The upcoming South Korean tv series ‘Narco Saints is set to release on Netflix on September 9, 2022. The plot of the series is inspired by true events and revolves around the life of a civilian businessman Kang In-gu as he finds his life bring embroiled in the National Intelligence Service’s secret operation of catching a Korean drug lord Jeon yo-hwan.
Korean actors Ha Jung-woo and Hwang Jung-min play Kang In-gu and Jeon Yo-hwan respectively in the series. Other main cast members are Park Hae-soo, Jo Woo-jin, and Yoo Yeon-seok.
If you are intrigued by the story of ‘Narco-Saints’, there are a number of series that you will like to watch.
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List of Series That You Can Watch While Waiting for Narco Saints:
Little Women-
Number of Seasons: 1
Loosely based on Louisa May Alcott’s renowned same-named novel of 1868, the new South Korean drama is a modern-day take on the story. At the center of the plot, three poor sisters whose close-knit lives get involved in the case of 70 billion won getting missing as they become compelled to face the richest family in Korea.
In the lead roles we find Kim Go-eun as the elder sister Oh In-ju, Nam Ji-hyun as the middle sister Oh In-kyung, and Park Ji-hu as the youngest sister Oh In-hye. The series was released on September 3, 2022, on tvN.
Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area-
Number of Seasons: 1
This new series is adapted from the original Spanish series and serves as the second installment of the Money Heist franchise. Kim Hong-sun directed the series depicting a hostage crisis situation in a reunified Korean Peninsula.
As a continuation of the Spanish series, the K-drama presents a strategist mastermind of crime and a number of desperados having different abilities who are faced with unusually tough situations.
The new characters that we find in the K-drama are Park Sun-ho, Song Jung-ho, Lee Hong-dan, Han Joseph, Oh Man-sik, Oh Taek-su, Sim Young-mun, Ko Myung-tae, Lee Sang-yeon in the shade of Professor, Berlin, Tokyo, Rio, Moscow, Denver, Nairobi, Helsinki, and Oslo respectively.
The main cast members are Yoo Ji-tae, Park Hae-soo, Jeon Jong-seo, Lee Hyun-woo, Lee Won-jong, Kim Ji-hoon, Jang Yoon-ju, Kim Ji-hun, Lee Kyu-ho.
The K-drama was released with the first six episodes on June 24, 2022, on Netflix though the other six episodes have not received any release date.
Sketch-
Number of Seasons: 1
Lim Tae-woo’s South Korean tv series ‘Sketch’ revolves around two detectives. Kang Dong-soo who is an ace detective and Yoo Shi-hyun who is a female detective are determined to catch a serial killer while sketching out the future.
Jung Ji-hoon and Lee Sun-bin play the roles of Kang Dong-soo and Yoo Shi-hyun respectively in the series. Other main cast members are Lee Dong-gun, Jung Jin-young, Kang Shin-il, Lim Hwa-young etc. The series ran from May 25 to July 14 in 2018.
Stranger-
Number of Seasons: 2
South Korean crime thriller ‘Stranger’ began with exemplary prosecutor Hwang Si-mok suffering from hypersensitivity to some kind of sound frequencies.
But he loses his empathy and social skills after having corrective surgery. He also comes across Han Yeo-jin who is a Police Lieutenant struggling to solve a murder mystery.
Cho Seung-woo and Bae Doona play Hwang Si-mok and Han Yeo-jin respectively in the series.
Other cast members of the series are Lee Joon-hyuk, Yoo Jae-myung, Shin Hye-sun, Yoon Se-ah, Jeon Hye-jin, Choi Moo-sung, etc. The series ran from June 10, 2017, to October 4, 2020, on tvN.
Café Minamdang-
Number of Seasons: 1
Based on the web novel ‘Minamdang: Case Note’, this K-drama revolves around a mysterious café called Minamdang and the customers of the café. An ex-profiler turned shaman along with his colleagues who experience some mysterious events are also featured in the series.
The main cast members of the series are Seo In-guk, Oh Yeon-seo, Kwak Si-yang, Kang Mi-na, Kwon Soo-hyun, etc. The series ran from June 27 to August 23 of 2022.
A Model Family-
Number of Seasons: 10
Kim Jin-seo has directed this new K-drama that deals with the theme of the importance of family. It revolves around a man’s effort to save his family from being broken after he inadvertently steals money from a cartel and becomes cash-strapped. The only way that he finds to save his family is to work as a drug courier.
The main cast members of the series are Jung Woo, Park Hee-soon, Yoon Jin-seo, and Park Ji-yeon.
Among the supporting cast members include Kim Sung-oh, Won Hyun-jun, Kim Shin-bi, Park Doo-shik, Shin Eun-soo, Seok Min-gi, Heo Jin-na, Oh Kwang-rok etc. The tv series premiered on August 12, 2022, on Netflix.
