The rankings of the best Korean dramas selected by Japanese spectators have been revealed, attracting acute attention
On March 5 (local time), the website of the Japanese portal “Yahoo Japan” recently announced the results of the survey on “Best K-drama in my life”. The survey was conducted on 6334 women of all ages in Japan.
According to the survey, the 5th Korean drama much loved in Japan was “Stairway to Heaven” by SBS (2003), with Kwon Sang-Woo and Choi Ji-Woo, with 191 votes. The 4th place was taken from the 2009 drama of SBS “You Beautiful” with 201 votes.
“Crash Landing On You” by Tvn, broadcast in 2019, landed in 3rd place with 232 votes. With Hyun Bin and his son Ye-Jin, the drama tells the love story of the south-secorean Chaebol Yoon, who made an accident in North Korea accident due to an accident, and the North Korean soldier Ri Jeong-Hyuk, who tried to save her. At the time of its transmission, the drama reached the highest evaluation records. Starting from 6% in episode 1, its assessments have increased constantly and have reached 21% in the final episode. As a result, “Crash Landing on You” has become the highest drama in the history of TVn, exceeding the record is 20.5% set by “Goblin”.
The second place went to MBC’s drama “Dae Jang Geum” with 431 votes. With Lee Young-Ae and Ji Jin-Hee, this historical drama concerned the growth of a court lady named SEO Jang-Geum as a right woman during the Joseon dynasty. “Dae Jang Geum” is considered a representative drama that caused the Korean wave. At the time of its transmission, the drama gained explosive popularity and saw its assessments increase abruptly. Starting from 19.8% in episode 1, the drama exceeded 40% in episode 17 and reached the apex of 57.8% in episode 54. On the air that the same time, “Stairway to Heaven” also recorded high votes but was unable to beat “Dae Jang Geum”.
The drama n. 1 In this survey was nothing more than KBS’s “Winter Sonata” with 498 votes. With Bae Yong-Joon and Choi Ji-Woo, the drama has not only had success in Korea, with an average audience of 23.1%, but also in Asia, especially in Japan. Aired in 2022, tells the first love story of three people.
In April 2003, a year after the end of the drama in Korea, the Japan Broadcasting Association published the dubbed version of “Winter Sonata”. After the transmission of the nicknamed drama, the Korean wave spread widely in Japan. In addition, the hairstyle of Choi Ji-Woo and the Bae Yong-Joon scarf in the drama have even become a trend, demonstrating the influence of the Japanese-style Korean dramas.
In the meantime, the top 5 of the survey were followed by “Goblin” with 162 votes, “What is wrong with the secretary Kim” with 157 votes, “She was nice” with 155 votes “,” Iteewon class “with 154 votes and” Squid Game “with 150 votes.
