Disney+ dropped key art and a trailer for its recently released Korean drama, Snowdrop.
The drama centers on the forbidden romance of a young couple. Eun Yeong-ro (played by Jisoo) will find herself turned against her family and even her country in order to aid a North Korean man, Lim Soo-ho ((played by Jung Hae-In), who she encounters, soaked in blood and carrying a dark past. Snowdrop was written by Yoo Hyun-mi and directed by Jo Hyun-tak, the duo behind the 2018’s Sky Castle.
The series has already premiered overseas on Dec. 18, where it enjoyed widespread success– becoming one of the top five most-watched titles in the majority of the Asia Pacific region during its first five weeks on Disney+. Snowdrop premiered on Korean television network JTBC and Disney+, before arriving on the streaming service in the U.S. on Feb. 9. All 16 episodes are currently available.
Snowdrop is set in a pivotal moment in South Korea’s history, 1987, which saw the June 1987 Democracy Movement and the subsequent end of the authoritarian Fifth Republic of Korea and the establishment of the democratic Sixth Republic of Korea.
Lim Soo-ho is undercover as a graduate student until he is discovered by Eun Yeong-ro (Jisoo), a university student. Rather than report the spy, Yeong-ro hides him from authorities in her dorm room at her women’s university. Unbeknownst to her, there is more to this man than meets the eye. As the nation shifts around them, the two grow closer and develop a forbidden romance.
Since its development, the series has been embroiled in a number of controversies, beginning with its synopsis. A number of concerns were raised when the description leaked online, as many believed Snowdrop would include historically inaccurate or insensitive depictions of events and characters involved in a sensitive period of time in South Korea’s recent history and its pro-democracy movement. After it premiered in South Korea, petitions were started, calling for the show to be taken off the air. Some of these petitions managed to gather several hundred thousand signatures.
Presidential candidate Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party even commented on the show and its depiction of history, stating, “If we are going to shine a light in a harsh era, the protagonist should be our ordinary citizens who shed blood, sweat and tears for the democracy of the Republic of Korea, not the security guards and spies of the South faction under the dictatorship.” She added, “creative freedom should be humble when faced with of the scars of history.”
Source: Disney+, Daum
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