If this year the world of fictions, Korea would be one of the countries that would have the most players on streaming courts. And the tanks of Hollywood or the delightful and/or captivating French, British or Italian stories would not thus have the guaranteed podium. there would be some good competition.
The soccer analogy springs to mind — as the Qatari atmosphere continues to swirl — from Netflix’s announcement of its 2023 plans: will premiere at least 34 Korean series, movies, and reality shows.
What at another time could have been read as a risky adventure now it is interpreted as a bet with a high chance of glorygiven the background. Above all, the great milestone that The Squid Game meant, the series that took to the platform on September 17, 2021 and which it has become a global audience phenomenon.
In a new attempt not to lose ground in the face of increasingly fierce competition on the planet stream, Netflix anticipated and surprised by opening the game. It is not one of the companies announcing its immediate plans, but this time it has shouted from the rooftops that over the course of 12 months it will add products made in Korea to its catalogue.
There is something written about tastes
Clarified this not all of them will be original from your factory. The initiative is not only led by the push that The Squid Game gave himbut due to the different Asian productions they gave the red n excellent audience results.
According to the same press release released these days, over 60% of Netflix subscribers have chosen to watch Korean titles During the past year.
And, in a change of strategy, ever since the platform does not like to provide details or figures on consumption habitsadded that “in Latin America, where hours watched for Korean content have doubled year-over-year since 2017, productions from this nation they were chosen by 85% of registrants in 2022“.
And last year 13 Korean titles entered the Top 10 in the charts from different countries.
In Argentina, the ranking of the ten most watched series or films could include Korean productions for several weeks, such as for example Wow, an amazing lawyer, We are dead, Paper house: Korea Y Juvenile courtMoreover.
What’s coming, what’s coming
Among the novelties, without precise dates for everything on when they will be available for on-demand viewing, include the return of series such as Sweet Home, DP: The Hunter and the all-new hit drama The glorywhose second season would be available from March.
In the category of romantic plots, they will come your time calls, behind your touch, crash course in love, the masked girl, Destined with you, Doona!, King the Land: Battle of love Y See you in my 19th lifeamong many
The section of the series that revolves around intrigue is listed in a folder hounds, Celebrity Y the masked girlwhile upcoming dramas include A daily dose of sunshine, Queenmaker Y The good bad mother.
The sub-genre of apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic storylines that has become all the rage in times of pandemic carries as main course the lauded story Goodbye, Earth.
In addition to the series, Korea has also had a strong presence with films, documentaries and reality shows. In this line, the new catalog already has Jung_Epremiered on Friday 20 January.
No definite dates for now, they will go up boksoon must die Y believer 2the sequel to the action film centered around a group of drug gang members.
The list of feature films that will see the light of stream in this 2023 includes Dancer, the game of go, identity unlocked and documentaries Yellow Door: In search of director Bong’s unreleased short filmabout the director of Parasite (bong joonho), Oscar winner, e In the name of God: holy betrayal.
As for the reality television genre, which until recently was almost the absolute domain of traditional television –what a better example of the Dutch Big Brother formatthe tank of Argentine TV for the 2022/2023 season-, the catalog will give space to the challenges of Physical skill: 100, Siren: Survive the island, zombieverse, Nineteen to twenty Y the devil’s plan.
“We are very excited about the variety we will be sharing with our members. There is sure to be a scripted or unscripted film or series for everyone, and we look forward to our Korean productions joining audiences around the world.” he has declared. Don KangVice President of South Korea’s Content Area.
The new pretty girl
On the penultimate day of 2022, Netflix came out The glorya South Korean series that didn’t take long to position itself among the most viewed on the threshold of 2023. And so far in January.
Conceived by screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, the fiction is framed by suspense and tells the life and sorrows of Moon Dong-Euna woman who -after being the victim of numerous harassments during her school years- come up with a revenge plan.
The design of his strategy, meticulous and designed for perfection, aims to destroy the lives of each of his attackers, one by one. There are eight episodes that mix drama and tension. Were it not for the intensity of their scripts, they are one of those productions that tempt the viewer with the idea of a marathon.
it was before the squid gamenow talk about The glory and much earlier parasitethe foreign film that won the Oscar in the summer of 2020 and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Korean (or South Korean) fictions prevailed in recommendation talks Of “what can i see”.
Given the rise of audiovisual markets in Korea or Indiait is clear that the stream is changing owner. And, fortunately, also stories that allow you to discover other cultures, other environments, other ways of entertaining.
Source: Clarin
