Korean dramas and movies are widely known for showing a realistic approach towards life. Just as they portray an ordinary person's life they also try to show us the story of various people who are autistic. For many years Kdrama has been presenting the world with captivating and strong content which engagingly needs focus. These actors and actresses shed light on how the life of an autistic person and also how society behaves towards them. The top ten Korean dramas and films which show Autism characters are.
1. Good Doctor
Good Doctor is one of those dramas that featured an Autistic character in the leading role. It follows the story of Park Si-on, who has autism spectrum disorder as a child and was sent to a specialized center, where it was found that he has genius-level memory. He enters the field as a resident in the field of paediatrics where he is given six months to prove himself. The drama sheds light on sensitive issues and also unravels many emotional stories.
2. Extraordinary Attorney Woo
It follows the life of Woo Young-woo, a female rookie attorney who has an autism spectrum disorder and who gets hired by a major law firm in Seoul. She is different from her peers, and her communication manner with them is seen as odd and awkward. She with her intelligence and photographic memory becomes a competent attorney.
3. Move To Heaven
Move to Heaven is a drama revolving around trauma cleaners and the stories they unfold. Geu-ru is a young man who has autism, and also a high IQ, having difficulty processing human emotions. He lives with Sang-gu, his guardian.
4. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
This drama spreads awareness of mental health. Moon Gang-tae lives with his older brother Sang-tae who is autistic. He works in a psychiatric ward as a caretaker where he meets Ko Moon-young, who is a famous children's book writer. She has an antisocial personality disorder. Sang Tae is a great illusory and has the potential to draw beautiful art.
5. Miracle In Cell No.7
The film Miracle Cell No.7 starring Ryu Seung Ryong and Park Shin Hye is based on a real-life story of a man. Lee Yong-Gu is an autistic character who has a daughter to protect. The film unravels how he was wrongly accused and imprisoned for being a rapist. He builds a friendship with his cellmates who help him smuggle his daughter into prison. With time it was disclosed that he never committed such a crime.
6. Catch The Ghost
Yoo Ryung becomes a police investigator to find her missing twin sister. Her sister was autistic. Ha Ma-ri, the police officer in charge at that time, ignored her sister's losing report. She meets the Wangsimni station chief, who avoids cases and seeks stability. He always ends up cleaning after Ryung and holds the main key to solving the cases.
7. Brilliant Legacy
Eun-Seong Ko's brother Go Eun Woo is an autistic person. She lost her mother at the age of 11 and her father remarried at the age of 16. Unfortunately, her father dies. One day vast fortune arrives on her doorstep but not from her father. Woo-Han Seon is a handsome but arrogant young man, who doesn’t understand the value of money as he was raised under wealth. One day his grandmother says that she will give all her fortune to Eun-Seong Ko.
8. Jinxed At First
Gong Soo-Kwang, a bright young man who is poor and famous for being unlucky meets Lee Seul-bi, a girl who when she touches someone can see their future. She along with her mother is staying in a secret room at Sam Jung’s house. Jan Young-seo has autism and has light and interesting conversations with her, especially about fish.
9. White Lie
Seo Eun-young is happily engaged to Kang Jung-Woo, until one day he dumps her to marry Hong Na-Kyung, a rich woman. Eun-young is pregnant and left behind by her ex-fiancé. She manages to get a job as a nurse to support herself. Five years go by when she meets Kang Hung-Woo, one of her patients who falls in love with her. Suddenly Jung-woo returns and she discovers that he is his half-brother. Hung-Woo is an autistic person who can only with Eun-young express himself openly. She initially marries him for revenge and money as time passes by she genuinely starts loving Hung-woo.
10. Innocent Witness
The drama is about the relationship between an autistic student and a lawyer. Soon-ho is an attorney who is trying to pay off his father’s debt. He one day has to deal with a murder case in which Mi-ran the housekeeper is accused of killing her employer. In this case, there is only witness Ji-Woo, an autistic high school student. He decides to meet and befriend her for her to attend the trial as a witness and to prove that the testimony was false.
