Korean dramas are in great demand because they always present a unique storyline and theme that makes them curious and always entertaining to watch. Not only is the storyline unique, the characters in it also have their own uniqueness that impresses the audience, call it the work of the characters in the drama.
Usually, Korean dramas highlight professions that are commonly found, such as doctors, lawyers, police officers, detectives, and prosecutors. However, in several other Korean dramas it turns out that there are also those that feature unique work that is rarely known by many people!
The following is a series of Korean dramas with unique and anti-mainstream work that are rarely shown in most dramas. Come on, see more below!
Guru- Black Dog: Being A Teacher
The drama Black Dog tells the story of a contract teacher at a private high school and how he struggles as a teacher
There are many dramas about student life at school, but dramas that specifically address the work of a teacher are rare. One of the dramas that discusses the work of teachers in it is a drama entitled Black Dog: Being A Teacher.
Aired on the tvN channel in 2019, the drama Black Dog starred Seo Hyun Jin and Ra Mi Ran, so the quality of the drama doesn't need to be doubted. Tells about a teacher named Ko Ha Neul who gets the opportunity to become a contract teacher at a private high school.
Even though he is only a contract teacher, Ha Neul still gives his best to his students, and together with other teachers he helps students to pursue their dreams.
While working as a teacher, Ha Neul realized that this job was not an easy thing to do, plus conflicts and jealousy from fellow contract teachers made his struggle as a teacher difficult. Even though it is tough, in every challenge faced there are many life lessons that can be taken.
Cleaning the Residence of the Dead - Move To Heaven
The title of this drama is taken from the name of the trauma cleaner service company founded by Han Geu Ru's father
The drama Move to Heaven, which aired in 2021, was widely discussed by K-Drama fans because it was considered to have a good and touching storyline. Not only that, the work that was appointed as the theme of this drama is also unique, you know.
The drama, starring Tak Joon Sang and Lee Je Hoon, tells the story of an autistic teenager named Han Geu Ru who lives with his father and is in a job known as a trauma cleaner service provider named Move to Heaven. This trauma cleaner service serves to clean the residence of the deceased.
More specifically, this service offers assistance in cleaning the goods and property of the deceased, including the house of the deceased or the bereaved family. Through this work, it can be seen that there are still people who care about the relics of people who have passed away.
Warden - Prison Playbook
In the drama Prison Playbook will show how the work of a prison warden who is surrounded by inmates can be dangerous
The drama Prison Playbook or Wise Prison Life has a black comedy or satirical comedy genre that aired on tvN in 2017. It tells the story of a famous baseball athlete who has to languish in prison for one year for hitting a stalker who followed his younger sister.
In this drama, it will be shown how the work of the warden, the prison guard whose job is to monitor the movements of each inmate and take care of them. Working as a warden is also not an easy thing because of the night shift that must be undertaken and the work environment surrounded by people who are problematic and criminal, so that wardens are often angered by the behavior of the inmates.
Not only showing the work of a warden, this drama also shows the daily life of inmates who, even though they are depressed because they have to stay in prison, have to survive for the sake of their loved ones who are waiting at home. In addition, through this drama, the audience seems to be told that not everyone in prison is a bad person.
Exorcists and Evil Auras from Haunted Properties - Sell Your Haunted House
Unlike other exorcist work dramas, in Sell Your Haunted House Jang Nara becomes an exorcist and owner of a haunted house real estate company.
There have been many dramas with the theme of exorcising ghosts, but what makes Sell Your Haunted House unique is that the work in this drama expels ghosts on properties such as houses.
It tells the story of a woman named Hong Ji Ah, played by Jang Na Ra, who inherited her mother's exorcism ability and becomes the owner of Daebak Real Estate, a real estate company that specializes in selling haunted houses. Ji Ah then meets In Beom who is a con artist and sells tools that claim to exorcise ghosts.
In Beom gets involved with Ji Ah's exorcism mission and finds out that he actually has the same abilities as Ji Ah. And with In Beom's presence, it makes Ji Ah's job easier because Ji Ah can use the man's body to perform exorcism rituals.
Curator and Fansite Master: Her Private Life
In the drama Her Private Life, Park Min Young plays Sung Deok Mi who works as a curator as well as a fansite master of an idol.
Having a romantic comedy genre, this drama, starring Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook, highlights two jobs at once. The work featured in this drama is that of a curator and fansite master of an idol.
In normal life, Sung Deok Mi works as chief curator at the Cheum Museum of Art. The curator itself is an expert staff who takes care of, maintains, records, and interprets the collection's heritage in works of art, while how the work of the curator itself can be seen in the drama.
Apart from being a curator, Deok Mi is also a fangirl who doubles as a fansite master for an idol named Cha Si An, where Deok Mi will follow the idol's schedule and photograph Si An in various activities and occasions.
Well, it seems that fansite master is indeed a fangirl's dream job because it can interact with idols directly if you are lucky.
Sound Director - Another Miss Oh
In the drama Another Miss Oh, SHINHWA's Eric Mun who plays Park Do Kyung works as a sound director who makes sound for films
This drama became one of the many popular dramas in 2016. In which the drama, played by Seo Hyun Jin and Eric Mun SHINHWA, tells the story of two people who experience the same fate, namely failing to marry their partners.
In this drama, Eric Mun plays the role of Park Do Kyung who works as a sound director, which not everyone knows about this work. The sound director will make sounds in the film by utilizing certain objects or tools to produce the desired or suitable sound.
So, the sound of raindrops or footsteps heard in the film is not the original sound taken during filming.
Product Marketing - Be Melodramatic
In the drama Be Melodramatic, one of the main characters works as a product marketing team in charge of placing sponsored products in the drama scene
For those who like to watch Korean dramas, you must be familiar with the term PPL or product placement, namely the placement of products from sponsors in dramas that must be included in one of the scenes in the drama.
In the drama Be Melodramatic, Han Ji Eun who plays Hwang Han Joo works as the head of the drama production marketing team who is in charge of the task.
Played by Chun Won Hee, Ahn Jae Hong, Jeon Yeo Bin, Han Ji Eun, Gong Myung, and Yoon Ji On, this drama will show how Han Joo works as a product marketing team to put products from sponsors into the drama. so as not to get scolded by the boss or the client.
Meteorological Agency Employees - Forecasting Love and Weather
The drama, played by Park Min Young and Song Kang, is set at the South Korean National Meteorological Agency
This is one of the newest dramas that is being discussed by K-Drama lovers because it is played by the queen of roncoms, Park Min Young and Song Kang. In addition to presenting an adorable love story between the two main players, this drama also shows a unique job that is rarely shown in dramas, you know, namely employees at the South Korean National Meteorological Agency.
The job at this meteorological agency is definitely not an easy matter, because employees have to attend a lot of meetings, plus shift work hours, and must pay close attention to satellite images.
In addition, the task of observing nature is difficult because nature itself is difficult to predict, moreover the weather has its own pattern and there is a formula.
That's a series of Korean dramas with unique work that is rarely shown in most dramas. In addition to the eight dramas above, there are actually a lot of dramas with other unique jobs. So, from the eight dramas above, which job do you think is the most unique?