Both stories explore human connections, the idea of dealing with death and finding meaning in the lives left behind.
Both are high-stakes spy thrillers centered around tensions between North and South Korea, featuring espionage, double agents/moles, and national security threats.
Both are political crime thrillers. Focusing on wealth, power, and corruption. Power struggles and corporate ambitions with hidden agendas.
Both delve into the supernatural realm, exploring themes of life, death, and the afterlife. Both intertwine human experiences with supernatural elements, offering profound insights into mortality and the human condition
Both penned by writer Noh Hee-kyung and starring Song Hye-kyo. Both dramas are about showbiz and captures life in the entertainment industry.
By the same creator and screenwriter, Kang Full. Many similar genres (thriller, mystery, supernatural). Moving leans more action while Light Shop leans more towards horror. Director of Light Shop, Kim Hee-won, was also an actor in Moving.
Both are espionage action films starring Han Suk-kyu. Both films explore north-south korean tensions and complex relationships between agents from both sides. In both films, characters grapple with loyalty issues to their governments, and delve into the personal lives of the spies hence adding emotional depth.
Both are biographical films about Ahn Jung Geun. Harbin (2022) is a musical film, while Harbin (2024) is not.
The notion of family, that familial bonds are not solely defined by blood. Both explores how different individuals can come together to form an unconventional family.
Both took place around the 1960s, and are heavily political. In a way, Uncle Samsik feels like the kingmaker/strategist role and Kim San the person he is trying to make into a leader.
Terrorist/hijacking attack on a plan. One takes place in modern time, one takes place in 1971. Hijacking (2024) is also based off a true event.
Both are supernatural horror films. There is a lot of mystery surrounding them and the feeling and presence of unease is there.
