Ji Chang Wook is one the most popular Korean actors not just in South Korean but also internationally. Apart from being respected in the entertainment industry for his skills and talent, he is also known for his down-to-earth character and personality. With over 15 years of impressive achievement in the acting industry, he has portrayed a wide range of roles in many popular television series and box office films.
With that said, if you’re an avid fan of the 33-year old actor, below we’ve listed the 6 Korean dramas you need to watch starring Ji Chang Wook.
1. Empress Ki
Original Release: October 28, 2013
Number of episodes: 51
Original Network: MBC
Main Cast: Ha Ji-won, Joo Jin-mo, Ji Chang-wook
A list of Ji Chang Wook’s must-watch dramas wouldn’t be complete without the show that put him on the map. The hit historical drama tells the story of Gi Seungnyang (Ha Ji-won), a Goryeo-born woman who marries Toghon Temür (Ji Chang-wook), an emperor of Mongol Empire, and became an empress of the Yuan dynasty.
2. Healer
Original Release: December 8, 2014
Number of episodes: 20
Original Network: KBS2
Main Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Park Min-young, Yoo Ji-tae
The story revolves around a mysterious young man known as ‘Healer’ (Ji Chang-wook) posing as a night courier, an internet reporter (Park Min-young), and a famous news reporter at a major broadcast station (Yoo Ji-tae), whose lives becomes involve with each other while trying to investigate a long-buried case and a series of present day murders.
3. The K2
Original Release: September 23, 2016
Number of episodes: 16
Original Network: tvN
Main Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Im Yoon-ah, Song Yoon-ah
The story revolves around Kim Je-ha (Ji Chang-wook), a former soldier known as K2, who becomes a fugitive after he is wrongfully accused of killing his girlfriend while serving in Iraq. He returns to Korea and gets a job as a bodyguard and plans his revenge to those who wronged him. Along the way, he becomes involved with Go Anna (Im Yoon-ah), a young woman who is also the secret daughter of a presidential candidate, and begin to develop feelings for each other.
4. Melting Me Softly
Original Release: September 28, 2019
Number of episodes: 16
Original Network: tvN
Main Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Won Jin-ah, Yoon Se-ah
Melting Me Softly follows the story of Ma Dong-chan (Ji Chang-wook) and Ko Mi-ran (Won Jin-ah), a participants in an experiment for a variety show. But things don’t go as planned as they became frozen in a capsule for 20 years instead of 24 hours. To overcome the side-effect caused by the incident, the two must follow strict health protocols to maintain their body temperature and keep their heart rate normal.
5. Suspicious Partner
Original Release: May 10, 2017
Number of episodes: 40
Original Network: SBS
Main Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Nam Ji-hyun, Kwon Nara
The story revolves around Noh Ji-wook (Ji Chang-wook), a snobbish prosecutor who finds himself out of his comfort zone and got demoted after he risked his reputation to save Eun Bong-hee (Nam Ji-hyun), a prosecutor trainee who was falsely accused of murder.
6. Lovestruck in the City
Original Release: December 22, 2020
Number of episodes: 17
Original Network: KakaoTV
Main Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Kim Ji-won, Kim Min-seok
In his most recent drama, Ji Chang Wook portrays the character of Park Jae-won, a handsome and passionate architect who is having a hard time forgetting the woman whom he had a short but sweet relationship in the past.
He met Lee Eun-o (Kim Ji-won) in Yangyang Beach under her fake name Yoon Seon-a and fall in love with her. They lived in a beach camping van together for 3 months, but things get complicated when Park Jae-won came back to Seoul, and Lee Eun-o decided to live as the new version of herself, forgetting her other persona and Park Jae-won.
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