#tale of nokdu

[gizkasparadise]

Hi I loved your recs! I was wondering if you could rec some shows that have the found family trope? Thank you !

sure! here's a few of my favorites to get you started!

mystic pop-up bar is one of my favorite kdramas! premise is that a 20-something year old guy named kang bae has a weird ability where whenever anyone touches him, they're compelled to tell the truth/confess secrets. he comes across a pop-up bar one night ran by weol ju, an immortal shaman who is cursed to resolve the grudges of 10,000 humans or she won't be able to reincarnate and gwi, who is a former Ghost Cop who is helping weol ju complete her mission. kang bae teams up with them, because his ability is really useful for finding out grudges!, with a promise from weol ju that if he helps her resolve the grudges she'll remove his powers. the first ep is a little meh, but keep going! one of the best, most feel-good found family stories there is

a journey to love is a wuxia roadtrip that has a band of elite soldiers teaming up with the world's most dangerous assassin and a sheltered princess in disguise as a man. character-driven and centered on the bonds everyone makes!! warning: sad ending

vincenzo has a found family...mafia style! a mafia guy from italy comes to south korea in search of gold, teams up with a crooked lawyer, and collects a bunch of loveable weirdos as he takes on an Evil Pharma company

go ahead is a cdrama that completely runs on the premise of how important it is to have a family of choice. three kids are raised by two dads from separate families, and have to navigate the toxic relationships they have with their birth parents

tale of nokdu is a gender-reversal cross-dressing kdrama that also has a running theme of how important it is to have a family of choice. everyone by the end of the show becomes a big, motley family and the ending is a pure shot of serotonin. premise begins with nokdu disguising himself as a woman to enter an all-women's village in order to find out about some assassins that have been targeting his family

[sonderkore]

kang tae oh for manifesto magazine

[xiaolanhua]

Jang Dong-yoon as Nokdu in The Tale of Nokdu (2019) – Episodes 1-2

[littlevillagefish]

silver standard

i feel like i have a bunch of these - good dramas that i love or enjoyed when i was watching them regardless if they were objectively very good or not (although some of these are in my critical opinion also very good, just not my personal favorite for my gold standard) (in release order)

note: looking at this now a lot of great dramas came out in 2019/2020

Reply 1997 (2012)

Weightlifting Fairy (2016)

Chicago Typewriter (2017)

Love Playlist (2017)

My Mister (2018)

Tale of Nokdu (2019)

The Crowned Clown (2019)

Hot Stove League (2019)

Hotel Del Luna (2019)

18 Again (2020)

Dr. Romantic 2 (2020)

Mr. Queen (2020)

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

Hometown Cha Cha Cha (2021)

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

Twinkling Watermelon (2023)

Queen of Tears (2024)

[kdramasilove]

Kang Tae Oh’s range is ruthless murderer to rubber ducky and i love him for that.

[yiskahrabbit]

Kang Taeoh is ruined for me. I just watched 'The Effect of a Finger Flick on a Break Up" today and even though his character was an asshole I was just like 🥺😘🥰

Now he could be killing left and right in a kdrama and I'd be "oh my baby that's right 👏🏼👏🏼🥰"

This is TERRIBLE.

Also, I used to hate his character in Doom at your service and they really did him dirty there but DAMN how the tables have turned huh

[seokwoosmole]

To the viewers of Extraordinary Attorney Woo who are now in love with Kang Tae Oh, just letting you know

I saw him first

[sonderkore]

more kang tae oh for manifesto magazine

[uriquotes]

"Whenever I look at you I cannot help but smile, even when I'm struggling."

[forevertry79]

Avatars 400x640px || Kim SoHyun (Actrice)

[danmeigirl]

[only10tion]

TALE OF NOKDU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIT COM

THE PALACE POLITICS ARE BORING AS HELL GIVE ME MORE WOMEN

[imblocking-you]

Jang Dong-yoon from The Tale of Nokdu is so unbelievably cute and attractive like I can barely finish my assignment because I keep looking back at my screen every time he comes on-

[cuddlybitch]

KDRAMAS OVER FLOWERS DAY 1: a love so beautiful 💖 (a favourite couple)

Nok-du, I don't think our time together will always be full of sunshine and rainbows. Some days will be windy like today, and some days will be sad and full of tears. But you see, as long as I am with you, I am more than willing to endure all those hardships. I will endure anything.

Dong-ju & Nok-du, THE TALE OF NOKDU (2019)

[estelle-sim]

Recently saw a translation of KTO's interview on Twitter that says "KTO's favorite nickname is Young-woo's husband" but actually there are SO MANY CONTEXTS MISSING

What he actually said is that he really enjoyed a meme calling him 'HYL' (Husband of Young-woo Later on) which is a parody of his previous drama, 'The Tale of Nokdu'

KTO was a gentle second lead in the romcom history drama (at least we thought he'd be)

Then in the middle of the series he suddenly turned out to be

A psychopath villain which is based on a real king of Joseon, King Injo. KTO immediately got quite famous after this scene since it was such a twist (not just because gentle second lead turned into a scary villain, but because real Injo is such a terrible king/father and most koreans hate him to guts lol so ppl who loved him as the gentle second lead were so devastated that he was actually King Injo lmao) and had so much impact.

Anyways, this korean subtitle revealing his identity in this famous scene says "Prince Neungyang, King Injo Later on" and it became a meme when a korean eaw fan made this

"Lee Jun-ho, Husband of Young-woo Later on"

with the exact history drama style subtitle lol and korean eaw fans started calling this meme and also nicknamed Jun-ho as HYL. So that's why KTO said this is his favorite nickname 🤣