TV series

Winter Sonata

2009–2010 · 1 season

A slow, tender ache of lost love and uncanny second chances, wrapped in soft animation and gentle melancholy.

Overview: Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, grief, identity, memory
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
identity
memory
fate
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: animation, drama
Created by: Yoon Seok-ho
Starring: Yoo Yui, Ryu Seung-soo, Bae Yong-jun, Choi Ji-woo, Lee Se-na, Kang Yo-hwan
Length: 1 seasons, 26 episodes, 25 min each
Country: South Korea, Japan
Languages: Japanese