Kim Hae Sook is a veteran South Korean actress. Born on December 30, 1955, in Busan, she is a well-known figure in the South Korean entertainment industry. She debuted 1974 as an actress in the MBC’s television series Chief Inspector. She is often seen as a mother or a person with higher authority. Her elegant style and classy looks make her a perfect fit for these roles. Kim Hae Sook has made her appearance in many critically acclaimed dramas. She is effortless in her acting, and this is the reason why she is every filmmaker’s first choice. Apart from acting, she has also published a book named “Mother of All Hallyu Stars: Kim Hae Sook’s Story.” Here is the compilation of must-watch dramas starring Kim Hae Sook.
1. My Demon
My Demon is a fantasy South Korean drama released in 2023. The drama tells the story of a demon and a human. Do Hee is a successor of a wealthy company named the Future Group. She is dubious of everyone around her and is skeptical of love. However, things started to change once she met a demon named Jung Gu Won. Due to some circumstances, Gu Won’s power is transferred to Do Do Hee. Now, he has to protect her at all costs. To make their plan work, they create a contract marriage. As the story progresses, they fall in love and save each other from capable dangers.
2. Strong Girl Namsoon
Strong Girl Namsoon is a fantasy, action-comedy drama released in 2023. Kang Nam Soon is a girl with superhuman strength, but she went missing in Mongolia as a kid. She came back to South Korea in search of her parents. After some struggles, she finally meets Hwang Geum Joo, her mother who lives in Gangnam. Guem Joo lived a righteous life helping people in need and also tried to find her daughter. Gil Joong Gan is Nam Soon’s grandmother, and all three unexpectedly get involved in a drug case. As the story progresses, Nam Soon paired with Kang Hee Shik, a detective, to solve the case and clarify their names from the charges.
3. Tomorrow
Tomorrow is a fantasy drama released in 2022. Choi Joon Woong is a young man searching for a job but cannot find one. One day, he saw a man trying to end his life and attempted to save him. While protecting the man, he encountered grim reapers Koo Ryeon and Im Ryoong Gu. Then, Joon Woong ends up in a coma, and when he wakes up, he has become half human and half spirit. He is then appointed in a company of grim reapers in the crisis management team. As the story progresses, he tries to learn more about his strange job.
4. Inspector Koo
Inspector Koo is an action thriller drama released in 2021. Koo Kyung Yi is an ex-officer who works as an insurance investigator and a private detective. She is famous for solving unsolved cold cases that are disguised as accidents. She has an intelligent and fast-witted personality which helps her to crack those cases easily. She solves these cases because of the fun of finding out the truth rather than with a sense of justice. The story progresses as a university student who is a serial killer plots murders in that area, and she has to find the killer.
5. Hospital Playlist
Hospital Playlist is a comedy-drama released in 2020. The story revolves around five doctors who are aces in their respective fields. Lee Ik Jun, Ahn Jung Won, Kim Jun Wan, Yang Suk Hyung, and Chae Song Hwa are friends from their medical school and now work in the same hospital in different departments. They are well-known in their respective fields. The dramas show how they tackle different medical situations in the hospital and manage their personal lives. The drama focuses on their friendship, personal and professional troubles.
6. Start-Up
Start-Up is a youth drama released in 2020. The drama tells the story of Seo Dal Mi, a girl with big dreams who wants to make her father’s dream to start his own company into reality. She enrolls in a Sandbox where the dreams of start-ups are converted into reality. There, she meets Nam Do San, the founder of the Sam San company and the pride of his family. The story progresses as, under the mentorship of Han Ji Pyung, they successfully establish their own company.
7. Mother Of Mine
Mother of Mine is a family drama released in 2019. The drama tells the story of Park Sun Ja, a single mother who raised her three daughters while running a restaurant to support her family. Mi Sun is the eldest daughter who is married and has a daughter. Mi Ri is the second daughter and works in a company. She falls in love with the youngest son of the company's owner. Mi Hye is the youngest daughter who used to operate as a novel writer but now takes care of her mother after failing to make it in the industry.
8. Tower Of Babel
Tower of Babel is a mystery drama released in 2019. The drama revolves around a man who is in search of truth. Cho Woo Hyuk was born into a family of wealthy businessmen, led a comfortable life without any worries, and had an arrogant personality. But things took a turn when his father’s company went bankrupt, and his father died in a car accident. Shortly after, his mother also committed self-harm. The story progresses when he learns that his father’s accident and the bankruptcy of the company are linked; he tries to find out the truth behind it.
9. Room No. 9
Room No.9 is a fantasy drama released in 2018. Eulji Hae Yi is a ruthless lawyer who has never lost a single case. She then meets Jang Hwa Sa, convicted of a death sentence for a murder case. Both meet in a room called Room No. 9, a tight-security room. In that room, their souls exchange, and Dr. Gi Yoo Jin, Hae Yi’s boyfriend, holds the key to this exchange; he also has a dark past.
10. Gyeongseong Creature
Gyeongseong Creature is an action thriller drama released in 2023. Jang Tae Sang was famous in his area for his quick-to-react nature and attractive face. He then meets Yoon Chae Ok, who had a rough upbringing and had traveled between Manchuria and Shanghai with her father. She came to Gyeongseong to find her mother, who went missing ten years ago. With the help of Tae Sang, she begins her quest to search for her mother and discovers disturbing truths.
