Korean content has become an integral part of Netflix’s current success, with the platform revealing that over 60% of all subscribers chose to watch this type of content in the last year. In Latin America, where Korean content viewing has doubled since 2017, 85% of subscribers opted to watch Korean content in 2022, with 13 titles reaching the Top 10, including in Europe: Uma Advogada Extraordinária, All of Us Are Dead, La Casa de Papel: Korea, The Sea of ​​Tranquility and Surprise Suitor.
This week, the platform revealed its 2023 K-content roadmap, which features a diverse range of 34 unscripted series, movies, and shows, including original productions and the return of fan-favorite productions.
Survival is a recurring theme in many Korean series to come, for example, the fight against monsters in the dark days of 1945 in Gyeongseong’s Creaturethe difficulty breathing in the dystopian future of black knight or the battles to protect Joseon during Japanese colonization in the dramatic Song of the Bandits.
In addition, this year, audiences will be able to enjoy the return of some highly anticipated series: sweet home which revolutionized the monster genre in Korea, returns with an expanded world; DP Dog Day brings back the season one cast to continue chasing down defectors; and The lesson returns in March with part 2 to continue this revenge story.
It also has news for those who enjoy romance (Time Brings You to Me, Behind Your Touch (provisional title), love intensity, Destined With You, Doona!, king the land, Love to Hate You, See You In My 19th Life); intrigue and social criticism (Hunting dogs, celebrity, mask girl); drama (A Daily Dose of Sun, queenmaker, The Good Bad Mother) and apocalyptic stories (Goodbye Earth).
In the past year, unscripted series and Korean films have been increasingly popular with audiences.
This year, Netflix will release six Korean movies, starting with the sci-fi thriller JUNG\_Eon January 20, followed by Kill Boksoonwhich revolves around a professional assassin struggling with her own maternal instinct, and believer 2, the police sequel about drug trafficking. The other releases have varied themes, such as revenge (The dancer), the rivalry between teacher and student (The height) and the invasion of cell phones (In the Palm of the Hand).
For those who enjoy reality shows, there are also options with varied themes, such as resistance (The Battle of the 100, All Against the Island), zombie apocalypse (zombverse), ripening (finally adults) and mind games (The Devil’s Game).
In addition, two new documentaries will be released, Yellow Door: Looking for Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (provisional title) accompanying the search for the first film from award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho. Already In the Name of Faith: A Sacred Betrayal examines actual crimes committed by false messiahs in recent Korean history.
As you can see, there’s a lot of content coming. So, looking forward?
