Netflix’s new k-drama series The Bequeathed was released to streaming today (January 19).The series focuses on Yoon Seo-ha (Hellbound‘s Kim Hyun-joo), a lecturer who inherits a family burial ground after the death of her uncle.
However, the sudden appearance of her half-brother Kim Yeong-ho (Itaewon Class‘ Ryu Kyung-soo) complicates the situation when he demands that he has a stake in the burial ground.Things get increasingly ominous when police officers Choi Seong-joon (My Name‘s Park Hee-soon) and Park Sang-min (Moving‘s Park Byung-eun) show up to investigate a series of mysterious murders that took place nearby.The six-episode show was first announced back in October, and it is based on a popular webtoon by Kang Tae-kyung.
It is co-written by Hellbound and Train to Busan creator Yeon Sang-ho, alongside Hwang Eun-young and series director Min Hong-nam.The trailer for the series was released earlier this month, opening with Seo-ha being informed of her uncle’s death. “That crazy bastard is killing people around me one by one to inherit that burial ground all by himself,” Seo-ha tells the police, as things in her life slowly spin out of control.“Give me the family burial ground.
That’s the only way you can live,” her half-brother Young-ho begs, as the trailer comes to an end.At the time of writing (January 2024), Netflix has not renewed the series.
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