Drama where the bad guy falls in love?

Apr 9, 2015 05:13 am

I'm looking for a drama where the bad guy falls in love. I don't mean the bad guy as in the typical drama guy that's cold and arrogant and he falls in love and he becomes all warm and such. I'm looking for a drama where a guy is truly a bad guy who does bad/evil things (he's pretty much a villain in everyone's eyes) falls in love. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Skye-N-Rain VIPAdmin

Apr 9, 2015 06:19 am

This sounds absolutely fascinating. I'd also love to know if there is a drama like this.

Count Chocula

Apr 9, 2015 06:51 am

jaded14yaoi wrote:

I'm looking for a drama where the bad guy falls in love. I don't mean the bad guy as in the typical drama guy that's cold and arrogant and he falls in love and he becomes all warm and such. I'm looking for a drama where a guy is truly a bad guy who does bad/evil things (he's pretty much a villain in everyone's eyes) falls in love. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Cain and Abel
Tazza
Delightful Girl Choon Hyang

In Cain and Abel, the villain has always loved the girl. In Tazza, the villain who falls in love works for the main villain. In Delightful, the main villain falls for the heroine.

Skye-N-Rain wrote:

This sounds absolutely fascinating. I'd also love to know if there is a drama like this.

Gaksital
History of A Salaryman
A Man's Story
Arang and The Magistrate

Including the ones mentioned above, you might want to try out these other dramas.

prettytin

Apr 9, 2015 07:44 am

@ricky
A Man's Story?
(spoiler in white font): the bad guy fell in love? did he really fall?

Fira

Apr 9, 2015 12:19 pm

Cheap Love - maybe this one. The guy's a scout for nightclubs (and later, a bit more involved in... other stuff as well) and pretty much scum in everyone's eyes. He does quite despicable things.

jenna

Apr 9, 2015 04:32 pm

Cruel City. Definitely.

jadea

Apr 9, 2015 07:27 pm

Thanks for the recs! I'll check these out.

Kim-Park-Lee

Apr 9, 2015 10:34 pm

I'm not sure this fits exactly, and I also saw you already dropped it after an episode, but Que Sera Sera could work, too. Kang Tae Joo isn't a criminal, but he is a pretty despicable character, and not just in the typical cold and arrogant drama hero way: he's a "gigolo" of sorts, because he dates rich women for money. Of course, opposites attracts and he falls for a quirky poor girl (set up sounds cliché, but the characters are incredibly complex and alive). I'd say up until the last episode, his decisions are reprehensible, but that doesn't make him unrelatable for the viewer either. He really, really does fall in love, only his greediness is so strong he doesn't know how to deal with these unknown feelings, and ends up hurting everybody around him because of it, himself in particular. It's a very unusual drama in my opinion -- on paper it may seem melodramatic, but it's actually quite realistic and stark (without being depressing either, which is why I like it. I understand why it's not everybody's cup of tea though!

Then I'll mention these two chinese dramas, but I'm not sure I would exactly recommend them because personally, I think they're both rather bad quality (I'm loosely following them in a junk food kind of way :p): Cruel Romance and Lady & Liar. Both male leads are gang leaders and are pretty mean, although they're presented as heroes from the female leads perspective (constantly saving her blablabla -- unlike Que Sera Sera, in which the male lead is quite the anti-hero, and yet felt so much more human and touching!).

Good luck!

wonhwa

Apr 10, 2015 12:10 am

The Devil fits that description, and if you don't mind longer dramas, you might also check out Giant and Queen Seondeok.

DarkZone

Apr 10, 2015 06:08 am

This is something I love the most <3

Lovers
Cruel Romance (c-drama, they're currently subbing it on viki)
Sorry I Love You
Lady & Liar (still subbing)
When A Man's In Love (a bit)

A Love To Kill - I haven't seen it yet, but it looks like something like that.

Sofie

Apr 13, 2015 04:05 pm

I guess a bit of a obvious one would be The Heirs ^^, not sure of it's already suggested.
but the evil guy (with his very funky 'evil theme song' surely falls.

Hasumi17

May 18, 2015 11:58 pm

I think that Falling for Innocence falls in between a really bad guy and a jerk. It has good characters and a bad guy in addition too, you might want to check that out

EvilYuli

May 23, 2015 09:49 pm

Le Jun Kai
Prince of Lan Ling
Queen Seon Duk - I think there is that, though I didn't get to it yet
Summer's Desire - one became bad and the other was bad but got better
When A Man's in Love - the main guy is a gangster
Jotei - Matsuda Shota's character was yakuza or something, but the whole series wasn't romance
Queen Of The Game
That Winter, The Wind Blows
What Happened In Bali - Zo In Song's character was bad, though I guess they all took turns being the bad guy to someone else and lots of angst.

PrettyCarEye

May 23, 2015 11:43 pm

Sealed with a Kiss - c-drama
Sawan Biang - thai drama

keerthika

Sep 27, 2017 10:52 am

Skye-N-Rain:
This sounds absolutely fascinating. I'd also love to know if there is a drama like this.

jaded14yaoi:
I'm looking for a drama where the bad guy falls in love. I don't mean the bad guy as in the typical drama guy that's cold and arrogant and he falls in love and he becomes all warm and such. I'm looking for a drama where a guy is truly a bad guy who does bad/evil things (he's pretty much a villain in everyone's eyes) falls in love. Has anyone seen anything like this?