Korean drama (Korean: 한국드라마), k-drama for short, refers to televised dramas, in a miniseries format, produced in South Korea. Many of these dramas have become popular throughout Asia, with growing interest in other parts of the world. K-dramas have contributed to the general phenomenon of the Korean wave, known as Hallyu (Korean: 한류), and also "drama fever" in some countries.
Korean dramas run from 16 to over 100 episodes. The synopses available in Wikipedia usually give the episode count, as do the various streaming sites. Most series have episodes an hour long. Thus, one of the shorter 16 episode k-dramas might run 960 minutes. In comparison, BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice runs 330 minutes. The American mini-series Lonesome Dove runs 384 minutes; Noble House, 376 minutes.
Read more about Korean Drama: Time Slots, Categories of Prime-time Drama, Notable Actors, References in Other Media
Famous quotes containing the word drama:
“Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God, our conscience, and ourselves. Tears, griefs, depressions, disappointments, irritations, good and evil thoughts, decisions, uncertainties, deliberations—all these belong to our secret, and are almost all incommunicable and intransmissible, even when we try to speak of them, and even when we write them down.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)