Top 12 Healing Korean Dramas Depicting Death & Grief

Korean dramas have had a big effect on popular culture all over the world. They are not only fun to watch, but also show what their values are. They have helped promote Korean tourism, fashion, and music, and have made Korean pop culture more well-known.

Kdramas have also helped people learn languages in a good way. After watching these dramas, a lot of people have been motivated to learn Korean. Also, dramas often have English subtitles, which lets a wider audience watch them.

They have also changed the way we think about and understand some social issues. Dramas like these often talk about mental health, gender roles, and how families work. By doing so, they challenge stereotypes and get people to think critically about these issues.

Death & Grief Kdramas

Many Kdramas are about romance and comedy, but some deal with more serious topics like death and grief. These dramas show a touching and thought-provoking way in which people and communities deal with death and loss.

Korean dramas that deal with grief are not only powerful on an emotional level, but they often teach us important lessons as well. By showing how the characters deal with their grief, these dramas can give comfort and inspiration to people who may be going through similar things in their own lives.

1. Move To Heaven

A young man with Asperger’s syndrome and his estranged uncle, a former convict, work together as trauma cleaners, clearing out the possessions of dead people, uncovering the stories they left behind, and telling them to loved ones.

2. Goblin

Kim Shin (Goblin) is framed as a traitor and executed by the young monarch. Years after his death, he is cursed by the Almighty to be eternal forever. He encounters Ji Eun Tak, who claims to be his spouse. The plot centres around four main leads.

3. Just Between Lovers

Three young people who each lost a loved one in the same building collapse attempt to navigate their relationships through the pain of the tragedy while helping to construct a replacement building. They move forward and find a new will to live and embrace the future.

4. Thirty But Seventeen

After falling into a coma, Seo Ri, a 17-year-old violin prodigy, wakes up 13 years later. Physically she is now 30, but mentally she is still only 17. Due to trauma, Woo Jin does not want to have a relationship. They get involved & fall in love.

5. Hotel Del Luna

Hotel del Luna is the namesake hotel in the heart of Seoul that exclusively serves to ghosts; Jang Man Wol, the gorgeous but ill-tempered CEO, is cursed to manage the hotel owing to a heinous act she committed but cannot remember.

6. Hi Bye, Mama!

Cha Yu Ri has been a ghost since she died in a tragic accident. Through a reincarnation project, she is given the possibility to become human again if she succeeds in going back to her place within 49 days. However, her husband is now remarried.

7. If You Wish Upon Me

The story revolves around a young man who is endangered at the end of his life, enters a hospice hospital on the order of community service, and together with the hospital staff, listens to the last wishes of people at the end of their lives.

8. Tomorrow

The drama tells the story of Joon Woong, who crosses paths with grim reapers, who are on a special mission of suicide prevention, and works with them as the youngest contract worker in the crisis management team of death angels.

9. Missing: The Other Side

The drama is set in a village inhabited by the souls of people who went missing while they were alive. There, a group of people search for missing bodies and try to discover what happened to each of them.

10. Mother

A temporary teacher at an elementary school realizes that one of her students is being abused at home by her family. She makes an impulsive decision to kidnap the child and attempts to become her mother.

11. Chicago Typewriter

The drama features three resistance warriors who lived during Japan’s conquest of Korea in the 1930s and are reincarnated as a best-selling writer, a fan, and a ghostwriter in the present. It is an epic story of friendship, love, and betrayal.

12. Secret Love

Min Hyuk has been enraged by the need for revenge, ever since his lover was the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Yoo Jung takes the blame for her boyfriend, the actual driver at the time of the accident. She feels betrayed for having done so.

Conclusion

So, these were some recommended dramas about death and grief. These themes are explored with great depth and sensitivity. These dramas offer a poignant and thought-provoking look into how individuals and communities cope with loss and the aftermath of a death.

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