July marks the beginning of the second half of 2020. From the previous month in June, there is a drama that did not make it to the small screen and postpone to July’s line up.
We have two thrillers for those who love action and mystery and three romantic comedy for those who just want to laugh.
Memorials
No. of episodes: 32
Airing: 1 July to 20 Aug 2020, every Wed and Thurs
Native title: 출사표
Original network: KBS
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Politics
The romance sparks between an efficient but cold and rigid civil servant Seo Gong Myung (Park Sung Hoon) and a lower class with little education woman Goo Se Ra (Nana) join forces to penalize corrupted politicians.
Men are Men
No. of episodes: 32
Airing: 6 July to 25 Aug 2020, every Mon and Tues
Native title: 놈이 그놈이다
Original network: KBS
Genre: Romance, Comedy
The drama is about a woman who choose to be single after being hurt and scar from past relationships and a man who dream to change his relationship with her through love. Seo Hyun Joo (Hwang Jung Eum) is a talented webtoon planning team lead. Hwang Ji Woo (Yoon Hyun Min) is a CEO of a pharmaceutical company who has a warm heart which is opposite of his cool appearance. Park Do Gyeom (Seo Ji Hoon) is a star webtoon writer who is very charismatic but he show off charms while at times he acts like a boy and transit to a mature man.
Was it Love?
No. of episodes: 16
Airing: 8 July to 27 Aug 2020, every Wed and Thurs
Native title: 우리 사랑했을까
Original network: JTBC, Netflix
Genre: Romance, Comedy
The drama is about a single mother living on her own for 14 years, Noh Ae Jung (Song Ji Hyo) is a movie producer who have given up on romance but found herself starting the next chapter when four other men walks into her life at the same time. To even complicate things, an A-list actress Joo Ah Rin (Kim Da Som) enters into the story.
The teaser is shot in the perspective of Ae Jung’s daughter Noh Ha Ni (Uhn Chae Young) and she ended with “So who is my potential dad?”
Train
No. of episodes: 12
Airing: 11 July to 16 Aug 2020, every Sat and Sun
Native title: 트레인
Original network: OCN
Genre: Thriller, Fantasy, Crime, Investigation
The drama is about Seo Do Won (Yoon Shi Yoon) who is a fearless detective that cracks all crime no matter it’s difficulty. He collapse one day when the victim of the murder is the one he love and his world changes. Opening up two parallel universes and able to freely move around between both. Universe ‘A’ is a righteous policeman and ‘B’ is a corrupted policeman.
The teaser ended with a voice over by Do Won “There is another me in this world.”
Evil Flower
No. of episodes: 16
Airing: 22 July to 10 Sep 2020, every Wed and Thurs
Native title: 악의 꽃
Original network: tvN
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Action, Investigation, Crime
The drama revolves around Baek Hee Sung (Lee Joon Gi) who seems like the ideal husband and father of a daughter on the outside but his perfect exterior hides dark secrets. Secrets that he wish his detective wife, Cha Ji Won (Moon Chae Won) will never discover.
Which drama do you look forward to its premiere?