Underplayed Gems

Dear Hongrang (2025)

Dear Hongrang poster
Original title
탄금
Directed by
Kim Hong-sun
Cast
Lee Jae Wook, Jo Bo Ah, Jung Ga Ram, Uhm Ji Won, Park Byung Eun, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Soo Ah, Lee Ka Yoon
Genre
melodrama, historical drama, mystery television series
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 11 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 63 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More series like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A woman named Jae-yi investigates the disappearance of her friend Hong-rang. She encounters a man who claims to be Hong-rang, and she works to uncover the truth behind what happened.

mysteriousmelancholicslow-burnatmospherictenseintrospectivesombersuspenseful

What happens

Dear Hongrang (Korean: 탄금) is a South Korean mystery melodrama sageuk television series written by Kim Jin-ah, directed by Kim Hong-sun, and starring Lee Jae-wook, Jo Bo-ah, Jung Ga-ram, Uhm Ji-won, Park Byung-eun, and Kim Jae-wook. Based on Tangeum: Swallowing Gold by Jang Da-hye, the series follows how Jae-yi searches and uncovers the truth behind Hong-rang's disappearance and the man claiming to be him. It premiered on Netflix on May 16, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.