Top 10 Korean Movies with Sad Endings You Should Not Miss

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Korean cinema has always had a great influence on the cultural and entertainment world of many countries around the world, especially movie nerds in Vietnam. In addition to movies filled with love with sweet, passionate endings, there are still movies with sad endings that take away the tears of many fans. So let's take a look at the movies with Top Share that can make you obsess and stand still because of the sad endings!

1 Youth Of May (2021)
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Teaser: Youth Of May (2021)

The beginning of "Youth Of May" is the fateful eye view of student Hwang Hee Tee (Lee Do Hyun) and poor nurse Kim Myung Hee (Go Min Si), who had no idea that this early sweetness had led to a tragic end. A medical school student with a warm, handsome appearance that no one knows deep in his soul is full of family hurts, the nurse cherishes in her dream of studying abroad and accepts to see the eyes, but suspicion of fate has pushed them to meet. Myung Hee rejects Hee Tee many times, but it is the sincerity of his warmest vibrations that touches her heart. She was the only family he considered to have left him, 41 years after he saw her again was ashes. 



Director: Song Min-yeob

Cast: Lee Do-hyun, Go Min-si, Lee Sang-yi, Keum Sae-rok

Genre: Romance, historical fiction.

Runtime: 12 episodes 

2 Snowdrop (2021)
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Teaser: Snowdrop (2021)

Snowdrop takes place in the early winter of 1987, at the beginning of the film, we follow South Korean student Eun Young Ro (Kim Jisoo) to a date with friends at a café, who knows that the fateful meeting with the North Korean agent - Lim so Ho (Jung Hae In) will lead to a deep affection that will forever follow. so Ho has dedicated his life to fulfilling his duty, yet he is willing to sacrifice his life to protect the girl he loves most in the final episode. This love story across the 38th parallel could not have ended well, but no matter what lifetime, chosen again, Young Ro and so Ho are each other's destiny forever. 



Director: Jo Hyun-tak

Cast: Jung Hae-in, Kim Ji-so, Jang Seung-jo, Yoon Se-ah, Kim Hye-yoon, Jung Yoo-jin, Yoo In-na

Genre: Romance, historical fiction.

Runtime: 16 episodes    

3 Big Mouth (2022)
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Trailer: Big Mouth (2022)

Park Chang Ho (Lee Jong Suk) is an incompetent lawyer who is only good at talking things, but unfortunately he is chosen as a lawyer to take on a big case. On the night of his wedding anniversary, he was involved in a car accident and then woke up and was associated with the reputation of Big Mouse - a fraud boss but it was that reputation that helped him fight the underground forces and protect his family. His wife, Mi Ho (Im Yoona), is a strong nurse who tries to protect her husband, but unfortunately God does not give them a full life, she has cancer and uses the disease to seek justice for her husband.



Directors: Oh Chung-hwan, Bae Hyun-jin

Cast: Lee Jong-suk, Im Yoon-ah, Kim Joo-hun

Genre: Romance, legal drama, crime

Runtime: 16 episodes    

4 Eve (2022)
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Trailer: Eve (2022)

Eve is a drama that details the story deep inside the 2 trillion won divorce litigation of Lee Ra EI's (Seo Ye Ji) tycoon family that shocked the nation, she built a revenge story for the next 13 years. Eve has an ending where neither character is completely happy, creating a regret in the hearts of the audience. 



Director: Park Bong-seop

Cast: Seo Ye-ji, Park Byung-eun, Yoo Sun, Lee Sang-yeob

Genre: Revenge drama

Runtime: 16 episodes    

5 Mouse (2021)
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Trailer: Mouse (2021)

Mouse revolves around a serial killer who suffers from antisocial personality disorder along with the change of righteous police officer Jung Ba Reum (Lee Seung Gi). The film also gives the audience goosebumps about the scary details in the cruel murders, gradually towards the end of the film untie important knots, solving and bringing out the truth of the gruesome killer. Jung Ba Reum regretted and repented of what he had done all this time, but still did not escape the death penalty.



Director: Choi Joon-bae

Cast: Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun, Kyung so-jin

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi, Action

Runtime: 20 episodes    

6 Hotel Del Luna (2019)
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Trailer: Hotel Del Luna (2019)

Hotel Del Luna is set in the magnificent hotel in the middle of Seoul - where ghosts still gather to fulfill their wishes while alive to rest under the underworld President Jang Man Wol of the Moonlight Hotel (IU) - a beautiful but difficult and cruel woman. She was cursed by her past sins, so she was bound and lived for more than 1000 years between the line of life and death. Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) is a talented hotel manager who is forced to come to the hotel by Jang Man Wol to work on his father's promise. Every happiness comes to an end, Jang Man Wol completes his mission in this life and has to say goodbye to Go Chan Seong and the next life still loves each other like the days of this life.



Director: Choi Joon-bae

Cast: Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon, Park Ju-hyun, Kyung so-jin

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi, Action

Runtime: 20 episodes    

7 Moon Lovers (2016)
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Trailer: Moon Lovers (2016)

Moon Lovers revolves around the modern-day Go Ha Jin (IU) who travels to the past with her past life identity as Lady Hae so, getting into the story between the seven princes and starting a love affair with the Four Princes and the king of the later Gwang Jong period - Wang So (Lee Joon Ki). Grief has always permeated Wang So's life, from the day of Hae so's birth to his life is much different than before. However, just because of the gap between the two generations, not the separation of yin and yang but still sad, Go Ha Jin in the 21st century is willing to say goodbye to her loved one, watching him through the painting and the story ends in tears. 



Director: Kim Kyu-tae

Cast: Lee Joon-gi, Lee Ji-eun, Kang Ha-neul, Hong Jong-hyun, Byun Baek-hyun, Seohyun...

Genre: Romance, Antique, Fantasy

Runtime: 20 episodes    

8 Mr. Sunshine (2018)
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Trailer: Mr. Sunshine (2018)

Mr. Sunshine is full of romantic love scenes during the war, but above all is comradeship, comradeship, compatriots, the film is the transition period of Korea, where people have to rise up on their own, fight the enemy, struggle with their own destiny. The main character is Choi Yoo Jin (Lee Byung Hun) - the son of a slave family, after his parents died he ran away and joined the army as an American soldier. On his return to Korea, he meets and falls in love with the aristocratic Go surname Go Ae Shin (Kim Tae Ri). They fall in love at first sight, but because of the family difference, between the noble lady and the foreign guy leads to a sad end for both of them. 



Director: Lee Eung-bok 

Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Min-jung, Byun Yo-han

Genre: Romance, history, drama

Runtime: 24 episodes 

9 The Red Sleeve (2021)
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Trailer: The Red Sleeve (2021)

The Red Sleeve is set in the Josen dynasty in the 18th century, and tells the story of King Lee San (Lee Jun-ho) and Concubine Seong Deok Im (Lee Se-young), a palace girl who is filled with a desire for freedom and the pursuit of happiness. As a child, Deok Im accidentally meets Lee San and saves him from being punished by the Patriarch for sneaking a visit. He then searches to see her again, but unaware that the two are still growing up in the same Eastern Palace. After meeting again because they do not want to reveal their identities, they pretend not to know, but then gradually develop feelings and bond with each other. However, because the film closely follows the historical setting, it is impossible to get the full love of the king, so they have to be separated leading to a tragic end.



Directors: Jung Ji-in, Song Yeon-hwa

Cast: Lee Jun-ho, Lee Se-young, Kang Hoon

Genre: Romance, Historical Drama

Runtime: 17 episodes 

10 Twenty Five, Twenty One (2022)
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Trailer: Twenty Five, Twenty One (2022)

Twenty Five, Twenty One tells the story of the two main characters as representing the journey of striving and striving to capture the dreams of young Koreans at that time. Na Hee Do (Kim Tae-ri) is a talented swordsman, but because the school team was affected by the economic crisis, she couldn't continue, causing her to give up her dream of becoming a professional swordsman. On the side of Baek Yi Jin, he was once the son of a rich family, but suddenly one night, his family went bankrupt, he was forced to find work for himself to support his family through the crisis. . Na Hee Do is always burning in her enthusiasm, since the day Baek Yi Jin met her, she has gained more motivation, rekindled the dreams that seemed to have been extinguished in him, and for her, he was a safe support. whole, healed every time she came back. At the end of the movie, because of the nature of work and the long distance, the two people were forced to separate from each other, but the memories of a youth with that group of friends are still forever in the hearts of the characters when remembering.



Directed by: Jung Ji-hyun

Actors: Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk, Bona, Choi Hyun-wook, Lee Joo-myung

Genre: Romance, Youth

Length: 16 episodes

The above are Korean movies that can impress you with their wonderful and equally sad episodes. If you are a genuine Korean "movie nerd", you should refer to and choose your favorite movies, hopefully the list above will make it easier for you to choose. Happy moviegoing!