Disney Plus jumps into K-drama with Snowdrop starring Blackpink’s Jisoo

Disney will bring the Korean-language drama to America Snowdrop, which stars Jung Hae-In (Listen to Love) and Blackpink’s Jisoo, to its Disney Plus streaming service, the company announced Monday.

Schneedrop is a period drama that follows Eun Yeong-ro (Jisoo), a student at a women’s university in Seoul. The university is visited by a stranger (Jung Hae In), who changes her life. They fall in a forbidden relationship that places them at risk due to a deadly secret about the country.

Schneedrop Yoo Hyun-mi wrote the script and Jo Hyun-tak directed it. They had previously collaborated on this series. Sky Castle. This is the first K-drama starring role for Jisoo, who’s best known as an international K-pop star as one of the four members of Blackpink.

In the United States, Korean television shows have seen a huge rise in popularity over the past twelve months. To Squid GameTo HellboundAnd most recently, We are all dead, Korean shows are some of the most popular in streaming at the moment — primarily on Netflix. The Korean reality series is also available on Netflix. Singles Inferno has been a frequent staple of Netflix’s top 10.

SchneedropThe 16 episode series will air on Disney Plus from February 9th. Original premiere was in Korea in 2013. It was also streamed live on Disney Plus in various regions.