A Virtuous Business (2024)

The friendly and judgmental but honest neighborhood, women's friendships, kids' lives, and conservative thinking of the 1992 era make this drama similar to Reply 1988. The cinematography and background music also reminds me of this Korean drama.

Both dramas focused in the 90s

Both about women trying to make it in business.

They both start from scratch and work their way up, making mistakes along the way.

This show more focuses on the journey of one woman instead of 4.

Both have romance but still focused on the growth as women.

Both dramas offer rich narratives that explore women's experiences, personal growth, and complex relationships, providing engaging storytelling similar to "Two Women."

Both of these K-dramas revolve around women who choose to enter sex-related industries.
Throughout the series, the main characters encounter significant struggles, primarily due to the societal taboos around sex. As they confront them, they rediscover themselves and get stronger.

Completely different story and atmosphere but there are some similarities:
- Both main characters suffer from injustice and hardships
- Both are poor
- Both are trying to overcome their hardships and start a business
- Both grow up with their single father/mother

If When the Camellia Blooms made you ache for ordinary resilience and unexpected love, A Virtuous Business offers another glimpse into people trying — quietly, stubbornly — to choose decency over despair.

Both honor the everyday bravery that often goes unseen.

If you believe kindness is a kind of rebellion, I gather their quiet victories on my profile.

Both titles talk about a kind of sexual revolution in the country - while The Naked Director deals with the adult film industry in Japan, A Virtuous Business drama concerns the opening up to sexy underwear and erotic gadgets in South Korea. Both titles are worth your attention!

- The concept is quiet similar
- Only difference is drama is about 90s in a rural village they tries to sell quietly but in movie they selling in modern city where starting they had trouble to sell but soon becomes popular
- I believe its an adaptation or loosely inspired from this movie