"Island" is a TVING drama based on the manhwa (manga) and webtoon of the same title (it is one of the numerous dramas based on webtoon of 2022). It is a Korean fantasy exorcism story based on Jeju Island folk tales.
Kim NamGil, Lee DaHee, ASTRO's Cha EunWoo, and Sung Joon are the leads of this drama.
Kim NamGil is a veteran actor who has acted in numerous movies and dramas including the recent dramas "The Fiery Priest", and "Through the Darkness". Lee DaHee has been stealing the heart of K-Drama viewers with her role in "The Beauty Inside", "Search: WWW", "L.U.C.A: The Beginning", and "Love Is for Suckers".
As for Cha EunWoo, he will be back to the small screen with another webtoon adaptation after webtoon-based dramas "My ID is Gangnam Beauty" and "True Beauty". Cha EunWoo is a popular actor and he especially received a lot of love for his role in "True Beauty". He will try a new genre with this project. You can check his versatility in his roles, here.
Sung Joon is well known for being part of the Model Avengers (with Kim YoungKwang, Lee SooHyuk, Kim WooBin, Hong JongHyun) and has acted in "White Christmas", "I Need Romance 3", "High Society" and more.
Here is more information.
Island (2022)
Information
Title: Island / ์์ผ๋๋
Director: Bae Jong
Writer: Oh BoHyun based on the webtoon by Yoon InWan and Yang KyungIl
Network: TVING, Amazon
Runtime: From Dec. 30, 2022
# of Episodes: 6
Genre: Action, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy
Language: Korean
Summary
Monsters of Jeju Island have been looking for opportunities to get rid of the human world for a long time and have started to target a chaebol heiress who arrived on the island. Daehan Group's Won MiHo is the only daughter of the company's chairman. Her selfish and arrogant attitude led to her father's decision to send her Jeju Island. There, she was assigned to teach ethics at a high school, where evil was roaming free without her knowing it. Together with the other individuals on the island, she starts to form a new community to survive.
Cast
Kim NamGil as Van
He is a sexy chaser of monsters. A man who needs a woman to end his cursed immortal life. He is hunting and killing monsters all the time. He feels no emotions at his slaughters.
Lee DaHee as Won MiHo
She is the only daughter of the chairman of Daehan Group. She doesn't know about her sad and cruel fate. She is targeted by monsters in Jeju Island and Van is the only one who can protect her.
TVING / "Island" Webtoon
ASTRO's Cha EunWoo as YoHan/John (Kang ChanHyuk)
A hip exorcist who is feeling guilty for failing to protect a girl. He is a priest from Italy. He grew up overseas but did not forget the Korean language by watching K-Dramas. He looks cheerful but he has a dark past behind him.
TVING / "Island" Webtoon
Sung Jun as Kung Tan
Kung Tan is working with Van to defeat the monsters. However, there will be a key twist in his destiny and he will come to oppose Van.
Poster & Teaser
Here is the teaser.
Here are the posters.
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About the manhwa and webtoon
The manhwa (manga) "Island" by Yoon InWan and Yang KyungIl was released from 1997 to 2001 with 7 books. It has a webtoon for a second part in 2016 by the same author and artist.
You can access the webtoon here (Korean).
"Island" Webtoon
"Island" Webtoon
