Your Ultimate Park Seo Joon Drama Guide
Action star, romcom king, the list goes on—is there anything Park Seo Joon can’t do? Here is the complete list of 12 series you can enjoy this K-drama dreamboat in!
You'd likely need little to no introduction to this fine actor because it is quite likely you've watched one drama (or many, many more) starring this handsome K-drama leading man!
For many of us newbies to K-drama, Park Seo Joon became a household name overnight when he portrayed the character of Sae-Ro-Yi in hit drama Itaewon Class this past summer. For other long-time fans of K-dramas, Park had always been best known for his roles in TV series such as She Was Pretty as well as movies like action horror flick The Divine Fury and Midnight Runners alongside Kang Ha-neul, the latter of which won him Best New Actor award at the Grand Bell Awards and Korean Association of Film Critics Awards that year.
Park Seo Joon in 'What's Wrong With Secretary Kim' | tvN
Regardless if you're well acquainted with Park Seo Joon or not, you're definitely missing out if you haven't watched a drama with him in it yet. Though still relatively young in the industry having entered less than a decade ago, Park has since appeared in 12 dramas to date, as well as a total of 8 movies with two films on the way and set for release in 2021!
If you, like us, can't wait to see this K-drama hunk back on screen—big or small—why not queue up one of his dramas to binge or rewatch? Below, find the complete list of 12 dramas to catch him in and see this dreamboat in action right now!
Your Ultimate Park Seo Joon Drama Guide
Your Ultimate Park Seo Joon Drama Guide
Dream High 2 (2012)
Directed by Lee Eung-Bok and Mo Wan-Il, Dream High 2 follows the stories of the new students at Dream High. It starts as the Kirin High School of Art has been taken over by Oz Entertainment because of financial bankruptcy. Oz Entertainment will transfer over its own idol stars to Kirin High to avoid a law requiring under age entertainers to study for a set time. Competition brews between troubled students at Kirin High School of Art and then newly transferred idols from Oz Entertainment.
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Dream High 2 (2012)
Shin Hae-Sung (Kang So-Ra) enters Kirin High School of Art with a high written exam score, but poor performance scores. After some time, she meets fellow students Jin Yoo-Jin (Jinwoon) and JB (JB), who help her discover the joy of music. Jin Yoo-Jin acted when he was a young child. Now, he is a troubled student dreaming of becoming a rock star. Park Seo Joon plays Si-Woo, a member of the idol boy band Eden.
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Family (2012)
Recently divorced Woo Shin-Hye (Hwang Shin-Hye) lives with her mother and two daughters. Yeol Seok-Hwan (Ahn Suk-Hwan), a widower, lives with his mother-in-law and 3 children. These two families have totally different personalities and appearances, but Woo Shin-Hye and Yeol Seok-Hwan fall in love and marry—beginning a new chapter in their lives and joining their families together. Though their relationships were initially rocky having to live under the same roof, in time, they become a real family.
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Family (2012)
Park Seo Joon plays the minor character role as Cha Seo-Joon in this hilarious, entertaining, and touching family sitcom.
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I Summon You, Gold (2012)
Directed by Lee Hyeong-Sun and Yoon Ji-Hoon, and written by Ha Chung-Ok, this 50-episode drama explores love, marriage and divorce through a case of mistaken identity, while making good-humored fun of a middle class family and their pretensions.
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I Summon You, Gold (2012)
Mong-hee and Yoo-na are two different women but look exactly the same—almost like twins. Mong-hee is a cheerful and hardworking street vendor who dreams of becoming a jewelry designer. On the other hand, Yoo-na is the cold daughter-in-law of a wealthy chaebol family. Yoo-na has just gone through a divorce with Park Hyun-soo. Hyun-soo's parents own a jewelry company, which he is due to inherit as the eldest son. But his younger brother Hyun-joon wants to be CEO and schemes to gain control of the family business, along with his wife, Sung-eun, an established jewelry designer. When Hyun-soo meets Mong-hee, he gets a real chance to find love and happiness. But the fact that she looks exactly like his ex-wife might become a problem, as he asks her to pose as his wife! Park Seo Joon plays the main character of Park Hyun-Tae in this drama.
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A Word From Warm Heart (2013)
Starring Han Hye-jin, Ji Jin-hee, Kim Ji-soo, and Lee Sang-woo, this 20 episode drama uncovers the reality and complexities of married life. Eun-jin and Jae-hak, who are married to other people, find themselves attracted to each other. Their marriages become in danger of unraveling, as their affair disrupts the lives of family and friends around them.
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A Word From Warm Heart (2013)
Park Seo Joon plays Song Min-soo, Mi-kyung's half brother, in this touching and heartfelt drama.
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A Witch's Love (2014)
Directed by Lee Jung-Hyo, this 16-episode series depicts a love story between Ban Ji-Yeon (Uhm Jung-Hwa) and Yoon Dong-Ha (Park Seo-Joon). Ban Ji-Yeon is a single 39-year-old woman. An enthusiastic career woman, Ji-Yeon works as a reporter and can get very intense at work with colleagues calling her a “witch” at the workplace. She doesn't believe in true love, because of her past experience when her boyfriend disappeared before their wedding.
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A Witch's Love (2014)
Park Seo Joon brings to life the character of Yoon Dong-Ha, a 25-year-old young man who runs a small errand center with his friend. The errand center will do pretty much anything including sending out someone dressed as Santa Claus or provide security for an idol star. Though he seems like a happy guy, he lost his girlfriend by an accident. The two meet and sparks fly, despite the age difference.
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Mama (2014)
Directed by Kim Sang-Hyub and written Yoo Yoon-Kyung, Mama follows the story of Han Seung-Hee (Song Yoon-A) is a famous folk painter. She is a single mother and raises her son alone.
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Mama (2014)
One day, Han Seung-Hee learns that she is terminally ill and doesn't have much time left to live. Her time gets eaten up as she becomes worried about her son being left alone. To make a family for her son, Han Seung-Hee finds her ex-boyfriend and also befriends his wife. Park Seo-joon only makes a cameo here, appearing as the older Han Geu-roo.
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Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
This 20 episode drama stars Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Oh Min-suk, and Kim Yoo-ri. The series incorporates dissociative identity disorder and child abuse elements as pivotal topics. It reunited Ji Sung and Hwang Jung-eum, who previously worked together in Secret Love in 2013.
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Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
Cha Do Hyun (Ji Sung) is a third-generation chaebol who developed dissociative identity disorder due to trauma. He tries to regain control over his life with the help of Oh Ri Jin (Hwang Jung-eum), a beautiful first-year psychiatric resident who helps him secretly. But Ri Jin's twin brother, Oh Ri On (Park Seo-joon), is a writer who is determined to uncover the unscrupulous lives of the rich and starts following Do Hyun around. Do Hyun becomes challenged to take control over his condition before it becomes too late and one of his seven identities takes control and makes him lose everything.
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She Was Pretty (2015)
This hit romantic comedy is based on a true story about two past acquaintances who meet again after they've gone through a reversal of fortunes and appearances, set in the backdrop of a fashion magazine's publishing office. Kim Hye-jin (Hwang Jung-Eum) was a beautiful girl from a rich family. After her family's publishing company went bankrupt, she experienced hardships then lost her beauty, too. Ji Sung-joon (Park Seo-Joon) was an unattractive boy with low self-esteem, but grows up as a handsome and successful editor. The two end up meeting again as adults, but Sung-joon was unable to recognize Hye-jin. Ashamed to meet her first love and ruin his perception of her, Hye-jin asks her attractive best friend, Ha-ri, to appear in her place.
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She Was Pretty (2015)
Things get complicated as Hye-jin was assigned to work at The Most magazine publishing office where Sung-joon is the deputy chief editor. He openly mistreats and belittles her for her clumsy nature, not knowing that she was his real childhood friend. Ha-ri (Koh Joon-Hee) also continues to meet Sung-joon, and eventually develops feelings for him. On the other hand, Hye-jin finds a good friend in her workplace, Shin-hyuk (Choi Si-Won), who slowly falls in love with her.
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Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016)
This sageuk drama starring Park Seo-joon, Go A-ra, and Park Hyung-sik revolves around an elite group of young men called "Hwarang", who discover their passion, friendship and love in the turmoil of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC–AD 935).
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Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016)
Park Seo-joon plays the character of Moo-myung, a young man of low birth who rises above his situation in life to become a legendary hwarang warrior. He assumes the identity of his best friend Kim Seon-u, Ah-ro's biological brother, after he is killed by one of the Queen Dowager's men.
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Fight For My Way (2017)
This 16-episode drama tells the tale of The Crazy Fantastic Four—individuals who are considered to be lacking of abilities, but eventually in the series, they grow as individuals and friends. Directed by Lee Na-Jeong, written by Im Sang-Choon, and produced by Moon Joon-Ha, Fight For My Way stars Park Seo-joon and Kim Ji-won, with Ahn Jae-hong and Song Ha-yoon.
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Fight For My Way (2017)
The storyline is ultimately about underdogs with big dreams struggling to survive and striving for success. A long time friendship is blossoming into romance between two immature friends Ko Dong-man (Park Seo-joon) and Choi Ae-ra (Kim Ji-won) whose childish dynamic hasn't changed despite reaching adulthood. Seo-joon's Ko Dong-man was a captivating lead as a former taekwondo player who used to be famous but had to stop because of a painful past. The story follows as he becomes a nameless mixed martial arts fighter. Later, he falls in love with Ae-ra, while struggling to succeed in his career and love life.
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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)
Based on a novel by Jung Kyung-Yoon, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim is the story of an ambitious vice chairman of a major corporation, Lee Young-joon (Park Seo-Joon), and his highly capable secretary, Kim Mi-so (Park Min-Young). Despite working for him for years and is every bit perfect for the job, she decides to quit.
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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)
Park Seo-joon portrays the character of Lee Young-joon with captivating believability, showing that will do whatever he can to make sure Mi-so stays by his side.
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Itaewon Class (2020)
Based on the popular webcomic by Jo Gwang-Jin, Itaewon Class stars Park Seo-joon, Kim Da-mi, Yoo Jae-myung and Kwon Nara and was a global hit drama. It tells the tale of ex-convict Park Sae-ro-yi (Park Seo-joon) whose life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in a tragic car accident.
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Itaewon Class (2020)
Following his father's dream of opening a restaurant, he opens his bar-restaurant DanBam (Honey Night) in Itaewon. Alongside his manager, Jo Yi-seo (Kim Da-mi) and his staff, he strives towards success and reaching greater heights while getting sweet revenge by battling against a food conglomerate, Jangga Co.
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Do you love Park Seo Joon as much as we do? Have you watched all of these dramas? Geonbae, if you have!
Park Seo Joon in 'Itaewon Class' | Netflix
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