If there is a Korean drama series with the three elements of "past life", "rebirth" and "immortality", so familiar with the formula, will it be the first time to think of "Ghosts" that has been popular all over the world.
However, such a familiar plot is the new tvN drama "Unkillable" co-starring Lee Jin-wook, Kwon Na-la, Kong Seung-yeon, Lee Joon, and co-starring, which tells the story between the woman who repeated between death and rebirth in the past 600 years and the man who became a monster "unkillable" in 600 years and has an immortal body and cannot die.
The drama took over "Zhiyi Mountain" starring Jeon Ji-hyun and Zhu Ji-hoon on December 18.
The key words in the play: "past life", "rebirth", "immortality", is there a sense of familiarity? The fire drama "Ghosts" starring Kong Liu and Jin Gaoyin, which began broadcasting in 2016, also gathered these three elements.
As can be seen in the "Unkillable" preview, the shooting is interspersed from ancient times to the present, the atmosphere in the play is also solemn and deep, and the film texture of the picture is also similar to the shooting method of "Ghosts" of that year. After reading the trailer, many netizens left a message: "Is it "Ghost 2"? What's the difference between It and Ghost? And so on.
The same is tvN's New Year's Eve drama, plus it is so similar, but it is difficult to say whether it can create high ratings and word-of-mouth like "Ghost"? The taste is the familiar taste, how much the recipe is added, whether it looks good or not will wait for the main drama to come out to evaluate.
Fans who watch Korean dramas know that "tvN production must be a high-quality product.". In 2016, "Ghosts" is a dark horse drama that killed in the sky, after the fire, let the audience know tvN, it can be said that "Ghosts" and tvN have achieved mutual achievements.
Since then, tvN has been deeply cultivating the same kind of rebirth magic drama, "Druna Hotel", "The Legend of the Nine-tailed Fox", etc. have gathered three major elements: "past life", "rebirth", "immortality". Although the audience is a little aesthetically tired, they are still very much looking forward to this kind of plot.
"Unkillable", which began airing on December 18, has a total of 16 episodes, and the production cost alone is as high as 40 billion won, which really makes people wonder what kind of effect it will show. Will it become a high-cost production = high ratings + high word of mouth?
The drama is directed by Zhang Yuying, such as "Star Partner" and "Mr. Sunshine", and written by Xu Zaiyuan and Kwon Sura again, such as "Star Partner" and "Ghost Guest: The Guest".
This is the second cooperation between director Zhang Yuying and screenwriter Quan Sura after "Star Partner", and the cooperation between the two is enough, which can be described as a strong joint effort between famous directors and famous editors, which can be expected.
"Unkillable" actually attracted much attention as early as the early stage of production in 2020, because the Korean superstar Yuanbin received the invitation to perform internal consultations, and there were rumors in the industry that Yuanbin took over the filming of the play and attracted attention.
However, Yuan Bin finally gave up taking over the film, but he revealed that although he felt that the planning and script of the series were very good, he had not starred in a TV series in the past 20 years, and it was very stressful to use the TV series as a comeback work, and finally decided to quit. Even Yuan Bin, who has always been very strict about picking scripts, feels that it is a good choice, which means that the script must have its eye-catching points.
The male protagonist, Li Zhenyu
Played 600 years ago, he served as a former military attaché, responsible for removing the remnants of the royal family, and became a role of "unkillable" and "Dankuo" in the process of carrying out his mission, who used to be a human, and now he is "unkillable", and his memory has gradually disappeared, but a heart that wants revenge has never changed.
This time the male protagonist setting is so similar to the "Jin Xin" played by Kong Liu in "Ghosts", the same past life as a person, living alone for hundreds of years, some only have immortal bodies and painful memories. Whether it can surpass Kong Liu as "Jin Xin", everyone waits and sees!
Lee Jin-wook is a famous South Korean actor, starring in "Voice 2", "Return" and other works, but because he often plays dark and deep roles, coupled with the lack of a traffic drama that can catch fire, his popularity in South Korea is not high.
Instead, he had two previous public relationships with the K-pop goddess Choi Ji-woo and the ratings queen Kong Hyo-jin, and his fame became even greater.
Heroine Kwon Nala
Played the role of Min Sang-yun, who used to be "unkillable" in the past and is now reborn as a human. After experiencing the tragic event of the murder of her mother and twin sister, she escaped with her sister and lived in anonymity, and her life changed after her unkillable appearance.
Kwon Na La debuted as the girl group Hello Venus, starred in TV series such as "Prisoner Doctor" and "Itaewon CLASS", acting skills have been criticized by Korean netizens, excellent looks, perfect figure, has been regarded as a "vase", this time she starred as a female protagonist, making many netizens worry about whether her acting skills can be competent for the role.
Male matchIng Li Zhun
He will play another hidden role of "unkillable" and "Yu Yitai" in the play, although he lives the same life as "Dan Kuo" (Li Jinyu), but instead enjoys eternal domination and adjustment of wealth and power.
Female supporting Kong Shengyan
Will play the role of the wife of the past "Dan Kuo" (Played by Lee Jin-wook). As the daughter of the powerful, Shan Rate has some things that people cannot understand, but because her father married "Dan kuo".
"Unkillable" is like a big production and the blessing of famous directors and famous editors, but it is so similar to "Ghosts", will you want to chase the drama?