Move to Heaven (2021)

I cried each episode. Lol.

This drama was one of the best I've seen in a very long time.
I tend to drop dramas a lot if it's not captivating or drags on but each episode touched my heart one way or another. It really made me reflect on bits of my own life and learn about what others may be going through as well.
Each main character was super likeable in their own way and you can see the growth as the drama goes on.
If you need a good cry this drama is for you.

The only reason I didn't give it a 10 out of 10 was because of the last 5mins... butttttt all in all amazing drama.

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Tear-jerking

Every sub-story has its own significant meaning and the build-up was great with gradual progress in the casts' character developments.

I would like to commend on the 2 main casts, Lee Je Hoon (Sang Gu) and Tang Jun Sang (Geu Ru). The way they portray the characters are incredible, especially Geu Ru's character, and helps to better deliver the intended message of the storyline to the audience.

This drama has a heart-warming story plot and highly recommended to watch if you want to sob.
Watch the story unfolds [hint: to know the story behind the main casts] as I was really engaged in the last 1/2 episodes.

I feel that this drama strikes a chord with many of us as it is very relatable to our lives, teaches us to embrace deaths of our loved ones and move on. Most importantly, it reminds me to cherish my current loved ones and not have regrets in future.

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Worth to Watch

I didn't expect much when I started watching it. As I continued to watch every episode, it was such an emotional journey to watch. I am glad to have seen it. It was worth every second of every minute of every episode from start to finish. As someone who lost a loved one, it was a challenge to watch but it helped me process my grief and be able to move on and let go of the pain I had in my heart.

I wish and hope that there will be a second season. Should there be a second season, I can't imagine anyone else replacing the cast. I do hope that they will keep most, if not, all of the original cast members. It was beautifully well-written. I loved the character development of all characters.

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Wow. As everyone has mentioned, this show was beautiful, it was touching, emotional, a bit of comedy here and there. It revolves around a son with Asperger's syndrome, that can't let go of his Dad. That's the main story, but the show is also based on a case-to-case basis where they do trauma cleaning for each deceased in each episode. Geu-ru was raised by the nicest parents, nicest dad ever, and he grew up to be a nice and kind guy too. It's beautiful to see. Then comes the Uncle who is involved in illegal gambling/boxing where he accidentally kills his best friend that's like a bro to him. Then we have the next door girl who has a crush on Geu-ru, Na-mu. Bubbly and cute girl, after Navillera, Seunghee did a great job. Jun Sang and Je Hoon did a great job acting here as well, the emotions especially Ji Jin Hee, wow. I didn't cry as much as I thought I would, but it's undoubtedly a very emotional and slice-of-life drama. Judging from the vague open-ending with Lee Re appearing, I think we can say we should have a Season 2, NETFLIX DO YOUR JOB. Also, seeing that 'Madam' got out safely, I think she still is planning something. I'll be waiting for my season 2, Netflix. This show was a 10/10.

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prepare tissues before watching

wow where to start? this was incredible. it was so moving and touching. it made my heart ache in the best way possible.

story: it's a bit episodic. each episode you get to basically know about another dead person but it also has a more continuous narrative. things like the build up to understanding why sang gu and his brother's relationship was strained and the development of a familial relationship between sang gu and geu ru. the plot has many messages that make us think about human nature. it's heartbreaking because of how real it is. this was so well written and it shows us the flaws and mistakes humans make as well as the many hopes and dreams we all have.

acting: simply wow. i have no words for how well acted this drama is. every actor played their part perfectly. they captured these characters to the very core. lee je hoon's performance as sang gu was beautifully potrayed. he showed the character's flaws, strengths and weaknesses in a way no other actor could've done. tang jun sang who played geu ru very well done. his portrayl of someone who has asperger's imo is very good. the other actors were of course amazing as well. they managed to play their characters in a way that felt real and personal. well done to the cast, seriously well done.

music: ep 5 :( gonna cry everytime i hear "we wish you a merry christmas".

rewatch: i actually rewatched some episodes to cry because i couldn't cry lmao. it worked btw. great if you wanna cry not great if you dont lmao.

overall: this is a masterpiece. it gives us a glimpse into the lives of others. a hard working man who is taken advantage of, an old couple who want to be together till the end, how greed can cloud a person's mind, a couple who never got to be because of parental pressure and prejudice, and how a misunderstanding can cause years of resentment. there's of course more than just the things i've listed (some with more meaning that what i've put lol) so watch it to find out.

it shows how society views death (and trauma cleaners) as something taboo despite it being something that happens everywhere everyday. death isn't really the end. people leave things behind. what their hopes, dreams and unfufilled wishes were.

each episode has a message behind it. some make you frustrated, some make you hope and some will just make you sad. it charges head first into criticizing society, its controversial issues and prejudice. it really makes you think about a million things and feel a million things. one of the best dramas i have ever seen.

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refreshing..

Despite their being trauma cleaners, I actually found this drama very refreshing. I loved the visuals, the drone shots....

Kdramas are truly unique. They have so many original stories which can be eye openers for foreign viewers.
I loved the idea of having these trauma cleaners. For people who have experienced losses, it is truly difficult to go through a loved ones belongings because of all the memories they evoke.

Though this series was short, it showed a different side of loss. In their words, the deceased could speak and tell their stories. True enough, everything they leave behind, be it receipts, old bills etc, can easily tell a story of how they live their daily lives.

This is a recommendable drama the whole family can enjoy

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A heartwarming drama that shows the best of humanity

A touching, beautiful, somewhat magical and heartwrenching drama that played every one of my heartstrings as though it were a melody. Each episode filled with touching and heartbreaking stories of the deceased; and the powerful, warming journey a young boy with autism goes through to not only give peace to those deceased but to give them the final farewell they deserve.

Han Geu Ru, a 20-year-old boy with autism has never had an easy life, he struggles with new challenges and anything outside his set rules. Han Geu Ru's life takes on an even sadder and tragic twist with the sudden death of his father. Having found himself placed into the care of his uncle, a complete stranger fresh out of prison and his childhood friend and neighbour. Together an unlikely and beautiful relationship is formed between Han Geu Ru and his uncle, who once despised Han Geu Ru's father due to a misunderstanding a long time ago.

After a few misunderstandings and incidents, Han Geu Ru comes to trust and love his uncle as a second father, while his uncle learns more about life and the true meaning of it. Through one another the two men grow a strong, unbreakable and loving bond that brings tears to the audience.

An absolute heartwrencher and tearjerker, but it leaves an important message for the audience about life, family and dreams. 'We must always live in the present and not in the past.'

I am very glad to have been able to watch this masterpiece and am grateful to see such an emotional and touching drama. The cast were absolutely phenomenal and played their characters perfectly. What great actors they were to be able to play their characters so well and evoke such emotion and reactions from the audience. A true pleasure to watch.

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Piece of art!

Move to heaven is a story about a boy who has asperger, he and his father used to work as people who are trauma cleaner. When his father one day died, he got a new guarden, his uncle and his fathers half brother. The relationship with the uncle and the father will you know about in the drama and the reason why they aren't close.

The acting in this drama was the best ever, Tang Jung-Sang did an amazing job and showed every emotion and act perfectly. The show will give you a reason to live and show you what life is like. That there will be misunderstandment, that things will go wrong. In this show, you will learn that every person in the world is worthy, even tho they migh have a type of syndrome, even if you aren't "normal". You will have a beautiful ride through every episode. Every episode will bring something new and intresting. The show also shows how people can fall apart but love each other still, toxiety in a family or in a relationship. It will show you that you are worth of living, that even if you think no one will care, there will always be someone who will get hurt and that it just needs someone to speak up for you to get along. Because someone maybe to do so.

The drama will bring up different stories of different people. And everything will be very touching. It was beautifully directed and produced. Everything was pefectly made.

I'm grateful that I gave this drama a chance. I watched it once before but I dropped it (It was when I was in need of some romance drama cuz I watched to many sad ones). I learned many things and got so happy because it feels like the show made me a better type of person. I cried on every episode, every scene and I'm not lying. I was seriously bawling but that may be cuz I'm a crybaby. The drama was a 10/10. I highly recomend it, worth every second of your time.

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Speaker for the Dead meets Rain Man

TL;DR: Move to Heaven is special, go watch it. We need season two. Now.

The longer version: Let's try to keep it short before it turns into a postgrad thesis.

MtH doesn't hit dramatic highs but it works slowly and steadily to breakdown your emotional defence until you can't help but be touched by the many emotional moments presented by the show. On the other hand, it is not a non-stop tear jerker either. How the narratives affects you will depend on your background and your EQ. Have tissues handy, you have been warned.

It tells simple stories of people who have passed away and became clients of this specialist cleaning company. Each short story was handled touchingly and delicately. Their lives seemed mundane on the surface but that was the whole point of the show. These cleaners do more than just clean and pack up the belongings of the deceased. The father and son team have the knack of seeing beyond the flotsam and jetsam of a person's life and see some of their essences and what was their last unfinished task. Their goal is to try to complete that task on their behalf and bring closure to people closest to them, in a sense, they are the speakers for the dead. Along the way, the show touched on many societal ills such as domestic violence, bullying, elderly neglect, etc. They are not unique to Korea but they are certainly prevalent.

The show is almost perfect but not quite. The writer can be too clever and withheld information from the viewers and then did the big reveal and tell you what the clue was after the fact. Most of the heavy lifting was done by the young ML who has Asperger's but also a savant . While he is surrounded by a very supportive found family, they don't seem to do a lot other than bicker among themselves or provide the contrary views to move the plot along and for which the ML debunks as par for the course. It is not quite an ensemble cast in that sense. The uncle's cage fighting and back story added a nice action component and complexity to his character. However, some misunderstanding that lasted for years was too easily resolved in the end.

Speaking of back stories. The show was arranged sort of back to front so the show started with the forced cohabitation of basically strangers and the second half of the show revealed their complicated back stories via lots of flash backs (have tissues handy) and explained how their lives were changed. It worked quite well but the problem we have here is that the show felt like it came a full circle and then it ended. If it was the standard 16 episodes, it could have ended properly. In the 10 episodes we got, we got revelations, character growth, some closures and everything was in place for the show to go forward but it just stopped. There were hints of budding romances, the cleaning company was finally on solid footings, an antagonist that was set for revenge, even a curious new job offered in the dying minutes of the show. If that does not hint at a second season I don't know what does. Please, please give us another season. We besiege you, Old Mighty Netflix!

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Mind-blowing! Deserves to stay at top in MDL list

I always love the anthology genre and this one is just a master piece. Great drama with essence of life. Very unique story. I am highly impressed with the creativity! It is little slow sometimes but that is really required to enjoy the flow of the story. Kind of : " sit back and relax and merge in the deep thinking and realize yourself" - type feelings.

Altogether this drama touches the heart. I will recommend: keep your tissue box ready while watching it. So wonderfully it directs the viewers to appreciate the life in a completely pure teary way! The whole story very carefully shows a nice development of human-relation and understandings. This drama leaves behind a life-changing feeling while opening up a very unique view-point to enjoy life with simplicity. It also delivers a very deep message with high moral values which is basically about " how one need to preserve kindness in heart even everything goes wrong in the life". If one fully observe the life story of "Han Jung Woo", there is a lot to learn from it. With traumatic childhood, almost destroyed broken family at teenage, without parents, separation/death of close ones and all other typical odds are there in his throughout unfortunate short life; in spite of that he is an epitome of success. His short life is a "worth of living". He had dealt every odd situation in his life with a very kind and open heart. A traumatic childhood can destroy soft core of any human heart and equally capable of turning them into a monster. We have seen this in many dramas where often negative characters are being justified on the basis of this factor. But Han Jung Woo have shown how to live a life as a fragrant beautiful lotus flower while being born in mud: Untouched by the impurity ( lotus symbolizes the purity of heart and mind). He not only healed himself but also with his fragrance of kindness he enlightened people around him, even after his death. A very respectful, strong and obviously a very rare personality. We have a lot to learn from this character and I believe we can at least try if we open our minds and observe him carefully.
I am very thankful to the writer who created this character! Now-a-days when a "distorted personality" gets to be glorified in dramas/ movies as a "lead character", feed by sympathy of traumatic past or difficult unfortunate circumstances, the character like "Han Jung Woo" is highly desirable and should be introduced in dramas more frequently to keep our thinking straight and strengthen our mind. This selfless character is very practical, without any "false modesty" or "unrealistic traits". I would love to enjoy such characters as main leads in more dramas in future.

In a gist, this drama have just touched my heart, blown my mind. Absolutely loved it. Very emotional concept with very powerful message. It deserve to be #1 in MDL list. I am very happy that this drama justified its position in MDL list.

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A touching story that doesn't leave a single eye dry.

This is probably the most Jdrama-ish Kdrama I've seen and I'm saying that with only positivity in my mind.

An emotional tale that will make you cry in about every episode.

When you die, do you think that you will disappear?
This drama will tell you the answer. That even if you are gone, pieces of you are left behind with the people that cared about you. Your belongings will tell about your life, your last time on this earth. It will show your struggles, your hopes and dream. And no matter how alone you think you are, when you are gone, there will be someone that misses you and grieves for you. Even when you are not here, you will never truly be gone.

The main cast is an interesting bunch as well. A dad that is the greatest dad in the world, a son that is special but because of that, he can see things no one else can. An uncle that is broken, but is beginning to heal. And the next door neighbour that is pretty much family.
All of these are part of what makes this drama great. Their story, their grief and their hopes and dream as well as their work as trauma cleaners.

10 episodes filled with lots of emotions and a different view on life. Here's to another season with more stories, both sad and happy.

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Can't recomend this drama enough, a hidden jewel on Netflix

I'll say I'm not on the Asparger syndrome spectrum, but I'm glad there is a show with a main character that is.

S. Korea has good dramas, but since "while you were sleeping" there hadn't been a drama that grabbed me that hard like "move to heaven". Every episode was unique on its own and made me cry. There story is well written and I liked the arc both Geuru and Sanggu (especially Sanggu). The stories were varied and it was great, I enjoyed crying every every time. Nothing feels repetitive. I feel like the story is perfectly finished, I don't need a second season.

The acting was good even from supporting cast and Tang Jun Sang is definatly on my list of stars to watch for their next project. As I mentioned, I'm not on the spectrum, so that's not something I can judge, but he clearly stepped into a role that's not easy and he did good job at it IMO.

I like the fact that unlike many dramas, the show didn't use catchy Kpop songs. Don't get me wrong- I LOVE those songs, drama are my only way to be exposed to new great songs. But in this drama I think it actually works with classic music in the background.

I'll admit I didn't understand the last scene- what do white butterflies represent in Korea? (not a spoiler cuz... I'm going to tell in what context they were).

I think the drama is worth watching and I want to tell everyone about it. If I had Youtube channel, I would make a video of how much I loved it.

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