Disney+ is all about action this 2024. Their rich lineup of Korean content just proves it.
The global streaming platform saw a huge boost in their viewership especially with South Korean content, a.k.a K-dramas. Disney+ was responsible for the action-packed K-drama Big Bet starring Son Suk Ku, Choi Min Sik, Lee Dong Hwi, and more.
And in case you forgot, the most viewed and viral K-drama Moving starring Jo In Sung, Han Hyo Joo, Ryu Seung Ryong, Go Younjung, Lee Jung Ha, and Kim Do Hoon originally aired via Disney+. (By the way, if you haven't watched Moving yet, go do that now!)
This 2024, Disney+ is about to release action-packed and thrilling Korean content. And we're here to tell you all about it!
All The Korean Movies And K-Dramas To Stream On Disney+ In 2024
Disney+ Korean Dramas In 2024
1. Blood Free
Cast: Ju Ji Hoon, Han Hyo Joo
Release date: April 10, 2024
Story: We've waited a long time for a Ju Ji Hoon-Han Hyo Joo drama. Finally, Disney+ is giving us Blood Free. It tells the story of a former bodyguard with a dark past. He finds himself employed as the bodyguard of a rich CEO who owns a controversial lab-grown meat company. Fate will play a vital role in their connection, as the CEO becomes the survivor of a life-threatening incident that affected his entire life.
2. Unmasked
Cast: Kim Hye Soo
Release date: To be announced
Story: Kim Hye Soo in another modern crime thriller drama? Sign us up. Moreover, it's about investigative journalists! Unmasked gives the public a closer look into how journalists navigate through their careers amid broadcasting a controversial story. A team of investigative journalists will be faced with a major dilemma—solving the disappearance of a famous actor who's been missing for 20 years.
3. The Tyrant
Cast: Kim Seon Ho, Kim Kang Woo
Release date: To be announced
Story: The Tyrant is reportedly a four-part Disney+ original series. It will tell the story of a United States government agent who will be recovering a deadly new virus from the South Korean government. Viewers can expect gripping and addictive battle scenes between global intelligence agencies, who will both try their very best to save the world from a deadly contagion.
4. Gangnam B-Side
Cast: Ji Chang Wook
Release date: To be announced
Story: Chang Wook is coming back to his turf as the amazing action star that he is! Gangnam B-Side is all about an undesirable detective who will make a comeback to solve crimes once his daughter's friend alarmingly disappears. The case comes after several women go missing in the Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea. The detective will then discover the sinister side of the world, full of vice, drugs, and corruption. All this will lead him to the dark underbelly of the city's wealthiest elite—and their secrets.
5. Uncle Samsik
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Byun Yohan
Release date: To be announced
Story: Mr. Sunshine actor Byun Yohan is out of his shell, coming back with a heart-tugging drama alongside Parasite star Song Kangho. Uncle Samsik focuses on the societal issues of South Korea back in the 1960s. Uncle Samsik is one of the characters in the show, described as an "idealistic politician and a political fixer." Yohan and Kangho will be uniting to revitalize and transform post-war Korea into a prosperous country.
6. Light Shop
Cast: Park Bo Young
Release date: To be announced
Story: Light Shop is based on the hit webtoon of the same name. It tells the story of a group of strangers coping with a traumatic event from their past. One by one, the group will mysteriously visit a light shop located at the end of a dark alleyway. This light shop might just be the key to their struggles in the past, present, and future.
7. The Impossible Heir
Cast: Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, Hong Suzu
Release date: February 28, 2024
Story: Are you in for another mind-boggling mystery-action series from Disney+? The Impossible Heir tells the story of three nobodies who will be creating a scheme to take down South Korea's richest and largest conglomerate. But there's a twist: one of them, Kang In Ha, appears to be the illegitimate son of a chaebol chairman!
8. A Shop For Killers
Cast: Lee Dong Wook, Kim Hye Jun
Release date: January 17, 2024
Story: A Shop for Killers offers an interesting take on being an assassin, as Hye Jun and Dong Wook's family runs a "killing" business under the guise of a normal shop. Hye Jun portrays the role of orphaned kid Jeong Ji An. She falls under the guidance of her uncle Jeong Jin Man after the sudden death of her parents.
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Disney+ Korean Reality Shows And Variety Shows In 2024
The Zone: Survival Mission Season 3
Cast: Kwon Yuri, Yoo Jae Suk, Kim Donghyun, Dex
Release date: To be announced
Story: The Zone: Survival Mission is coming back with two new hosts, former UFC fighter Kim Donghyun and YouTuber Dex. In its third season, the popular Korean variety will be showing more of the four hosts' survival skills as they overcome an increasingly challenging range of missions.
