Korean dramas are full of fantasies, which makes them exciting to watch. One of the fantasy tropes is body swapping or soul swapping. In these dramas, the bodies of the main leads get switched.
These body-swapping dramas are filled with comedy and romance. Here are the best ones that you should watch.
1. Mr. Queen
Hangul: 철인왕후
Year: 2020
Bong Hwan works as a chef at the Blue House in the present day. He has a free spirit, but his spirit ends up in Queen So Yong’s body in the Joseon period. So Yong will find out that her husband has some secrets and is not as kind as he seems.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Shin Hye Sun as Kim So Yong
- Kim Jung Hyun as King Cheoljong
- Bae Jong Ok as Dowager Sunwon
- Kim Tae Woo as Kim Jwa Geun
No. Of Episodes: 20 (75 min. each)
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2. Alchemy Of Souls
Hangul: 환혼
Year: 2022
Set in a fictional country called Daeho, Jang Wook of the noble Jang family has a secret about his birth. He meets Mu Deok, an elite warrior trapped within a physically weak body who becomes his servant and secretly begins teaching him how to fight.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Lee Jae Wook as Jang Wook
- Jung So Min as Mu Deok Yi
- Hwang Min Hyun as Seo Yul
- Shin Seung Ho as Go Won
No. Of Episodes: 20 (80 min. each)
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3. A Time Called You
Hangul: 너의 시간 속으로
Year: 2023
One year ago, Jun Hee’s boyfriend died. She still can’t get over his death. One day, she somehow goes back in time and finds herself in 1998 as a high school student. She meets a student there who looks a lot like her late boyfriend.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Jeon Yeo Been as Han Jun Hee / Min Joo
- Ahn Hyo Seop as Ko Yeon Jun / Nam Si Heon
- Kang Hoon as Jung In Kyu
- Lee Min Goo as Kwon Do Hun
No. Of Episodes: 12
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4. Secret Garden
Hangul: 시크릿 가든
Year: 2010
When a rich CEO of a successful company falls in love with a simple stuntwoman, he has to deal with a lot of different feelings as he tries to win her over. To make things more confusing, a strange chain of events causes them to switch bodies.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won
- Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
- Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young
- Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
No. Of Episodes: 20 (65 min. each)
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5. Abyss
Hangul: 어비스
Year: 2019
Se Yeon and Cha Min are revived into different bodies by supernatural beings using an “Abyss” after they die in separate incidents. They begin to work as a lawyer and an administrator at a private law firm and decide to investigate the incident.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Park Bo Young as Go Se Yeo
- Ahn Hyo Seop as Cha Min
- Lee Sung Jae as Oh Young Cheol
- Kwon Soo Hyun as Seo Ji Wook
No. Of Episodes: 16 (60 min. each)
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6. Big
18 yr old Kyung Joon’s spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30 yr old Yoon Jae. Yoon Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Da Ran. Da Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18-year-old Kyung Joon.
7. Oh My Ghost
Bong Sun works as an assistant chef. Because of her timid personality, she doesn’t have any friends. She can ghost because of her shaman grandmother. One day, she becomes possessed by a seductress ghost & gets noticed by her crush.
8. Two Cops
Detective Dong Tak is feared among criminals for showing no mercy. One day, his body is taken over by a con artist called Soo Chang who is quite clever. Now Dong Tak has to share his body with a criminal. He then falls in love with a rookie reporter.
Cast –
- Jo Jung Suk as Cha Dong Tak
- Lee Hye Ri as Song Ji Ahn
- Kim Seon Ho as Kong Soo Chang
- Im Se Mi as Ko Bong Sook
No. Of Episodes – 32
Watch On – Viki
9. Room No. 9
A ruthless lawyer and a death row inmate mysteriously switch bodies. The lawyer must fight to prove her innocence while trapped in the convict’s body, with a mysterious man holding the key to their fate.
10. The Heavenly Idol
Hangul: 성스러운 아이돌
Year: 2023
The narrative of a man named Lambrary, a high priest and a representative of God who lived in a different reality and traveled to this one to battle the demon king. He wakes up in the body of the attractive but unknown idol Yeon Woo.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Kim Min Gue as Rembrary / Woo Yeon Woo
- Go Bo Gyeol as Kim Dal
- Lee Jang Woo as Shin Jo Woon
- Ye Ji Won as Lim Sun Ja
No. Of Episodes: 12 (70 min. each)
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All of these Kdramas are hilarious to watch with all the funny moments and situations. You’ll surely love them and recommend them to your friends.
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