K-Dramas like The Story of Kang Gu

12 shows with a similar feel

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  The Nice Guy (2025)Also drama · family

  Seok-cheol, the eldest son in a family of three generations of gangsters, navigates the tumultuous ups and downs of life with tears and laughter, all to protect his family, career, and love.
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  Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)Also drama

  Eun Gye-hoon, a famous chef, opens a restaurant in a town he lived when he was a little kid. In the past, he had a twin sister. But after a traumatic incident tat the hometown, the family lost her. He used to have a strong emotional link to his sister, able to synchronize with any kinds of feelings she was having. When Noh Da-hyun, a young woman in need of help, visits him one day, Gye-hoon starts to feel that strong link again.

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  The Manipulated (2025)Also drama

  Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.

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  Reunited Worlds (2017)Also drama

  Although born in the same year, two childhood friends end up being 13 years apart because they have aged surprisingly at different places (worlds) for some strange reason. Now Eom Hyeon Soo is a 31-year-old woman but Sung Hae Sung is still a 18-year-old boy. Cha Won Yooung is a chef also interested in Eom Hyeon Soo.

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  Siren's Kiss (2026)Also drama

  Ace insurance investigator Cha Woo-seok hunts a fraud ring tied to mysterious deaths and becomes dangerously entangled with Han Seol-ah, a flawless art auctioneer whose lovers all seem to die. As attraction and suspicion blur, he must uncover whether she’s a killer or a victim, before the truth costs him his life.

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  Curtain Call (2022)Also drama · family

  A drama about an elderly woman from North Korea who doesn’t have much time left to live and a theatre actor who acts as her grandson in order to fulfill her final wish.
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  Pride (2004)Also drama

  Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.
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  主夫メゾン (2021)Also drama

  A fashionable condominium found by a newlywed, but the living conditions are limited to "house husband"? Maison de Otto, a condominium limited to full-time husbands' families. Although it is a fashionable 2LDK in a prime location in Shibuya, Tokyo, the rent is only 50,000 yen a month, so to live in this super-favorable condominium, Riku became a "house husband" without even thinking about it. Kamiya Riku moves with his wife, and the story begins! A heart-full romantic comedy that provides dreams, longing, and healing.
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  Beach (2003)Also drama
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  Super Seisyun Brothers (2013)Also family

  The story involves two pairs of teenage elder sister and younger brother, the Shinmoto's who are a bit narcissistic and the Saitou's who look a bit mysterious. It follows their everyday life in school and at home.
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  Out with a Bang (2022)Also drama

  Professional e-sports player Xiao Yichuan, facing retirement, is recruited by the passionate Xiong Jiujiu to join her struggling grassroots e-sports team. Alongside maverick Xiao Yixhuan, theory king Hong Yang, rising talent Chu Tian, and self-funded player Dong Shi, they must overcome fierce rivals and internal challenges to prove themselves on the competitive gaming stage.
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  The Melody of LoveAlso drama

  Yue Yangyang, a legendary musician in hiding, and Shao Yi, an undercover music spirit, find themselves unlikely allies on a quest to gather sacred music spirits. As they navigate rivalries and uncover secrets, their journey unveils the legendary melodies of the divine score.