When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025)

Original title

폭싹 속았수다

Directed by

Kim Won-seok

Cast

IU, Choi Yeo Won, Kim Tae Yun, Yoon Seo Yun, Moon So Ri, Park Bo Gum, Lee Chun Moo, Moon Woo Jin

Genre

drama, romance television series, historical television program

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.8 of 10 from 548 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a South Korean romance drama that follows the lives of ordinary people across several decades on Jeju Island. It focuses on love, family, and the small daily struggles and joys of its characters.

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What happens

When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean: 폭싹 속았수다; RR: Pokssak sogatsuda; Jeju for 'Thank You for Your Hard Work') is a 2025 South Korean romance slice-of-life television series written by Lim Sang-choon, directed by Kim Won-seok, and starring IU, Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri, and Park Hae-joon. It was released on Netflix every Friday, from March 7, 2025 to March 28, 2025. The series received widespread praise for its performances, screenplay, and direction. Among its numerous accolades, the series received a total of eight nominations at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards, winning four, including Best Drama. It was also named by Time magazine as the best Korean drama of 2025. The series has been favorably compared to the acclaimed series Reply 1988 (2015–2016), also starring Park Bo-gum, for eliciting nostalgia and warmth rooted in the Korean experience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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