We’ve all had dreams about becoming someone else or walking in another’s shoes. What would it be like? Would it be a dream come true or a walking nightmare? Here are five K-Dramas that can answer all of those questions.
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1. Angry Mom
What’s It About: Jo Kang-A used to be one of the toughest girls in her high school in Busan. In her late teens she becomes pregnant and had to drop out of high school. She is determined to become more responsible and raise her daughter. Fast-forward and Jo Kang-A’s daughter, Oh Ah-Ran is now in high school herself. Oh Ah-Ran is constantly bullied at school and Jo Kang-A finds out. She decides to take matters into her own hands. She enrolls in the high school as a undercover student named Jo Bang-Wool. She doesn’t tell her daughter of her plans. Jo Kang-A is going to teach the bullies a lesson one way or another.
Starring: Kim Hee-Sun, Kim Yoo-Jung, Ji Hyun Woo
Where To Watch: Rakuten Viki, Kocowa
Watch The Trailer Here:
2. Who Are You: School 2015
What’s It About: Idential twins Go Eun-Byul and Lee Eun-Bi were seperated after one gets adopted at the age of five. Eun-Bi ends up living at the Love House orphanage. She gets bullied everyday while the teacher turns a blind eye. Meanwhile Go Eun-Byul attends the most pretigious high school in Seoul. Go Eun-Byul and Lee Eun-Bi cross paths and Lee Eun-Bi’s adoptive mother mistakes her as Go Eun-Byul. Go Eun-Byul starts to assume her new identity. The bully knows the truth about the twin girls and threatens to expose them both.
Starring: Kim So-Hyun, Nam Joo-Hyuk, Yook Sungjae
Where To Watch: Rakuten Viki
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3. Flower Of Evil
What’s It About: Baek Hee-Sung lives a quiet life but he is hiding a secret from his detective wife Cha Ji-Won. He provides a good life for his family with his metal-working studio. The secret he hides, he hopes his wife never can find out. Cha Ji-Won and her collegues begin investigating a series of unexplained murders in the town. Cha Ji-Won has an unwavering determination to solve even the hardest cases, she is always searching for the next clue. Determined to serve justice, Cha Ji-Won is confronted with the reality that her seemingly perfect husband is hiding something from her.
Starring: Lee Joon-Gi, Moon Chae-Won, Kim Ji-Hoon
Where To Watch: Rakuten Viki, Hulu
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4. Mask
What’s It About: Working in a department store as a sales clerk, Byun Ji-Sook comes across her doppleganger Seo Eun Ha. Byun Ji-Sook’s family is in crippling debt due to her father and brother. She desperately wants to know what it is like to live a good life. Seo Eun Ha is the daughter of a congressman. Her family is wealthy and she is the finacee of Choi Min-Woo. His and Seo Eun Ha’s upcoming wedding is a mutual benefit for both of the families. When a series of circumstances brings Byun Ji-Sook and Seo Eun Ha together, Byun Ji-Sook grans the chance for a better life and assumes Seo Eun Ha’s identity and begins to live her elite life. How long can Byun Ji-Sook keep up the charade and hide her true identity?
Starring: Soo Ae, Ju Ji-Hoon, Yoo In-Young
Where To Watch: Rakuten Viki, Kocowa
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5. High Society
What’s It About: Jang Yoon-Ha is the youngest daughter in a chaebol family. She family life is messy and she longs to live a normal life. She gets a part-time job at a supermarket under a different identity. She hides the fact that she is an heiress and wants to find a man to lover her for her. Choi Joon-Ki grew up in extreme poverty. He has a job working at a conglomerate but has grown jaded believing love is only for the wealthy. Jang Yoon-Ha and Choi Joon-Ki meet each other while working as soon start dating. Will the two be able to see each other’s true identities or will their societal masks keep them from being truly happy?
Starring: Park Hyung-Sik, Sung Joon, Lim Ji-Yeon
Where To Watch: Rakuten Viki, Kocowa
Watch The Trailer Here:
