zombie apocalypse sweeps South Korea, forcing passengers to fight for survival.
Both are built around the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2010
Lee Jeong-beom
Action Thriller Drama
Protector Hero Found Family
A quiet pawnshop owner with a mysterious past takes on a drug cartel to protect the one girl who befriended him.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2017
Kim Yong-hwa
Fantasy Action Drama
Afterlife Journey Self Sacrifice
A recently deceased firefighter is guided by three guardians through seven trials in the afterlife, revisiting his life choices.
Both are built around the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2019
8 eps
BBC Two / Netflix
Crime Drama Thriller
Detective Seeking Family Foreign Country Mystery
A Tokyo detective travels to London to find his brother — a suspected yakuza killer who vanished after a gangland murder. What follows is a bilingual, genre-bending crime drama tha…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.