I love it when they get out of Seoul to film. In the countryside, somehow, the romance is sweeter, quieter and more heartfelt. Here’s a list of countryside romance kdramas I have watched so far…
Hometown Cha Cha Cha – rated 8.5 stars
with Shin Min Ah & Kim Sun Ho
Yoon Hye Jin is a dentist who lost her job in Seoul. She visits a coastal town, Gongjin, and decides to put up her own dental clinic. There, she meets handyman, Hong Doo Sik, who does all sorts of job, and is known in the entire town as Chief Hong.
It’s Okay to Not be Okay – rated 9 stars
with Kim Soo Hyun & Seo Ye Ji
Moon Kang Tae works as a psychiatric caregiver and also takes care of his grown up brother who has special needs. He is great at his job but he doesn’t stay long in one hospital or employer. Due to a childhood trauma, he moves around with his brother a lot. Moon Kang Tae meets Ko Moon Young, a popular, successful and eccentric kids book author. Ko Moon Young takes a liking to Moon Kang Tae and starts following him around.
I’ll Find You on a Beautiful Day – rated 8.5 stars
with Park Min Young & Seo Kang Joon
After a failed teaching career in Seoul, Mok Hae Won goes back to the countryside where she grew up and studied. She meets again her former classmate Im Eun Sub who now owns a bookshop and is quite content with his life in the village. Little did she know that Im Eun Sub liked her a lot even when they were still young but opted to admire her from the far.
Forest – rated 7.5 stars
with Park Hae Jin & Jo Bo Ah
Kang Sun Hyuk does everything to acquire important business deals even if that would mean joining a special rescue team in order to get a good glimpse of Miryeong forest, which has a potential to be turned into a resort. He gets to share a house in Miryeong village with a surgical resident, Jung Young Jae, who got kicked out from a top hospital in Seoul because of an incident.
Crash Landing on You – rated 9 stars
with Hyun Bin & Son Ye Jin
A South Korean heiress lands in North Korea by accident when she was paragliding. She is captured by a North Korean soldier who treats her well and helps her get out of the country safely. But the more time she spends longer with her captor, the more she is falling for him.
When the Camellia Blooms – rated 8 stars
with Gong Hyo Jin & Kang Ha Neul
Dong Baek starts a new life with her son in a small town, opening a bar called Camellia. She is being criticized and bullied by her neighbours for the kind of livelihood she is having but that doesn’t stop a few people to admire and respect her. One of them is Hwang Yong Shik, a constable. His persistent character makes Dong Baek consider falling in love again.
Sweet Stranger and Me – rated 6.5 stars
with Soo Ae & Kim Young Kwang
Hong Na Ri, a beautiful flight stewardess goes home to her deceased mother’s house only to find out that it’s now owned by a guy Go Nan Gil, who lives there and runs the family dumpling business. She finds out that her mother married Go Nan Gil and he’s not just running the family business but also is the legal owner of the family’s house and land.
Descendants of the Sun – rated 9 stars
with Song Joong Ki & Song Hye Kyo
Capt Yoo Shi Jin, a member of the Korean special force met the very pretty and talented surgeon Kang Mo Yun at the hospital where the latter was working. Trying to have a date with a soldier was almost impossible but their fate to be together got sealed when both were assigned in a far away, post-war country called Urk. Meanwhile the captain’s close comrade Sgt. Seo is having a complicated relationship with their commander’s daughter, Yoon Myung Joo.
with Cha Seung Won & Kim Sun Ah
An average woman working in the city hall becomes the mayor out of circumstances. She falls in love with the former deputy mayor who played a big role in her taking the office.
The Vineyard Man – rated 8.5 stars
with Oh Man Suk & Yoon Eun Hye
A city girl moving to the countryside to fulfill the request of her granduncle. In return she’ll inherit the vineyard. She then fell in love with the farmer working there.
with Lee Dong Wook & Lee Da Hae
A tour guide girl meets rich guy when the latter needed a translator to welcome his foreign guests. Things got complicated when rich guy hires girl to act as the lost granddaughter of his grandpa.
