Fantasy is not a new genre for K-Drama land. In fact some of their most popular shows ever are fantasy romances, be it ‘Guardian: The Lonely & Great God’ or ‘My Love from the Star’. It’s also very evident from the number of fantasy shows the Industry churns every year. The recent success of ‘Bulgusal: Immortal Souls’ on Netflix is a very evident example of the same.
This week, Netflix is all set to premiere ‘Alchemy of Souls‘, another much awaited magical fantasy sageuk (historical). From the makers of ‘Hotel Del Luna’ and ‘My Girlfriend is a Gumiho’, The story of ‘Alchemy of Souls’ is set in a fictional country called Daeho that is non-existing in the history or geographical maps. The story revolves around young magicians aka sorcerers dealing with heaven and earth as they grow, learn,fall in love and overcome their twisted fates.
Alchemy of Souls is a much awaited K-Drama written by the popular Hong Sisters, aka Hong Jung-eun and Hong Mi-ran who has written some super successful fantasy shows like My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, A Korean Odyssey and most recently Hotel Del Luna. It’s a much awaited come-back show for the Hong sisters after 3 years. The show stars Lee Jae-wook, Jung So-min and Hwang Min-Hyun in lead roles and streams on Netflix India from 18th June, 2022.
Watch the teaser here :