Sageuk Lover

every episode is only 30 minutes so it's actually only 50+ episodes. The Netflix version has 50+ episodes only

The second female lead is actually married to the third male lead, not the second male lead since the second male lead is the best friend of the two other male leads who became evil and is the rival of the first male lead for female lead's affections. Yes, the third male lead did die but not before he was able to write names he wants for either a male or female child.

Idk. I know he filmed this before the pandemic because he was literally in Colombia (where Bogota is) when the lockdowns happened.

the thing is the other dramas are not about divorce lawyers, maybe there might be a different perspective about how the character handles her husband cheating since her professional work is about divorce, which has cheating as one of the many causes.
I'm tired of the tropes as well but I' m watching this for Nam Ji Hyun and Jang Nara, I'll say the show only has 2 episodes released, I'm gonna give it another chance.

I think since this is a drama of divorce lawyers, they’re adding the cheating husband plot to see how a woman’s personal life could affect her job that has something to do with divorce.

I'm checking out for Nam Ji Hyun and I also liked Jang Nara from a Chinese drama I watched many years ago. I'm not into law dramas, but hope this one will somehow have fresh stories. I'm sure the acting will be good.

I watched Song of the Bandits last year, but I forgot the name of the cast members except perhaps Kim Nam Gil.

I think he was in a very conflicting position. He cared enough to not kill his friend but the fact that his father is on Suyang's side and that he likes Seryung who is Suyang's daughter which Suyang wants him to marry are reasons he chose to betray his friend.

Queen of Tears, Kim Ji Won's drama

Imperfect drama with flaws (like I don't get why Eun Gi was angry with Maru after she regains her memory when she already knew he tricked her even before the accident). But the acting and the soundtrack is super solid.
I like Lee Kwang Soo and Lee Yoo Bi, but their scenes in the drama felt very disjointed from the rest of the plot, I have to skip their scenes if they're not with the main characters.

Yeah it’s so annoying. And it’s really weird that she’s not getting a lot of offers because the Koreans like her acting in Flower of Evil. Lots of actors and actresses that are from either less successful dramas or worse acting skills are getting offers, why not her?

Kim Ji Won hasn't had a sageuk female lead character where she played the character from the beginning to the end (except her movie), I think she'll be a good fit here, I want her to try sageuk again where she can finish playing the role. The writer of the webnovel this drama is based on and the writer of the webnovel the drama Love in the Moonlight is based on is the same person. Ji Won was offered to be the female lead in Love in the Moonlight but she declined. I also realized both she and Ahn Bo Hyun were both in DOTS.

the male character is the younger version of King Munjong (King during the first episodes in The Princess's Man who died of sickness and who was the father of the second female lead and her younger brother from the show).
namu wiki of the webnovel: https://namu.wiki/w/해시의%20신루
namu wiki of the characters of the webnovel (it also mentioned which historical characters the leads are based on): https://namu.wiki/w/해시의%20신루/등장인물
* please copy all the hangul letters including the ones at the end when trying the links I gave.

I went to Korean websites, and there were some bad rumors about her being spread, maybe that's a reason she's not getting offers. But I don't believe it, she and her agency announced they were talking legal action about them last year: https://www.soompi.com/article/1572544wpp/moon-chae-wons-agency-to-take-legal-action-against-malicious-rumors . I just hope a release date of her movie is confirmed this year, maybe she's waiting for it too. But I don't know why the movie is not yet released, it was filmed way back 2021

someone else got the female lead part :(

Yeah, it doesn't work that way (awarding shows exclusively from your own TV stations only) in the Western World but it works that way in Kdrama awards, it's simple to understand. Maybe because I've been a kdrama fan long before the age of streaming so station awards shows just always been a thing. I think less people appreciate them know because many popular kdramas now are not aired by the three big stations of Korea unlike before where almost all kdramas came from the 3 big stations.
The way I understand it, it's like Baeksang in a way. Just like how Baeksang does not give awards to Hollywood actors (they give awards to productions specifically from Korea), station award shows are also specific (they give award shows only to shows from their own stations)

it may look that way because there are so many kdramas that are not aired in public stations anymore, but back in the day, it's a way to acknowledge good performances that may or may not be included in Baeksang or the few award shows that existed back then.

Station Awards in Korea have been there for decades (long before hallyu started and long before the age of streaming) and they always award shows that aired in their stations ONLY. It's only 100% safe to assume that these rules apply and not the rules of pulitzer or whatever.

Definitely! It's been so long since she got an award, it's so unfortunate circumstances prevented her from attending this one. It's so hard to be her fan

I hope she gets to do this movie: https://x.com/kdramacasting/status/1807931844832514279?s=46p