JAKARTA - Two names of Korean dramas were nominated for Critics Choice this year. One of the biggest awards in the field of this series included Extraordinary Attorney Woo and Pachinko.
Both were nominated for the Best Foreign Language Series. Extraordinary Attorney Woo and Pachinko were nominated along with 1899, Borgen, Garcia!, The Kingdom Exodus, Kleo, My deep Friend, and Tehran.
The winner announcement will be held on January 15, 2023 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
This is the second time a Korean drama has been nominated for a prestigious award like Critics Choice. In the previous year, Squid Game won two awards including the Best Foreign Language Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series starring Lee Jung Jae.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo is one of the titles that received a positive response during the broadcast period. This drama was successful with the highest rating in broadcast history through the television station ENA.
In addition, this drama also ranks first in the series on Netflix beating a number of original titles. This success made ENA plan to continue the story Extraordinary Attorney Woo.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo tells of Woo Young Woo (Park Eun Bin), a lawyer with autism. He has a high IQ and makes him start a career as a lawyer at a big firm.
This year Pachinko also made great appreciation. The original Apple TV + series gained attention and won various nominations such as Emmy, Gold Derby, Gothan Independent Film, and others.
Adapted from a novel of the same name, Pachinko tells the story of Kim Sun Ja's journey (Youn Yuh Jung) during the Japanese colonial period. He is in a relationship with a broker named Hansu (Lee Min Ho). Sunja who is pregnant just found out that Hansu is already married.
Sunja was married to a pastor named Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh) and went to Japan. There they live with Yosep (Han Junwoo) and Kyunghee (Jung Eunchae).
Attorney Woo's extraordinary audience can be watched on Netflix while Pachinko can be watched on Apple TV+.
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