Sharing an umbrella when the rain pours, piggyback ride after a few drinks, the arm grab to hold you just for a moment, eating a Subway sandwich with a Chaebol, and steamy kiss scenes… These are a few of my favorite things, the moments that complete a romantic K-drama.
However, it isn’t easy to pull off a hot kiss scene that can convey passionate urgency and se*ual attraction and give butterflies to the viewers. Yet there are a few Korean actors who have mastered the art of making audiences feel weak in their knees and swoon with romance. Read ahead to find out who they are!
The four K-drama masters of kiss scenes
A successful K-drama kiss scene requires conveying the emotions that the leads need to desperately express their love for each other, but their words have failed them. They have been pushed to the point that the only way to express their fervent emotions is to let the body talk. Below are the K-4 (Kiss Master 4) who have captured these romantic emotions in all of their kiss scenes.
4. Gong Yoo
Gong Yoo is considered the original master of kiss scenes. His performance is taken as a standard to capture the romance, comfort, and warmth of love. Even in the passionate lip locks of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, where Gong Yoo has been waiting for his bride for years, his passionate urgency is overpowered by protectiveness. These subtleties can make any K-drama fan swoon.
3. Seo In Guk
Seo In Guk began his career as a singer before shifting towards acting and marking the hearts of K-drama fans with his performances. His kiss scenes are passionate with an unparalleled intensity. These are excellently captured in the K-drama The Smile Has Left Your Eyes, where he plays a character that appears rogue but has a complicated past. Each of his kiss scenes in this K-drama is ladened with an intense passion that breaks like a boulder upon meeting his lover.
2. Park Seo Joon
Park Seo Joon, who rose to global fame with Itaewon Class, has first swept the K-drama fans off their feet with romantic K-dramas like What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? and Fight For My Way. Although his characters in both dramas are drastically different, his kiss scenes prove that he is the perfect boyfriend material. His kisses are heartfelt and affectionate, perfect to cause a riot of butterflies for the viewers.
1. Ji Chang Wook
Ji Chang Wook is the master of kiss scenes. His performances encompass multitudes of emotions, including longing, desire, fervent, compassion, and romance. Even after a decade of acting in K-dramas like Suspicious Partner, Healer, K2, and more, Ji Chang Wook’s kiss scenes feel like the first blossom of spring. They are fresh, urgent, and deep. Additionally, as the years pass, they are only getting bolder, as seen in The Worst Of Evil.
Apart from these K-4, many other K-drama actors, such as Song Kang, Hyun Bin, Seo Kang Joon, and Jung Woo Sung, are also praised for their passionate kiss sequences. However, the electric passion of the K-drama kiss masters remains undefeated.
