The Korean drama Our Unwritten Seoul starring Park Bo Young has just debuted at No. 3 on Netflixs global non-English-language weekly channel chart. The film reached 2.8 million views in the week, entering the Top 10 in 40 countries.
Meanwhile, the drama Tastefully Yours starring Kang Ha Neul and Go Min Si has maintained its No. 2 position on Netflix worldwide for 3 consecutive weeks. The film recorded 4 million views in its 3rd week, entered the Top 10, and took the Top 1 spot on Netflix in 7 countries.
Although losing to Love vi tri on Netflix, the rating (viewership rate) on Korean TV stations of A Seoul unknown is showing a better trend.
According to Nielsen Korea, in the new episode 8 on ENA, Love Estate achieved a modest rating of 3%. Meanwhile, A Seoul unknown recorded a rating of 5.9% in the 4th episode on tvN, this is the highest rating of the show since it aired.
A Seoul unknown tells the story of two twin sisters who exchanged their lives through a lie.
Actress Park Bo Young plays two sisters, Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae, who look identical but have completely opposite personalities.
International media has had many positive reviews of Park Bo Young's acting in this work.
American entertainment magazine Variety praised the actress's acting, commenting that she "received a complex challenge when portraying twin sisters with changed identities, expressing 4 separate personalities with impressive nuances".
Forbes also praised Park Bo Young: In this new Korean drama, Park Bo Young had an attractive performance when playing twin sisters with contrasting personalities, convincingly exchanging roles to impersonate each other.
The South China Morning Post wrote: Park Bo Young not only clearly distinguishes the two sisters but also skillfully handles the scenes they act in the same way, grasping both the pain and recovery of each character.
The reaction of viewers around the world was equally strong. On IMDb, A Seoul unknown has an average rating of 8.5, with episode 3 achieving a particularly high score of 9.7.
On Japan's leading content rating platform Filmarks, the film currently has an impressive score of 4.4 out of 5 stars.
