10 famous Korean Webtoon series adapted into movies

What’s wrong with Secretary Kim? | What's wrong with Secretary Kim? (2018)

What's wrong with Secretary Kim? is a gentle love story following the motif of love in the workplace. Secretary Kim is a 10/10 employee, and is also the only one who can tolerate the difficult vice president Lee Young-joon. But one day, the secretary resigned, making everyone, especially the director, confused.

Not only is it beautiful in appearance, but each character has a special personality. Male lead Lee Young-joon also caused a stir with the statement "I'm so perfect that no one deserves me".

In particular, the chemistry between the two main characters is considered extremely good, typically the kiss scene video of Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young reached more than 2 million views on YouTube. So even though the movie has a rather old motif, the audience is still excited to watch it.

Extraordinary You | Accidentally found Haru (2019)

Based on the webtoon July Found By Chance, Extraordinary You stars SF9 member Rowoon and actress Kim Hye Yoon in the main roles.

The film tells the story of Eun Dan Oh (Kim Hye Yoon), a high school girl at a prestigious school. She discovered that she was only living in a comic book world.

Dan Oh is just a supporting character in the series called Secret and is destined to marry her longtime crush (Lee Jae Wook), who does not reciprocate her feelings. Dissatisfied with his fate, Dan Oh decides to take control of his life by changing the plot and freeing himself from the author's arrangements.

True Beauty | True Beauty (2021)

The film is based on the typical motif of "a duck turning into a swan". The female lead Im Jul Gyeong always feels guilty about her "ugly duck" appearance, and is also a victim of body shaming. When she transferred to a new school, she decided to rebuild her life. When she became beautiful, she fell into a love affair with two male gods, Lee Su Ho and Han Seo Jin.

True Beauty will take you back to when you first fell in love, with stories that are a bit "cheesy" but still adorable from your student days. From there, we see that "the appearance may change but the soul will always remain the same."

D.P. | Hunting deserters (2021)

Movie D.P. Based on the webtoon D.P Dog's Day by Kim Bo Tong, it tells the story of a Korean military police team called D.P, whose mission is to capture deserters. Character Ahn Jun Ho (Jung Hae In) becomes a member of D.P. after joining the army. He teams up with Han Ho Yul (Koo Kyo Hwan) and witnesses the harsh reality of people fleeing their military base.

Reborn Rich | The tycoon's youngest son (2022)

Reborn Rich is set in Korea in the 80s. The film's content revolves around Yoon Hyun Woo (Song Joong Ki), a risk manager - loyal secretary of the tycoon family that runs Soonyang Group. For more than 10 years, he worked as hard as a housekeeper for this family.

After being murdered by his own family for embezzlement and dying tragically, Hyun Woo was reincarnated as Jin Do Joon - the family's youngest son. He secretly plans to take over the company to initiate revenge

The King's Affection | Luy Mo (2021)

Rowoon from the group SF9 starred in another webtoon-inspired movie (after Extraordinary You), The King's Affection, co-starring with Park Eun Bin. Based on Lee So Young's Yeonmo storyline, the film is set in Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The story is about Dam I (Park Eun Bin), who is forced to disguise himself as his twin brother crown prince Yi Hwi after he passes away. She is tutored and taught by Jung Ji Un (Rowoon) and the two gradually fall in love despite her disguise.

Business Proposal | Dating in the office (2022)

Business Proposal is a Korean film that has recently created a craze, based on Hae Hwa's webtoon. The film is about an office worker named Shin Ha Ri (Kim Se Jeong) going on a blind date with her company's CEO Kang Tae Mu (Ahn Hyo Seop) on behalf of her best friend. The story becomes more interesting when Ha Ri and Tae Mu decide to pretend to be dating to please Tae Mu's grandfather, who wants his grandson to get married. In return, Ha Ri received an allowance to help her family.

Itaewon Class | Itaewon Class (2020)

Itaewon Class is a story about two young people who dream of opening a bar in Itaewon city. Even though he was originally a person with a criminal record, Park Sae-ro-yi always had the ambition to start a career. Thanks to the help of Jo Yi Seo, a genius with an IQ of 162, and Sae-ro-yi's friends, he was able to gradually turn his dream into reality.

The male lead Park Sae-ro-yi in the movie seems more innocent and cuter than the "cool boy" image in the story, or young master Jang Geun Won, in each version he has a different type of stupidity. . Although there are many changes, but

"No money, no power, is there still justice?" - the film raises a question for this era, and in the end, through the success of the male lead, brings a word of comfort to the younger generation: No matter what, always believe in yourself. sugar