Missing: The Other Side (2020)

DEAD PEOPLE ON A VILLAGE

Surprisingly this is a good drama that I can recommend to anyone. A village of dead people who're still undiscovered their dead bodies. Some of them leaving the village spiritually within days but some were longer than 27 years as no one hadn't find their bodies in physical world, their souls still stuck in this village. Like Thomas, the leader of village who might have been there for over 100 years. An old man with young body of 22 years, the age when he died. He opened a cafe where everyone gather and visit, there's a special room when new undiscovered (bodies) came and regroup with the rest of them. Kim Wook who happened to run into this village thought a bit weird, he met a young boy that cried for his mother, he thought these village people kidnap this boy - he promised to find his mom. After called in the police and show them where the boy was, they couldn't see the village nor the boy, determined he's a lunatic.

After being rescued by Jang Joon-Ho the night before, he came back to him to find answer. He explained and started to understand that he could see spirits of dead people while other people didn't see them. With his realization, we wanted the fullfill his promise to the little boy to find his mother and succeeded, by doing that he'd discovered the malice of crime done. The boy saw his mother with happiness and his spirit evaporated. Since then, he determined to help every single spirit in the village would be found their dead bodies so their spirit move on. His friendship with Jang Joon-Ho who's initially been done that expand their investigations by searching and finding evidence to send criminals into jail and where to find victim's bodies. While Jang Joon-Ho had to find his own missing daughter, Kim Wook had also missing mother - which he found her as one of the dead villager.

Three people died on accidents, one end up in dead village Choi Yeo-Na who supposed to get married with Detective Shin within a month. Their love story that make this drama a bit emotional, the construction company involved with this many disappearances was about the inheritance of a sole will. A greedy man that killed everyone from a certain orphanage just to get their DNA and wipe out the possibly a heir grandchild of construction company. Kim Wook's mother as one of the victim was finally found so was everyone else. The ending was great, Kim Wook & Jang Joon-Ha at the end couldn't see the Deon village anymore as their tie to the village was being resolved. Thomas, after 100 years in dead village, his body finally was found and he's gone too to heaven. Great drama, unique story, great acting from Lead & supporting Actors.

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Feel Good drama for the soul

Missing: This Drama

OVERVIEW:
1-10 Episodes; Great
11th Episode; Getting there
12th Episode; good finish with the potential for S2



Likes:
1)feel Good Stories
2) all connected stories
3)Acting
4)Writing
5)setting
6)location location location

Dislikes:
1) cant think of any

OVERALL:
WELL WORTH YOUR TIME

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Missing: This Drama

OVERVIEW:
1-10 Episodes; Great
11th Episode; Getting there
12th Episode; good finish with the potential for S2



Likes:
1)feel Good Stories
2) all connected stories
3)Acting
4)Writing
5)setting
6)location location location

Dislikes:
1) cant think of any

OVERALL:
WELL WORTH YOUR TIME

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It has the storyline, setting, acting and pacing for a good drama. as expected from OCN

STORY
I love the heaviness and complexity of the drama. The painful story of those from the village and their secrets and especially to Yeo Na and Joon Ho’s tragic love. It's been a while since I have cried so much in a drama. Like seriously, this drama just broke me, I was a crying mess. Like that particular scene when Kim Hyun Mi finally realised her son and she was frantically asking Yeo Na about you know who and then she just collapsed in the garden, yelling at the sky, asking why? It felt like someone just ripped out my heart.
I love how the story line progressed and the connections of the main characters, how their lives in some way intertwined. Although I’m not usually the biggest fan of dramas that kind of run the same circles with the main characters, I love the twists and the shocking secrets within the drama. From Kim Wook’s past, Yeon Na’s death, Joon Ho’s story and Mr. Jang’s painful past.
Even though the drama was heavy on the emotions and suspense, I love the little and light funny/witty scenes, especially from Mr. Jang. Even though I was not expecting romance in this drama, there were some pairings that I wished would have worked out but that's just the romantic in me.
I also love how bittersweet the ending was. I wouldn’t say it's a sad ending but it's a very realistic one. That at the very end they have to say goodbye and that loose ends of their story lines are somehow closed. There are three things that really pained my heart at the end, it was with Wook’s Mom, Mr Jang’s daughter and the closing of Joon Ho’s storyline. Especially after finding out about everything and he just broke down in his room and said he couldn't breathe. Oh, I just broke down with him.
It was sad that they have to let go but since they are living, life must go on for them and that they continue on helping those who are in the village despite everything. I did have a few questions that were left unanswered at the end and I kind of didn't notice it until I rewatched it again.


CHARACTERS
Kim Wook is a con artist with a conscience and he is really good at it, like a modern day robin hood, along with his two other friends Jong Ah and Nam Guk. He is a child at heart and a really good man who always tries to do the right thing. He has a temper (that turns out he inherited from his mom) but has a really soft side when it comes to children. He is really loyal to those he cared about, especially to Nam Guk and Jong Ah.

Jang Pan Seok is the old guy who lives in the mountains. He connects the village and the real world by finding the bodies of those who are in the village so that they can cross over. He is the only human in the village (before Wook arrived) but only Thomas and Detective Park know that he is human. The story with his daughter was really sad.

Shin Joon Ho is a good and ambitious detective, although he does have a bit of an attitude. His fiance went missing just a few days before their wedding which was really heartbreaking, well his life is very heartbreaking with all its secrets. He is a bit distant to his mom after she disapproved of his fiance.

Lee Jong Ah is Kim Wook and Nam Guk’s techy friend. She is smart and has this girl next door vibe. I think she is the youngest out of the three musketeers and obviously the smartest. She is really good with computers and technology which was a huge help to Wook in their cons and on finding the missing.

Choi Yeo Na is Shin Joon Ho’s Fiance. Days before her wedding, she had a fight with Joon Ho and before they could ever reconcile she got a knock on her door and she was kidnapped and killed.

Thomas is like the foreman in the village, he was also the first one to arrive in the village when he died during the Korean-Japanese War. He is really good with his hands and the person that most of those living in the village rely on. He is also the first person who usually sees those who just arrive in the village since the “door” is in his cafe.


CAST
I’m not really familiar with Go Soo since I haven’t seen his works yet (I think?) but I’m familiar with some of the cast. Of course I know Ahn So Hee, like any second generation kpop fan knows who she is (lol) and I really enjoyed her on Train To Busan. And she is also my favorite member in Wonder Girls, so… (lol)

I didn’t recognize Heo Joon Ho (Mr. Jang) at first but have always felt that he was somewhat familiar but when I looked through his profile on MDL, I was quite shocked and wanted to hit my head for not recognising him, like he was one of my favorite characters in Kingdom, he played Master Ahn Hyun.

And then there is Ha Joon who played Joon Ho, my favorite character in the drama. I find him really cute and his acting was good. I haven’t seen any of his work but will definitely try to add Black Dog on my watchlist.


FINAL THOUGHTS

I love the suspense and the set up of the drama. The storyline is compelling and the pacing was good and the acting was great. This is a really good drama and I expected nothing less from OCN. and I really appreciate the more realistic and mature ending of the drama.

Would I recommend this? YES! This is definitely worth the watch, it has the storyline, set up, acting and pacing.

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Don't Miss Watching this Series!

This started slow for me but right after episode 3, I cant stop watching and binged all the way to season 2. I personally think season 1 is better but dont get me wrong, they both kept me glued on the screen and anticipating.
It is an excellent drama tbat is welk directed. The story smokthly flowed and every character played a vital role, connected to the story.
I would have missed this show if not for Netflix. I am not sure it is available in other pkatform but if you have the chance, don't skip watchibg this show and stick past the first two episodes.
The way season 2 ended, I am strongly hoping they will have a season 3.

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This drama I picked up and dropped I think around 3 times before I actually sat down and was able to fully get into it. Honestly, once you skip past all the fraud stuff in the beginning and get to the main plot is when I got interested. The background he has with making money in the fraud business really holds nothing during the entire show, it's just there for the first episode to establish his character and never mentioned again.

The village and all the people living in it are really what got me hooked. Once he realized he could save these people, it just kept going up from there. I loved the relationships and bonds that they built within the village and also between the two ML's. Their relationship was so sweet and it really warmed my heart the way he had Wook and Jong-Ah to help him out and be around when needed. Pan-Seok's backstory and whole character is amazing and I felt so awful for him the entire time. I think that was one downfall is that he never really got any closure like Wook was given. It really broke my heart.

The plot twists that do happen are small and not really gasp/jaw dropping, but they still were really nice with adding to the plot. The main storyline doesn't start until around the middle or at least when it all starts unraveling and overall it was pretty good. There were a few things that were unnecessary or a few things that we could've done without, but it didn't take away from the show any. At some times, it felt like so much was going on at once it was hard to keep track, but they do a great job of getting back onto the main plot.

Supernatural dramas have become a quick favorite of mine and this one does a great job with the overall effects of the spirits and when they leave the Village. I wish we could've gotten a more in-depth answer of where they go after honestly. It felt a little uncomplete every time someone passed on since we never really got the goodbye of seeing where they went. Which I guess is part of the main theme of the drama, which is moving on and coping with the grief we have of our loved ones leaving us.

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Emotional wringer

For me this just came out on Netflix in my country so I thought initially that it was new when in fact its 2+ years old. Oh I binged this whole thing over a weekend basically. I was hooked from episode 1. I love love love big ensemble casts with an interesting story and fascinating characters give me this over any straight romance any day of the week. Those final episodes had me crying so hard I actually ran out of tissues and its open ended because I hear season 2 is on its way, maybe that's why it ended up on Netflix . It was really stunning and in many ways I think the acting transcended the story. Don't get me wrong it was amazing from start to finish but the acting really was superb.

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What a emotional drama.

Wah, ini drama yang aku inginkan. kenapa si baru nonton sekarang.
Waktu nonton aku nganggep kalau drama ini lambat banget, pemeran utamanya lama banget percaya dan beraksi gitu. tapi kalau sekarang aku pikir-pikir itu masuk akal, gimana bisa kita tiba-tiba langsung percaya sama hal yang ga mungkin terjadi, 2 episode cukuplah rasaku untuk buat si PU percaya. Pemecahan kasus pertama emang agak jauh jarak waktunya dari pemecahan kasus kedua, tapi setelah itu pemecahan kasusnya langsung beruntun gitu. Sama detektifnya ga pernah kesal si walaupun dia sering ga percaya, karena emang itu ga masuk akal kan. aku salut sama detektifnya, walaupun dia ga terlalu percaya tapi dia masih ngikutin kata si PU. Kisah detektif itu juga memilukan. Tapi jujur masih ga bisa diterima aja diotakku kasus pembunuhan pacarnya tu. ah sudahlah.

Desa ini juga hangat, aku suka liatnya. untuk pemilik bar nya mirip I.N. straykidz coy. gtg bgt. intinya suka sm drama ini dan rekom bgt buat pemula yang baru mulai nonton drama thriller. karena pembunuhannya ga sebrutal drama thriller lain.

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Amazing drama full of warmth and heart

Unexpectedly became one of my fave dramas! Why is this so underrated? It has so much humor, feels, and heart. Don't pre-judge it like me as yet another crime drama because of that poster. This show is a Hotel Del Luna x Black mashup. As Tale of the Nine Tailed, the hidden secrets of a mysterious magical village reeled me in right away. The writer literally took the meaning of a 'ghost' town, and wrote about one. The storytelling charms of 'fish out of water', small town hijinks, 'found family', lost family found again, it's all done thoughtfully in just 12 episodes.

Spoilers:
The gist of the story is Go Soo trying to help the poor souls stuck in the magical village to find their missing bodies, so they can crossover on to 'the other side'. I've been wanting to watch Go Soo for the longest time (because he's gorgeous!), and his take on Kim Wook is so entertaining. Wook comes off as brash and rude, but secretly he's soft and before he knows it, he's already helping each lost soul investigate the mystery behind their deaths. He always 'humble brag' about it lol.

The cohabitation hijinks and partnership of Wook and senior guy Jang Pan Seok (Heo Joon Ho) is fun, they have such good chemistry.. Joon Ho is such an amazing actor, he plays a 'good guy' so well, when I'm used to seeing him all stern and villainy in other shows. His serious face with his deadpan quips are comical. I lol'ed at their Goblin strut. Later on they formed a partnership with tech savvy Jong Ah (Ahn So Hee) which looks so cute.

Police guy Shin Joon Ho played by Ha Joon is a good discovery. He looks so much like actor Yeon Woo Jin! Oftentimes, the police are a nuisance in these kinds of stories, but although he is sometimes a step too late, the way he dedicates himself investigating the case is commendable. He made the ups and downs of the character so believable. The rest of the ensemble cast led by the ever talented Song Geon Hee (Thomas) is wonderful.

As each mysterious case of the townspeople is revealed, the show depicts that desperate pain of having a missing loved one, where you go crazy not knowing if he's dead or not, and you don't even have a body for closure, that devastation of being left behind. The show tackles a lot about life and death, but balances it with lots of humor, heart, and charming characters. It will make you reflect and weigh what's truly most important, and make you want to hug your loved ones a little bit tighter.

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A Decent Twist to the Overly-Saturated Ghosts Kdrama Market

One of the best lesser known Kdramas of 2020. It boasts a twist of originality to the already-saturated ghosts dramas in the form of how the story (or should i say multiple parallel stories) developed. It's also the drama for you if you want to see ghosts kdramas alongside detective's works.

The main leads had great chemistry while the main stories connect with each other but develop at their own respective paces. A great choice if you don't want to invest on longer kdramas (as it only has 13 hours of running time) but still long enough for refreshing and engaging side stories.

Keep in mind that if you are looking for a lovey dovey detectives and ghosts kdramas, this is not it

My only major complaint was that some support roles acting were off. It's subtle but it's pretty annoying. Also, i feel like some characters that don't necessarily need character development got one but the ones that are actually pretty engaged in the main storyline did not get one.

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Truth hidden in bones

I can only praise and recommend this series which was able to aid a little bit in my own ongoing self-healing journey.
Such a prescious gift was for me that I am not feeling the usual need to nitpick on those faults or small misses.
The concept is truly wholesome, the cinematography remarkable. The music is floating around, featherlike, heartwrenching realities depicted in this wonderful series. The victims of gruesome, senseless murders getting a period of calmness before they must go on their way towards the never known final destination. Their souls can heal a little bit before starting off on another journey.
Really hope that we will be blessed with a second season in the future.

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Intriguingly mystic and the plot is so heartfelt

I love the unique plot of finding missing persons and delving into their individual stories. I love how the main plot combines perfectly with the subplots. It started a bit weird for me but it all made sense after a couple of episodes. I started to be really invested on it.

I was thrilled to see casts that are usually an antagonist becoming good protagonists. It was so refreshing to see them in new roles. The chemistry between the cast is also so good that I feel like they really know what they do as a team and how they find these people. The bond among the villagers as well is like a tight-knit community. It's so lovely to watch them.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching this series. I am actually on the 2nd season and it's still amazing. If you're into those supernatural and crime genres, definitely watch this.

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