Scripted series · JTBC
Snowdrop
The blooming of radiant first love.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jung Hae-in
Lim Soo-ho
16 eps
JISOO
Eun Yoeng-ro
16 eps
Yoo In-na
Kang Cheong-ya
16 eps
Jang Seung-jo
Lee Kang-moo
16 eps
Yoon Se-a
Pi Seung-hee
16 eps
Kim Hye-yoon
Kye Boon-ok
16 eps
Jung Yoo-jin
Jang Han-na
16 eps
Huh Joon-ho
Eun Chang-soo
16 eps
Park Sung-woong
Nam Tae-il
16 eps
Kim Min-gue
Joo Gyuk-chan
16 eps
Choi Hee-jin
Yoon Seol-hee
16 eps
Kim Jong-soo
Kim Man-dong
16 eps
Kim Jung-nan
Hong Ae-ra
16 eps
Jeong Hye-young
Cho Seong-sim
16 eps
Baek Ji-won
Choi Mi-hye
16 eps
Lee Hwa-ryong
Ahn Kyung-hee
16 eps
Jang In-sub
Eung-chul
16 eps
Jung Yi-seo
Shin Kyung-ja
16 eps
Ahn Dong-gu
Choi Byung-tae
16 eps
Park Ye-ni
Kim Ye-ni
16 eps
Heo Nam-jun
Oh Gwang-tae
16 eps
Jeon Jung-il
Childlike Society Member
16 eps
Jeong Sin-hye
Go Hye-ryung
16 eps
Ariane Desgagnés-Leclerc
Linda Young / Gong Gil Soon
16 eps
Hwang Soo-min
JBC Anchor
16 eps
Joo Ha-yeon
Student
16 eps
Kim Mi-su
Yeo Jungmin
1 eps
Lee So-i
Hostage
1 eps
Park Hyo-bin
Park Sun-ja
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Snowdrop actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Snowdrop reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An enduring love story in 1987 Seoul; Young-ro, a female university student, treats the bleeding Soo-ho, a student attending a prestigious university, who one day jumps into a women's university dormitory despite the dangerous situation.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Episode 4
Soo-ho, who leaves the dormitory, begins to secretly move again. Meanwhile, Lee Kang-moo secures decisive evidence of Soo-ho's whereabouts and pursues him.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
S01E05
Episode 5
Soo-ho negotiates with the head of the National Security Agency to escape the dormitory with his teammates.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
S01E01
Episode 1
Yeong-ro, a fresh and lively freshman at Hosu Women's University, falls in love at first sight with Soo-ho at a group blind date.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
S01E03
Episode 3
Youngro takes care of the injured Soo-ho and tries to find a way to send him out from the dormitory.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
S01E09
Episode 9
Yeong-ro does not believe in Soo-ho's sincerity and eventually works out an escape plan with Gang-mu.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
S01E10
Episode 10
When the anonymous reveals their identity, Han-na carries out Gang-mu's order and moves to catch the secret evidence surrounding the hostage crisis.
- Directed by Jo Hyun-tak
- Written by Yoo Hyun-mi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Park Jun-seoExecutive Producer
Writing
- Yoo Hyun-miWriter
Direction
- Jo Hyun-takDirector
Music
- Kim Tae-seongOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Disney PlusStreaming
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