One of the most well-known actors not just in Korea but all around the world is Lee Byung Hun. Furthermore, Lee Byung Hun K-Dramas are some of the best pieces of work in every genre. From crime and mystery to history and romance, Lee Byung Hun puts on a stellar performance no matter what kind of imaginary world he is put into. The global audience knows him for his role as Storm Shadow in G.I Joe: The Rise Of Cobra and for working next to Bruce Willis in the famous American action comedy movie Red 2.
Most recently, Lee Byung Hun has caught the attention of the global audience for playing the frontman in Netflix’s popular survival show Squid Game. Long before the Korean Wave became widespread, Lee Byung Hun was a known face all around the globe. Furthermore, Lee Byung Hun was the first Korean actor to announce an Oscar award at the prestigious Academy Awards. All of Lee Byung Hun K-Dramas guarantee an amazing plotline, mystery, and message. Here is a list of the best Lee Byung Hun K-Dramas that you need to watch right now!
Best Lee Byung Hun K-Dramas:
4. Beautiful My Lady
Lee Byung Hun has been in the K-Drama industry for more than three decades. Beautiful My Lady is now his earliest and finest work. The kdrama was directed by Lee Jang Soo, who went on to make amazing works such as Tree Of Heaven, Paradise, and Road Number One. Beautiful My Lady is a melodrama at its finest. The cast of the drama includes Lee Byung Hun and Shim Eun Ha (Trap Of Youth) in lead roles. The K-Drama aired on SBS from April to June 1997.
Beautiful My Lady tells the heartfelt love story of Hwang Jun Ho and Yoo Seon Yeong. Jun Ho had it tough from a very young age. He was an orphan and had only encountered selfish people in the world. However, Jun Ho started to gain money and fame after joining boxing. Although now he no longer had to worry about survival, Jun Ho did not know what it meant to ‘live’ because he was never loved by anyone. This was until he met the caring and beautiful Yoo Seon Yeong. Yoo Seon Yeong had lost her husband soon after marriage. After meeting each other, Yoo Seon Yeong and Hwang Jun Ho healed each other wounds. However, Yoo Seon Yeong’s parents objected to their relationship because of Jun Ho’s profession and past. Will the two be able to have a happily ever after? This is what the premise of Beautiful My Lady is all about.
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3. Happy Together
Not only is Happy Together one of Lee Byung Hun’s best dramas, but also one of the most amazing family K-Dramas to this day. Furthermore, Happy Together consisted of a young cast that went on to become the greatest stars of the Korean industry. The stunning cast includes Lee Byung Hun, Song Seung Heon (When A Man’s In Love), Kim Ha Neul (On The Way To The Airport), Jun Ji Hyun (The Legends Of The Blue Sea), Kang Sun Yun (Great First Wives), and Jo Min Soo (My Daughter The Flower). To put the icing on the cake, Happy Together is written by Bae Yoo Mi (I Really Like You, Tropical Nights In December) and directed by Oh Jong Rok (90 Days Of Love, Working Mom). Happy Together aired on SBS in June of 1999.
Happy Together is a family melodrama. Additionally, the plot of Happy Together revolves around five siblings who are separated after their parent’s death. One of the siblings, Seo Tae Poong, is a professional baseball player. Although he made it big, Seo Tae Poong spends all his days longing for his siblings. Then there is Seo Chan Joo, Seo Tae Poong’s elder sister. Seo Chang Joo has been raising her younger siblings, Moon Joo and Ji Suk.
However, once Tae Poong finds his siblings, he is heartbroken when they want nothing to do with him. On the other hand, the youngest of the lot, Seo Yoon Joo, meets her brother after ten long years. However, this time around, it is Tae Poong who fails to recognize his younger sister. A tale of the importance of family, complicated love, and betrayals. Lee Byung Hun is at his best in Happy Together.
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2. Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days is a part of South Korea’s most popular K-Drama trilogy. The mastermind behind Beautiful Days is the talented Lee Jang Soo (The Relation Of Face, Mind, and Love). He has blessed us with the spectacular Heaven trilogy that includes Beautiful Days (2001), Stairways To Heaven (2003), and Tree Of Heaven (2006). All the stories in this trilogy tell very complicated love stories. The main cast of Beautiful Days includes megastars such as Cho Ji Woo (The Suspicious Housekeeper), Lee Byung Hun, Ryu Shi Won (Goodbye Dear Wife), Lee Jung Hyun (The Family Is Coming), and Shin Min Ah (My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho). This emotional K-Drama aired in March of 2001 on SBS.
The plot of Beautiful Days follows Lee Min Chul as he returns to South Korea after completing his studies in the United States. Upon his return, Lee Min Chul finds out that behind the big music business that his father has set up lie some very dark secrets. One of them includes his father being responsible for the death of his stepbrother’s real father. Min Chul’s stepbrother’s name is Sun Jae. On the other hand, Yoon Soo and Se Na are two girls with big dreams and a sisterly bond from an orphanage.
The two get separated when they move to Seoul. However, knowing that Se Na wants to become a singer, Yoon Soo joins Victory Records, Lee Min Chul’s company. Both of them decide to help out each other’s siblings. Trouble ensues when both Lee Min Chul and Sun Jae fall in love with Yoon Soo. However, that is not the only difficulty that their love is going to face. A 24 episode long series that will make you laugh, cry, and swoon. This is one of Lee Byung’s best K-Dramas.
1. Mr. Sunshine
This periodic K-Drama is considered a masterpiece by many, and for all the right reasons. Mr. Sunshine consists of a brilliant storyline, exciting and strong characters, as well as a beautiful love story. Additionally, the screenwriter behind Mr.Sunshine is none other than the brilliant Kim Eun Sook (Descendants Of The Sun, The King: Eternal Monarch, A Gentleman’s Dignity). The man behind the perfect direction of this drama is Lee Eung Book (Descendants Of The Sun, Goblin, Sweet Home). Every time that Kim Eun Sook and Lee Eung Book collab, history has been made, and Mr.Sunsine was no exception. To put stars to the brilliant storyline is the cast of the drama. Additionally, Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Ri (Twenty-Five-Twenty-One), Yoo Yeon Seok (Hospital Playlist), Byun Yo Han (Six Flying Dragons), and Kim Min Jung (The Devil Judge) constitute the main cast of this K-Drama.
The plot of this drama follows Choi Yoo Jin, played by Lee Byung Hun. Furthermore, Choi Yoo Jin was born into a servant family and traveled to the United States during the U.S Expedition to South Korea in 1871. When he returns to South Korea, he is a handsome US Marine Officer. However, Choi Yoo Jin does not expect himself to fall in love with an aristocrat’s daughter, and neither does he expect to find out that the Empire Of Japan is trying to colonize Korea. But fate has his own plans, and Choi Yoo Jin finds himself doing both.
The road to love is not at all an easy one for Choi Yoo Jin, not only because of the class difference but also because Ae Shin has already been promised to someone since childhood. Over the course of twenty-four episodes, Mr. Sunshine will present to you a heartwarming love story alongside a power-packed fight toward sovereignty. You can watch this brilliant K-Drama with subtitles in various languages on Netflix. Lee Byung Hun is stellar in every character that he plays, but Mr.Sunshine takes home the title of being the best Lee Byung Hun K-Drama.
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