In 2022, Korean dramas broke out! Smash money, single set investment exceeds 10 million yuan

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In recent years, the production of Korean dramas has become more and more sophisticated. In particular, Hollywood platforms such as Netflix, Disney +, and Apple TV + have participated in the investment in Korean dramas, resulting in the birth of such blockbuster dramas as Lee corpse Korea, squid game, and forced landing of love, which are deeply loved by the audience. Moreover, Korean dramas throw money very badly. The investment in a single episode of squid game alone exceeds 10 million yuan!

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In 2022, popular Korean dramas such as “juvenile court”, “pinball game” and “extraordinary lawyer Yu Yingzhen” have been born, and the crime drama “Suriname”, which is claimed to be the largest investment at present, is waiting to be released. Let’s take a look at this year’s investment ranking of Korean dramas according to the resources found!

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“Pinball game” has a total of 8 episodes and costs $80 million

Total production cost: about 540 million yuan, and the cost of a single episode is as high as 10 million US dollars

The Apple TV + Series “pinball game”, starring Yin Ruzhen, Li minhao and Jin Minhe, is the largest Korean American drama invested in streaming media at present. The cost of a single episode is as high as US $10 million. It is also the first epic Korean drama adapted and shot by Apple TV +.

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“Pinball game” tells the story of four generations of Korean immigrant families. They came to Osaka, Japan, from North Korea during the Japanese occupation period. They experienced World War II and the Korean War and continued to Yokohama, Tokyo and even New York in the foam economy era of Japan in the late 1990s. At present, the play has a good reputation, and Apple TV + is preparing to shoot the second season.

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Zombie campus has 12 episodes and costs 20 billion won

Total production cost: about 100 million yuan / single episode production cost: About 8.33 million yuan

Because Netflix’s Korean dramas have launched such blockbuster products as “Lee corpse North Korea”, the investment in “zombie campus”, a brand-new drama, is not stingy. From props, makeup, special effects, and scene production, all are movie blockbuster specifications without any perfunctory. In the end, the 12 episode drama invested more than 100 million yuan.

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Although the public praise of the play is not as good as expected, the details of various dog blood have been questioned. But fortunately, the whole plot is shot smoothly. If you want to see the cool films of zombie roaring, bleeding and body twisting, this zombie campus can meet the demand. Moreover, the female number two Zhao Yixian is very brilliant. At present, the flow of the play is very high, and it is renewed for the second season.

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“Extraordinary lawyer Yu Yingzhen” has 16 episodes and costs 20 billion won

Total production cost: about 100 million yuan / single episode production cost: About 6.25 million yuan

Yu Yingzhen, an extraordinary lawyer, is a legal drama directed by Liu Renzhi, written by Wen Zhiyuan, and starred by park enbin and Jiang Taiwu. It is broadcast on ENA TV and Netflix in South Korea. This is the best Korean drama dark horse of this year. It was only 0.9% when it was launched. Since then, the audience rating has been rising. At present, the audience rating has exceeded 15%, and Douban scored 9.2 points.

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Although it is a big drama with legal theme, the total production cost is as high as 20 billion won (about 100 million yuan)! Moreover, every penny is spent on the blade. The exquisite whale animation, the picture of the whale jumping out of the sea, and the magnificent shooting scene have all improved the quality of the play.

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“The return of the soul” has 20 episodes and costs 40 billion won

Total production cost: about 200 million yuan / single episode production cost: about 10 million yuan

With a total production cost of up to 200 million yuan, the return of the soul is currently the biggest piece of ancient costume drama in South Korea. The play is a new work launched by the well-known screenwriter Hong sisters. The play takes the “great lake country” as the background, and tells the fantastic stories about love and growth of young magicians who can control the weather.

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Although “soul returning” has a bad reputation, it was caught in the controversy of plagiarizing and melting the stem when it was launched. However, the CG special effects in this ancient costume fantasy series are very exquisite, and the martial arts play is also very expensive. The only drawback is the clothing part. Many netizens say that the production cost of this film is spent on special effects, but the investment of 200 million yuan is a blood cost!

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16 episodes of the little son of the chaebol family cost 20 billion won

Total production cost: up to 20 billion won, about 100 million

Song Zhongji, Li Xingmin, Shen Xianbin, Kim Nam hee, and Huang Meiying starred in the TV drama “the little son of the chaebol family”. The drama is adapted from popular online articles. It tells the story of the Secretary soul of the chaebol family wearing into the little son of the chaebol family and trying to take everything of the chaebol family as his own. The production cost is as high as 20 billion won.

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Zheng Dayin, the director of “she is beautiful” and “w-two worlds”, and Kim Tae Ji, the screenwriter, joined forces with song Zhongji’s partner, Shen Hyun Bin. The story not only focuses on the avenging route of the protagonist, but also involves the plot and secret struggle in Korean politics. Currently, it is tentatively scheduled to be broadcast on October 29, 2022.

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“Not to be killed” has 16 episodes and costs 40 billion won

Total production cost: about 200 million yuan / single episode production cost: about 10 million yuan

The fantasy drama “not to be killed” has an investment of up to 40 billion won. It takes the monster “not to be killed” as the theme. The male protagonist of this drama has the immortal body “alive”. He cannot kill, kill himself, drink blood, and live alone forever… It has become the last ghost in the modern land.

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The scene is grand, the picture is beautiful, and the art design is excellent, so you can see the money thrown everywhere. However, the trend between men and women is still the love drama that Korean dramas have always been good at – killing each other and falling in love. In the later stage of the plot, there are too many branches, resulting in the plot becoming fragmented and discouraging many audiences, so it is not as expected.

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The Korean version of the house of banknotes cost more than 40 billion won

Total production cost: more than 200 million yuan

As soon as the popular Spanish Drama House of notes was broadcast, Netflix launched the Korean version of house of notes in 2022. Liu Zhitai, park haixiu, Quan Zhongrui and other famous stars performed on the same stage. Moreover, the scene and screen texture of the play are really exquisite. Therefore, the production cost was more than 40 billion won, and the lower part has not been released yet.

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The Korean version is 80% similar to the Spanish version in plot, and even the characters are almost the same, so there is no surprise. It’s a pity that the response of the Korean version of “house of banknotes” after its launch was not as good as the production cost of “extraordinary lawyer Yu Yingzhen”, which was only half of 20 billion won.

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Moving has 20 episodes and costs 50 billion won

Total production cost: about 260 million yuan / single episode production cost: about 13 million yuan

Moving, a new drama with superhero theme, originally burned money, and also gathered celebrities such as Liu Chenglong, Zhao Yincheng, Han Xiaozhou and Che taixuan. It instantly cost 50 billion won (about 260 million yuan). After all, many pictures will use CG special effects, and there will be large-scale action scenes. The production cost of a single episode is about 13 million yuan!

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The play tells the story of children who live in the modern age with hidden superpowers and face the great danger of crossing the times together with parents who hide the painful secrets of the past! At present, the whole play of moving has been finished and is ready to be broadcast. It is worth looking forward to.

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Surinam has 6 episodes and costs 40 billion won

Total production cost: about 200 million yuan / single episode production cost: About 33.33 million yuan

The most expensive Korean drama in 2022 is Netflix’s upcoming crime drama Su Linan, which gathers top celebrities such as he Zhengyu, Huang Zhengmin, park haixiu, Liu Yanxi, Zhang Zhen and Qiu Cixuan. Although there are only six episodes, the total production cost is 40 billion won (about 200 million yuan), and the production cost of a single episode is as high as 33.33 million yuan, which can be called the sky high price!

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The play is based on the true story of South Koreans who became drug lords in Suriname, South America. It tells the secret action of civilian entrepreneurs who risked their lives and cooperated with intelligence agencies to arrest South American drug lords. He Zhengyu plays the role of a civilian entrepreneur who helps intelligence agencies catch drug traffickers, and Huang Zhengmin plays the role of a generation of drug traffickers. The whole episode will be launched on the Internet on September 9. Such a large-scale drama may set off a storm.

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In the future, the drama “casino” starred by the Korean film star Cui minshi again after 24 years, the legal drama “thousand yuan lawyer” starred by Nangong min, the “start debate” co starred by Li kuijong and Zheng Liyuan, the “capital biology” starred by park Sujun and Han Suxi, and the new drama “glory” by song Huiqiao and the “descendants of the sun” are all popular dramas with heavy investment and are highly expected.

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In addition, due to the limited information found in this article, many popular new drama investments have not been found, and there are omissions in the data, which is very regrettable. However, Netflix’s content investment in 2022 still exceeds US $20 billion, and Disney has already said that the content investment in the whole year will further increase to US $33 billion.

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If the investment amount of Apple TV + is added, the total investment of Korean dramas in the future will reach more than US $60 billion. It is expected that there will be more Korean dramas such as Li Shi Korea, squid game, fugitive wanted notice and juvenile court in the future.

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