This entertainment genre has gone beyond just entertaining the audience with its films and television shows. With their eloquent influences on food, music, beauty and especially fashion, these shows and films have become largely a global phenomenon.
If you’re a die-hard K-drama fan, Here is a list of five K-dramas, films and documentaries to be released in May 2022.
5 Korean dramas releasing this May 2022
Bloody Heart
First, we’ve got a fantasy period drama. Bloody Heart follows the story of an emperor where the drama and history of the royal family are brought to the fore. If historical, period dramas tickle your fancy, we are sure you will enjoy watching this K-drama.
Release date: 2 May 2022
Genre: Historical, period drama, romance
The Sound of Magic
love music? love fantasy? It will be right up your alley. A mysterious magician living in an abandoned theme park sets off troubles and reappears hope for a depressed teenager. The much-anticipated The Sound of Magic is the third original Korean drama series from Netflix due out in 2022.
Release date: 6 May 2022
Genre: Drama, fantasy, musical
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
For something a little different, here’s a Korean documentary. Based on the real-life case of ‘Anth Room’, the cybercrime tracking documentary uncovers the reality of crimes through interviews with the makers, police officers and journalists involved in the case.
Release date: 18 May 2022
Genre: Documentary, true crime
Welcome to Wedding Hell
From Cyber Hell to Wedding Well. For this couple, a marriage proposal does not end in a happy ending, but leads to the beginning of an uphill struggle over wedding preparations. If romantic K-drama is your favorite option of entertainment, then 23rd May 2022 is the date to mark.
Release date: 23 May 2022
Genre: Drama, romance
Eve
It’s OK Not Be OK star Seo Ye-ji returns to the screen two years later for Eve, a South Korean television series following the family murder of the protagonist by powerful people. She then carries out her 13-year revenge plan to bring them down, including a two trillion divorce lawsuit that shocks the entire nation.
Release date: 25 May 2022
Genre: Drama, romance