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Dear X (2025)

Dear X poster
Original title
친애하는 X
Cast
Kim Yoo Jung, Ki So Yoo, Kim Young Dae, Park Hoo, Kim Do Hoon, Lee Yul Eum, Bae Soo Bin, Lee Seo Ahn
Genre
picaresque novel, suspense, melodrama, thriller, crime television series, noir fiction
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
19
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 106 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A top actress hides a double life as she climbs to fame. The series follows her rise and collapse under the weight of her secrets.

darkly comicunsettlingtensemelodramaticsuspensefulstylishbleakcerebral

What happens

Dear X (Korean: 친애하는 X) is a 2025 South Korean melo-thriller television series co-written by Choi Ja-won and Vanziun, directed by Lee Eung-bok and Park So-hyun, and starring Kim You-jung, Kim Young-dae, Kim Do-hoon and Lee Yul-eum. Based on Naver Webtoon of the same title by Vanziun, it depicts the rise and downfall of top actress Baek Ah-jin and her two faces hidden behind it. The series first premiered in the On Screen section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 18, 2025 where two of its twelve episodes were screened. It then premiered on TVING with the release of its first four episodes on November 6, 2025, at 18:00 (KST), followed by two new episodes every Thursday, for a total of 12 episodes. It is also available for streaming on HBO Max and Viki in selected regions, on Disney+ in Japan, and on STARZPlay in MENA region. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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