Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director, and businessman. He is the most followed South Korean actor on social media. He became the first Korean celebrity who has a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Shanghai in 2013 and Hong Kong in 2014.
1. CITY HUNTER
This series is released in 2011. Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT graduate who started to work on the international communications team in the Blue House.
He plans to get revenge on five politicians who caused his father’s death and becomes a “City Hunter” for all the evil people.
No. of Episodes: 20
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young
2. THE HEIRS
This series is released in 2013. Kim Tan is a rich heir who studies abroad in the U.S while his elder half-brother back home schemes to take over the family business. In the States, Kim Tan meets Cha Eun Sang, who came from Korea in search of her older sister.
They start falling for each other but later he got to know that she’s the daughter of her housekeeper. Now his heart is torn between love and duty.
No. of Episodes: 20
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye
3. THE LEGEND OF BLUE SEA
This series is released in 2016. The series centers on the love story of Shim Cheon, a mermaid, and Heo Joon-jae, a witty con artist. The other story is occurring in the parallel universe in the world of Joseon-era incarnations, the mermaid, Se-hwa, and the town head, Kim Dam-ryeong.
Dam-ryeong loose Se-hwa to save him from the enemy which possibly happens with Shim Cheon and Joon-jae. So he warned him to save his love as this is the fate that they had to deal with.
No. of Episodes: 20
Starring: Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Min-ho
4. THE KING: ETERNAL MONARCH
This series was released in 2020. Lee Gon, Emperor of the Kingdom of Corea, attempts to cross the barrier into a parallel universe where the Republic of Korea exists instead of the Kingdom. He comes across detective Jung Tae-eul, whom he recognizes from an identity card he obtained during childhood when his father was assassinated.
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Lee Gon’s half-uncle, Lee Lim, who killed his father, Lee Ho (Lee Gon’s father), is in hiding and assembling armies by traveling back and forth between the two parallel worlds with the help of Manpasikjeok.
No. of Episodes: 16
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Kim Go-eun
5. PACHINKO
Kim Sun-Ja was born and raised in Busan, Korea in the early 20th century, when Korea was under Japanese rule. She falls in love with a man named Koh Han-Su. She knows that he is a powerful person and belongs to a different social class from her. A church priest named Baek Isak stays at the lodge run by Kim Sun-Ja’s mother. He gave her advice when he learns about Kim Sun-Ja’s situation.
When he experiences her unwavering conviction, he offers her to marry him. She moves to Japan and faces difficulties as a Korean immigrant living in an unfamiliar land. Season 2 is also gonna released but no proper announcement has been made yet.
No. of Episodes: 8
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha
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CONCLUSION
Lee Min-ho gained fame worldwide with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers (2009) which also earned him the Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. It also has been released in Chines, Thai, and Japanese languages in their respective countries. He is also featured in the movies few of them are Gangnam Blues (2015) and Bounty Hunters (2016).
