Pachinko is an American drama television series created by Soo Hugh based on the novel of the same name by Manhattan-based author and journalist Min Jin Lee. Kogonada and Justin Chon direct the series, which stars Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha, and Jin Ha. On March 25, 2022, it debuted on Apple TV+. The series was renewed for a second season in April 2022.

It received critical acclaim, especially for the cast's performances, cinematography, and writing. Kim Young-ok plays an older Bokhee in this film. Bokhee is an orphaned sister who works as a servant in Yangjin’s boardinghouse. During World War II, she goes to China seeking work and is never heard from again; they are likely exploited by Japanese soldiers. The eight-episode series was produced in three languages: Korean, Japanese, and English, with three episodes each. It won Best International Production at the AAFCA TV Awards.

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Directed by: Kogonada, Justin Chon
Starring: Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha, and Jin Ha
Release date: March 25, 2022

Jirisan is a South Korean television series starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon. It is titled "tvN's 15th Anniversary Special Drama" and is named after the eponymous mountain in South Korea. It aired every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 from October 23 to December 12, 2021, on tvN. (KST). The series is available for streaming on iQIYI worldwide. Jirisan was filmed with a budget of ₩32 billion (~US$27.4 million). In 2020, iQIYI attained its overseas distribution rights for over ₩25 billion, around 80% of the production costs.

Set against the backdrop of Mount Jiri's towering views, it tells the story of rangers and other Jirisan National Park employees who climb through the mountain's mysterious and unexplored regions in search of survivors and lost trekkers. The mystery surrounding the mountain's many visitors, those who come to kill and those who come to end their lives, is central to the drama. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Lee Moon-ok, Yi-kang's grandmother and owner of a restaurant in the village.

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Directed by: Lee Eung-bok
Starring: Jun Ji-hyun, Ju Ji-hoon
Release date: October 23, 2021

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho, and Lee Sang-yi. Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong is a remake of the 2004 South Korean film. It aired on tvN on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:00 (KST) from August 28 to October 17, 2021. It's also available to watch on Netflix. The show was a commercial success and one of the highest-rated shows in cable television history. It ranked first for eight weeks, and the final episode received a 12.665 percent nationwide rating with over 3.2 million views. It also became one of Netflix's most-watched non-English television shows, as well as one of its longest-running hits, spending 16 weeks in the global top ten.

Yoon Hye-jin (Shin Min-a), an intelligent and attractive city dentist, loses her job after rightly accusing the clinic's head doctor of overdoing patients' treatment for profit. She travels to Gongjin, an idyllic seaside village, where she meets jack-of-all-trades Hong Du-sik (Kim Seon-ho). Du-sik is well-liked in the village because he looks after the elders and is not afraid to take on odd jobs. By chance, the two people's paths cross several times, and they fall in love, while Du-sik constantly bails Hye-jin out of trouble. Kim Young-ok plays Kim Gam-ri, the leader of the grandmothers in Gongjin, in this film. In that poor fishing village, Mrs. Gam Ri took care of, worried about, and was also the spiritual fulcrum for the boy Doo Sik who lost his parents at a young age. What makes Mrs. Gam Ri special is that she is not related by blood to Doo Sik. But Mrs. Gam Ri helped not only Doo Sik but also moviegoers to be healed.

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Directed by: Yoo Je-won
Starring: Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho, Lee Sang-yi
Release date: August 28, 2021

Young Lady and Gentleman is a South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Se-hee and Cha Hwa-yeon. The weekend drama, directed by Shin Chang-seok, follows Lee Yong-gook, a widower with three children and a live-in tutor for his children, Park Dan-dan, whom he develops feelings for. It debuted on KBS2 on September 25, 2021, and ran for 52 episodes every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST) until March 27, 2022. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Jin Dal-rae, who is 80 years old, mother of Cha Yeon-sil and Cha Gun, and grandmother of Dae-beom, Dan-dan and Mi-rim.

At the 2021 KBS Drama Awards, the series won seven awards, including the Grand Prize (Daesang) for Ji Hyun-woo and the Best Couple Award for him and Lee Se-hee. According to Nielsen Korea, the 48th episode, which aired on March 13, 2022, had a national average viewership of 38.2 percent, with 6.9 million viewers tuning in. The series was ranked third among the 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea' as of March 28, 2022.

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Directed by: Shin Chang-seok
Starring: Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Se-hee, Cha Hwa-yeon
Release date: September 25, 2021

Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revolves around a contest in which 456 players, all of whom are in dire financial need, risk their lives to play a series of lethal children's games in order to win a 45.6 billion prize. The series title is based on a Korean children's game of the same name. Squid Game was released to critical acclaim and international attention on September 17, 2021. It is Netflix's most-watched series, having become the most-viewed program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households, and amassing 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks of release, surpassing Bridgerton for the title of the most-watched show. Several awards have also been bestowed upon the series, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries, or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance.

In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Oh Mal-soon, Gi-hun's mother. Oh Mal-soon is the archetypal nagging but deep-down loving mother. She is concerned for her son's safety because Gi-hun gets himself into a lot of trouble, and she questions him about whether he stole or gambled the money he brings back home. Her son's life path has deeply disappointed her, and their debts have left them penniless. In fact, she is still working to earn money and pay her rent, and she earns more than Gi-hun does, however, he frequently asks for loans from her and has previously taken money from her account.

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Directed by: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, Kim Joo-ryoung
Release date: September 17, 2021

Mouse is a thriller South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun and Kyung Soo-jin. The series, written and directed by Choi Joon-bae and Kang Cheol-woo, follows the encounter of police officer Jeong Ba-reum (Lee Seung-gi) with a serial killer. It debuted on tvN on March 3, 2021, and will continue to air every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 KST until May 20. According to KT's online video service (OTT) Seezn, the series is the third most popular drama for the first half of 2021. It is ranked fifth in tvN's all-time Wednesday and Thursday series (based on Nielsen Korea's paid platform integrated with cable, IPTV, and satellite).

Mouse imagines a scenario in which psychopaths experience remorse and guilt for their actions. It follows Jeong Ba-reum (Lee Seung-gi), a loyal police officer whose life is turned upside down when he comes across a psychopathic serial killer. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Kim Gat-nam, Bong-yi's grandmother. She always urges Bong-yi to marry Ba-reum, whom she considered a good bachelor in the neighborhood because she thinks it would be safe for her granddaughter to marry a police officer. Ten years ago, she thought that Bong-yi was the target of the crime because of herself, and she has lived with guilt. But she always appears to be energetic in front of her granddaughter.

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Directed by: Choi Joon-bae, Kang Cheol-woo
Starring: Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun and Kyung Soo-jin
Release date: March 3, 2021

The King: Eternal Monarch is a South Korean television series set to premiere in 2020, starring Lee Min-ho, Kim Go-eun, Woo Do-hwan, Kim Kyung-nam, Jung Eun-chae, and Lee Jung-jin. The series, written by Kim Eun-sook and produced by Hwa&Dam Pictures and its parent company Studio Dragon, premiered on SBS TV and Netflix on April 17, 2020, for a global audience. The series is set in two parallel worlds and follows Emperor Lee Gon of the Kingdom of Corea, who discovers access to an alternate reality after crossing a mythical door opened by his half-uncle, Lee Lim, where the Republic of Korea exists in the Kingdom's stead and sets out to put an end to Lee Lim's atrocities and retrieve the other half of Manpasikjeok, which is used as a portal between two worlds. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Noh Ok-nam, Head Court Lady of the Imperial Household. Since the assassination of King Lee Ho, she has been the presence of a parental figure in Lee Gon's life.

The series set a record for SBS's highest 2020 Friday-Saturday drama premiere ratings and was hailed as one of the most anticipated series in the first half of 2020 due to its ensemble cast, screenwriter, extensive publicity, and production budget. It also topped the weekly Wavve drama chart for eight weeks in a row, and it was named the most popular Korean drama series on Netflix in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, as well as one of the top two in the United States.

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Directed by: Baek Sang-hoon, Jung Ji-hyun, Yoo Je-won
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Kim Go-eun, Woo Do-hwan, Kim Kyung-nam, Jung Eun-chae, and Lee Jung-jin
Release date: April 17, 2020

Love Alarm is a South Korean streaming television series starring Kim So-hyun, Jung Ga-ram, and Song Kang. Based on the Daum webtoon of the same name by Chon Kye-young, it follows the life of a high school girl in a society influenced by a mobile app capable of notifying them if someone in their vicinity has romantic feelings for them. The story of Love Alarm revolves around a technology that allows users to discover love through an application that alerts users when someone within 10 meters has romantic feelings for them. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Jo-jo's grandmother.

Love Alarm is the first Korean series confirmed for pick-up by Netflix. On August 22, 2019, Netflix released the first season of the series. It was named one of Netflix's top releases, and it was renewed for a second season in October 2019. Season 2 premiered on March 12, 2021. In 2021, the series was ranked as the sixth most watched K-dramas in the world on the platform.

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Directed by: Lee Na-jung (Season 1), Kim Jin-woo, Park Yoo-young (Season 2)
Starring: Kim So-hyun, Jung Ga-ram and Song Kang
Release date: August 22, 2019

The Light in Your Eyes is a South Korean television series that premiered in 2019 and stars Han Ji-min, Kim Hye-ja, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Son Ho-jun. From February 11 to March 19, 2019, it aired on JTBC on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST). The drama received critical acclaim for depicting the difficulties that ordinary people face in an intimate manner. It is also one of the most popular Korean dramas on cable television.

Kim Hye Ja manipulates time with a special watch she found as a child on a beach to prevent her father from dying in a car accident. However, time manipulation comes at a high cost, Hye Ja will age each time she turns back the clock. Meanwhile, Lee Joon Ha, a young man who has a beautiful friendship with Hye Ja, is exhausted by his family problems and has given up on all of his dreams. He now works as a scammer at an elderly care center, unaware that Hye Ja has aged, and goes there to pass the time after turning old for time manipulation. They cross paths again, but this time both of them have changed. In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Joon-ha's grandmother.

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Directed by: Kim Suk-yoon
Starring: Han Ji-min, Kim Hye-ja, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Son Ho-jun
Release date: February 11, 2019

Shopping King Louie is a South Korean drama starring Seo In-guk, Nam Ji-hyun, Yoon Sang-hyun and Im Se-mi. It aired on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 from September 21 to November 10, 2016. (KST). Louis (Seo In-guk), a wealthy heir who spends his money on anything with a subtle beauty speaking to his soul, stars in this romantic comedy. One day, he forgets his memory and meets Bok-Shil (Nam Ji-hyun), a pure and energetic rural woman. His spending habits astounded her at first. In the process of teaching him to only buy bare necessities or inexpensive small kindnesses that lighten up one's day, she also learns that bare necessities are not the same for everyone as they depend on everyone's own values that shape their lives and thus their shopping patterns. Both have innate innocence which brings them to care for each other, leading to undeniable love.

In this film, Kim Young-ok plays Choi Il-soon, Louis' grandma and the Chairman of Gold Group. The first script reading was held on July 15, 2016, at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea, and filming started on July 18. The series was based on Oh Ji-young's romantic comedy script which won the Excellence Prize in the 7th Broadcasting Foundation Scenario Contest.

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Directed by: Lee Sang-yeob
Starring: Seo In-guk, Nam Ji-hyun, Yoon Sang-hyun and Im Se-mi
Release date: September 21, 2016