One of the reasons I was so excited about the release of the first season of Squid Game was because of how stacked the cast was. Now, the Squid Game 2 characters have gotten even more talent, from idols to icons, and have made the second season of the Netflix Korean series an immediate must-watch.
The series has a recent fave like Wi Ha-joon (also romanized as Wi Ha-jun), who I fell in love with after I saw him as a villain in Midnight. It even has the man from one of my favorite films of all time, I Saw the Devil, Lee Byung-hun. Add in two more icons with Gong Yoo and Lee Jong-jae, and it’s clear that Squid Game is s-tier in terms of acting talent.
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If you fell in love with Squid Game 2 characters, you’re probably looking for something to watch next, and luckily, there is no shortage of dramas, films, and music videos. With villains, sons, heroes, and folks in between, here’s what you should do next to see your favorite Squid Game 2 actors in completely different roles.
Wi Ha-joon as Jun-ho
The Worst of Evil
Director: Han Dong-wook
Writer: Han Dong-wook
Where to Watch: Hulu, Disney+
In 1995, Korea and Japan team up in a joint investigation to dismantle the illicit drug trade flowing from Korea to Japan. Jun-mo, a countryside detective, courageously ventures undercover into the rising evil gang, Gangnam Cartel, seeking a special promotion. Little did he know that he was walking into the complex relationship between his wife, Eui-jeong, and Ki-cheol, the boss of Gangnam Cartel. Caught in the inescapable web of fate, Jun-mo’s anxiety increases. He must dig deeper and move faster to unravel the truth.
Can they ever return to their normal lives once the mission is complete? Who will have the last laugh in this game, and who is the worst of evil?
Midnight
Director: Kwon Oh-seung
Writer: Kwon Oh-seung
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Fear grips the country of South Korea as a serial killer (Squid Game star Wi Ha-jun) stalks its residents. Kyung-mi, a deaf woman, is out late with her mother when she stumbles upon a young woman bleeding out in a dark alley. Now a witness to the killer’s brutal crime, Kyung-mi (Jin Ki-joo) is being ruthlessly hunted down. Will she survive or become his victim?
Little Women
Director: Kim Hee-won
Writer: Jeong Seo-kyeong
Where to Watch: Netflix
While loosely inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” the Korean adaptation takes a darker, more thriller-like approach. The three sisters, facing financial hardship, become entangled in a mystery involving a large sum of money missing, leading them to confront powerful figures.
Lee Byung-hun as The Front Man
Concrete Utopia
Director: Um Tae-hwa
Writer: Um Tae-hwa
Where to Watch: Viki
After a massive earthquake, only one apartment building is left standing in Seoul, South Korea. Survivors flock to Hwang Gung Apartments, but residents cannot cope with the increasing numbers.
I Saw The Devil
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Writer: Park Hoon-jung, Kim Jee-woon
Where to Watch: Prime Video
On a dark road, taxi driver Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) comes across a scared female motorist stranded in a broken-down vehicle. He pulls over — but not to help her. When the woman’s head is discovered in a local river, her devastated fiancé, Kim Soo-hyeon (Lee Byung-hun), a trained secret agent, becomes obsessed with hunting down her killer. Once he finds Kyung-chul, things get twisted. After brutally beating the murderer, Kim lets him go free, and a demented game of cat and mouse begins.
Mr. Sunshine
Director: Lee Eung-bok, Jihyeon Jeong, Jang Young-woo
Writer: Kim Eun-sook
Where to Watch: Netflix
A Korean boy from a poor family who ends up in the United States after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to his homeland during a historical turning point. Now an officer in the American military, Eugene (Lee Byung-hun) falls in love with Ae-sin (Kim Tae-ri), an aristocrat’s daughter, and discovers a dark scheme to colonize the country from which he once fled. Ae-sin tries to figure out if Eugene is a friend as they wonder what the English word “love” means.
Gong Yoo as The Recruiter
The Trunk
Director: Kim Kyoo-tae
Writer: Park Eun-young
Where to Watch: Netflix
A clandestine marriage service is uncovered when a trunk washes up on the shore of a lake, bringing to light the strange marriage between a couple in the thick of it all.
Train to Busan
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Writer: Yeon Sang-ho, Park Joo-suk
Where to Watch: Hi-Yah
Train to Busan is a harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak. They are trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to the Safe Zone, which may or may not still be there.
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Director: Lee Eung-bok and Kwon Hyuk-chan
Writer: Kim Eun-sook
Where to Watch: Viki
Betrayed by his king, Kim Shin (Gong Yoo), a decorated military general from the Goryeo Dynasty, was forced to watch his family die before him. Saved by the Almighty yet condemned to eternal life as a goblin, Kim Shin uses his supernatural abilities to save humans, including the mother of Ji Eun-tak (Kim Go-eun), an optimistic high school student with a strange connection to the supernatural.
When Eun-tak is repeatedly drawn to him, Kim Shin wonders if she might be the one he has spent an eternity searching for, the only one who can set his soul free, the Goblin Bride.
Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun
The Hunt
Director: Lee Jung-jae
Writer: Jo Seung-Hee
Where to Watch: Prime Video
A spy movie based on the 1980s National Security Planning. Park Pyeong-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung) are agents for the National Security Agency. They are both elite at their jobs and rivals. The two men chase after a North Korean spy director sent to South Korea. They soon uncover a hidden truth.
Deliver Us From Evil
Director: Hong Won-chan
Writer: Hong Won-chan
Where to Watch: Hi-Yah
An ex-government assassin determined to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl linked to his past finds himself the target of a deranged killer seeking revenge for his brother’s death.
The Housemaid
Director: Im Sang-soo
Writer: Kim Ki-young, Im Sang-soo
Where to Watch: AMC+
Eun-yi (Jeon Do-yeon), a poor Korean woman, takes a job as a domestic servant in the lavish home of Hoon Goh (Lee Jung-jae), a handsome businessman whose wife Hae-ra (Seo Woo) is pregnant. Under the tutelage of her new boss, longtime employee, and familial confidant Byung-sik (Youn Yuh-jung), Eun-yi quickly learns the ways of the house — and that Hoon’s word is law. But when Eun-yi allows Hoon to seduce her, the benefits of her new position become dwarfed by the consequences of her actions.
Im Si-wan (also romanized as Yim Si-wan) as Myung-Gi
Unlocked
Director: Kim Tae-joon
Writer: Kim Tae-joon
Where to Watch: Netflix
On her way home from work, Na-mi (Chun Woo-hee) loses her smartphone, which contains everything about her. Jun-yeong (Im Si-wan) finds Na-mi’s phone and returns it to her, but after installing spyware. By tracking her everyday life, he learns all he can about Na-mi—her whereabouts, hobbies, tastes, work life, finances, and social network—and approaches her by concealing his true identity.
In the meantime, police detective Ji-man (Kim Hie-won) finds traces of his son Jun-yeong at a murder crime scene and secretly investigates Jun-yeong, suspecting the worst. Na-mi is relieved to have found her phone, but not too long, her ordinary life turns upside down and spirals out of control.
Summer Strike
Director: Lee Yoon-jung
Writer: Lee Yoon-jung, Hong Moon-pyo
Where to Watch: Netflix
Lee Yeo-reum (Kim Seol-hyun) is a young woman whose career and life are going very well. She has just been awarded permanent contract status at work, and she has a boyfriend she likes very much. But work is starting to get stressful, and then she is hit with a double whammy of misfortune. Her mother dies in a tragic accident just moments after she is dumped by her boyfriend. Feeling utterly dejected and burned out, she decides to quit her job, head to the seaside, and do absolutely nothing for a while – at least until she can recharge her batteries and recover mentally.
She moves to a small seaside village named Angok. It is here that she meets An Dae-beom (Im Si-wan), a stuttering librarian who also has his share of skeletons in the closet. Many years ago, he was a math prodigy with a bright academic future ahead of him. But circumstances have forced him away from the big city and the scholastic life. What will happen when these two lost souls meet – and will a spell of “doing nothing” in this small town really cure their ills?
Run On
Director: Lee Jae-hoon
Writer: Park Shi-hyun
Where to Watch: AMC+, Netflix
Ki Sun-Gyeom (Im Si-wan), a former sprinter forced to quit due to legal troubles, meets Oh Mi-joo (Shin Se-kyung), a translator of movie subtitles who believes their encounter is fate. Meanwhile, Seo Dan-ah (Choi Soo-young), the CEO of a sports agency and the rightful heir to Seomyung Group, battles gender discrimination while pursuing her goals. Lee Young-hwa (Kang Tae-oh), an art major with a love for movies, enters her life. Could romance blossom for these two couples?
Any of the ZE:A music videos
ZE:A[제국의아이들] Mazeltov MV
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Jo Yuri as Jun-Hee
Yang Dong-geun as Yong-Sik
Moving
Director: Park In-je
Writer: Kang Full
Where to Watch: Hulu, Disney+
Kim Bong-seok (Lee Jung-ha), Jang Hui-su (Go Youn-jung), and Lee Gang-hun (Kim Do-hoon), seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong-seok can fly, Hui-su possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, and Gang-hun wields uncanny strength and speed. As they conceal their gifts, their parents fight to shield them from exploitation by others, navigating a delicate balance between secrecy and protection.
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Director: Na Hyeon
Writer: Na Hyeon
Where to Watch: Netflix
With the highest spy density in the world, Shenyang is the geopolitical key point in Northeast Asia. Kang-in (Sol Kyung-gu), team leader of the BlackTeam dedicated to overseas secret operations in South Korea, is active in Shenyang. He is a veteran who will do anything and everything to accomplish his mission, and he is commonly referred to as ‘Yaksha.’
One day, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) found out that all of the report findings on local trends in Shenyang (sent by the Black Team) were actually fake. Seriously troubled by this, the 4th Director of the NIS, Ms. Yeom Jeong-won (Jin Kyung), dispatches Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office Prosecutor, Han Ji-hoon (Park Hae-soo), as a special inspector.
Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P.) as Thanos
Iris (Iris: The Movie)
Director: Kim Kyu-tae, Yang Yun-ho
Showrunner: Jung Tae-won
Where to Watch: Netflix
Two best friends receive training from the Special Mission Battalion and later get picked by an NSS agent. However, their lives change when both of them fall in love with the same woman.
Any BigBang Music Video
BIGBANG – 뱅뱅뱅 (BANG BANG BANG) M/V
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